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Shrewsbury care home organises virtual cruise for residents
Shrewsbury care home organises virtual cruise for residents

BBC News

time20-06-2025

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  • BBC News

Shrewsbury care home organises virtual cruise for residents

Residents in a Shropshire care home have been enjoying setting sail on a virtual German, Chinese and Caribbean-themed activities have all been organised by staff at the Lime Trees in Shrewsbury, for its 51 Burns, who came up with the idea, said everyone had got into the spirit of it and enjoyed have been a number of highlights, including some dressing up in national costumes and Ms Burns said: "I've tried a bit of flamenco, but I got cut off in my prime when the fire alarm went off." She said she came up with the idea for a theme to celebrate Care Home Open have included a German-themed game of bingo, French trivia and a sangria-tasting session. Ms Burns said it would all come to a conclusion with a "coming home" party on said she was feeling "shattered", but might bring it back again next year. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.

Stylish Design and Satisfying Sound Make These Open Earbuds a Bargain
Stylish Design and Satisfying Sound Make These Open Earbuds a Bargain

WIRED

time16-06-2025

  • WIRED

Stylish Design and Satisfying Sound Make These Open Earbuds a Bargain

In the swelling tide of open earbuds, it can be easy to overlook an underdog. When Acefast's Acefit Air first came to my attention, they seemed like any other pair of budget ear hooks, the baseline design for buds that let you listen to tunes while keeping your ears open to the world. I was delightfully surprised once I got them out of the box, starting with their spyware-thin charging case harboring stylishly slim buds with a touch of metallic flair. The Acefit Air's daily performance is similarly satisfying, marked by responsive controls and crisp yet warm sound for solid musicality across genres. These aren't the most feature-packed open earbuds, and the fit can be finicky, especially when you first stretch the pliable hooks across the back of your ears. At $80, those drawbacks are easy to overlook, and I had a blast using these buds across my outdoor activities for multiple weeks. Slim and Stylin' Photograph: Ryan Waniata There's something utterly satisfying about the Acefit Air's case. When peeking through the bulky box's plastic bubble, it looks like any number of oversized clamshells. That made it all the more impressive to find it's perhaps the thinnest case of any buds I've tested, slipping easily into jeans or shorts pockets. The flat-matte finish adds to the vibe, though it tends to collect oil from your skin inside and out over time. The buds are similarly sleek. Though they weigh around 7.5 grams (the AirPods Pro 2 are just over 5), they're lighter and less obtrusive than most earhook buds I've tested. Acefast says that's due in part to an 'ultra-fine titanium wire' within the hooks tested for 10,000 bends. The fit is so loose and comfy you'd think they'd fall off, but they're well balanced and I have yet to lose one while walking, hiking, biking, or otherwise tramping around. It can be tough to get the speakers and accompanying vents properly aligned with my ears, particularly the right one, due to the way the buds are designed to dangle outside your canals. I've gotten used to it, but I usually need to make some adjustments to the right bud, finding that pulling it forward usually locks in the stereo image. While putting the buds in, I often hear the telltale beep of their metallic touch sensors, yet Acefast has seemingly made them unresponsive for the first few seconds, so I rarely make mistakes. Most importantly, unlike a lot of open earbuds I test, the touch pads are responsive, letting me easily single-tap for volume, double-tap for play/pause, and triple-tap for song skip even in compromising situations like an ebike ride. Simply working reliably puts these buds ahead of the game. Speaking of ebikes, the buds aren't the best at overcoming wind resistance, but they do a decent job, letting me listen to tunes or podcasts at moderate speeds without the need to blast my ears. That's a huge benefit of open earbuds over traditional buds that rely on microphones that easily get overwhelmed by wind shear and resistance. Triple Punch Photograph: Ryan Waniata Within each bud's rubbery frame is a 'three-magnet ultra linear speaker' that accounts for the Acefit Air's impressive sound quality. Acefast says the speakers reduce distortion, and they're plenty loud to the point that I rarely pushed them above a third of max volume. That's a good thing, since turning on the EQ in Acefast's app oddly lowers said volume, but I didn't find the need to use EQ anyway.

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