What I was really annoyed about was that Apple was trying to charge me above full price without the option to add AppleCare for the 'repaired' set. If any produ

What I was really annoyed about was that Apple was trying to charge me above full price without the option to add AppleCare for the 'repaired' set. If any product needs AppleCare it's these. Another issue I had (replaced under AppleCare) was the stem squeeze just completely failing in one of them. So many bugs and failures in one product. They seemed magical for the first few days/weeks. Now I use a $10 wired pair for work calls and cheap but solid Pixel Buds A for wireless. For noise 'cancelling' around machines I also got some hearing protecion- 3M WorkTunes. Total cost of all 3 is half of the AirPods.