I've stopped buying Apple accessories as they are often overpriced mediocre products (e.g. Apple keyboards aren't even waterproof). My trial of the AirPods reaf

I've stopped buying Apple accessories as they are often overpriced mediocre products (e.g. Apple keyboards aren't even waterproof). My trial of the AirPods reaffirmed this belief. I had borrowed AirPods to watch some movies, and faced the same issue that you did - suddenly and randomly, one of the AirPods would just go mute. Sound would only come from one of the AirPod. The temporary solution to this is to "forget" the Airpods and re-pair it again in Bluetooth settings. But obviously that gets tiring when you have to do it 2 or 3 times during a movie! In contrast, a much, much cheaper generic wireless Bluetooth earphone works perfectly without any issues on the same iPad.