Searching for comfort and great sound quality in headphones? Look no further than Aerial7 Tank DIY, which allows your inner artist to design your very own headset. Do it yourself with the included markers, or branch out with watercolors, spray paint, and even nail polish.
The Tank comes with two cables (one cable includes a mic) to fit almost all types of music devices, an adapter and a stringed storage bag. The headband is adjustable and the ear cushioning is thick, both adding to comfort.
My Thoughts on the Tank DIY
The Do It Yourself aspect of the Tank made these headphones fun and created family bonding time for me and my 13 year old daughter. We looked through the page of finished projects for inspiration from Drew Brophy, who collaborated with Aerial7 on this project. We chose to use the markers for the ear cups to write the name of my daughter’s favorite band, Teen Top, and water color paints to create a pastel styled look.
After our creation was done (we will be adding more), the listening began. First of all, I loved that they cut out the noise around me. I’ll be taking these on my next flight so I can relax and fall asleep. The sound was amazing! It felt like surround sound in the movies. I had a slight issue with my ears feeling squished after keeping them on for over an hour, so I took a few breaks.
My daughter gave the sound quality two thumbs up. She liked hearing the bass come through and called it “crisp”. Maybe you have to be younger to understand that term, but since she uses them constantly, I know she really likes them.
Where to Purchase
You can use the Aerial7 Store Locator, to find a store near you, or buy directly from the Tank DIY page by clicking “Add to Your Cart”, or buy from Amazon.com or other online sites.
Enter to win
One reader is going to get their chance to win a set of DIY Tank Headphones. To enter this giveaway, share how you would design these cool and funky earphones.
This giveaway is a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom Christmas Giveaway 2012. Please follow the link for more information, as well as for a complete list of all giveaways as they post throughout the month of November. Entries for all giveaways will close Sunday, December 2nd at 7pm CST. Winners will be drawn randomly and we will announce the winners Tuesday, December 4th. We will email winners at the address accompanying the winning comments.
I was sent an Aerial7 Tank DIY in order to facilitate this review and was compensated for my time.
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I would draw sunflowers on the headphones or have my daughter who is a fabulous drawer draw one of her beautiful butterflies on the band
purple zig zag lines would cover the earphones
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I would get my daughter to draw a dragon on them.
i think i’d let my daughter design ours and she would either go for flowers and butterflys and rainbow or she would do cats and dogs either way it would be super cool!
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I would give these to my daughter. She would probably draw butterflies on them .
i am obsessed with polka dots, so i would totally girl them up that way
I would draw flowers on them.
I would use the markers to give them a Japanese embroidery inspired look!
I would give this to my 5 yr old son who is the little artist, and let him draw whatever he wanted. He’s creative!
I would give these to my daughter who would definitely draw anything to do with animals on them!
I would let my son design them! He loves art!
My nephew would draw something good I’m sure.
I would gift these to my Son and inscribe his name over the top and decorate in green and blue , with purple his favorite colors.
I would probably just put my kids names on them
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I do these little doodle swirls so I would probably do that all over them
My grandson would probably paint boats on them with his watercolors.
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November 5, 2012 at 2:34 pm
That’s a fun idea! We’d probably draw clouds.
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Tulips and daffodils would look lovely on the earphones.
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I would let my son draw on them.
I would give these to my teen-aged cousin who would likely turn them into something very Twilight or One Direction-ish!
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I would put my sons mascot on them
I would actually share these with my niece, so I’d need to collaborate with her on how they would be decorated. She may, in fact, hijack the entire project.
My son would draw horses on them.
They’d get totally blinged out…lots of pink, lots of sparkles. Enough to make you gag, probably!
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I would let my daughter design them with her artistic ability
I am not incredibly artistic so I would go with mostly solid colors, like blue or green, maybe with large polka dots
MY BROTHER IS A TATTOO ARTIST, SO I WOULD LET HIM DRAW SOME GRAFFITI ON THEM FOR ME & I’D FINISH THEM OFF WITH SOME COLOR & SPARKLES! NICE & SIMPLE =)
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My son loves to draw so anything is possible.
