Apple's In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic deliver excellent sound and do a good job of blocking unwanted noise. So good, in fact, I'm willing to keep using them in spite of one particularly problematic issue. You see, at least once a day I'lll end up having to pull one the headphones' soft, silicone ear tips (see above) out of my ear.
That's right, the headset sometimes gets a little too close for comfort. It is, apparently, so good that my left ear (and it is almost always my left ear) occasionally doesn't want to let the headphones go.
It doesn't matter which ear tips I use--be it the small, medium or large ones--or how much time I've spent cleaning them. No matter what I do the problem still pops up (not out) every once in a while.
The next thing I know I'm digging a tip out with my fingers. Fortunately, the ear tips never become so buried that they are difficult to remove.
The picture below is a self portrait of the last time one of the tips became temporally stuck. To me, this is a minor annoyance; at least it became one once I realized a stuck tip would come out every time. Others may find having to pick a piece of plastic out of their ear every once in a while intolerable, however.
Anyone else run into this problem?
You can learn more about Apple's $79 In-Ear headphones, including fulll specs, here.