Originally Posted by
robertk328 I haven't had mine the whole 4 months but curious to see how everyone is still feeling about the AirPods since they've been out for a while.
I love mine (using them now) and definitely happy with my purchase!
They don't fit. They hurt after a while. Hard plastic in the ear doesn't make any sense to me. Can't fall asleep without a painful reminder they are in my ear. Designing something with hard plastic from the 'average' ear form is the same as one-size-fits-all underwear. The average person may indeed have something wearable, but neither end of the bell curve gets satisfaction.
I bought the spigen TEKA Airpods earhooks and they solved the fit-problem. The trouble is, they don't fit in the charge station, so they need to be put on and taken off. Doing that is not simple. Finally, since there's no where to store the TEKA Earhooks silicone fit-propers, one disappeared from my shirt pocket. Now I'm looking at $10 more to replace something I shouldn't have to buy.
Sound quality is very good when the airpods when they fit properly. Else they sound like $10 bubble gum machine prize earphones.
Its a massive fail from a company known for ergonomics and form-fit-and-function. Whomever stamped their feet to say 'folks will get used to it' should be forced to wear hard plastic underwear 2 sizes too small and 'get used to it'.
I own nearly everything apple ever made. Functionally - great. Just change the crazy notion that one-size hard plastic should be in your ear. Or change the charge pod and accommodate the market fixing apples poor mechanical design.