diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f93ba75..c48231e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ## Fixed
 
 - Metadata PDU typing correction.
+- More robust `__eq__` implementations which check the type compared against.
 
 # [v0.21.0] 2023-11-10
 
diff --git a/spacepackets/ccsds/spacepacket.py b/spacepackets/ccsds/spacepacket.py
index f0355e8..afa0238 100644
--- a/spacepackets/ccsds/spacepacket.py
+++ b/spacepackets/ccsds/spacepacket.py
@@ -346,8 +346,10 @@ def __repr__(self):
             f" sec_header_flag={self.sec_header_flag!r}, seq_flags={self.seq_flags!r})"
         )
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: SpacePacketHeader):
-        return self.pack() == other.pack()
+    def __eq__(self, other: object):
+        if isinstance(other, SpacePacketHeader):
+            return self.pack() == other.pack()
+        return False
 
 
 class SpacePacket:
@@ -404,12 +406,14 @@ def seq_count(self):
     def sec_header_flag(self):
         return self.sp_header.sec_header_flag
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: SpacePacket):
-        return (
-            self.sp_header == other.sp_header
-            and self.sec_header == other.sec_header
-            and self.user_data == other.user_data
-        )
+    def __eq__(self, other: object):
+        if isinstance(other, SpacePacket):
+            return (
+                self.sp_header == other.sp_header
+                and self.sec_header == other.sec_header
+                and self.user_data == other.user_data
+            )
+        return False
 
 
 def get_space_packet_id_bytes(
diff --git a/spacepackets/ecss/tc.py b/spacepackets/ecss/tc.py
index 65ac53b..e573180 100644
--- a/spacepackets/ecss/tc.py
+++ b/spacepackets/ecss/tc.py
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ def __repr__(self):
             f" subservice={self.subservice!r}, ack_flags={self.ack_flags!r} "
         )
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: PusTcDataFieldHeader):
-        return self.pack() == other.pack()
+    def __eq__(self, other: object):
+        if isinstance(other, PusTcDataFieldHeader):
+            return self.pack() == other.pack()
+        return False
 
     @classmethod
     def get_header_size(cls):
@@ -232,19 +234,21 @@ def __str__(self):
             f" {self.apid:#05x}, SSC {self.sp_header.seq_count}"
         )
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: PusTelecommand):
-        return (
-            self.sp_header == other.sp_header
-            and self.pus_tc_sec_header == other.pus_tc_sec_header
-            and self._app_data == other._app_data
-        )
+    def __eq__(self, other: object):
+        if isinstance(other, PusTelecommand):
+            return (
+                self.sp_header == other.sp_header
+                and self.pus_tc_sec_header == other.pus_tc_sec_header
+                and self._app_data == other._app_data
+            )
+        return False
 
     def to_space_packet(self) -> SpacePacket:
         """Retrieve the generic CCSDS space packet representation. This also calculates the CRC16
         before converting the PUS TC to a generic Space Packet"""
         self.calc_crc()
         user_data = bytearray(self._app_data)
-        user_data.extend(self._crc16)
+        user_data.extend(self._crc16)  # type: ignore
         return SpacePacket(self.sp_header, self.pus_tc_sec_header.pack(), user_data)
 
     def calc_crc(self):
diff --git a/spacepackets/ecss/tm.py b/spacepackets/ecss/tm.py
index a876926..69e59f3 100644
--- a/spacepackets/ecss/tm.py
+++ b/spacepackets/ecss/tm.py
@@ -191,8 +191,10 @@ def __repr__(self):
             f" pus_version={self.pus_version!r})"
         )
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: PusTmSecondaryHeader):
-        return self.pack() == other.pack()
+    def __eq__(self, other: object):
+        if isinstance(other, PusTmSecondaryHeader):
+            return self.pack() == other.pack()
+        return False
 
     @property
     def header_size(self) -> int:
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ def to_space_packet(self) -> SpacePacket:
         before converting the PUS TC to a generic Space Packet"""
         self.calc_crc()
         user_data = bytearray(self._source_data)
-        user_data.extend(self.crc16)
+        user_data.extend(self.crc16)  # type: ignore
         return SpacePacket(
             self.space_packet_header, self.pus_tm_sec_header.pack(), user_data
         )
@@ -397,12 +399,14 @@ def __repr__(self):
             f" sec_header={self.pus_tm_sec_header!r}, tm_data={self.tm_data!r}"
         )
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: PusTelemetry):
-        return (
-            self.space_packet_header == other.space_packet_header
-            and self.pus_tm_sec_header == other.pus_tm_sec_header
-            and self._source_data == other._source_data
-        )
+    def __eq__(self, other: object):
+        if isinstance(other, PusTelemetry):
+            return (
+                self.space_packet_header == other.space_packet_header
+                and self.pus_tm_sec_header == other.pus_tm_sec_header
+                and self._source_data == other._source_data
+            )
+        return False
 
     @property
     def packet_seq_control(self) -> PacketSeqCtrl: