I was gifted the hot stepper earbuds by a friend of mine just before I purchased apple earbuds, and now i won’t make that purchase. These bluetooth headphones are incredible! They have all the functionality of airpods with the hidden controls built into the earbuds which work very well and don’t lag. I would say the sound quality is comparable to airpods but in all honesty airpods tend to be more tinny and treble-heavy. These have a more rich sound quality and you can feel real depth to anything you listen to, the bass is amazing for something like this, miles above airpods. The active noise cancelling works very well, if i have both headphones in and i’m playing music on low volume i’m as good as deaf to the world around me. I have also used these headphones a few hours a day for almost two weeks and just now had to charge the carrying case for the first time. The battery life on the individual headphones is also very good, they last a long time even blasting music nonstop. In my opinion these are far better than airpods and also don’t feature the daunting price tag that comes with any apple accessories. Way more bang for way less buck.