Cheap DIY Most Comfortable Custom Molded Earbud
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- This is a rough "how-to" video to create your own custom fitted earbud insert. They're extremely comfortable and easy to make. low cost (around $15USD - not including your earbuds) and can be done in less than 30 min.
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www.amazon.com/Radians-CEP001...
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This is something I read on amazone in the comments of a DIY custom ear buds product and I found it very useful with good insights. Here it is!!!
MOLDING PREP:
FINISH THIS BEFORE MIXING SILICONE ACCELLERANT AND COLOR.
PLEASE for the love of God don't just goop the stuff on around your IEMs stem. Instead if you have some extra small silicone ear tips cut off about 2/3 of the seal(part that goes in your ear) and do not cut the stem of the ear tip(part that attaches to the IEMs. Next grab q-tip and some tape(preferably electrical or duct tape) and wrap the q-tip with tape so that it is the same diameter or width as the speaker grill in the IEM stem. After place the taped q-tip into the cut ear tip and push it in about 1/4" past the end of the ear tip (in-ear side). On IEM stem side (sticking out of ear), Make sure to leave about 1"-2" out. Cut of excess and make the in-ear side as much of a flat surface as possible (right angle?). Then take the little monstrosity you made and !LIGHTLY! Guide it into your ear to adjust the the length of the q-tip. You do not want it touching your eardrum but about 1/8" away for it. Now repeat all of these steps for your other ear as well.
SILICONE MOLDING:
So now that you have your little contraption your ready to start with making your ear tips. First you have to wash you hands , have a mirror ready and make sure that when the silicone is molding in your ears you move your mouth/jaw as little as possible. No talking, eating or drinking while these are in. It WILL mess up your mold. 60% of the mold is formed around the first 3-5 minutes so apply it fast, sooner you get it in your ear the more accurate the mold will be. It takes 15-20 minutes for each ear tip before the can be removed.
Now to begin mix the accelrant (white silicone) with the colored silicone with equal parts (1/2 white, 1/2 color). Knead this together in to ball making sure that there is not white visible in the mixture. Now roll your ball in to a tubular roll about 3"-5" long. Take your roll and wrap it directly along where you cut the silicone on your ear tip. Mould it in so that it wraps around the entire silicone flange of the eartip. Then push the silicone down so that about 2mm of the ear tip stem is sticking out. While doing this try to shape the silicone into a slightly cone like shape taperring off towards the end and covering the In-ear q-tip side by 1/8". Cover Your trying to preshape the silicone for your ear. (I know this is a lot to do in 2-3 minutes so thats why I recommend getting 2 sets in case your mold hardens to fast).
Finally your here, almost at the end.
So take youre pre-moulded silicone ear tip and gently insert it into your ear. The silicone should be pressing up against the entire inside of your ear canal and the cavity leading out of it. You will what sounds like quite pop rocks in your ears, don't worry thats a good noise. It means that the silicone is curring.
I'll add the finishing steps later but basically after you take them out let them set for at least 2-4 hours then make a small amount of silicone mix and push it into all of the little crevices.
This is all he had written. I couldn't find any other information by him
thanks man some of us have deform ears where no earbud ever fits in well 🤣
Totally love it, I have been looking for this for ages
Such a good idea!! Thanks so much for showing us man
Really appreciate this video and how you went into details on covering up with tape! Helps me so much
Loomies glad I was able to help. 🙂
Thanks for making the video and giving the link to the resin/molding material. I've been buying kits from an outfit called earfuze but may give this a try. Only comment I would make is that instead of punching the earbuds through the puddy... I've put them in my ear first and then shoved the molding puddy around the outside of the earbuds.... seems to work just fine and avoids worrying about covering/protecting the tiny speaker hole. Thanks again
Thank you for the knowledge brother. Also, not bad for your first video.
Well done !
One thing you showed is really important : use as much material as required to fit each of your ears.
I tried cutting both of the material components in 4 equal parts before going into molding and, well, it's not right. Even with small ears like mine, it's not enough.
Using HALF of the material for each ear, and trimming after it fully cured, is the way to go (after all, that's how custom IEMs are made : based on a impression of the ear, with LOTS of material).
The best illustration I have seen. Well explained, straightforward, informative, and no unnecessary bullshit..!
Layer a few pieces of tape down on a piece of paper or cardstock, trace a circle the size you need, cut, THEN stick to earbud.
Good tip. 👍🏻
Thank you !!
Been using "Foamies" to make my ear bud tips .. this looks like it'll be MUCH better .. (Ordered some today off the Amazon - they only had Orange though) .. An oldie, but still useful ..
ok...5 months later, Julie finally decided to make time to get this done...lol Worked perfectly !!!
Steve Berryman that’s awesome! Glad it worked. I still use mine and love them. Sooooooi comfortable.
yeah, did a review of the vid, just to make sure I did it right...lol Thanks for posting, I wouldn't have thought of doing this...
bro you cold for this one, thanks
Has anyone tried this with the Decibullz product? They make both earplug and iems, but I was hoping to use my own. Their product is shapeable when warm, so you can redo as many times as needed. Theirs has a channel for the earphones and it still uses a regular foam or silicone tip. My problem is that none of the tips I've tried will enter my left canal at all. Maybe I should find iems with smaller nozzles, I just don't want to buy another pair if I can't make them work. I prefer these so much more than headphones and have a fantastic amp to use them with
Genius…you are a genius
I'm surprised by how easy going and pleasant your videos are.
