AirPods - are they worth it?

[kaleishorrid]

Just that really - just had a drunken conversation with my sister who said she didn't know she needed her AirPods until she had them. I have some cheap Bluetooth headphones which are a bit uncomfortable and are not great - I can't leave the room without them cutting out. Should I invest in AirPods?

My pros were my purchase of the year last year. Changed my whole attitude to dog walking. I love them.

I did like them but the sound is really muffled on them now, and I can’t seem to sort it. I’ve tried all sorts of things I’ve seen online. I’ve bought cheap ear buds off Amazon until I can afford Bose or Sony ones

I love mine. I wear them in work ...I can leave my phone on my desk on the second floor and listen to them all the way up four flights of stairs.
DH had a few sets of cheaper ones. I talked him into getting AirPods last month and he can’t believe the difference and how good they are.

DH bought me AirPods a couple of Christmas’ ago and I love them. Brilliant for commuting (just don’t flick your hair too much or you’ll send one flying). I can also wander around the house or office with them and not have to carry my phone.

Has anyone manage to fix muffled ones?

DD and DS 2 say definitely 😊

@Nat6999

I've got the Samsung Air buds, they are great, not as expensive as the Apple ones.

i have the samsung ones, and i think they are great - take one out and the other continues - tap once to pause, 2x to ff, and 3x to restart

also works well with calls etc

Yes, I am incredibly strict with myself about never putting them anywhere except their case!

DH gave me some because “they are amazing”. They are good, but only if you’re sitting down not moving. Walking around carefully they generally stay in but any kind of sport and they fall out. I’ve run with them in, but only with a hat on to keep them in place. I ended up buying ear hooks (?) that you slot them in and hook over your ear to keep them in place. But they’re not practical if you’re wearing glasses.

@Oblahdeeoblahdoe

I'll see if I can find them, I got them on wowcher just before xmas.

I love my pros. I have problems with other earphones staying in my ears, but not with the pros. The noise cancelling function is great, and sound quality amazing. I had a £40 pair of Bluetooth earphones before and the difference is massive.

@ThatDamnKrampus thank you!

I’m not very techy and was a bit meh when I received them as a gift but my goodness did I change my mind, I now use them all the time!

I’m always on the move so I can listen to podcasts and youtube as I’m going. I wouldn’t be without them.

I prefer beats, they are more comfortable in my ears and I like the fact they are attached to something so if they do fall out they wouldn’t be lost. Think they are a similar price to AirPods though.

I wear cheap buds from home bargains. I find my cabled earphones I got with my iPhone very uncomfortable and they hurt my ears. Thats why i wont buy pods even though id love a pair as my cables its a nightmare when running

My ears don't get on with the normal shaped airpods (I can't wear any of that style of earphone) but I love my airpod pros - swap them between my macbook, my iPad, my iPhone and my Apple TV as I need it and use them daily for calls and listening to lectures as well as music.

I had to change the tips of them because I'm slightly allergic to whatever they use to make them (I react the same to the Apple Watch bands) - so I have some memory foam ones on there now I bought from Amazon.

Actually OP it might be worth hanging fire just a little bit as the rumours are they're relaunching the airpods and the airpod pros so there may be bargains to be had.

I adore mine.

@CoffeeWithCheese

Actually OP it might be worth hanging fire just a little bit as the rumours are they're relaunching the airpods and the airpod pros so there may be bargains to be had.

Ooh interesting

@NewIdeasToday

Does anyone know if the AirPods Pro work with a laptop?

I just bought a pair of cheaper wireless earphones to use for conference calls. But they are really difficult to pair with my laptop. So I wondered if AirPods would be better.

Grateful for any advice. Thanks

I have the pro set. As said before there are two sets of different sized ear 'buds' in the bottom of the box.

I have paired mine with my MacBook, my work Dell, my TV, iPhones(both personal and work), iPad, etc. Anything with Bluetooth I've found I can pair.

I have starting using them while doing Teams meetings and they are great. Although, I did find the other day that the range is greater than I imagined. Went to the other end of the house for a cup of tea during a Teams call and thought I would be out of range. Pouring the water someone asked if I was by the river!

Just glad I hadn't gone to the loo [GRIN]

I use them now instead of my over ear headphones as the sound is great and they are very comfortable.

Yep I use my airpod pros with all my apple devices, plus they do pair with my windows PC but I don't tend to do that because it tends to be more faff than I can be arsed with - but it does work. I'm an Apple Sheep though so have pretty much wall to wall apple devices and the ability to swap them between them is what I bought them for.

I also quite often have them on with noise cancellation running when I'm in busy places these days just to reduce the sensory overload of the environment.

I do have a big clunky pair of bluetooth headphones as well but they're mainly just used as a visual "bog off - working" signal to the kids.

What will you be using them for? Given its apple you will probably be paying an uplift for the brand. I suggest buying some Sony buds for half the price and not expect to hear much difference. If you are listening to mp3s there really isnt much point spending much more than £50 anyway.

@ MadameBlobby my DP is on his 3rd pair within a year for the exact same reasons and those have just failed as well...

Personally I have anchor soundcore life ones and they cost me £32. There is no way on earth I could justify spending £150/£250 on airpods/pro’s.

For those recommending aftershocks just one word of caution:

I bought a pair to help with navigation. I am visually impaired and wanted to be able to hear my sat nav as well as my surroundings at the same time. I also have an ICD/pacemaker and there are no warnings on the box. But the one and only time I used them, my heart rate dropped not long after I’d taken them off, and my ICD didn’t respond for several minutes. I genuinely thought. Was about to have a cardiac arrest, and I left the railway station in the back of an ambulance.

The ICD eventually responded and I was ok, but when I looked up on the web as to whether there was possibly a link it turns out that while there was no specific link given, the evidence was considered inconclusive.

I got rid of them after that. I can never be 100% sure, but it had never happened to me before and has never happened since, so I will never ever take the chance again, and would urge anyone who has any such device to think seriously about doing so.

@AlternativePerspective

Personally I have anchor soundcore life ones and they cost me £32. There is no way on earth I could justify spending £150/£250 on airpods/pro’s

Do you mean Anker? Ive bought ones off. Amazon for £30 last night as i cant afford the Pro’s