[fastball]

AirPods kinda solved this problem with the wireless charging case. I almost never use them long enough to drain the battery in the headphones before they get put back in the case. At night I put the case on my wireless charging thingy and I don't really ever "think" about charging my AirPods.

My wireless headphones I do occasionally have to think about charging, but they are USB-C and mostly I'm using them on my computer, so whenever they need charging I just unplug my USB-C computer, plug in my headphones for an hour, and then we're back. Not really an operation I think about much either. If I really want to I can then plug in the wired cable and still listen to them while they're charging, but usually I don't bother.

[chmod775]

> At night I put the case on my wireless charging thingy and I don't really ever "think" about charging my AirPods.

You just did. Us absent-minded people are likely to forget even putting those things back into their case, forget the case at home or some other place (since we don't need it to listen), or forget to charge it. My stuff is likely to be in the last place I stopped using it. In this case that's hopefully my jacket, but it certainly won't be some charging station.

My wired earphones I can wear under my shirt with only a small chance of losing them. I still lose those occasionally, but mostly I break them every six months. A new pair is ten bucks, so whatever.

I already have trouble keeping my phone charged. I don't need more stuff with batteries. Especially not in something that's never supposed to be more than a few centimeters from the device it's receiving signals from anyways.

[fastball]

I'm incredibly absent-minded; I wake up in the morning, grab my iPhone and AirPods off my bedside table, and carry them around with me all day. Then, when I take off the clothes I've been wearing all day, I put them back on the charging stand. Rinse repeat. It's habit at this point, I haven't consciously had the thought "my AirPods are low on battery, I need to recharge them" in months.

> Especially not in something that's never supposed to be more than a few centimeters from the device it's receiving signals from anyways.

This sounds kinda like the opinion of someone who has never even tried wireless earphones. It is very nice being able to stand up from my desk / ride my motorbike / etc and keep listening to whatever I was listening to (or staying on the call I was on) without my phone being in reach.

[theshadowknows]

I’ve just got a charging pad on my desk. In the morning I pop my watch and AirPods pro on it while I take a shower (have a HomePod mini in the bathroom so don’t need headphones) and by the time I’m done they’re charged up enough for the day. And I keep my AirPods max charged via cable in a drawer in my desk. Phone goes on the same charging pad as the watch and pro. So all in all it’s pretty easy keeping everything charged for me.