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It took me two whole weeks to lose my Airpod case
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dmax, IIRC, for Christmas, you were going to buy a bunch of different bluetooth headphones & put the in a pile & everyone would pick out of there. If you ended up doing that, how did it go & what are the pros/cons of the different styles. Sounds like the AirPods are popular.
I lost my first pair of AirPods within the first month that I had them. Worse, they were somewhere in the house or car. The first thing that I did after replacing them was add a Tile. It's paid for itself many times over. The good news is that my teenage daughter found the original set, so she has a pair, too.
The quick version:
The Bose sound much better than the competition. No contest. But for whatever the reason they stick out ridiculously far from my head - i look like 60's era Lt Uhura. Case is too big to slip into a shirt pocket but not too small to lose.
AirPods - Elegant and sit almost perfectly flush to my face. If I had never heard the Bose I'd have nothing to complain about. They are my choice, and daughter #1's.
beatsX - nobody liked the fit.
Powerbeats3 - Daughter 2's choice since they fit her ears and she likes having the cord.
Wife has yet to try. I'll wait until she wants something in the hopes that the wireless charge airpods come out. Then I'll give her mine!
There’s got to be a convention center filled with missing pencils, appletv remotes, AirPods, and credit card bills.
I have to say that I'm pretty much in agreement with you, however, yesterday, after I got my 2nd pair of AirPods, (Yeah, I returned the first pair, on a lark, too much money, etc), and sat in Starbucks, and started "Diamonds in the soles of her shoes". About halfway through, where the beat changes, I switched from the AirPods, to the Bose Soundsport Free. Honestly, I could not tell the difference, same song, same volume, same eq setting in the phone. Then, I stopped the phone, and started "Graceland" on the watch. Same drill, and I still could not tell the difference. I have to say that I have a high frequency hearing loss, (I can't hear crickets), but to me, they sounded the same. Then, when I got home, I tried the same drill with the Beats PowerBeats 2, and well, they're on the table, probably to be given to my son if he want's them. No contest there, but for me, the battle between the Bose and the Apple comes to convenience, when I switched from the phone to the watch, the AirPods automagically knew what I was doing, the Bose had to be paired again, after shutting BT off on the watch. Also, for me, it's easier to tap the AirPods to answer/hang up the phone than the buttons on the Bose, I pull the thing out of my ear trying to answer a phone.
My 2c worth, your mileage may vary.
Waiting in line at the Apple store to replace my lost AirPod. First lost one... only had them since Sept. hopefully I will find it once I replace it. I bet it went through the laundry
Woohoo! As suspected, I replaced my AirPod and then a week later almost exactly, I found the lost one! It was just found in my laundry room. It works. My cleaning crew sometimes does laundry for me, so I wonder if it was found before or after the laundry was done! Well, hopefully the next time I lose one it will be the left airpod
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Just updated that I found my pod in my laundry room. No idea if it went though the wash but if it did...it still works!
Diamonds on the Soles is one of my favorite test tracks!
I suspect that the sound quality of Airpods vs Bose has a lot to do with how they sit in the listener's ear. The Bose has a much fuller bottom, much like myself.