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I would put trucks.. or names on them
I would give them to my teen daughter who would most likely do a abstract design.
My son would love those.
What a neat idea for the kids to create their own artwork.
I would let my daughter design them. She is always stealing mine!
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Wow – what a wonderful idea = love to have them for my son!
I would put angry birds on them. My son would love it.
love to have our big guy design it with the Autism ribbons
Karlee Mackie’s DIY Video was great!
I would paint a cottage garden on my
headphones…
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Well, personally, I would start by taping over the earmuff parts & the padding on the bottom of the headband so you can do them by hand with markers afterwards, but the main gist, would be to use spray paint can polyurethane (which comes out as a sticky gloss coat more less, & then sprinkle gold glitter over it & do it over & over in light coats until the entirety of the headphones minus the padding & inner earmuffs are covered. Then after that’s been sprayed over a couple more times to make sure it stays long term, take off the tape, & do the padding by hand with colored markers. Not totally sure exactly what I’d do but would probably wind up doing some full spectrum, all colors used, rainbow tie-dye looking patterns or something along those lines, we’d just have to see, that’s part of the fun of art, you know?! : D
So cool that we can design our own headphones. I would surely put a Cross sign on both sides as a symbol of my faith God the Father and his son Jesus.
I’m not sure how I would design them but I know it would be fun!
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My daughter is really into anime right now so she would design with that
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would love to win them for my Nieces’
they would have to share it though
I wouldn’t design them, my son would and he’d probably figure out some way to make a Star Wars theme out of them. He’s been looking for a good set of headphones!
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This would be for my 4 year old and the design would be up to him
My son would love these! He would probably try to draw zombies or other creature on them!
I’d design it with lightning bolts
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I would gift these to my grandson. He’d design them with the Arizona Cardinals logo!
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I would let Kristen, 5 , decorate them sine she would use them.
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I would design them with my daughters school colors and mascot
My 12 year old son has been and avid artist sine he was little. He draws nonstop and has sooo many sketchbooks I don’t know what to do with them all. This would be so much fun for him at Christmas time. Especially since his newest set has a paper clip holding it together. lol
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My neice would draw some flowers on these.
I would give them to my daughter and let her draw anything that she wants on them.
I would let my son draw monsters on them. He’d love it!
I would let my son put a design on them. Knowing him he would probably put some video game characters on them.
I will most likely let my son design it but his name or initials should be in it!!
i would love to design these with my daughter, she loves peace and flower signs
Maybe some swirls and flowers–love the concept of being able to customize them.
For me, i would draw a peace symbol on both sides of the headphone. And i would use some spray paints and design it anything i want. And of course, i wanna try this out !
my niece would probably make it all flowery
my son is a great artist he would love these.would be a wonderful gift for someone whose homebound
We’d design them with peace signs and lightning bolts. Thanks.
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something girly….flowery maybe birds and butterflies
What kid wouldn’t enjoy creating their personal set of headphones.
I would add zebra print
Tie Dyed… perfect for me, keeps my kids hands off them
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I would give these to my son who would probably decorate the headphones with a cool car design.
I would design these with the help of my son because he is the artistic one. He would have so much fun designing these
I would definatly decorate them with my 9 year old daughter cause she loves headphones and music! We would probably do pink colors with peace signs, stars, moons, and hearts!
I should draw something that is attractive to the eyes. Something that people would want to stop and look at. Maybe an ocean view, animals or even just the sunset for Tank Headphones.
I’d draw an Anthro that’s what i like to design.
I’ll design a dog in my headphones! Everyone likes a cute puppy!! XD
Design some flowers or a horse or a dragon all in black pen. I can’t imagine how beautiful it would be on my Tank.
I’ll draw something that comes directly from my heart.
Draw the hunger games symbol or Rue. I love Rue. Draw the silouhete of a bird flying in front of a sunset.
For sure I will design anime. but I can’t draw so I’ll let my son draw.
Awesome Headphones. We will design with my wife together, any kind of design, bonding time.. Cool
The best drawings I have done are simple objects that surround me. I drew my my car keys. Yeah it sounds pretty boring, but after 2 hours of detail and shading, those set of keys looked real, so I’ll will try this on Tank Headphones.
