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

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.

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”!

Refitting, resizing, and the sucking method doesn't even work at all. I still fail the tests in both ears. Luckily I have these on Apple Care.

I'm definitely chalking up that these first gen Airpod Pros have design flaws. Because if it isn't this issue of ear tip fit tests failing, then it's the other issue in another long support thread about how these pros naturally fall out of your ears a lot. I never had to readjust wireless buds so often in my life and we shouldn't have to resort to band-aid solutions such as stickier airpod cases to get it to work.

They definitely need to improve things with the next model, but sadly I fear I'll probably skip out any next gen and go for the new over the ear Airpods X headphones they are rumored to be making that are like their beats. I prefer over the ear anyway, but just for doing video conference meetings at work I prefer to use something that looks more discrete.

Troll? You kidding me right? Just read the number of comments left by other users who told me the Blu Tack solved their problem! Not a single user has commented that it does not work. Again, I fail to see how your chewing gum "solution" is better than Blu Tack. You said it yourself, you have to chew the gum first, shove that piece of gum into the microphone/speaker mesh, and then wipe it clean with alcohol. With something like Blu Tack, no chewing and wiping is needed. It's your AirPods Pro after all, chew all you want 🤦‍♂️

Now you have your first single-user. Blu Tack does not work for me.

Originally my AirPods Pro consistently passed the ear test. However a few months later, they consistently fail with every single possible combination of ear buds. I have even tried using Q-tips, Blu Tack, and a small bit of alcohol.

Nothing changes the results.

It is very strange that they test quite well for awhile and then suddenly completely fail every test.

Very weird but it actually worked in my case as well. It showed great seal after trying 4 times in a row.

Only problem is that the right one which had the issue still seems a bit like it’s not lowd enough in comparison to the left one. Maybe I have an ear problem lol

Anyway, this solved my problem.

Thanks

First time I don't have issues with my airpods pro, use the mid size and pass the eartips test.

Now, I failed the test, try different sizes from small to large, try many ways and still failed the eartips test.

Please help me...

Coud you please explain how the kit looks like? How do you clean airpods...?10x

I had the BluTack and don’t like gum much. :)

Whatever works! Just glad I know the solution.

Nice writeup on another success story!