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The AirPods are really far and away the best truly wireless in ear headphones. I did a bit of research before buying them recently. Ultimately my thinking about
by anonu 8y ago
The AirPods are really far and away the best truly wireless in ear headphones. I did a bit of research before buying them recently. Ultimately my thinking about buying Apple versus another competitor in this vertical boiled down to: Apple is sitting on billions and billions in cash... Their R&D can never be matched. Case in point: they built a custom chip for the airpods... Who else can do that? The bar is high.
- bognition 8y ago> The AirPods are really far and away the best truly wireless in ear headphones If they fit your ears yes, but if they don't fit your ears they're useless because they fall out after a few moments of use.
- ninkendo 8y agoDoesn't that apply to any in-ear headphone?
- Synaesthesia 8y agoMore so for EarPods because they don’t go into your ear canal. But yes it does apply to any in-ear earphone, except those with custom molds. Eg Etymotic
- nicwolff 8y agoOther earphones, you can add a formed rubber cover to make them fit. Due to the AirPods charging in their clever snug case, you can't easily use them with any kind of cover attached.
- Synaesthesia 8y agoUnfortunately they don’t fit my grandpa who has unusually large ear openings.
- 1123581321 8y agoPeople with larger openings can put a little rubber on them to increase the diameter and add friction. There are some third party products and DIY methods out there.
- samatman 8y agoAs a sibling points out, this doesn't work as well for the Airpods which charge in a snug case. Happily they fit my ears perfectly, but nothing 'one size fits all' actually does.
- 1123581321 8y agoThey’ll still fit in the case and charge. If the ears are truly gigantic, I suppose removable tips would be needed, but they just need enough that they won’t fall out. I agree they don’t fit everyone perfectly, but the weighting as it sits on the ear helps.
- aantix 8y agoAirPod hook attachments https://www.amazon.com/EarBuddyz-Airpods-Attachment-Earphones-Headphones/dp/B019BREFE4?tag=b0c55-20 https://www.amazon.com/EarBuddyz-Airpods-Attachment-Earphone...
- wslh 8y agoHow does it compare with the Jaybird Run? I am happy with them and they fit better in my ear.
- anonu 8y agoI looked at those. They were a solid contender to the airpods on paper. I never tried them out though. I do run (and sweat) with the airpods with no problem. The jaybirds seem to be better designed for running though...
- olliej 8y agoI use the beats wireless headphones - they have the same wireless “magic” (I write software, and nearly failed university physics so magic will do) and they solved my cable issues. AirPods don’t fit in my apparently deformed ears :)