I asked my kid for a pair of Chips 2.0 last Christmas. My helmet, POC, wasn't audio ready. I just skied with earbuds with a mic/switch the rest of the season. This year I attempted to mod my ear flaps by sewing in a couple elastic straps. It worked sort of. Since the pucks were occupying the space your ear normally goes, they weren't very comfortable. I decided to get a new audio ready helmet as a Christmas present to myself. Wildhorn Drift. I just got it today. I haven't tried it on the hill yet, but inserted the pucks and played around with it. Should be a big upgrade from wired earbuds. I noticed something I hadn't really thought of, taking pictures is much easier not being tethered. I used to literally shoot from the hip, or unplug and have to reconnect to play music. Now I can just pull out my phone, snap a pic, and carry on. The switches are the really ingenious part. Being able to use them with bulky gloves or mittens is a game changer. I used to try keeping the switch on the cord somewhere I could easily access it, but still struggled to locate it at times. Before having cords with switches, I actually used to manipulate the phone's buttons while still in my pocket, a real joy.
