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I've been using Aftershokz (bone induction) since they came out for tournament rounds. (in causal I just use a wonderboom on a low volume)
The current crop of wireless ones are really light and don't slip around for me when I'm throwing hard and snapping my head. I've had more than a few people comment that they needed some after seeing me jamming out while sitting waiting for a hole to clear up. I've always been able the hear my surroundings since I keep the volume low on the Aftershokz. If I turn it up to max it's like jamming portable speaker in my face.
I also liked them for cycling. But it was basically the same scenario, volume low and it's like a background track in my head. Sometimes the wind would blow in my ears louder than the music.
^^^This. :thmbup: Although, as someone mentioned above, I find they don't work well for cycling. On the 3rd hand, tuning out your surroundings while cycling is bad juju.
Interestingly, the rules quoted above indicate that completely tuning out competitors is a courtesy violation. So the rules suggest that a certain amount of social is expected in disc golf.
Players are not permitted to have audible mobile phones or audible pagers on the course during any competitive round. In addition, personal music players and other devices must be used exclusively with personal headphones and the volume must be kept at a level so as not to be heard by other players, prevent the player from effectively interacting with their group during scorekeeping tasks, or provide a safety hazard for the player by not hearing "Fore!" calls from other players or warning blasts by the Tournament Director. Failure to interact fully with your playing group due to personal music players and other devices is considered a courtesy violation subject to courtesy violation rules and penalties.
So as it turns out, after playing 2 tournaments ago starting with one headphone (couldn't bring myself to wear both), I took them off and have not looked back. Having just one it was causing more problems then it helped and repeated exposure to the anxiety inducing stimuli, the anxiety has abated to almost nothing at this point. Got my first division win sans headphones this weekend.
So as it turns out, after playing 2 tournaments ago starting with one headphone (couldn't bring myself to wear both), I took them off and have not looked back. Having just one it was causing more problems then it helped and repeated exposure to the anxiety inducing stimuli, the anxiety has abated to almost nothing at this point. Got my first division win sans headphones this weekend.
I like listening to nature. The older I get the more I enjoy it.
Dude,that stinks. The first couple of holes at one of the courses I play at is like that,but after hole 4 you are deep in the woods.That must be nice. My course is surrounded by streets and highways. All I get to hear without some music is - loud ass Harleys, vehicles with straight pipes, and diesel turbos whining. :wall: