looking for earplug recommendations
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Hi Lemmy!
Loop Earplugs are too expensive. Does anyone have cheaper recommendations?
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Details:
- I have Loop Quiet to cope with situations with a lot of chatter, such as at the canteen, where it feels like everyone is shouting.
- I bought a pair of Loop Engage because I dislike having to take my Quiets out to have conversations. They haven't arrived yet.
- I've tried the foam earplugs from a drugstore/chemist's. They're extremely difficult to put in properly and get dirty after a few uses.
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Happy Ears - small, not to pricey, reuseable. I prefer to my Loops
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Hi Lemmy!
Loop Earplugs are too expensive. Does anyone have cheaper recommendations?
::: spoiler Details
Details:
- I have Loop Quiet to cope with situations with a lot of chatter, such as at the canteen, where it feels like everyone is shouting.
- I bought a pair of Loop Engage because I dislike having to take my Quiets out to have conversations. They haven't arrived yet.
- I've tried the foam earplugs from a drugstore/chemist's. They're extremely difficult to put in properly and get dirty after a few uses.
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I know it's not what you asked, but for when size does not matter (e. g. nap at home), I just use the big over-ear things for construction workers. Very cheap and very effective.
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I'm glad it was a helpful suggestion! Hope you have a lovely day!
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Hi Lemmy!
Loop Earplugs are too expensive. Does anyone have cheaper recommendations?
::: spoiler Details
Details:
- I have Loop Quiet to cope with situations with a lot of chatter, such as at the canteen, where it feels like everyone is shouting.
- I bought a pair of Loop Engage because I dislike having to take my Quiets out to have conversations. They haven't arrived yet.
- I've tried the foam earplugs from a drugstore/chemist's. They're extremely difficult to put in properly and get dirty after a few uses.
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I have a set of Loops and a set of off brand Loop-like ear plugs from Amazon called Curvd. I'm not a super big fan of the ear fins in the Curvd but they're somewhat cheaper than the Loops. They come with a carry case and you can buy lanyards for them. If I'm honest though I prefer the loops.
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Hi Lemmy!
Loop Earplugs are too expensive. Does anyone have cheaper recommendations?
::: spoiler Details
Details:
- I have Loop Quiet to cope with situations with a lot of chatter, such as at the canteen, where it feels like everyone is shouting.
- I bought a pair of Loop Engage because I dislike having to take my Quiets out to have conversations. They haven't arrived yet.
- I've tried the foam earplugs from a drugstore/chemist's. They're extremely difficult to put in properly and get dirty after a few uses.
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At least here in the USA most insurance companies cover custom ear plugs that support filters.
I paid $200 out of pocket to have the molds made and get 3 sets of filters.
Now I own the mould file and coils purchase new ones out of pocket or have insurance cover a new pair.
I realize your ask was related to some plugs being too expensive BUT maybe my option of subsidized studio quality plugs may help (someone)
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Fuck plugs, use noise canceling ear phones so you can hear and talk to people while wearing then all while they filter out the harmful decibels and pitches that damage your ear.
Seriously, as an unprovoked firearm saftey tip, get noise canceling headphones if you go to the range, shoot outdoors in large groups, or especially with and for any little kids who might be around while shooting. To get ahead of anyone who will yell at me for shooting around kids, ill explain that: between my house, my parent's, my great uncle's and all of my aunt's family members with their families who all own adjacent properties thay make up the 300 acres we share, there could always be kids around from any 1 of the 6 seperate nuclear family households who we share property with.
Like the old timers like to say about guns, its better to be safe and not need to be safe than to be not safe wishing you had been safer.
high quality ear plugs use filters.
I can wear them at a concert and still talk to the people next to me.
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I'm going to come at this from the wrong angle and suggest filtered earplugs, the flavor of which I'm currently using are these "motorcycle" oriented ones which are indeed also the ones I use when riding.
There are a zillion variants and rebands of these, and if they all look the same to you that's because you're right, and they are. Variants exist being billed as "concert" or "high fidelity" earplugs, or shooter's earplugs, or whatever the hell else. I noticed a few weeks ago Cabelas/Bass Pro is selling a set of plugs identical to mine but in different packaging and marketed towards shooters rather than riders. They all work the same way with a little plastic puck inserted in the middle that's ventilated, and with a tiny diaphragm in it.
Regardless of flavor, the deal with these is that they dampen sound quite a bit with the key distinction of not making you completely deaf while you're wearing them. They also do so while remaining discreet and not making you look like a berk, or as if you've got Airpods in. I've taken to using these for all tasks where I need hearing protection or want quiet, since I almost always have them on me anyway and they're the least uncomfortable type of earplugs I've found so far for long term use that don't also cost a mint. They're washable and my first pair has survived being worn basically every day inside my helmet for about three years running.
You can get filtered earplugs custom made at an ENT and might even be covered by insurance
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high quality ear plugs use filters.
I can wear them at a concert and still talk to the people next to me.
No shit I had no idea these existed till you told me and googled them. Thx!
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No shit I had no idea these existed till you told me and googled them. Thx!
If you’re in the USA your insurance might even cover / subsidize the cost of having custom plugs made by an audiologist at an ENT.
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Hi Lemmy!
Loop Earplugs are too expensive. Does anyone have cheaper recommendations?
::: spoiler Details
Details:
- I have Loop Quiet to cope with situations with a lot of chatter, such as at the canteen, where it feels like everyone is shouting.
- I bought a pair of Loop Engage because I dislike having to take my Quiets out to have conversations. They haven't arrived yet.
- I've tried the foam earplugs from a drugstore/chemist's. They're extremely difficult to put in properly and get dirty after a few uses.
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