AirPods charging / charger question

[thedoc46]

Just bagged a new pair of airpods. Love 'em !! Question about charging. Do they make use of USB-C PD fast charging ? is it even safe to put them on a 29w USB-C PD charger ? I don't have a 5w charger readily available.. Only either a 12w or a 29w USB-C PD

Has anyone done any tests using various chargers ?

 

[Jesla]

No... Yes...

I use my 29w charger all the time to charge my AirPods.

 

[thedoc46]

Have you noticed that it charges them faster ? Has anyone done any kind of testing ?

 

[Jesla]

No it's not faster, but heck they charge plenty fast anyway.

 

[thedoc46]

As i'm an airpod noob, how long does it take to charge the case from empty to 100% Same deal with the ear pods themselves in the case... How many charges can the case give the buds before needing to be recharged ?

 

[Brookzy]

My AirPods case will only request up to 5W from my iMac, so that is probably the fastest it will charge. This seems to also be confirmed in the regulatory information:



It usually takes 30-45 minutes or so to fully charge the case from 0% in my experience.

The case can complete about four complete charges of AirPods before needing to be recharged (based on Apple's claim that AirPods have a listening time of 5 hours, or more than 24 hours including recharging from the case).

 

[thedoc46]

One other air pod noob question.. If i lost these, can someone else use them or are they associated to my Apple ID now ? and unless i delete them out of my iCloud account, they'll be useless to anyone else. Reason i say this, is it it worth putting my number on the case, in case i do lose them, the finder keeper thinks ooh these will do nicely, except when he tries to sync it tells him where to go ! maybe he'll think ah what the hell let me call the owner, since they're worthless to me.

 

[rgarjr]

I don’t think they are locked to your iCloud account.

 

[Brookzy]

You can see it in Find My iPhone, and you can make them play a sound if they are in range of your iPhone. But they're not iCloud locked, so if they were stolen anyone could use them.