I rock a Redmi ANC earphones because.. they work and theyre like $20. Unlike these overengineered sound makers that breaks the moment you drop them.

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caconym_ 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> overengineered sound makers that breaks the moment you drop them.

Which ones are those? I've owned a couple of generations of airpods and dropped them probably hundreds of times (both in the case and out of it) and it has never had any detectable effect on their appearance or functionality. I even had a pair go through the wash and they still mostly worked afterwards (only issue was that the ANC performance was worse and slightly weird).

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vachina 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, on mine (the OG Pros) the ANC would consistently fail. On my second pair the battery refused to charge when i left them in the drawer for too long. Apple replaced them a total of 3 times for all these failures, but i simply stopped wearing them because theyre too unreliable.

	▲	caconym_ 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To be fair, I don't expect anything electronic to survive going through the wash unless it has hardcore waterproofing (eg a dive computer). I was pleasantly surprised by the way my airpods kept working. I don't remember whether my first airpods were the gen1 pros or the gen2 pros, but you may have been a victim of early teething issues. I don't really have anything negative to say about the ones I've owned.
	▲	chis 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The OG pros honestly sucked and had horrible reliability. The other models have treated me well

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bitexploder 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't usually defend Apple products, but my AirPods Pro 2nd gen have been rock solid and taken insane abuse. I use them working on cars, runs, hiking, rain, shine, sauna. I drop them. They land in puddles. They smack concrete every couple of months. Sample size 1, but they are probably one of my favorite accessories and things I lug around with me. I use them a lot and if not love /really/ like them and nothing else has come close to the frictionless experience of them.

Although that may be in part due to vendor lock in and not sharing some of their connection handling API / tech.

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afavour 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Unlike these overengineered sound makers that breaks the moment you drop them.

You’d do your case favours by not exaggerating. My AirPods have proven perfectly rugged, I’ve dropped them plenty of times.

	▲	vachina 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not exaggerating. My daily drives are Apple products except for Airpods, and I will always single them out because (in my experience) they’re that bad.

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loloquwowndueo 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Dunno man, I bought a cheap set once and they were abysmal, I hated them so much I just destroyed them in a rage when they started malfunctioning yet again. I got AirPods and haven’t looked back, they just work all the time. Granted I’ve never dropped them :)

	▲	rootusrootus 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Granted I’ve never dropped them :) You would be fine then, too. My daughter makes a sport out of how often she can drop airpods and even put them through the wash. She's on the hook for buying her own pair next time but the old ones keep on working.
	▲	vachina 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I guess i lucked out with Redmi (specifically a Redmi Bud 6 lite). They just wont fail.