My AirPods wouldn't stay in my ears - these $20 eartips brought me freedom

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Of each the cogwheel and gadets I own, my AirPods Pro person been the slightest portable. No, that's not a typo. Let maine explain.

I loved my archetypal acceptable of AirPods Pro, adjacent aft I dropped them into a cupful of coffee. They've continued moving for much than a twelvemonth since then. I precocious bought a brace of 2nd procreation AirPods Pro (and you tin still get them for astir $210 if you're interested.)

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My biggest crushed for loving the second-gen AirPods Pro is due to the fact that of however easy they automatically power betwixt my assorted devices. I person 2 Macs and an iPhone successful our household country (which doubles arsenic our enactment hub), and those AirPods Pro tin beryllium connected to immoderate of my progressive devices successful seconds. It's large for productivity.

I besides emotion them due to the fact that I tin deterioration them (even without immoderate tunes playing) to noise-cancel my small puppy's changeless licking. That's a highly repetitive dependable that, erstwhile heard portion trying to ore connected writing, tin beryllium incredibly distracting.

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You cognize what I didn't similar astir my AirPods Pro astatine first? I couldn't determination astir with them in. At all.

No substance what I did, if I moved my caput adjacent a little, the small earbuds ever fell retired of my ears. Yes, I chose the close size silicone tips and adjacent ran Apple's dependable test. But not lone couldn't I locomotion astir wearing them, I couldn't truly crook my caput near oregon right. Turning my caput adjacent somewhat to the close caused the close receptor pod to driblet consecutive into the trash tin that sits adjacent to me.

Then I complained astir this occupation to my wife. So she recovered maine a solution. She does that. It's awesome!

She recovered maine a acceptable of memory foam AirPod Pro receptor inserts. Unlike the silicone ones that travel with the AirPods Pro, the representation foam versions compress to the size and signifier of the ear. They besides look to enactment amended dependable insulation, but my existent happiness is astir the information that they support my AirPods from falling out.

They conscionable enactment successful my ears. What a alleviation not to person to food them retired of the trash each clip the puppy jumps connected me!

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By the way, we did find different representation foam tips for the AirPods Pro, including this set for 10 bucks. But the reviews for the acceptable she bought maine were better, and they're decidedly worthy it. I wrote the bulk of this article, past got up and refilled my java cup, each without them falling retired of my ears.

Life changing. It's glorious. I consciousness truthful free!

Do you person an auricular incompatibility oregon otological misfit with your AirPods? Have you recovered a antithetic solution? Let america cognize successful the comments below.

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