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Powerbeats Pro Water Resistance Test: Find Out What Happens if You Drop Apple's Newest Earbuds in the Toilet

Send me a pair to test. I've gone through six pairs of Jaybird X3/X4s in 2.5 years. One pair ran a 10K in a light mist, otherwise no water contact besides sweat. If they can survive me, they should be good to go.
 
Those went inside someone's ears. After being dropped in a toilet. Intentionally, even! What are we even doing here
 
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pj-uk said:
Why put them in a toilet when a bowl of water would do? 😕
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Because they wanted to say, that it will work but will smell like a poo for years
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CC77 said:
Those went inside someone's ears. After being dropped in a toilet. Intentionally, even! What are we even doing here
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Revenge? The whole team wee weed there and then let the unpopular member of the team to test them
 
Should run them through a laundry washing machine cycle and see if they still work. Destroyed a pair of Jaybird’s because I forgot to take them out of my pocket.
 
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djcerla said:
All of Apple’s claims of water resistance are false advertising.

My iPhone X went submerged for a couple of seconds in 20 cm of water; it was sold to me with the claim of being fine with 30 minutes under 1.5 m of water.

It instantly broke, water was literally everywhere from camera to CPU, and I had to pay €650 even if I was under warranty. Bad, disappointing experience overall.
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You'd probably dropped it or invalidated the seal in some other way, this is not normal - I know lots of people that go swimming with theirs and take underwater photos with them.
 
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MEJHarrison said:
Exactly. And beyond that, why not do the toilet test last? They claim it was the third of six different tests! I'd have made the toilet test #6 and tossed them after that rather than continue to test them.
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Exactly, they should have taken a massive dump, then put the headphones in, then wear them for the next 6 tests 😉

lol
 
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Resting still in water is different from being agitated under water because air bubbles can be held in the orifices by interfacial tension. You need to actually swim a few lap to test or place in a hot tub with jets engaged.
 
I will never, ever pay $250 for a device that does the same thing as a $10, $20, or even $50 one (even that is pushing it, hard).

It just doesn't make sense to me.

Can someone explain to me what makes it worth the extra $200?

Seriously, I'd like to know.
 
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