AirPods Pro 3 - not a good fit

marcella1975 wrote:

The Pro 3 was the biggest disappointment I’ve ever had with an Apple product… the Pro 2s fit me perfectly, I can sleep even on my side wearing them. With the 3s, as soon as I put my head on the pillow, they were digging in and I just couldn’t wear them anymore… hopefully they tweak it a little so it fits everyone better.

The Pro 2s fell out of my ears if I breathed. I had to get third-party eartips to make them work for me. The Pro 3s are perfect. My point here is that everyone's ears are different. It is simply impossible for Apple to make something that will fit everyone.

I have used Pro 1 (in the past) and Pro 2 (still), and in both cases the right AirPod was relatively easily falling out of the ear, even after just a 30-minutes use. I am convinced that if there was an XL eartip, the AirPod would not come off. Instead, with Pro 3 Apple decided to add an extra size at the lower end (XXS) rather than at the higher. Since there is no return option for a used (even open box) Apple device in my country, and also since there is no option to try the AirPods (for hygiene reasons) at a retail store, I'm not taking the risk to buy the Pro 3. I really don't understand why Apple doesn't release an XL size as an optional accessory (or even include one in the initial package). Yes, not all ear canals are the same, but there are quite many people with larger ear canals and Apple should have added an XL eartip instead of adding 2 smaller ones throughout the time. (As you can remember, the AirPods Pro 1 only had S-M-L eartips).

Dead_Poet wrote:

I have used Pro 1 (in the past) and Pro 2 (still), and in both cases the right AirPod was relatively easily falling out of the ear, even after just a 30-minutes use. I am convinced that if there was an XL eartip, the AirPod would not come off. Instead, with Pro 3 Apple decided to add an extra size at the lower end (XXS) rather than at the higher. Since there is no return option for a used (even open box) Apple device in my country, and also since there is no option to try the AirPods (for hygiene reasons) at a retail store, I'm not taking the risk to buy the Pro 3. I really don't understand why Apple doesn't release an XL size as an optional accessory (or even include one in the initial package). Yes, not all ear canals are the same, but there are quite many people with larger ear canals and Apple should have added an XL eartip instead of adding 2 smaller ones throughout the time. (As you can remember, the AirPods Pro 1 only had S-M-L eartips).

There are third-party eartips available places like Amazon. Be careful when ordering, as there are a lot more options for the AirPod Pro 1 and 2s.

AirPods Pro 2 didn’t quite fit my ears.

Bought some comply foam tips, worked great.

Got AirPods Pro 3, they fit me a lot better but I still got comply foam tips when they became available.

I have earbuds from Apple, Samsung and Sony.

All of them have foam tips because the included standard tips don’t fit me quite right.

Someone mentioned XL tips, it’s not going to happen. You have to be able to close the case with the tips attached. Bigger tips would cause issues.

Johnathan Burger wrote:

AirPods Pro 2 didn’t quite fit my ears.

Bought some comply foam tips, worked great.

Got AirPods Pro 3, they fit me a lot better but I still got comply foam tips when they became available.

That exactly mirrors my experience. Just a different brand of tips.

I have earbuds from Apple, Samsung and Sony.

All of them have foam tips because the included standard tips don’t fit me quite right.

Many years ago, I had an expensive set of wired headphones that had the rubber flange type tips that fit way down in the ear canal. They were awesome. I believe they were made by Etymotic. But everything else has required foam tips.

To add:

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Mitten_medic wrote:

Which ones did you get that worked

For my AirPods 2? The ones I bought seem to be currently unavailable. These seem popular, though:

Comply Eartips (Amazon)

I couldn’t use those on my etymotics, felt like they were so far in they were touching my brain.

Johnathan Burger wrote:

I couldn’t use those on my etymotics, felt like they were so far in they were touching my brain.

I think I ran a couple of half-marathons with them.