"I had no idea AirPods were that easy to fix!" Essential for creators but prone to problems, a US$8 kit made me fall back in love with my Pro 'Pods

Woman with big headphones and AirPod Pro being cleaned in hand.

With a $10 spend on an off-brand accessory, and judicious use of a compressed air cleaning can, I've solved the problems that were starting to put me off Apple's AirPods forever.

I'm on my second set of AirPod Pros, and my third set of AirPods overall, because when they're working they sound great and are so handy that it's difficult to imagine anything else. But, until I discovered this little accessory, I was reaching my limits.