A wolf howling at the moon!! A forest in the background and maybe a shooting star flying by!
Birds….. Eagles maybe. Very Cool headphones
How cool are these! It would be such fun to decorate with my granddaughter.
Our grandchild would have so much fun with this.
We (my oldest daughter and I ) would probably do lots of flowers and hearts!
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I would let my daughter decorate them however she wanted. Right now she is interested in birds so she would probably draw parrots on them, but it will change next week.
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my daughter would choose flowers or butterflies
My design would involve some kind of animal!
My teenager would probably put a butterfly with her name on it.
My daughter would probably draw Peace signs all over hers!
My nephew wants these but my sister is out of work and it not in my price range
I would let my child draw whatever she wants on this!
These look SO cool! I’m not sure how they’d get designed. If I won, they’d be for my daughter.
My son probably would draw some characters from video games.
My daughter will draw a cat face.
I would decorate the headphones in bright colors, with abstract shapes and flowers!
The only thing my 9yo has asked for is headphones, these would be great for her.
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My little artist would have so much fun with this!!
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November 11, 2012 at 1:47 pm
I’m sure my son would draw Star Wars characters on his….lol
My daughter’s passion is art. Should we win, I would let her talents go to work.
i’d give them to my niece and let her design them
Probably let my kids decorate them, not sure what she would come up with but I am sure it would be beautiful.
My daughter loves to draw so I would let her design whatever she would like!
This is such a great gift to give this coming x-mas, thanks.
My youngest daughter would like these.
I would draw bright red flames
I would draw some animals and cars for my boys! nlevdan3 at yahoo dot com
My little sister loves polka dots!
Mt teen, @KeenKarl on Twitter, is such a creative person and loves music; as a result, he would love these! As for me, these DIY Headphones would give me cool status
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I would let my daughter decorate she would probably put cats
These look fun.
my boyfriend said he would draw graffiti on it!
OK. These are cool! Thank you for this giveaway!
What a great idea to be able to decorate yourself.
I would use purple and sparkly, glitterly silver geometric designs to add some pizazz.
I would design these cool and funky earphones with butterflies.
Id paint one headphone green and the other red, and probably leave the middle white. for my flag colors
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November 14, 2012 at 6:23 pm
We would draw rainbows on ours!
I would make a houndstooth design on mine (Roll Tide!)
I’d color them red/white & blue….and maybe add some stars on them too.
Black with skulls!
I would draw all my favorite animated characters over the headphones, like a mural.
an angry bird theme
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My daughter is the artistic one. I’m sure she would use markers to make rainbows on these headphones (She loves rainbows)
I would draw anime characters
This is perfect for my daughter Paris who is six years old. The biggest artist in the family her teacher last year said that it isn’t often that you see a little girl like her age so gifted with art work (then she was 5). I know this is the perfect gift for my little butterfly she would put a serious art twist on them. thank you for giving her the oppurtunity to win!
I would draw peace signs
My daughter would love these.
Thanks for the chance.
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I would decorate with bright colors and squiggly lines.
my son would put planets and stars on them
I would have each of my grandhchildren write their name and a little design!
I’d paint them pink! Thanks for the chance!
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I would give them a psychedelic look using spray paint.
I’m thinking tye-dye…
well me and my daughter would do it on a rainy day.. and ik exactly what she would put on it.. DINOSAURS! lol my little princess loves them! trex, long neck.. and a thousand that only she knows!
would draw a mini bull terrier
I’m unsure how they would be decorated, but they would make a great gift for my son since I’m unable to work due to prior back surgery.
I would paint them with paisleys
This would be an awesome christmas present for my son. He loves playing the i pad but sometimes the music is just too loud. I bought him a pair of head phones from pottery barn kids but they don’t work that well. I need something for him with good quality and that will work when I don’t want to hear the loud noise from his i pad. Thank you.
How cool are those headphones! I would love to win them for my brother-in-law.
My son’s always using my poor headphones.
I bet he’d love these!
My son would probably have me draw Power Rangers or Team Umizoomi on these.
