My brother has a problem. He's gone through like 7 pairs of earbuds in the past 2 years, because they all break. He's taking good care of them, it's just he listens to his iPod all the time (he's training to become a welder right now, and that means he spends a good 3-4 hours per day working his torch and stuff while listening to music) and the earbuds eventually break where they connect to the ipod or up at the earbuds themselves. He's tried Wicked and Skullcandy in the past, not SUPER expensive stuff, but just what's within his budget. For his birthday, we want to get him some DURABLE earbuds. A pair with like a nice thick cord or will last for a lot longer than these super flimsy things everyone else uses these days. We'd even be willing to go for some Beats earbuds, if that's what it takes... *shudders* TL;DR: Suggest some earbuds that are DURABLE and won't break easy.