I didn’t realize how badly I needed an Apple AirPods cleaning kit until I swallowed my pride and actually looked closely at my earbuds to see how much earwax they had accumulated. The results were not pretty, but cleanliness and hygiene are not the only reasons you should be cleaning your AirPods. I’ve often wasted time and energy to get the metallic tips at the bottom of my AirPods Pro 1 and 2 to properly charge, when I could have just used one of these cleaning kits.
This is why I asked my colleagues to bring their AirPods into the office, so we could see how three popular Apple AirPods cleaning kits work on headphones that we’ve relied upon and rarely (if ever) cleaned. The good news is that only one kit frustrated us, and the most affordable option actually won us over.
Hagibis Cleaning Pen for AirPods
Best AirPods cleaning kit
This pen-shaped multitool provides soft and hard brushes, as well as a metallic tip for hard-to-remove gunk.