My son is a Halo lover. He definitely would theme them out in that direction. He goes through headphones like I go through donuts.
He’d love them.
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I would let my daughter draw cats and kittens on them
Purple with some hearts for sure!
I would let my nine year old custom design them for me.
WOW! what a great idea… as an Art Teacher … I would stress over getting the perfect Design on them, I would probably start with a butterfly some where, and go from there.
I would put different color hearts all over them
I would let my son design them he would be much better at it than me, thank you for the chance to win these, they look really cool, Happy Holidays to all
these are sooo cool… i wouldnt design them. i would give them to my niece so she could do it
my grandson has downs, and he loves justin bieber so i’m sure he would probably make them purple.
I would LOVE to win this for my daughter we bought her a ipod for xmas and would LOVE to give her these
I would give them to my daughter and I’m sure she would decorate them with something to do with softball. Our lives revolve around her softball schedule and it’s all she talks about and thinks about. Thank you!
How fun, getting to add your own creativity to a product is always a big plus, lets see –the color purple and some glitter would have to be included, would probably be bold and freeform, no real structure to the design — or could go the other way and doodle lots of lil things — butterflies, flowers, etc……either way they would be mine.
These would be perfect for my kid. I would let him design them however he wanted, but I know that there would be a lot of red on them!
I would give this to my daughter and let her design them. I know it would be guitar related.
I would write all the names of the singers/bands/groups that my kids like and then add some colours. My kids would love it.
My daughter would draw horses on these – so cool!
I don’t know a kid who doesn’t love headphones. And it is really great that kids can get creative with them.
I would design these with star stickers!
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My youngest daughter and I love doing Zentangles. We would decorate them together with those kinds of designs, and then I’d give them to her.
My daughter would love this!
I would give these to my 11 year old daughter. She is a great artist and would probally decorate with peace signs or stars.
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I would let my husband make a design…he’s always doodling cartoons…lol
I’d give this to my daughter.
I would cover them in peace signs and butterflies! They would look awesome!
I would probably let my daughters do the design, as I am not very artistic. thanks
My daughter is an artist so she would design these headphones. She loves to draw animals, so she would put owls, cats, dogs with designs in bright colors.
I am sure my daughter would put lots of bright colors.
I would doodle all over them in Sharpie, with tons of celtic knotwork designs since I’m big into drawing that. And I’d add a Doctor Who quote. ^_^
My son would be very excited to decorate this! I envision lots of markers and maybe some stickers.
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Would love this for my son
I have a teen that would dig these!
I would get my niece, Taylor, to design them for me using nail polish to
draw pretty butterflies and grass on; I love butterflies
these would be for my grandaughter and she probably would put flowers and butterflies on it
my nephew would probably put sports items on them
My little boy would have a heyday decorating these and using them.
we’d decorate them with lots of ladybugs
whata great idea
My daughter would draw a cat on them
My brothers would love these and would probably decorate with his favorite sport’s team colors.
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I would attempt a chevron pattern!
As a fantasy artist, I am definitely going to do a rolling landscape, a blue sky with clouds, dragons soaring overhead and unicorns running past a castle.
Thanks for the fantastic giveaway and Happy Holidays to you.
Id give them to my girls and have 1 do an ear and 1 do the headpiece. I don’t know how they would decorate them but I’m sure it would be colorful and beautiful!
My daughter would put rainbows on it
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I would have my artist brother decorate them.
I’d let my daughter design them – I’m thinking they’d end up looking like animal ears of some sort…
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i would have my artist friend draw the gallifrey symbol on them. i am a doctor who nerd, as is my nephew.
I would give this to my husband to sketch abstract paintings with acryclic paint on the headphones
My son would design it, prob his name !
My nine year old daughter is an artist, drawing all the time. She would love these and I would let her pick how to design them. I bet there would be flowers, birds, fairys.
I can only imagine what my daughter would think of these!!!
I think I’d want to decorate them with flowers or rainbows!
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i would have my initial put on it
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I would totally have my kids do a watercolor abstract, my son’s on one side and my daughter’s on the other…thats a two-fer….awesome craft and great electronic!!!!
