AirPods Pro Ear Tip Fit Test fail (seal is actually good on both sides)

@Dellski, that's what I thought.

It seems overly burdensome to have to clean them virtually all the time. You shouldn't have to do that. Perhaps once after every 7-10 uses is more reasonable. You probably have to clean your ears more than a baby too 😱.

Good luck!

Seems to me that they are very much handle with care; especially if hands wet at all or sweaty.

I’m beginning to wonder if the moment mine went was a day at the gym when someone went to ask me something, I merely took out the left one to listen then when fitting the left back in, a slightly sweaty finger may have accidentally ‘pushed’ some sweat into the grill killing the left external microphone.

I didn’t notice at the time as I think I maybe have had ANC off.

If so, that grill is a massive and terminal weak spot.

Be careful in similar circumstances is my thoughts on it.

How you clean a pair of headset you just got in that you cannot pass the test! Also imagine trying to pass the test on an airplane. This is not a good headset. I just returned it and I do not want it until they publish airpods pro2 .

I exchanged mine at an Apple Store when I could not get a good seal. The new ones immediately gave a good seal. After about a week, I am seeing the left one fail indicating no seal. Maybe it is accumulating dirt over time?

Also, I can tell as soon as I put them in if I’m going to get a green indicator of a good seal. I always have NFC on. When I put them in, with NFC ON, the NFC is either working well or not. When working well, it always passes. If the NFC doesn’t seem to be working fully, I get a bad seal test. Maybe this is an indicator that the mic is working properly (and not clogged up)?

When I first bought them, went back an forth trying the different tips. The holder for the extra tips is paper. When I removed (I think the large ones), a thin later of paper from the top of holder came off and was stuck on that tip of the AirPods Pro so, of course, there was no sound from that ear and there is a safety issue with small paper discs in your ear!

I remembered. In fact if I press my AirPods in my ear, Ear Tip Test can pass. That's the reason why I didn't return it in first two weeks until it's becoming worse and bugging me so much on the third week from Day 1.

If my case can be reproduced, maybe dirts or particles aren't the cause.

Hope Apple can treat my device returned carefully and overhaul it to debug.

It is packed and will return as soon as I get to go back to BestBuy. Lost hope on these earbuds and will not buy again unless the do not test the seal and offer 6 different types of fit.

Please take me out of this conversation. I spent 30 minutes on the phone and the tech does not even know wht is the issue. He asked me to remove,reset and they do not realize that this is a hardware issue.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing that. I will try that. I assume the fit test factors in many things like sensed ear pressure and weather. I have found that I get a poor seal and bad noise cancellation and less bass when I use them in the cold, such as below freezing.

I have the exact same thing happening. Seal was good for the first few days, then the seal failed. Tested with all sizes, disconnected, forgot the device — still won't give me a thumbs up on the seals. It still sounds great to me and the product is excellent. Apple got it right with the Pros — although you'll never hear them admit that they got the design wrong with the initial AirPods. :)

My first pair worked perfectly for about three weeks. Then, the Seal test started to fail and I could hear that there was a loss of sonic quality both in the midrange spectrum and particularly in base. I can hear it immediately. So I brought the suspect Airpod Pros back to an Apple Store and they exchanged them for a new pair. These worked perfectly, also for about three weeks and then the seal started to fail once again. Now, they just don't sound good and there's no position in my ears in which I can get them to seal.

As a next step, I asked Apple to send me a new pair of tips. I got them today. They don't help at all. Exactly the same as before, seal fails and poor sound independent of position in my ears. It's definitely the Airpods themselves that are failing. Or there's some magical gunk in my ears that's causing them to go wonky.

I'm going to try and get yet one more pair from Apple and if those fail, I'm going to do my darndest to get them returned for the purchase price. Their fantastic when they work. Sadly, they don't work for very long.

This works for me too. Cleaning the inward facing mesh grilles gives me back the deep bass, improves NC and allows the ear tip test to pass. So, there is nothing wrong with the seal, fit or size of the tips but just blockage of those grilles. I guess Apple needs to revise the suggestions when there is an ear tip fit test failure: “Adjust, try a different tip and/or clean the mesh grilles”!

something similar happened to me.

I bought the airpods Pro a week after they came out. I used them for about 3 weeks and both ear fit test started failing. I tried all the different tips but never got a good seal. After a couple of days trying I took them to the apple store. They ran a few test at the genius bar and decided to replace both airpods.

The new airpods worked fine for about 3 weeks again and now the left airpod is failing the test again regardless the size of the tip.

The sound quality is still good and they work fine besides that problem. I am starting to believe it is more a bug than an actual technical issue.

I got apple care so if it gets worse I’ll take them to the store again.

very happy with the product if it wasn’t for this small issue

Well I tried the “sucking” method. And it worked perfectly for about three days. Then it stopped. Now with great difficulty I can seal the right AirPod pro, but not the left.

Apple support is mailing me a left and right AirPod Pro. Will advise on how the new AirPods work.

Please do not post it anymore. I returned them and I will not buy another pair. Who wants to fight with a perfect seal before you take off on a plane! It is a bad product and overrated just like every other Apple product! Drop them desd!

A smart salesperson in Bellevue said that this test is for nothing! They should not even have this on the app since it will either work or fail each time. The only time your can get good seal if you put a pressure on earbuds. So I do not care anymore. I use Broski Leta ($100.00) light headsets not to listen screaming kids on the plane. I highly recommend it!