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I left my AirPods Pro at a school sports field an hour away, and I didn't realize until the next morning after it been raining heavily. I gave them up for lost
by helipad 2y ago
I left my AirPods Pro at a school sports field an hour away, and I didn't realize until the next morning after it been raining heavily. I gave them up for lost and needed headphones for work – so ordered some from Apple with same day delivery.
A week later, I got a Find My notification that they had been spotted – at the same sports field. I figured what the hell, put on a podcast and drove the hour to see if I could find them. Worst case scenario, a couple of hours of driving.
Using Find My and the directional feature points you in the right direction to within feet, I found them in the tall grass.
The case had been perfectly watertight, and they'd barely lost a percent of power in a week. Remarkable really all round.
- thekevan 2y agoI accidentally put mine through the washing machine. The aftermarket case I had them in died but the Airpods themselves survived just fine. That was 2 years ago and I still use them every day.
- furyofantares 2y agoI lost two sets in the snow at my mom's house. Where she lives the snow sticks around for 4 or 5 months. They would have been near the top of a few feet of snow where we were making snow angels and generally frolicking, and then covered up by additional snowfall. We found them once it melted. They both work fine.
- ErigmolCt 2y agoIt’s rare to hear (for my ears) such a perfect outcome when it comes to lost tech
- carstenhag 2y ago(in germany) Friend took multiple trains, Ubahn, Bus. 5 Seconds after leaving the bus, he realized he had forgotten his backpack with id, laptop, etc. We were "hunting" busses for 2h but couldn't find it. He didn't have Find My set up on the mac. Filed police report etc. A week later he got mail saying the bag was found in a train in Augsburg. Which was the 2nd of 4 legs of the trips or something, and he was completely off where he lost it :D
- ja27 2y agoI saw someone on Twitter that left hers in a seatback on a flight. They'd show up on Find My every day for almost two months before they died. She talked to the airline multiple times about someone checking her seatback and several times they insisted they weren't there. Doubtful they ever checked at all but impressive battery life.
- conradev 2y agoI used to bike from SF to Apple in Cupertino once a week. One week, I dropped my AirPods case on the ride and only when I got to work did I realize I was missing an AirPod. The next week, I stopped right around where I dropped the case and I found it, working just fine. I love that when you drop the case, the AirPods scatter into the farthest reaches of wherever you are – favorite feature
- hilux 2y agoMine lose 20-30% sitting in their case overnight. It's very annoying. You ARE lucky!
- inopinatus 2y agoTry leaving them on the bedpost, c.f. Donegan, L (1959)
- scellus 2y agoSame here, occasionally I find both the case and the ear pieces with empty batteries while they haven’t been nowhere near empty when I left them, usually previous day or evening.
- mckn1ght 2y agoSomething is wrong with them. I can use mine repeatedly over several days before finally needing to plug them in again. You should reach out to support.
- hilux 2y agoI've googled it and tried all the recommended fixes. This is a frequent problem - only for some people.
- mckn1ght 2y agoHave you actually talked to Apple? They might just replace them. Is this the only pair that’s demonstrated this behavior, or has it been multiple units?
- eek2121 2y agoThe left earbud dying is a frequent problem. Sometimes I sometimes hear about the right, but usually the left. Even more rarely, both die frequently, which isn’t the real issue…they drain the case, right? (if not ignore the rest of this) Want me to blow your mind? The REASON for this is the case. Everyone always suggests cleaning, but that won’t help for the long term. I know because I have tried. I took a pair of tweezers and bent the metal contacts in the case outward. That was a year ago. I have not had a single issue since. Not one. I am willing to bet Apple brushed a manufacturing defect under the rug. YMMV and if your airpods are under warranty, consider that first, but after having the issue with first gen and second gen, I wasn’t about to deal with nonsense.
- iaabtpbtpnn 2y agoMy AirPods went thru the washer and dryer in their case. No damage whatsoever!
- mrbungie 2y agoMy airpods pro were totally destroyed in the washer/dryer, no idea why. Maybe it was because it was quite a lengthy washing cycle?
- adtac 2y agoYou forgot to set the washing machine to "Whites"
- WWLink 2y agoYea my brother has ruined 2 pairs of airpods in the washing machine.
- LeonB 2y agoI wonder what the difference is? One (admittedly uninformed) hypothesis is that there might have been more detergent, and the failure was caused by detergent residue. If this was true, they could be (possibly) repaired by rinsing with fresh water to remove said residue and leaving to dry. (Lots of other possible hypotheses and confounding factors)
- ravenstine 2y agoI sometimes wear my airpods in the shower. Have gotten water in them often, but this never caused them to fail or be permanently damaged.
- pcf 2y agoOut of curiosity – why do you wear them in the shower? Are they meant to withstand that?
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- johnwalkr 2y agoFind my is really a killer feature. When AirTags were first released, there was a bunch of media on potential use by stalkers and it seems like Apple hasn’t advertised how airtags (and findmy with devices) work at all since then. Most people think they just work locally until I show them an AirTag halfway around the world that just updated its location. I bought one for my luggage, and when boarding a train in Paris, I was informed that I left my luggage behind. Went back to grab my luggage, boarded my train and then bought more AirTags at the first opportunity. I’ve used them multiple times to prove my lost luggage is in the airport, countless times to track shipping of high-value goods and countless times to find my keys.
- agumonkey 2y agoWhat would happen if you lost only one?
- wafflemaker 2y agoSlight chance of finding it if you notice it's missing fast enough. FindMy only finds the charger, not the headphones out of charger, but you can make it play a sound. You can buy a replacement for about 50% of the price of a new set (complete with charger case).
- Eric_WVGG 2y agoThat’s not correct. One night I dropped my case as I crossed the street to my building. I grabbed it off the ground without paying attention, both buds had fallen out. In the morning, I picked up the case and noticed that it felt light. Find My reported both buds as having been seen outside on the sidewalk, one last seen four hours ago, the other six. I ran downstairs and outside to find them both smashed by car traffic. Another time a bud popped out of the case while passing through the TSA X-rays (yes, I have lousy luck with these). I was able to pinpoint the direction with the app and make it plays sounds, but the agents were unable to dig under the rollers and get it out.
- agumonkey 2y agoIn my case I only own cheap aukey earbuds and so far I couldn't find any information about buying a single earbud
- teekert 2y agoWow 1 percent in a week. I use mine every couple of days but they drain much faster. Perhaps yours decided, he, see no iPhone for a couple of hours let’s do some deep sleep. I’d love to have more control over then charge cycle like that.
- WanderPanda 2y agoI washed my Airpods in a washing machine once and they continued working normally for 6 months until the noise cancelling started to fail on one side.