My daughter would love to bling these up with some sparkles and glitter and probably some girly stickers!
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This do seem comfortable and cool. I’d maybe have a flying eagle silhouette on them.
I would draw dragons on them.
I would have TOO much fun with these! I would draw 3D characters – that might look neat.
My daughter would draw rainbows on the headphones
I’d have my son do whatever he wanted to them. He is always designing clothing and drawing pictures. He would have so much fun making this special.
So neat! If I were keeping these for myself, I’d decorate with a floral watercolor design with an inspirational quote flowing through it.
id let my son decide what he wnted on them..im sure it would be interesting..something to do with NASA im sure
id design them with butterflies I love them
With faux tie-dye. Thanks for the giveaway.
Zebra stripes except in red and black.
I would let my daughter draw something peaceful on them she is a great artist and loves to draw
I would do sugar skulls on them.
i would give them to my daughter. she’s quite the little artist and loves listening to music. i would let her design how she sees fit.
My son would probably draw windmills, Teletubbies, Arthur on this. Since he’s the one who would use it to block out noise when it gets overwhelming, I’ll just let him,
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I’d get my friend to make a rockin mural out of it
drawing stars is our thing..
This would be for my little sister!
Idesign it with skulls.
My granddaughters’ middles names are Petunia and Magnolia so I would draw bunches of each.
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I would let my teenage daughter design these and she would probably make a rainbow theme.
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I would let my son design them.
these are so cute, i would put mom’s all over them. lol
Since my daughter is the artist in my family, I’d let her decide!
I would design them with a zebra pattern.
would do a psychedelic color pattern on them
Either the logo of my favorite college team OR maybe sparklies:)
I’d make the NY Giants colors for my son.
id draw animals on them
I love to paint and would try some kind of wildlife or just landscape. Not sure how good it would come out but it would be fun to try.
I am SO not artistic…so I would let my daughter design them…which would probably mean pink and purple hearts and peace signs and the word “Love” all over. Which is fine by me.
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I would draw butterflies on them.
I’d paint it gray and splatter black paint on it.
I’d let my younger sister (the artistic one!) take control in the decorating.
I would let my granddaughter design them.
I will let my daughter draw something on it. Cool keepsake.
I could use these.
These would be for my daughter who would probably decorate with skulls and penguins. She has that all over her notebooks.
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Would probably do some purple zebra stripes
These a really neat. I’d decorate them with video game icons
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These headphones would be for my granddaughter so I’d let her decide how to decorate them.
I would go totally hippie on them…peace signs, hearts, and butterfiles
I would let my daughter design her own- most likely an anime character or a fairy.
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I would do polka dots or stars.
I’d let my hubby design them. He’d love this.
These would become “The Deathly Hallows” Headphones for sure
I think I would let me niece decorate it with the design of her favorite band.
i would have my daughter decorate them – not sure what design she would use, but it would have lots of bright colors!
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my son would draw a robotic look to it
I’d just put different designs all over it, it would be fun.
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I would let my son decorate it however he wanted.
I would let my sis do it.. I know she’s super creative.
i would like black earphones with red hearts on them
When my daughter and I start our DIY projects we get out our stickers, stamps, and paint. Then we look at out item for a little while to spout ideas. Then we get to work. I am sure the headbands would be a pink and purple intertwined with “DO NOT TOUCH” on top of the coloring. My daughter puts that on everything because her brothers like to borrow her things.
The ear part of the headphones would be stamped with my daughters favorite butterfly’s.
I bet my daughter would add lots of One Direction art to hers!
I would give them to my daughter she would put peace signs and cats on them
I would give the kit to my niece and let her design her own headphones. She’d probably draw suns and flowers, it would be so fun! jenniferpeaslee at gmail dot com
I would have futurama characters all over them
I would give these to my nephew for Christmas. HE would love them!
My daughter would decorate with hearts and peace signs.
I would give it to my daughter and draw butterflies and rainbows on it, her two favorite things.
glow in the dark everything
I would probably try some tye dye like design with plenty of glitter!
Our daughter would want a Hello Kitty on them.