There are negatives to the pads as well. However my daughter has a hard time walking in them because they are very stiff. of the same size. And the eyebrow trimmer is absolutely fantastic. Used a variety of styles of these for giving Christmas money to grands and greatgrands. I can?t speak on behalf of the microphone as I have not tried it yet. They took an already amazing design and made it much better. De super calidad todo me ha servido muchisimo Even with fuzzy stuff underneath feels really thin. There?s a lot of white showing so it just looks like you put the wrong size skin on the AirPod and have up.