u/AgentLucas

You can help me sanity-check my AirPods Pro charging case battery health.

I took these screenshots about 1 hour apart:

07:23
AirPods: 28%
Charging case: 46%

08:30
AirPods: 95%
Charging case: 15%

So during charging inside the case:
AirPods gained 67 percentage points (28% → 95%)

Case lost 31 percentage points (46% → 15%)

The AirPods seem to charge normally, but I’m wondering whether the case battery is degrading or if this amount of drain is considered normal?

I ask this because my subjective impression is that I have to charge the case of these new AirPods Pro (3rd gen) at least twice as often as I did with my previous AirPods Pro (2nd gen).

Is it normal that the XLR output labeled R on a Bluesound NODE ICON carries the left channel?

Headphones output channels correctly, but when I connect a speaker directly to the XLR output marked R, a stereo test plays the left channel through it.

I’ve verified this by connecting only one XLR cable at a time. Has anyone else seen this on the NODE ICON?

I scraped my watch against concrete and scratched the top bezel. The sapphire crystal is untouched; only the bezel is affected.

Do these scratches look like something that can be polished out or otherwise improved? Any recommendations for restoring the titanium finish?