That's a very nice comment man!!! Thanks for that!🧡🤩
cool, the solution to Julie's earbud issues !!! Thanks !!!
Awesome! Totally welcome, i get it!
I ordered them off amazon, they're on the way...lol I'm going to review this when I get delivery. Cheers mate
Steve Berryman hit me up if you have any issues. More than happy to assist if needed. 😁
what a cool dude
Thanks Adam! I try. :)
I just went ahead and bought some of the putty after trying many, many different earphone tips (probably spent close to £100 now on tips alone) but none have the right fit (small canals).
Any tips since making the video to get it just right?
no other tips than what i already stated in the vid. the pencil in the mouth while it cures, push speakers into your ear and mold product around earbuds while in your ear and after you've inserted the speakers. i've done this trick a few times now with mixed results. i really depends on the shape of the speakers for better success. th beats i used in this vid was the best tho. Good luck!
@@CopperTOPDave thanks for the reply, I'll post back when I've done it :)
@@CopperTOPDave I had a trial last night as the product I bought (Stanley brand but Radison actually manufacturers it) give you enough material to make a test plug.
It went well.. BUT I'm finding that when I have my mouth closed listening to music, the sound isn't as good as when my mouth is open (seems to block quite a good amount of spectrum). Wondering if it would be best if I make the 'real' moulds with my mouth closed instead of open?
Alex R give it a shot and report back. I was only going off manufacturers recommendation. 👍🏻
Can you do these with the sony 1000 xm3s? I love the sound but the earbuds hurt my ears
Audio Lover you can try! I can’t confirm that it’ll work with that specific model as I haven’t done it myself but I did do this to my wireless Bose EarPods recently with success. Lmk how it goes if you give it a go!
Thx!
What if you used a hole punch and pick out your punched out piece of tape?
djh3_88 Hinskey go for it and let us know! I’m all about innovation and building on each other’s ideas. 🧡🙂
My one year old bites the little squishy ear buds everytime. I prefer a custom mold, so making them now. Hopefully I don't mess it up. That stuff is expensive
were you successful?
Yes, but sound wasn’t good. I will try again. They also cracked and fell apart easily.
9:30 "That's what she said" 😁
if you plan on using this for a motorcycle helmet you will need to be more articulate, and embed everything deeper in the ear or the helmet will rub on it and its uncomfortable, a helmet with a built in speaker or speaker groove is bet then there is plenty of room
Can I do this with my wireless earphones
Audio Lover I don’t see why not. 🙂
can anyone else see the one dead pixel?
I CAN!!! LOL
Hur. Where?
there are 2
Didn’t work. 🙁 Lost most of the bass response.
Awe man, im sorry to hear that. Did you push the headphone deep enough into the material when you were setting it? That's about the only thing i can think of that might impact it that way. My bass response improved in my situation, and i've done this tactic to a few different headphones now, including the new Bose wireless pods.
CopperTOP/Dave Hey thanks for reply. Yes I thought I did, but maybe not deep enough.
@@charlesciepielinthemeantim7478 If you're willing to invest in another batch I'd suggest giving it another go and push it into the material to where you can feel the pressure or the speaker in your ear, but only just. obv pressing it into your ear too far will be uncomfortable and thats not the point here! LOL But I totally understand if you'd rather give up on this hack tho. I appreciate your feedback here! Good luck finding that comfortable headphone which ever route you choose! :)
P.S. you also have about 3-4 minutes of usable working time to get the speaker in the best possible location before the material begins to harden, just a tip i learned after this vid was made.
Well that was a waste of time and money.
It is night and day between these vs foam tips, in favor of the foam tips.
Foam tips are better for passive noise cancellation, very apparent.
Foam tips have better bass response which is because it's a much better fit into the canal, it's literally 100% flush in your ear canal, attempting to do that with these is not only difficult but brings up the next issue.
Foam tips are non fatiguing, you don't get tired of having them in your ear canal, and only in your ear canal. 2 minutes of the custom and there's just too much stuff in my ears, but not in my ear canal since these don't really work like that. You would have to bore a hole and then you'd have some weird fit into the plug itself that wouldn't make sense. There's a lot of bulk in the cartiledge of your ear which serves basically no purpose when you think about how ear plugs work to begin with. If you used these strictly as earplugs that would be nice since they will be flush, but you're cutting off the one part that is flush to use them in this manner.
Foam tips are generally universal, meaning you could buy a pack of 5 for the same price as these and use them on multiple headphones. This custom will only work on the exact model.
Live and learn I guess, by that I mean waste money.
It's better to not cut the material back all the way to the headphone stem. You can leave the material that goes right into your ear canal and gives you a good seal if you bore a hole all the way through once its semi cured. I've done this and it works really well, the seal and sound quality is way better than any other tips I've tried. The bass is really good. Boring the hole is a bit tricky. I saw someone suggest using a drill bit by hand 10ish minutes after taking the plug out. What I did was wait overnight for them to fully cure and then use a dremel tool, but that was very awkward.
It's hard to line up the earphone stem with your ear canal. My first attempt was pretty good but I think I can do better. The left ear has too good of a seal and it puts too much pressure on my ear drum. My IEMs have little pressure relief holes in them that get covered by the plug, so I'm trying to tape some string onto the IEMs when doing a mould to make a little air channel. Yeah, this is a lot of effort, but I'm sick of ordering new tips to find some that seal well and don't slip out. I personally don't like foam tips but if they're working for you that's great. These custom plugs should have an even better seal than foam tips if you get it right though.