Icemat Siberia In:Ear Headset - A closer look
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The headphones portion of the product was the first piece I examined. They are an aesthetically pleasing white color (as with a lot of iPod-like stuff today), and live up to their namesake. Sibera is purported to be a snowy and cold place, and this headset looks the part.
The cord for the headset is 1m (3.2 ft) long. This length is from the plug to the Y-adapter in the cable. The headset is clearly designed to be hung on the left side of the body, since the cord to the left ear is shorter than the cable for the right ear (as shown in the diagram above).
The default sleeves on the earbuds had an interesting shape, and I wasn’t sure how I’d like them until I tried them out.
Icemat included two extra sets of sleeves, much like the traditional headphone sleeves. To be honest, after feeling how comfortable the odd-looking ones are, I never even bothered trying the other style.
The microphone is actually a completely separate component, which is very cool in this case. If you are playing a game with no chat, or just want to use the earbuds for your PSP, you don’t have a microphone dangling around. The cord for the mic is 1m (3.2 feet), just like the earphones. While this isn't likely to be long enough to actually reach the back of your computer, Icemat is one step ahead.
Meet the 1.8m (nearly 6 feet) extension. Notice that this cable has separate connections for the earbuds and the microphone. With this cable, you can plug one end into the headphone and microphone ports on the back of your computer, and have the other leads sitting right on your desktop for when you are ready to use the headset.
And here is the headset all packed up and ready to go in its own little carrying pouch. This pouch could stand to be a little bigger, and it would also be nice if it would stay closed when you cinched the strings.
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