These headphones are extremely unreliable in slightly wet conditions, and are not ideal for those who work out

This wasn't a big deal since you can buy a new headphone set at Walgreens, a standard inexpensive headphone set will work.

However, now that you have the shuffle loaded with tunes and you have preset the volume to your liking, plug in your best headphones (I use Bose headphones) and turn the thing on

The only reason I can think that Apple would do this is so that if you lose your headphones or they break, you have to replace them with

Why can't Apple make decent headphones

The headphones have horrible wind noise

What happens when the headphones completely stop working in 7 months again

The headphones, like all Apple Ipod headphones, are weak, but since these have control buttons on them, can't easily be replaced.

I hate the Apple headphones anyway, I use Sony WDR-08, they're much more comfortible, but they dont work with the new shuffle.2

The headphones on the other hand are complete garbage.

The headphones fall out with moderate exercise, particularly in the left ear

The headphones are uncomfortable, fall out, and produce poor sound quality

I also love my third-party headphones

I was so frustrated with the ipod's crazy behavior on mile 6 that I actually ripped the headphones out of my ears and threw them in the ditch

Not if the headphones break

If you use your ipod in a quiet place and don't have to worry about sweating (which can mess up the headphones), you might be ok with this one.

The headphones suck

As many others here have said, the headphones are worthless for use during exercise.

The headphones are easy to use, especially while exercising

The headphone are those annoying right in the ear typr

But it's been out for a while and other manufacturer's have come out with compatible headphones and

I have no issues with the actual player itself - the headphones is where this product truly fails

You are forced to use the crummy headphones provided, which i hate, to operate it at all.

As with many other reviewers, I have to strenuously emphasize how much I dislike the headphones for this product

I received this product in Nov 2009 and the headphones actually completely stopped working for me in June 2010