Talked myself into a purchase today, and I am absolutely happy with the AirPods Pro.
I have AirPod gen 1 and 2, and also many other in ear Bluetooth headsets that I’m accumulated over the years, normally I have one or two major gripes with any headset, AirPods Pro are so far without fault.
Here is what I love:
No “thump thump thump” when walking, big issue for me with other in ear sealed headphones.
Reliable play and pause, and now skip forward and back. With v1 and v2 this was never as reliable for me, squeeze is a better gesture.
Multiple gestures available on both AirPods, not just one per AirPod.
No tap (was annoying), now a squeeze, big improvement.
Fit my ears better, I never had a problem with AirPods, but these are better fit.
Stalks are shorter and I agree allow use on pillow or airline seat headrest sides (like on qantas and ba).
Noise cancelling is quite good, certainly no Bose 700 or 35ii, but certainly a great addition.
These are actually too loud for me, never had this issue with any AirPods or equivalent.
Bass levels are quite good, certainly fine for music.
I can’t get them to fall out, no matter how much in shake my head.
They seem to connect to iPhone with more reliability than my v1 or v2.
Ear fit actually seems to work, I moved one AirPod slightly to get a minimal seal break and the test failed.
First use I was worried they had removed gestures for play and pause, no they didn’t, one squeeze for pause, two squeezes for skip, three for skip back and press and hold to enable transparent mode (you can change this to Siri activation).
Love them, just wish they were a different colour.