Greatest AirPods Equipment for 2023


Apple AirPods are the industry-leading earbuds. While you get a pair of Apple’s well-liked 
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, you would possibly assume you’ve gotten what you want, however there is a litany of equipment that may bolster your listening expertise. Supplementary circumstances and different appropriate Apple AirPods add-ons may also help overcome minor shortcomings (which, for some individuals, are large shortcomings). The perfect AirPods equipment assist your shiny new gadget keep in its authentic situation for months.

These picks for one of the best AirPods equipment are primarily based by myself hands-on expertise and are principally circumstances (together with one charging case) and earbud enhancements, with a couple of different attention-grabbing AirPod equipment I’ve discovered. Notice that these prime picks of AirPods equipment are primarily based on the non-Professional, or commonplace, variations of the true wi-fi earbuds

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Yow will discover cheaper knockoff variations of Catalyst’s AirPods Case ($25), however the Catalyst is arguably one of the best AirPods rugged case you should buy. Not solely does this act as a canopy to guard your AirPods’ case however it additionally makes your case totally waterproof. One other key characteristic: The bundled carabiner allows you to strap the case onto a belt loop or backpack or use it as a keychain case to assist hold your wi-fi earbuds from getting misplaced. The case is on the market in a couple of completely different coloration choices, together with a glow-in-the-dark model and particular Apple Retailer-only colours for $5 extra.

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After I first noticed the title of this accent, I assumed it was for the AirPods Professional. However Speck’s first AirPods case is definitely for the usual AirPods. Whereas it is considerably expensive at $30, the design is healthier than many AirPods circumstances, with a tough plastic shell slightly than the gentle silicone end of the Catalyst circumstances. The loop the place the included carabiner connects to the case is extra sturdy than the loop on the Catalyst case. 

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Some individuals discover AirPods match so securely of their ears that they’ll run with them. However different ears, like mine, aren’t good AirPod receptacles. And that is the place silicone cowl choices are available, together with many who characteristic built-in earhooks or “sport fins.” 

I’ve used the EarBuddyz, which now are available a model 2.0, however yow will discover loads of different comparable choices, together with ones from AhaStyle and others that work with each EarPods and AirPods. All of them value round $10 for 2 or three units of hooks.

The one difficulty is that to get the AirPods again of their case you must take away the fins and retailer them someplace. That is a nuisance, and also you would possibly wish to put money into a case that matches each the AirPods and EarBuddyz. The new AhaStyle ear hooks include somewhat carrying pouch for the hooks however not in your AirPods.

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The EarBuddyz Extremely are much like the AhaStyle possibility (they may have been made in the identical manufacturing unit) — and price the identical value ($14). They do include three sizes of ear ideas as an alternative of two. I might have favored for an XL tip to be included. The big tip did not create a decent seal for me, however it did create some noise-isolation and enhance the bass efficiency of the AirPods.

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The fidget-spinner craze could have come and gone, however the $25 ZenPod from Air Vinyl Design could assist convey it again.

Sure, that is the primary spinning case in your AirPods, and it is frankly sort of ingenious. Accessible in three coloration choices, the ZenPod has precision bearings on either side of the leather-based case that give it that spin issue that we have all secretly craved.

Alas, this leather-based case would not add wi-fi charging case capabilities to your AirPods case (the place is that new case, Apple?), so it isn’t completely zen, however who is aware of — possibly we’ll see that battery charging characteristic in a future model? 

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Apple’s new $249 AirPods Professional comes with a wi-fi charging case, however Apple additionally sells a wi-fi case individually for purchasers of the first-generation AirPods. The one difficulty is that this wi-fi charging case prices $79, which appears a tad expensive for the power to have a simple approach to cost your earbuds, particularly as no charging pad is included with this AirPods charging case. (The Belkin pictured right here is a further $45.)

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Product of rugged leather-based and geared up with a snap closing system, as effectively “loss-prevention” clip, Twelve South’s AirSnap leather-based case is somewhat little bit of a distinct tackle an AirPods case. It is obtainable in three coloration choices in leather-based for $35. 

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Why would we put a set of wired earbuds in a roundup of AirPod equipment? Properly, if you happen to do not shell out for a Bluetooth transmitter (about $30), you will not be capable to use your AirPods on a airplane to look at in-flight leisure. In fact, you could possibly ante up for an costly set of noise-canceling headphones (you possibly can see our prime noise-canceling picks right here), however it would not harm to have an inexpensive, sturdy, good-sounding pair of wired headphones available. We have all the time favored the Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 earphones, which value lower than $9.

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