How do you choose earbuds for on the go?

There are many types of earbuds, which makes it very difficult to choose. When looking for your earbuds, ask yourself the following questions.

• How do you want to wear the earbuds?
• Do you want to listen with or without a wire?
• Are you often bothered by ambient noise?
• Do you want to determine how your music sounds?
• Do you make many phone calls?
• Do you want to workout with them?

There are 3 types of ways to wear earbuds. There's in-ear, earbuds, and bone conduction. In our comparison, you can read more about the pros and cons of each wearing method.

With Bluetooth earbuds, you can listen to music wirelessly. Earbuds with Bluetooth are available in 2 versions, wireless and fully wireless. With wireless earbuds, there's still a cable in your neck. With fully wireless earbuds, all you have are 2 separate earbuds in your ears.

When you're on the go, you'll bothered by ambient noise. If it really bothers you, choose earbuds with noise canceling. Noise canceling ensures that annoying ambient noise and white noise are reduced. Keep in mind that noise-canceling headphones reduce ambient noise better than noise-canceling earbuds.

Some earbuds brands have an accompanying app that allows you to adjust the sound via an equalizer. That way, you can listen to music the way you want to.

We don't recommend buying earbuds to make phone calls often. The quality of the microphone is often not good enough to be clearly audible. If you do make many phone calls, we recommend a Bluetooth headset.

If you plan on working out with the earbuds, you have to check the waterproofness. Waterproof earbuds have an IPX rating. The higher the number, the better the product can withstand water.

If you have a long journey ahead of you, it's important to look at the battery life. If you're on the go a lot, you definitely need a long battery life.