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

OMG. Hope Apple can tackle this issue and fix the design. If that theory is true, it maybe the next Butterfly Keyboards because I haven't used AirPods Pro for heavy duty tasks...

I decide to postpone my AppleCare+ purchase (I use it for battery service in case) for the new pair for 1 month and see how it goes.

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 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.

This may sound weird, but I discovered that due to weather changes or what ever my sinuses and/or eustachian tunes have been slightly blocked. I did the breathing exercise where you hold nose and force air to unclog ears. I thought just maybe this was affecting the ear tip test results due to a balanced pressure in ears. And it worked! Tried a few times to test this, and it kept giving me GOOD SEAL in both ears

I think is worth trying to see if others get same results. It’s not the Pros are defective, it’s our ears and all it’s parts responding to weather and pressure changes I believe. I would love to hear if anyone else gets the same results.

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. :)

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!

Yeah I've had the exact same issue, on the first few days I had em they both passed fine and the seal was great, over time I noticed my right airpod when on Noise Cancellation just a bit more sound leaked in through the right ear. It got a bit worse over time and now it's impossible for me to pass the ear-tip fit test in my right ear, I have no idea if it's a design or hardware flaw that caused the noise cancellation in my right ear to be more weak. It confuses me since they fit perfectly fine the day I got them. Still haven't tried to fix this issue.

Good luck! I have tried all other methods mentioned in the thread and from other sites, and so far, using a product similar to Loctite Fun-Tak has been the only solution for me:

• Exchanged the right earbud at the Apple Store. It worked for a couple of weeks and then failed the Ear Tip Fit Test.
• Sucking on the microphone mesh. Did not work.
• Equalizing my ears by pinching my nose and forcing air out of my ears, as suggested by one commenter here. Did not work.
• Wiping the microphone mesh with soft cloth. Did not work.

Glad the Blu Tack solution worked out! I don't religiously perform the Ear Tip Fit test for no reason. Typically, I only perform that test when I feel that one of the APPs sounds softer than the other. And more often than not, that earbud is the one failing the test.

If you have access to a product like Blu Tack or Fun Tak (made by Loctie), try them. So far, at least in the thread, everyone who had their AirPods Pro failing the ear tip fit test has resolved that issue by using Blu Tack (or Fun Tak).

I was literally about to order new ear tips, I was already on the largest ones. I tried all the other remedies I could find and had already tried cleaning the tips with warm soapy water.

Thanks again for “fixing” the issue. :)

I have read the blue tak comments And looked it up online and I am thinking now it is not a good idea. I use Extra brand gum and chew out all the sweetness, then push it into microphone holes on my iPhone and it pulls all the dirt out better than anything. You can see little what I would call nipples sticking out of the gum when you pull it off and dirt on the tips. Then I Carefully wipe off any stickiness with an alcohol cleaning pad. When I look at it with my magnifying glass the grills are clean and my voice recognition works way better afterwards. I think I will try this on my AirPods but I do not think it will work because they are brand new and my ears have almost no wax in them.

I fail to see how a piece of chewing gum is a better solution than what many on this thread have already successfully tried, namely a product like Blu Tack. But it's your AirPods Pro so feel free to do it as you see fit.

I don’t know what blue tack would do for me. Mine are brand new and squeaky clean. Just spent two hours chatting and doing all kinds of stupid stuff with Apple and got nowhere. Still always fail. tried every size and bought new ones. When he/she pulled the COVID card I was done. Apple service sucks.

Waited for weeks for an appointment for a new battery and when I got there they didn’t have it in stock. When I showed up at the store and got past the FOUR guards they said I had to make an appointment or wait four hours. I am on call for work and when my appointment comes up there’s a good chance I can’t make it. It isn’t often I can even get to the store. I’ll just wait until we’re done with COVID. You can’t even browse and look at stuff. They apparently don’t want my money. I bought a Windows PC😳 at Costco instead of a new Mac because they don’t treat you that way.