While Im not sure if I can say that these are as good or better than the Airpods, what I can say is that I walked around New York City on a windy day and made multiple phone calls with absolutely no complaints from the other end. I dont consider myself to have ears that stick out too far, but they do sometimes hit the plastic inside which is a bit hard and irritating for extended use. The toe band held my front foot. However, they always had some feature I really wanted, but were lacking elsewhere. As others recommended, I went down a full size (6 instead of 7) and the fit is good. After going over various options, I settled on the HD800S and I can honestly say that Im very pleased with what Im hearing. Very happy with these and wish i had negative things to say to give a more balanced view but i am happy with them and not been paid to write this. Zunächst das positive:Die Maus ist sehr gut verarbeitet und liegt mir perfekt in der Hand. This is something new for me. I imagine these two settings drain the battery a lot faster, because the next day I used them with both those settings off and they were still at 60% charge by the end of my10 hour shift.