If one AirPod is louder than the other

One AirPod was barely producing sound. After confirming this by adjusting the left/right balance in settings, accessibility, I tried the suction advice. Performing three or four inhalations and feeling nothing dislodge, I was dubious. But I put my AirPods back in my ears and voilà, problem solved! Thank you!

Try heating up the AirPod just a LITTLE bit with a hairdryer to melt the wax and then sucking the air out of the big speaker, I know it sounds dumb and I thought that too before I try it but when I did, it became as good as newwwwwwwwwwww, just don’t heat it up too much so you don’t melt any wires or anything

Thx! It worked perfect!

My right AirPod was less loud than my left AirPod. After sucking the right one, it worked even better than the left one! After sucking the left one too, both AirPods worked perfect again!

I recommend all of you to do this every few weeks!

The “sucking” action does work. I was having trouble hearing my right Air Pod, but I could tell the outer speaker was playing. If you suck until you can tell air is flowing through the Air Pod, then it should sound like the other.

I tried the “suck” method and it did not work for me. In fact, nothing so far has worked. My AirPods are 8 days out of the box to date, and I have noticed some inconsistency (lower volume) in the right pod since I got it out of the box. I have used other headphones and earbuds and do not have hearing damage. As new as they are I think wax build up is an impossibility so could be a factory defect.

Lol, I was having the same problem with my left AirPod sounding a lot louder than my right, and I read someone else's comment saying to suck on it, I was like "tf" so I read yours next and that was EXACTLY the issue, my volume balance slider was all on the left. Thank you!

I can't believe the sucking actually worked. I was getting ready to make an Genius appt, saw this thread and was like, what is wrong with these people. I had to suck pretty hard (thats what she said) but it actually worked.

*Best Fix I’ve Found * I was having the same problems which brought me here. So I sucked on the AirPod and when I wiped it, it was still low. So I took a dental flosser after sucking on it again and used the toothpick end to lightly scrape the “gunk” off of the screen and WOW! It is louder than I could ever imagine. Simple fix and I am truly happy I ran across this thread. I will be doing this weekly. They sound as good as the day I bought them.

What!?!? Suck it! it actually worked... what??? I was almost resigned to the fact I’d have to part with my favourite thing!

I use AirPod a constantly, it has been driving me mad for ages having one quieter than the other...

Now completely fine! Wow thanks so much!

This sounds gross - but works even better that i thought it could:

Gently suck on the quieter AirPod until air flows freely through the vents. This 'breaks through' any build up of ear wax that collects annoyingly on the AirPod.

If anyone tries this don't worry I have never gotten wax in my mouth, the thought off it is just gross.

Cheers,

Jay

Hi, what worked for me was using 70% Isoprophyl Alcohol and rubbing a cotton swab on the speakers. If you do this, remember to keep in mind to have the AirPod that is quieter facing down so the alcohol doesn't go inside the speakers. Good luck!

Don't use 70% isoprophyl. It is not meant for electronics. You can buy 99.x% isoprophyl alcohol that is meant for cleaning electronics and doesn't leave any residue (including water). Of course you would need to wait 15-30 minutes (before testing/turning it on) for it to evaporate completely.

When my airpods get quiet, I do the usual trick with cleaning the extra wax out and then sucking the big speaker, another thing i’ve done is go accessibility>audio balance> and just swipe the thing back and forth

not necessarily larry, mine have been through the washer and tumble dryer and are still working fine, many others have done this. the issue with earwax is common and the suck and blow method clears the sound issue absolutely. this has to be a design floor as i have many pairs of earbuds wireless and otherwise and none of the others have this issue.

I have been dealing with this issue for the past couple of months and seemed to have exhausted all options when it comes to fixing them. Then I stumbled upon this thread...

At first I was intrigued as to why anyone would think to do something like "sucking on their AirPod" in order to fix a potential hardware issue. I was disgusted, yet intrigued.

I took an alcohol wipe to the left AirPod to ensure that I did not have any built up wax inside of my speaker hole, double checking my work. I then proceeded to "suck" on the speaker portion of the AirPod, sensing a resistance in AirFlow (cwuteyedidthere). After some persistent work, it seemed that the AirFlow began to move freely through the AirPod. After assuming the job was done, I popped the AirPod into my ear to check the sound quality...

To my amazement, the left AirPod's sound was completely restored. My AirPods are back to normal and my faith has been restablished in the product. Alls it took was a little meticulous cleaning, AirPower (cwuteyedidtherev2.), and faith.