Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max

Re:Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max by vanilla_nut on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:23AM (#25386723)

I wish that someone made headphones built with BPA-free plastic like my Aeropress (https://prima-coffee.com/equipment/aeropress/aeropress) or even my Lido 3 coffee grinder (https://prima-coffee.com/equipment/orphan-espresso/lido-3), which also uses stainless steel and aluminum. Considering how durable both of these tools are (and how good they feel in hand) I wonder why they haven't caught on in the tech industry.

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Re:Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max by kaszanka on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:34AM (#25386856)

I don't know if being BPA-free has anything to do with durability. I thought it was something that only mattered for food-related products (to avoid BPA getting into your food).

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Re:Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max by vanilla_nut on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:08PM (#25409727)

Good point. I suppose I'm just talking about the feel of the Aeropress and, say, Nalgene bottles. That plastic feels somehow less "cheap" to me than most plastic electronic devices. I wonder why?

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Re:Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max by atombender on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:16PM (#25388789)

"BPA-free" doesn't mean much. The industry has been moving on from BPA due to (very reasonable) fears about human consumption, but it appears manufacturers simply moved onto other BPA-like alternatives such as BPS and BPF that have not been as extensively studied, and which may have the same health hazards.

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