Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsNearly life-changing
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2022
These AirPods are wonderful. I have had them now for many months and I use them every day, multiple times a day.
-They are super easy to initially pair with an iPhone (I have an 8s+).
-They immediately pair as soon as I put either AirPod in my ear. No other Bluetooth headphones I’ve tried have come even remotely close to pairing this easily.
-You can very easily switch between using one or both AirPods at a time. As soon as you take one AirPod out, it pauses whatever you were listening to. Put the AirPod back in the ear and it will play on its own, or use your thumb and index finger to squeeze the stem on either AirPod to play/pause.
-Noise cancellation only works when both AirPods are in (which makes sense).
-noise cancellation works so well I can mow the lawn and easily listen to a podcast with a normal level of volume (with my old Bluetooth headphones mowing was not an option because I would have had to blast the volume way too loud.
- I love how Siri will tell me if I have an incoming call (and who from) and ask if I want to answer. Same with texts. She’ll say who it’s from, read the text and ask if I want to reply. If the incoming text is too long she’ll say “Bob sent a text with a long message, do you want me to read it?”
- I also love that I can have my phone in my pocket and use the microphone built into the AirPods to have a phone conversation.
- A few times the left and right earpiece didn’t pair in synch so the sound came through at slightly different times through left and right. Very rare. Simply take both AirPods out and put them in the case and close the lid. Then open the case and put them back in your ears. It’s never happened twice in a row. Again, very rare, takes seconds to fix.
-Spatialize Stereo is really cool for listening to music. Really makes the sound feel more like a concert hall. Fixed and Head Tracked options both work great.
- I really like the transparency mode, where it amplifies the outside sounds so you can easily have a conversation with someone while leaving your AirPods in your ears. Works remarkably well! Keep in mind this still feels a little rude if your around other people, BUT, sometimes I use this feature if I’m traveling and stopping real quick at a food place or rest stop, or drive through, and may not have my case handy, but I still want to be able to hear and interact with the person serving me.
-I love to run and I have run with these many many times. On occasion I’ve had the right ear get a little loose from sweat, but on those occasions I simply push it back into place and it stays in for quite awhile. My left ear never has that problem. I probably have a weird ear canal or something.
-I highly recommend these AirPods.
Also, get a case. I got a cheap case for $8. Well worth the money because you WILL drop the case at some point.