AirPods-would you recommend?

anomander
Sun, 21 Nov 2021 04:58:55 +0000

Airpods in the car would be great b/c of the quick and seamless pairing. Either the regular or pros would be fine - get the pros if you need noise isolation. If he does long drives then they’re easy enough to recharge in the car by just putting them back in the case.

I wouldn’t use airpods for working out though. Especially for somebody prone to misplacing stuff (although airpods do have the “find my” feature). Personally I’d get some of the Sony or Bose sport buds - they have a more secure hold in the ear and are just less slippery in general.

So I guess my answer is - get airpods for the car and sport-oriented buds for the gym.

As far as the airpods pro, I’ve had a set for a while and find it really weird and a bit disorienting to use them for calls. Even on transparency mode the seal from the earpiece makes my voice sound all weird in my head or something; super distracting. I’m fine taking calls with non-isolating air buds, but for some reason the isolating ones drive me a little crazy. But tons of my colleagues use them regularly on calls and give me funny looks when I ask if they have the same problem I do, so it’s probably just me.