Almost every time I visit the gym there’s a gang standing around the exercise machinery – doing nothing except being seen by their friends and talking loudly. Some days I’m there 45 minutes and the chatty group talks loudly right at my side for the entire time. Usually I can drown the noise out by turning up the music from my iPhone. Other times I’ve resorted to Etymotic. These HF5 in-ear headphones do a great job of blocking out all background noises so that you’re not distracted by the idle chatter. They work by sitting inside your ear where the soft rubber plastic seals out most background noise. For sure the first few times it’s a little uncomfortable inserting them. After you get use to these you’ll never go without.

Etymotic Research HF5 via Gearsponsor Logicbuy