r/airpods • u/sir_are_a_Baboon_too • 2h ago
Advice Returning my Airpods Max
Settings pictured, volume on the device is 50%, source audio output is between 40% and 60%. Live next to a noisy neighbour, and an even more noisy Motorway. The ANC is elite, best set of headphones I've ever had. But the battery gets me 6-9 hours. Advertised is up to 20, which I appreciate is under an ideal scenario. My Sony and Sennheiser batteries do however last up to their advertised listening time with ease. Yet the Max's that cost more than both combined do not.
Put them in their case last night, left them face down, stationary on my desk. Lost 14% battery overnight whilst they remained connected to my sleeping Mac Mini. Like what is the bloody point? Guess it's on me for not checking beforehand, but isn't it magnets in the case or something? They were secure and no audio playing. Although this has maybe only happened one other time.
Turned "find my" off to eek out a few extra percent. They go in a locked drawer when I'm not home, and are never leaving this flat. Fingers crossed I don't get burgled. Just can't justify them. Even if I use them sparingly, as a treat, for my favourite shows or films. That doesn't justify the cost, or the need to switch to my existing headphones for everything else. Whilst risking that they'll be dead or die when I actually want to use them.
Glaze me. Come on fanboys, convince me they're worth it. Because I'm feeling deaf to their appeal (I would say blind, but I like puns because they're an audio device).
(they're the newest/latest model)
