10 Years of Saving Lost Eartip Replacements
For almost a decade, I’ve been collecting spare eartips from every earphone I bought.
Mostly wired earphones. Mostly from Sennheiser, Skullcandy and Bose because these brands are better sounding for my playlist of mostly 90s and early 2000s rock. Some earphones survived for years, some barely lasted months, but I never threw away the extra tips.
Why? Because somehow it’s always just one eartip that disappears. Train travel, buses, cabs, friends’ houses, relatives’ places… one random eartip falls somewhere into another dimension and never returns.
After suffering enough times being stuck outside with one naked earbud, I started saving every spare pair. If I lose one, I replace it from the collection. If sizes match, I even mix and match singles.
Now I have a small archive of eartips collected across a decade of music listening. And yes, I also keep emergency pairs in my travel bag and car now because experience has taught me trust issues.
The unopened packs in the photo are the untouched reserves.
Does anyone else collect these or am I the only one?