Earplugs

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Dogbreath said:
I'd rather keep my hearing for as long as possible.
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This. Once you get tinnitus you're stuck with it for the rest of your life. My dad has is from 50 years of biking without earplugs.

I just use disposeables but I get 3 of 4 rides out of each pair. I keep meaning to look into the moulded ones but never get round to it.
 
Just because of this thread, I rode with plugs in today. I've changed my mind; they make a hell of a difference. When I tried them last time I had only been riding for a few weeks, so I didn't like it. Now, with a bit more experience on the bike, I don't feel unsafe with half my hearing cut-off. Thanks guys!
 
I 'borrow' disposable ones from work. :p

Wouldn't ride without them although I did ride for at least 10 years on varying different sports bikes until a friend persuaded me to try riding with ear plugs. That was about 1999 and I've been riding with them since.

I find now that if I ride without them for any reason I get that 'WTF is wrong with my engine, it's about to explode!!!??' feeling!!. :)
 
I buy packs of 100 pairs of disposables for about £20.
They work just fine if you insert them correctly (rolled up) and I don't need to worry about losing them.
 
I buy the throw away ones, use them 2 - 3 times then chuck them.

I have a scarla G4 kit and play tunes while I commute and can her that clear enough. Mostly they just take the edge off.
 
Rilot said:
I buy packs of 100 pairs of disposables for about £20.
They work just fine if you insert them correctly (rolled up) and I don't need to worry about losing them.
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They work perfectly and I have a big box of 3M disposable earplugs at home. I just have difficulties getting them fully in, even rolled up as small as I can get them which is why I bought the ones with the plastic pins inside. Guess I have small ear holes :D
 
Dogbreath said:
They work perfectly and I have a big box of 3M disposable earplugs at home. I just have difficulties getting them fully in, even rolled up as small as I can get them which is why I bought the ones with the plastic pins inside. Guess I have small ear holes :D
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This is pretty gross but works. Put your little finger in your mouth and then stick it in your ear. The saliva makes the ear canal slippery and then the ear plug will slide right in.
 
Rilot said:
This is pretty gross but works. Put your little finger in your mouth and then stick it in your ear. The saliva makes the ear canal slippery and then the ear plug will slide right in.
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I'll give it a go...but I'll make sure I don't use the same finger for each ear :p
 
Ish said:
Hi

After using ear plugs for the first time today I now realise that I should have used them from the start!

For now I used some 3M disposable ones just for testing. Which reusable earplugs are you using?
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I did that ;)

Was like "Why did no one tell me before!!"

Now i cannot ride any distance with out them.
 
Dogbreath said:
I use Howard Leight "Quiet" earplugs. They have a plastic pin which makes putting them in extremely easy; I always find getting the disposable ones in quite tricky, especially in my right ear for some reason. These are washable/reusable and each pair comes in a neat plastic flip top box with a built in hanging clip. Cheap as well, 10 pairs can be had for a fiver on eBay which will last for ages.
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I use these as well, found them excellent.
 
I've tried loads of different ear plugs, and they've all worked well.

The problem comes when you want to listen to music, or use rider to pillion or rider to rider communications.

I'd rather not fork out £170 for some custom ones only to find that my ear has changed in the last 12 months and have to replace them again.

I've tried the ones that you mold yourself, and had so-so results. I find that they get too hard.

My latest trial has been using my IEMs with cut down foam earplugs instead of the normal rubber tips. This is super comfortable, but I haven't perfected it yet.

comply tips would be good but they don't make them for my IEMs.
 
Do ears change shape?! I've had mine for two years and my ears have thankfully remained relatively the same shape it would seem. (I'm guessing they don't actually change shape. Unlike bread dough left to prove. Which can change shape as well as size. or Transformers, which look like vehicles but are actually robots. Robots in disguise.)

What about my feet? I've got some lovely brown leather shoes from a wedding a couple years ago that I'm going to want to wear again this Christmas! :P

Sorry, I got carried away.

EDIT: for the avoidance of doubt I mean the inner ear bit your plugs sit in. I am well aware your earlobes keep growing until you look old and freaky.
 
I have worn Earplugs now for a couple of years, nearly all that time has been using disposable ones.

I actually tried using the moulded ones after seeing them at a motorbike show. It took 3 castings and it never felt right, for me it seemed like it even relied down on my jaw position. The slightest change would break the seal of the plug and become useless to me. I do hear very positive reviews about them from others, I just couldnt seem to get them working with me.

So its back to the expanding foam disposables.
 
I prefer to have my sat nav running through my ear phones and not the bluetooth, sounds so much clearer through ear phones, but this means I haven't been using earplugs.

However, I saw a YouTube video where this person took an earplug, cut it down a little in length then used a biospy tool to cut a hole through it. He then attached it to his ear phones and he gets the best of both worlds, earplug protection and being able to use his ear phones as well. I know you can buy earplugs with ear phones built in but this is a nice simple idea that once my biopsy tool arrives I shall start doing.
 
Hmm Ellior I may have to ask you to perform a biopsy on some plugs for me so I can try this idea out.

I have been using Mouldex sparks and with the comms headset using the flat speakers I can hear my friend talking away with no issues, even at motorway speeds. I even hear his engine rev when he accelerates!
 
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