GreGorU May 16, 2025, 5:52 p.m.
What's the best neckband speaker for working from home without disturbing family?
So this is gonna sound weird but hear me out - been working remote since covid started and my audio situation is a complete disaster. Can't use regular headphones anymore because they make my ears sweat like crazy during long zoom calls, plus I keep missing important stuff happening around the house when I'm wearing them.
Problem is my wife sleeps during the day (she's a nurse working night shifts) and our apartment has paper thin walls so any regular speakers wake her up instantly. Tried using earbuds but they fall out constantly and hurt after a couple hours. Laptop speakers are trash and make me sound like I'm calling from inside a tin can on work calls.
Someone mentioned these neckband speaker things that sit on your shoulders and supposedly don't leak sound everywhere while still letting you hear what's going on around you. Sounds too good to be true but desperate times and all that. My back is killing me from hunching over to hear my laptop and I'm tired of my coworkers asking me to speak up every five minutes.
Anyone actually use these weird neck speaker contraptions? Do they actually work or just another gimmicky product that sounds good in theory but sucks in practice?
sk21 May 20, 2025, 11:08 a.m.
bone conduction was interesting but gave me weird headaches after extended use. something about the vibrations just didn't agree with my skull apparently