How do you clean your earphones?
-
Toothpick
-
Feeling worried about germs after dropping it on the ground for a short time is probably not healthy behaviour mate
You have a shit ton of unpleasant germs on your hands which touch them all the time and that works out fine yeah?Anyway, a toothpick from time to time, maybe alcohol if the gunk is really set.
-
I think in a 70% solution the alcohol disrupts polarity of of the water molecules enough to stop it from picking up the residue. Only one way to find out. pours 70% alcohol onto computer while power is on
-
Nooooooooo
-
It'll also dissolve the plastic . This is terrible advice .
-
i dip it in piss. nothing survives in that
-
Do you mean earbud style? Generally, never...
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, you know?
But if I do drop them and dirt or something, you can remove the rubber and clean it with soap, water, and qtip. You need to be very mindful of the actual speaker portion. A toothpick can be helpful for removing debris, but I wouldn't apply any liquids to the face of the speaker. There's usually a piece of fabric that's glued on and you don't want to lose that or get it gunked up.
-
I clean the earwax off/out of them when I see it or the sound is affected (I wear deep insertion IEMs with tri-flange silicone tips), but otherwise just replace the tips when they wear out a couple times a year.
-
I know this might sound like overkill but I have ear issues so it's necessary for me.
Tips go in a little dish of 99% iso alcohol. Don't have to worry about the whole evaporation to water ratio that is often mentioned. Then if there is visible crud I will use a soft textured toothbrush (like for kids, the extra soft kind) and let them air dry (which is very fast because alcohol)
For the rest, a cotton swab dry to remove crud, and then all the parts go into a UV sterilization box (open the lid of the case to make sure the UV gets in there too)
It's a whole ritual but it keeps me from getting irritated ears.
And yes I have over the ear headphones but I can't lug those around everywhere all the time like earbuds.
And never ever use soap because it can and will break water surface tension and penetrate barriers like the speaker and microphone grills.
-
- Separate rubber pieces from earbuds
- Plug drain in sink and wash rubber pieces in soapy water, then let dry
- Fold a sheet of tissue paper over and saturate with 70% isopropyl alcohol (cheap and easy to find) from a dropper bottle
- Wipe earbuds thoroughly with the saturated tissue and let dry
- Reassemble and repeat once every 1 to 2 weeks
