This 'disgustingly satisfying' detailing pen is great for cleaning earbuds — and it's on sale for $10 on Amazon
Experts recommend cleaning your earbuds weekly or more often if you wear them to work out. While there are many methods you can use to clean your AirPods, including alcohol wipes, a dampened cloth, or a cotton swab, there's one earbuds-specific product from Amazon Canada that is particularly handy — this $10 multi-function cleaning pen.
This "Amazon's Choice" cleaning pen has more than 9,800 reviews and a 4.4-star average rating.
I own — and swear by — this versatile cleaning pen to de-gunk my AirPods, Beats earbuds and other tech devices that require a little TLC. To see why I like it and shop the early Amazon Prime Day deal, check out my thoughts below.This 3-in-1 earbuds cleaning kit features a small flocking sponge, a gentle brush and a metal tip pen to get into every nook and cranny of your earbuds.
The flocking sponge is designed to pick up dust from the bottom of the charging case, the high-density brush cleans dirt and germs from the sound outlet hole, and the metal-tip pen tackles built-up gunk and packed-in debris.
The cleaning pen is designed to be gentle on your device, providing a thorough cleaning without scratching its surface or damaging the audio.
If I'm walking outside — which I do a lot of — there's a good chance I'm wearing a pair of headphones. Because I wear my earbuds so often (and am a human who produces earwax), my AirPods can become rather funky if I don't clean them.
Before purchasing this 3-in-1 cleaning pen, I would use cotton swabs to de-gunk my earbuds. However, the swabs never did as thorough a job as I wanted them to, so the Hyashee pen seemed like a smart option.
$10 $11 at Amazon
I love how easy it is to use. You can get into every nook and cranny you need without damaging your earbuds. It's also disgustingly satisfying. Removing built-up earwax and grime is gross, but it makes you realize how filthy your headphones were before you cleaned them.
Beyond earbuds, I've also used the pen to clean the keyboard of my laptop and remove dust, dirt and grime from other tech products with hard-to-reach spots.
The only thing I would flag is that while it's nice to use, the cleaning pen is not exactly a need-to-have tool. I find it useful, and in a way, it motivates me to clean my headphones more regularly, but if you don't want to spend $10 on a single-use item, cotton swabs and toothpicks work almost as well.
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