Beats Fit Pro

One really interesting effect of the AirPods - is that its changed the paradigm - where the default choice of headphones is Bluetooth. I personally own a pair of Beats fit pros - which are great for running, Zoom calls. But I recently acquired a schiit vestri and I pair these with some old wired seinheisers (HD1). I cannot overstate the drastic difference in quality. It is quite absurd (but categorically true) that the quality of audio that folks were generally listening to in 2005 was better than what we are doing today.

Anecdotal, but recently gave up on AirPods and moved over to Beats Fit Pro to get similar feature parity with my iPhone. Thus far, the Beats fit way better than either my AirPod 2 or AirPod Pro 1's ever did. ANC and the lack of an extra mic are ever so slightly worse, but the battery life and fit are so much better. My $250 AirPod Pros had to be exchanged for a battery defect within 3 months and were regularly falling out during runs... I don't think I will be buying AirPods again, but anyone struggling with them should scope the Beats line.

Beats were really bad in the past. These were the first pair of Beats that I actually like and didn’t die within 13 months of use. I am in the Apple ecosystem but prefer them to my AirPods Pro.

Beats Fit Pro are decent exercise headphones for me. They’re largely immune to sweat and behave like any Apple earphones — easy pairing. They’re also less prone to falling out for my ears than the AirPods Pro. https://www.beatsbydre.com/earbuds/beats-fit-pro

Beats Fit Pro. My first and only wireless earbuds and it's been a game changer. (I think this is a recommendation more for a category than a specific product.)

If you don't like airpods but want the apple ecosystem, the beats fit pro are a nice alternative. https://www.beatsbydre.com/earbuds/beats-fit-pro