Although we do not usually think that headphones can spoil for sweat or heatwe are very wrong, and it is one of the main reasons why, suddenly, Your airpods are stopped listeningso you have to take this into account.
It is true that, some of the current Airpods models have certification against sweat, although not against liquids, so the amount of this should also be taken into account, as well as other factors such as temperature, humidity, etc., which in summer can be extreme in certain places.
Airpods sweat certifications
As we said, Some versions have protection against sweat, but not allso, to understand the article, and to analyze it better, we will see it in table format, and so you can compare your airpods with others, knowing whether they are better or worse in this type of situation.
| Model | Headphones (IP) | Case (IP) | Key notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AirPods (1st and 2nd Gen.) | – | – | Not resistant to water or sweat |
| AirPods (3rd Gen.) | IPX4 | IPX4 | Sweat and splashes resist, not submersible |
| AirPods (4th Gen. USB -C) | IPX4 | IP54 | Headphones with sweat and water protection; Case also against dust |
| AirPods Pro (1st Gen.) | IPX4 | – | Only headphones are resistant to sweat and splashes |
| Airpods Pro (2nd Gen. USB -C) | IPX4 | IP54 | Headphones and case with protection against water, sweat and dust |
| Airpods Max | – | – | No certification, not resistant to water or sweat |
As we can see, not all airpods are, and even surprises to see how the Max, being the most expensive, do not haveso you have to be careful, and although they will not stop working for 4 drops of sweat, it is important that, in case of sweating a lot, cleaning them regularly, preventing those drops from entering the product holes.
As for the first and second generation, neither they nor the cases have certifiedso we should also be careful, and we are not talking about putting them in the pool, but of simply running a humid and heat day, since we not only suffer, sweating more, but also the headphones, to which, the heat in excess, neither does anything come good, although we do not sweat or clean it quickly.
Regardless of whether or not your airpods have a protection, you have to be careful, since none has it against liquids, and getting wet from a pool, on the beach (the sand is dangerous), etc., it can make them damage. Every day there are thousands of searches for “why my airpods sound less than when you buy them,” or “why the Airpods battery lasts so little”, without realizing that we may have “mistreated” for a long time, so keep this in mind and try to be dirty, wet, or with very heat, since even the box has drums, as you will know, and Leaving it in the sun could spoil it. They do not have a screen does not mean that they are not something electronic.
