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Listening to podcasts in mono via a single earbud is my favorite use of the AirPods. So glad they're not wired behind the neck like these Pixel Buds.

by pkamb 9y ago

rconti 9y ago
I've got a great pair of wired-together IEMs (Jaybird X3) but have been considering buying AirPods just so I can listen to podcasts single-ear on my bike ride to work. Balancing that out is my desire to not get run over, and to save $160. So what I'm saying is, I'm pretty sure I'll end up with AirPods soon.
- m3rc 9y ago
  I occasionally bike with one earbud in with just normal wired earbuds and tuck the other one into my shirt. What am I missing out on with wireless earbuds?
  - rconti 9y ago
    No wires!! But seriously, I've been so happy with my recent bluetooth purchases. I guess I could try the jaybirds in one ear, but they are noise isolating, which is less than ideal, and i think it would bother me more to have one ear blocked and the other not. I definitely would NOT want to deal with wires to a phone somewhere in my pocket while cycling, seems potentially hazardous. Just a wire connecting them could be doable.
  - mercer 9y ago
    Honestly wireless earbuds, specifically the AirPods, have probably been the best purchase I've made in a while and probably my favorite Apple product since my MacBook Air (2013). The problem is that all the reasons why I feel this way would not have meant much to me while I was still using wired headphones. It feels a bit like retina displays, or my first experience with a sleep mode that actually works (my first, white MacBook): the advantages don't seem all that obvious or amazing right until you're forced to go back to the 'old way'. I would suggest you first make sure they fit your ears though. I was always confused about people complaining about the EarPods/AirPods falling out of their ears because that never happens to me or most people that I know. Then I actually met one of those mythical people and it became immediately obvious to me how unusable these things are for them (without foam or perhaps some superglue).
    - rconti 9y ago
      Just found out that the existing AirPod case doesn't support inductive charging.. I guess I'm waiting till it ships with the inductive case so I don't have to buy another.
    - m3rc 9y ago
      That's interesting, but basically totally useless information to anyone who doesn't have the product :P
rhinoceraptor 9y ago
I use one airpod all the time, it’s great for when I’m out riding my bike. I use the right side so I can hear traffic to my left.

Listening to podcasts in mono via a single earbud is my favorite use of the AirPods. So glad they're not wired behind the neck like these Pixel Buds.

by pkamb 9y ago

Listening to podcasts in mono via a single earbud is my favorite use of the AirPods. So glad they're not wired behind the neck like these Pixel Buds.

rconti 9y ago

I've got a great pair of wired-together IEMs (Jaybird X3) but have been considering buying AirPods just so I can listen to podcasts single-ear on my bike ride to work. Balancing that out is my desire to not get run over, and to save $160. So what I'm saying is, I'm pretty sure I'll end up with AirPods soon.

m3rc 9y ago
I occasionally bike with one earbud in with just normal wired earbuds and tuck the other one into my shirt. What am I missing out on with wireless earbuds?
- rconti 9y ago
  No wires!! But seriously, I've been so happy with my recent bluetooth purchases. I guess I could try the jaybirds in one ear, but they are noise isolating, which is less than ideal, and i think it would bother me more to have one ear blocked and the other not. I definitely would NOT want to deal with wires to a phone somewhere in my pocket while cycling, seems potentially hazardous. Just a wire connecting them could be doable.
- mercer 9y ago
  Honestly wireless earbuds, specifically the AirPods, have probably been the best purchase I've made in a while and probably my favorite Apple product since my MacBook Air (2013). The problem is that all the reasons why I feel this way would not have meant much to me while I was still using wired headphones. It feels a bit like retina displays, or my first experience with a sleep mode that actually works (my first, white MacBook): the advantages don't seem all that obvious or amazing right until you're forced to go back to the 'old way'. I would suggest you first make sure they fit your ears though. I was always confused about people complaining about the EarPods/AirPods falling out of their ears because that never happens to me or most people that I know. Then I actually met one of those mythical people and it became immediately obvious to me how unusable these things are for them (without foam or perhaps some superglue).
  - rconti 9y ago
    Just found out that the existing AirPod case doesn't support inductive charging.. I guess I'm waiting till it ships with the inductive case so I don't have to buy another.
  - m3rc 9y ago
    That's interesting, but basically totally useless information to anyone who doesn't have the product :P

rhinoceraptor 9y ago

I use one airpod all the time, it’s great for when I’m out riding my bike. I use the right side so I can hear traffic to my left.