Every so often, a product pops up on Kickstarter that seems one-half genius and one-half crazy. AirBand is an Apple Watch band designed to hold your AirPods and seems to fit that mold perfectly.
Essentially, AirBands are Apple Watch bands that have a dedicated spot to quickly store your AirPods or AirPods Pro. Matt Youngblood, the creator of the project, explains:
AirBand is designed to be used for temporary AirPods storage; such as when you need to take your AirPods out for just a few minutes:
This is certainly an interesting idea and I can think of a few situations where it would be useful to have nearby AirPods storage right on my wrist. It’s not practical for long-term storage, but as the Kickstarter explains, that’s not the purpose. And of course, there’s the issue of charging: most of the time, I’m putting my AirPods in their case just to add a few minutes of battery life.
AirBand is currently scheduled to ship in May of 2020, and you can lock-in early bird pricing on Kickstarter for $20. As always, you should proceed with caution when it comes to backing Kickstarter projects. A variety of factors can oftentimes contribute to whether or not a project ends up shipping on time — or even shipping at all.
What do you think? Is the AirBands idea genius or dumb? Let us know in the poll below and down in the comments.
I don’t know whether this is super dumb or super genius https://t.co/MjG4124qeS pic.twitter.com/vICEh48JUO
— Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) February 24, 2020
