AirPods-would you recommend?

snowball
Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:58:43 +0000

Let me start by says I am an Apple girl all the way, but this is for my husband who can be techno challenged and has a habit of misplacing items.

Husband works out daily, so has his earbuds in all the time. His car’s handsfree speaker is horrible, so if he is on the highway, all other hear is car noise. While this has been a problem since he bought this car 3 years ago, he gave up addressing it with the dealer, other than to have a new mic installed, with no change for sound quality. That is a whole different story, but it means if he is on a call while driving, he usually has to put in his earbuds; currently just using his wired ones that came with his iPhone 11 Pro.

Do the Airpods hold up to the sweat of working out; will the mic end up dying overtime due to the sweat? How easy/hard is it to answer a call, or switch from music to call? Any other pros or cons to think about? I want to maybe get these for his birthday next week, but don’t want to spend the money if they are no better than the wired earbuds. Costco and Amazon have the Pro for only $10-$20 more than the 3rd generation. While the Pro had the silicon ear piece and active noise cancellation, the 3rd generation has a longer listening time. As he currently wears the wired earbuds, I would think since the 3rd generation has the same ear piece, he is fine with the harder piece.

Looking to purchase tomorrow, so looking to hear thoughts.