I’ve been on vacation this week in Lake Tahoe with my family and wanted to share two of my favorite iPod nano 6G accessories. I like to listen to music when I snowboard, in fact, I have to listen to music when I ride, it’s an essential part of the experience for me. But snowboarding isn’t a prerequisite, Bluetooth earbuds are great for any time you want to listen to your iPod without a tangle of wires around your body. I use this same setup at the gym and for doing yard work at home.
Here are my two must-have iPod nano accessories:
- i10s Bluetooth adapter ($45) - Since the iPod nano 6G doesn’t have Bluetooth, a dongle is your only option. While dozens of choices exist, the i10s BT adapter is the smallest of the lot. When you’re rocking the world’s smallest iPod, you don’t want a big horsey adapter jutting out of the side. At about two-thirds the size of Sony’s BT adapter, the i10s is the perfect fit. The i10s is zero-config and auto-pairs when it’s powered up. It also has pretty good range, although I mostly used mine about a foot away from the receiving headphones. The i10s looks like it’ll be the perfect fit for my LunaTik watch kit when I get home.
- Sony Ericsson HBH-IS800 Bluetooth earbuds ($119) - For BT earbuds I took the advice of my podcasting co-host (@parkerdigital) and purchased a set of HBH-IS800. They’re absolutely tiny and don’t need to go over the top of your head. These buds are fantastic because you can’t tell that you’re wearing them (they connect with a small cable that goes around the back of your neck.) They paired flawlessly with the i10s adapter and were able to make it through a 6-hour ski day on a charge — barely. They could be a little louder and fit isn’t perfect (mine fall out now and again) but I think that this can be addressed with using one of the larger pairs of flanges included in the package.
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