Hit your new year resolutions twice as hard with these earbuds.
New gear, new you — which includes a better and improved bod! If you're hitting the gym hard starting in 2025, we've got the perfect audio accessory to make your pumps all the more pleasant for your ears.
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January is a great time to restart, renew, and start those resolutions. Many of us are returning to the gym to start working out again, or to begin the fitness journey. We're all for supporting you alongside this journey, and want to be there at every step.
Audio is actually a pretty important aspect of working out. Most of the people I personally see at the gym use headphones or earbuds. Having great audio quality, battery life, and comfort are vital to great earbuds that you can enjoy for hours a week while getting your lifts on. I know I wouldn't enjoy it nearly as much without my podcasts and music while tuning out whatever the gym is blasting!
Here's a couple of reasons why Arctis GameBuds are absolutely perfect earbuds for the gym:
Whether you're doing intense cardio or trying to break your deadlift PR, odds are, you're going to sweat. Or splash some water in your face. Well, with Arctis GameBuds, have no ear. Unlike most earbuds, we've added IP55 water resistance, which protects the circuitry of the Arctis GameBuds from water splashes, dust, and dirt.
You'll be able to enjoy walking outside in the rain when returning from the gym or taking outdoor runs without any stress.
Furthermore, we've tested them for comfort with deep research: we actually scanned 62,000 ears to find a really good design. What's more, these earbuds come with eartips of 3 sizes, making it easy to fit right there in your ears.
Unlike my previous earbuds, Arctis GameBuds never fall out of my ears, no matter what lifts I would do. My previous ones would often slip out just a little, which would start messing with their auto-pausing (a feature you can actually control on the GameBuds, by the way), making it really annoying to use in the gym. Not the case anymore.
Another issue I've had with my previous earbuds was battery life. Even though I kept them in a case until it was time to lift, the battery life would sometimes not be enough; an hour + a few minutes. But sometimes, if you add the walking part, I would need closer to 1.5-2 hours, so it was annoying to hear beeps about low battery and occasionally have them go out.
No such problem with Arctis GameBuds, as the battery is beefy. One charge lasts up to a whooping 10 hours, which is more than enough. Plus, the Qi charging case holds up to three charges, so you really can get up to 40 hours of total usage. You can even monitor the battery levels using the handy Arctis Companion App — more on that later.
Other than battery and comfort, I believe Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) is essential for the gym. Personally, I don't care at all for the soundtrack my gym is blasting . In fact, I want to tune it out as much as possible. I also most likely won't be speaking to other gym goers; in fact, I will probably be listening to a podcast about gaming news, such as MinnMax.
Arctis GameBuds feature toggleable modes of listening: you can switch between ANC and Transparency with just a press on the earbuds. That way, in case you ever do need to communicate, or wave the gym staff goodbye, you don't even have to take them out. It's perfect for safer travel outdoors or to remain alert to your surroundings in any other case.
What's great about these is that they're not just made for the gym; their potential is much greater than you might think. While you're primarily going to be using Bluetooth with your phone and while on the go, for gaming you'll switch to the faster and lag-free 2.4GHz connection using a small USB-C dongle. This is really the preferred way to use audio on your console, like with your PlayStation 5 or Xbox (and the Arctis GameBuds are available for either platform).
Even better, you can use the Arctis Companion App to use special audio presets to make the sound even better by adjusting Parametric EQ values: deeper bass, clearer highs, and sharper mids. I use the "Deep Bass" preset when listening to music all the time, and I can use tons of game-specific presets which I can switch at any point without having to go into any console settings, for titles like Grand Theft Auto 5, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Elden Ring, and a ton more. The presets improve the audio from the games either by making it more immersive and cinematic or by improving the clarity of footsteps and bomb-plantings; any critical audio cues that you don't want to miss.
As you can see, there are tons of good reasons why in this new year, you need some new gear, and that includes these fantastic, award-winning Arctis GameBuds. With water-resistance, great fitting options, Active Noise Cancellation, and awesome audio quality for gaming as well, this is a huge upgrade to go for this year. You deserve this. Make all the gains you want this year while upgrading your audio quality with Arctis GameBuds.