On the Mac Power Users forum, I’m following a discussion about the search for perfect headphones for different use cases.

I mainly use my headphones to listen to podcasts and make calls, both videoconferencing, for work, and the occasional phone call. Over the years, I’ve gone from AirPods to AirPods Pro and now I use AirPods Pro 2, which I like very much. The noise canceling is great.

I am blessed because, apparently, I have perfectly average earholes; AirPods have always fit great for me.1

I used SoundCore sleep earbuds for a while but they stopped working after a few months.

Now I use foam earplugs.

I tried using the AirPods Pro as sleep earpods but they jammed deep into my ears when I slept on my side and started beeping a warning, completely defeating the purpose. However, those were first-gen AirPods Pro; I now have the second-gen so maybe I’ll give those a try.

  1. Once I figured out how to wear the blasted things. For a couple of years I jammed them in my ears with the stems facing outward because I did not trust that they would just rest effortlessly on the ear bottom-part. ↩︎