Hubs and I both use sound isolating earphones made by Shure.

(Edited to correct.)

I use wireless Bluetooth buds I hate wires. Love the Bluetooth ones. So many to choose from!

https://www.google.com/search?q=wireless+bluetooth+earbuds&oq=wireless+bluetooth+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l2j69i60j35i39.5612j0j8&client=tablet-android-asus-tpin&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

I've gone full circle from cheap to expensive (several hundred dollars) and back to cheap. My listening is mostly podcasts and audiobooks with occasional music. The reality is that if you're listening to the radio or music in MP3 or AAC (Apple's equivalent) file formats, the music you're listening to is of crappy quality and having great earbuds won't change that. Most people don't realize they're listening to sound files of poor quality.

I use earbuds every day and am happy to get 6 months use of them. I have them on multiple players (with different content) at any one time. Usually the wire breaks internally at the plug connection and one ear or the other stops working.

My suggestion - Skull Candy Ink'd models, some around $10 and others just a bit more. At Target, Amazon, etc., These are cheap, decent quality, think of them as a consumable that needs periodic replacement.

One caution - there are two types of plugs, one with 3 black bands (to separate the connections) and one with 2 black bands. The 3-type are found on earbuds that have a microphone on the line. That's fine and irrelevent for an MP3 player but some MP3 player sockets will only deal properly with a plug with 2 black bands. Buy what you find, push it in all the way, and try to listen. If it sounds fine you're good. If one or the other earbud has no sound until you start to pull out the plug slowly, you know the plug kind you have is incompatible with your player, get the other kind.

Skull Candy offers a warranty that I've never used - I figure they're cheap, postage might cost half as much as just buying replacements so I don't bother.

I have some Sandisk players, I like them and have had good luck with them. Earlier models some years back had quality problems but the Clip Sport ones are good.

OP mentions getting a Sandisk MP3 player. The ones I have don't have bluetooth so wired earbuds are the only option. I used a wired headphone for my cell phone too - actually the same Skull Candy ones, since I always have one handy. Having to charge a second device (the earphones) is an annoying extra step I prefer to avoid.

I use wired Bose noise-cancelling ear buds like these: https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/earphones/quietcomfort-20i-acoustic-noise-cancelling-headphones.html#v=qc20_apple_black

I travel alot and these are great for planes and trains.

I am so worried about the wireless ones falling out of my ear and getting lost. And the wires don't bother me. I havent noticed what brand mine are. I bought them off Amazon because they are the most beautiful shade of pink,or rose gold,more rose than gold of course. I use those when I am on the treadmill and dont want to disturb SO with whatever I've got playing on my kindle while I toil away.

At work, I use a bluetooth headset with earbuds that you pull out and retract back at the press of a button, because I forward my office phone to my cell phone when I go walking. So I can listen to music or audiobooks or YouTube on my phone while I walk,and if i get a call i just press the button and answer. When the call is over,it picks up wherever I left off. I find it enormously convenient. Those are more expensive of course. Sadly, I have not been able to find one in pink. The hunt continues though ....

I have Bose noise cancelling headphones too. These are essential for anyone who does a lot of plane travel, I feel much less fatigue when I use them on a plane flight because they're surprisingly effective to lower noise volume. They're a very different animal from earbuds.

I have ears that absolutely refuse to cooperate with ear buds. Can not find any style that doesn’t fall out immediately. I’ll stick with my Bose headphones.

Terilyn SO has difficulty with ear buds staying in his ears too. I bought him some big 3M brand noise cancelling headphones with bluetooth and am/FM radio for him to wear while playing around on his zero turn mower or weedeating. He loves them,even though they are simply HUGE. I guess to help cancel the noise.

I'm still trying to find the headphones that I use with my tablet that I took with me on our trip to Cabo. I never use ear buds except for the free ones on airplanes. All of them are painful to me and have substandard sound. I bought what I thought would be nice ones in the Miami airport on the way to Rio in 2017 and was very disappointed with them. I still have them somewhere, but they are even more lost than my headphones. I always use headphones instead of ear buds whenever possible.

My Bose earbuds stay in my ears without any sort of fussing with them or anything. They come with different sizes of gasket type things to adjust them to the size of your ear canal. I don't like the over the ear headphones because they're too hot for me. haha

wireless power beats3. beats by dre...have had for 3 years and have been great!! really good for phone calls instead of holding your phone while u are out & about.

i just saw they came out with totally wireless ones that look like 'air pods'. they are $250! Ouch!!

can u do ear buds or do u like ear phones?

I don't use ear-buds; I wear hearing aids. When I do listen to music through personal wearable gear, I use head phones (without hearing aids). The tenny weenie sound diaphragms in ear buds and similar are not large enough to produce the rich lower notes in music. Headphones are much better; The best is a good set of speakers.

I find that hearing aids are poor for listening to music because those purposely distort sound. A good pair of hearing aids uses different levels of amplification across the hearing band in an attempt to compensate where hearing loss is diminished. Although my hearing is poor, I find that music is better without hearing aids.

Roku Premium (JBL) for any listening device accepting a 3.5mm jack.

4 pair... $40. Better sound than most others, expensive or cheap. Flexible cord and 3 sets of soft ear tips per pair.

If you own a Roku device, you already own the earbuds.

Listening to responses. (I think you & I have the same MP3 player. Still using the original ear buds). For flying, we have lots of sets. All good. None bad.

None. If I lived with someone, I'd have headphones.

BeatsX wireless. They are still around $119 but sometimes you can find a cheaper deal around. They come in different colors too.

https://www.amazon.com/Beats-MTH52LL-A-BeatsX-Earphones/dp/B07HKTKGCM/ref=sr_1_4?hvadid=177363902761&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=9012696&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t2&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17999490465928592749&hvtargid=aud-647006051489%3Akwd-24858662869&keywords=beats+wireless+headphones&qid=1554408968&s=gateway&sr=8-4

I love headsets, but my head is small and the band around the top never fits correctly even at the smallest setting, so the end up feeling like they are falling off and/or giving me a headache. Even the smaller Bose. I bought a small pair of Sony in-ear wired noise cancelling ear buds years ago when I was traveling. They still work and do a great job on an airplane.

The key is to buy earbuds that come with 3 different sized ear pieces. My inner ear is also small and I use the smallest. No problem with them coming out.

Thanks everyone for your input. I have used headphones in the past but my ears get hot and they are kind of bulky when working in the garden or moving around a lot. I will have to get some new ones ear buds because the ones that came with it won't fit in my ears. They have interchangeable S,M,L cushions but won't stay in place in my ears. I can't get over how tiny the new player is in comparison to my old one.

Apple cordless buds. It's early. Only had one coffee... what are they called? lol They're what I use.

Airpods. I got a pair with my new phone but haven't tried them yet.

I am almost embarrassed to say mine. I got them for a dollar at Dollar Tree. Very comfortable and work well enough to suit me.

My ears aren't working nearly as well as they used to - well, maybe it's not mainly the fault of the ears, but more of the way that's dealt with the messages that they funnel into the head.

My eyes don't work too well, either ... but, even though I may not have cleaned the dirt out of them as efficiently as I should ...

... I realize that it's spring and all, but when I look into the mirror , I haven't seen an indication of any buds growing out of them.

Leaves, either.

ole joyful