AirPods Max Comfort?

I received my AirPods Max yesterday. I love the sound, but I immediately started hearing the bars on the headpiece as well, which translated to pain after about half an hour. I love them, but unfortunately I am forced to send them back.

I bought those Airpod Max. Love the Noise Cancelling and sound, but at that price the headache that I am getting after 1h is just ridiculous. I don't have a particularly big head. So as much as Apple says they are designing world class products, this is flaw seems ridiculous. Crap.

I googled this issue and glad I found this thread as now I know I am not alone. I will be returning mine tomorrow.

I have exactly the same two issues described in the original post (clamping pressure + weight).

I have short hair, but quite a big head, so maybe this makes those issues worse.

I love everything else about the Airpods Max, but I promise I feel real discomfort after wearing them for 20-30 min.

And if I keep wearing them the discomfort becomes pain.

I just got a pair two days ago, and I'm experiencing discomfort around my ears, especially behind my ears and below my earlobes. I too get headaches from wearing these. Plus the way they shift when you ever so slightly move your head is really beginning to bug me.

I already scheduled an appointment tomorrow at the Apple Store to return these. A shame really, because they do sound great and the feature set they have are quite impressive. But these are so uncomfortable for me, that no matter how much I try to justify these headphones, the pain around my ears and the headaches beg to differ.

Apple, please make a lighter pair of these that don't clamp so hard on your head. If you do, I'll buy them Day 1.

The clamping force is just too much, it gives me horrible headaches after 1 hour use. I have used, Bose, B&O, Sony, Harman Kardon, all sort of this type of over ear noise cancelling headphones... DISAPPOINTING.... sound quality is amazing but if you cant use them for an extended period of time like I do, then better I keep using the Bose 700.

Hope apple is reading this and learn for 2nd generation..

In the meantime I have the headphones stacked in a good stack of old books and see if the clamp force reduces...

I’ve owned my AirPods Mac for a few weeks now, and find that that they start to hurt after about 30 minutes. After about two hours, the pain becomes quite intense and I am forced to take them off

I am experiencing slight headaches and teeth aches (which are never present unless I am wearing the AirPods Max) , but the ears cups also feel like my head is in a vice. I am, from the very first second of usage, aware that the ear cups are digging into my head.

The ear cups also feel a bit too small for my ears (which are larger than average)

I have put them over some old paperbacks and left them like that for 24 hours, and whilst this has helped a bit, they still cause very significant discomfort, which at times becomes outright pain.

I am frequently switching back to my old Beats Studio3’s (despite the plastic around the headbands cracking and falling off all on the Beats) mainly because the AirPods Max are, by a wide margin, the least comfortable pair of headphones I have ever owned.

It is such a shame. I want so much to love them, and they sound absolutely amazing, but I should not have to put up with actual pain, not just mild discomfort, for a pair of luxury headphones

I've been experiencing identical issues with AirPod Max

• Very frequent headaches after using the headphones for some time

• Uncomfortable pressure feeling in back of my skull

• Issues with concentration.

I'm planning to go and return AirPods Max, but it's been more than 2 months since I've purchased.

Any advice how can I return this product as it really doesn't do me well? :(