Get my list of Top 15 Things You Must Test For Nickel Around Your Home and more tips by email.
You will receive two emails to confirm your addition to my tips list. The second one will link to the Top 15 Things (PDF).
Archives for May 2014
Friends don’t let Friends get a nickel allergy!
As many of you know you can BECOME allergic to nickel through extended exposure.
If you have kids please point them away from cheap jewelry and watches towards nickel-free alternatives. This way they won’t have to suffer later in life.
For your friends tell them about nickel allergy and of course feel free to point them to nickelallergyfree.com – so they can stay nickel allergy free!
Friends don’t let friends get a nickel allergy!
Nickel-free headphones and earbuds
Having failed to actually find anybody advertising specifically nickel-free earbuds I looked for some inexpensive ones which were likely to be nickel-free. I chose the plastic Sony MDR-EX10’s. I picked the white ones figuring that they won’t have any metal in the paint given it’s not a metallic color.
I found a lot to like about these headphones – the sound quality is good and the provided soft cups fit my ears well, block out a lot of background noise and give good bass.
But are they nickel free? Turns out they are. Even the metal 2.5mm connector is – I scraped it in case there was some coating to wear away and expose nickel later. The plug tested negative (i.e. no nickel).
So there’s a recommendation for earbuds.
If you’re looking for full size headphones then Marshall’s specifically state that their headphones are made with nickel-free metals. These are much pricier than the Sony pair I bought; they sell earbuds and headphones.
The Sony MDR-EX10’s are available from Amazon.
Marshall’s headphones and earbuds are available from marshallheadphones.com