I bought the first Airpods. They were alright. Fell out of my ears enough to be really annoyed and want to give up on them. But not enough to actually do it, or stop wearing them in the sauna until they stopped working (I wonder why). Bought the 1st gen Pros, and thought it would solve the falling-out problem. Nope. Wore them for 20 minutes and boxed them back up.
Waited and waited for something great. Few are designed to REALLY stay in your ear without the over-ear loops. And I really only wanted something that is low profile that stays within the plane of your ear, so I can actually put my large over-ear ANC headphones OVER these when I'm on a plane for some double noise suppression. It's a dream to not hear **** on flights.
The Beats Fit Pros were the closest. Even though I'm caucasian male, I really wanted the Kim Kardashian "moon" color variant because I hate stuff that stands out. Just thought it would be cool for these to blend in with my skin and not draw attention to the fact I was wearing them. At worst, I'd look like a jiu jitsu guy with cauliflower ear while I was working out. But you couldn't find them. For whatever reason, they did the brand partnership with her, and the products disappeared. Only available on Amazon by third parties for exorbitant prices. Such a great idea to have skin-matched colors.
So I ended up buying blue ones. Even though I hate the color and they still fell out occasionally, they are definitely better than any AirPods in this regard. Ended up getting the after-market memory foam ear tips, and this was the game changer. Fit is amazing now. Sound is okay. ANC is not great (but it's apparent). And the microphone for calls and voice messaging is absolute dog ****. Not perfect, but SUPER usable. They stay in. As an Apple ecosystem guy, they switch devices flawlessly between devices (there is really nothing out there that compares to an Apple earbud/headphone product in terms of pairing and switching between devices).
Hopefully these are still real improvements in practice. That's what a product company is supposed to do. Improve them. And the Beats Fit Pro still had so much room for that. If they don't fix the microphone issues, durability, sound quality, fit, just a little, then what's the point. It's sounding like they're a $150 product, so I'll wait for those discounts. Or to see if they maybe have a pro lineup coming.