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My office has some really noisy people, so I wear my AirPods under a set of big ugly 3M ear protector 30dB earmuffs. Works great!

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This is a case where these might actually make sense for me. I hadn't thought about the lack of cord making them more usable underneath hearing protection.

Any experience with my number one reason not for buying them which is the fear of losing them?

Why not get the Bose QC35s then? Much longer battery life, tune the world out.

I haven't liked active noise cancellation in the past. For office work I tried an old Bose quiet comfort (10 years ago) and decided I much preferred Sennheiser HD 280s for isolation.

Also I've heard bad things about the microphone.

Sennheiser Momentum 2 Wireless ANC is far superior to Bose.

All I can say is that I haven't lost mine.

Interesting idea. I would really like a nice noise isolation on top of the convenience of AirPods. Any idea if the earmuffs would work with glasses?

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