I’m a senior in high school. I’ve always protected my hearing. My current earplugs are pretty shit. I plan on getting custom molded plugs at the end of the year before I go to college, but I have a lot of concerts before then (dinosaur jr, Meshuggah, and quicksand to name a few). What are the absolute best earplugs (for protection and quality) I can by off of Amazon.
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I’ve had my etymotic ety plugs for years and they’ve been great.
Just used mine at a Tool concert a few weeks ago. They worked very well and kept my ears from ringing the next three days. Music was still clear and enjoyable. This was my first concert application. I’ve been using them for years in mechanical rooms for work. I can still have a conversation with my colleagues but the compressors don’t pierce my ears.
Love these. I actually think many shows I’ve been to sound better. When it is too loud I think I miss some of the finer detail.
Also when you first put them in, everything sounds muffled (as it should) and “worse”. But give yourself five minutes to get used to them. I’m convinced that people that hate them have either bought cheap earplugs or they didn’t really give them a chance and took them out after a few seconds
The etymotics are good. Really, any plugs are good for protection, but the etymotics do allow fairly flat frequency response through so that you can enjoy yourself. The solid rule is the best hearing protection is the one you have when you need it. If you’re caught without hearing protection, DO find a napkin and ball it up tight such that it plugs your ears. It’s not the best protection, but it will help prevent damage. Dangerous levels of sound are cumulative and exposure time/amplitude is on a log scale. A typical concert can reach 110dB peaks and even stay at that level or louder continuously, depending on the music and the venue (small clubs are notorious). Use these as a guide. https://boomspeaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/decibel-chart-based-on-time-exposure.jpg https://www.captel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/safe-vs-dangerous-decibel-levels-infographic-800x1598.jpg
Just ordered, I’ve got a four night show run starting Wednesday, excited to try them out.
Smart kid, wish I had
i got these a long time ago, don’t know if you can still get them. theyve done right by me.
https://electronics.woot.com/offers/doppler-labs-acoustic-filters-advanced-tech-earplugs-3
I’ll probably get some hate for this but Mack’s Acoustic foam plugs are great. Cheap, very comfortable, stays put, disposable, they sound great and you can wear them and have a conversation.
I believe the Flare plugs are very good.
I use flare calmer at concerts. It takes all the shrill screeching high out but I still get to enjoy the thundering bass and generally get to hear more safely.
Cotton balls.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to you. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus
Basic 3M plugs have always served me well and are good enough. They’re ugly though.
Might want to look at the recent 3M earplug lawsuits and trash those immediately.
Only if they were manufactured before 2015
This. That was only for double-sided military earplugs before 2015. Those could become slightly dislodged and have decreased protection. Their foam ones now are as good as any other foam ones, which is pretty good.
Work i was smart enough to protect my hearing when I was your age!!! You are wise to start early. Kudos to you. I’m currently using the Eargasm plugs and they’re the ducks nuts. Wore them to Grinspoon concert last night - it suppresses 20dB but really takes the high pitch out of the music, still very clear though. Mate didn’t wear anything and was regretting it today…
Earasers. They block out just enough so your ears don’t ring, but not too much where you don’t lose the vibe.
The best for straight-up blocking sound would be Howard Leight foamies. They have the highest reduction rating. They are super comfortable and cheap.
The other mentions above apply if you’re looking for acoustically tuned units.
Eytmotics are the OG and I’ve been using them for years. More recently Loop and the unfortunately -named Eargasms have had good reviews. They are all cheap enough that you can try them all to see which work for you.
Eargasm
loop experience plus
I have used Earasers for years and they’ve always done the job very well. I have the Euro spec ones currently and recently used them when I saw Disturbed. A couple times I checked the loudness with my phone and it measured close to 120db. With the Earasers I could hear the show clearly but had zero ringing or fatigue after.
I have the same ones and have used them at many concerts with the same excellent result. Music is super clear and no ringing after… Except most recently I was up front at an Armin Van Buuren show and damn that was loud! I’ve never been in such a powerful sound field, and for hours too! I was wearing the Earasers Euro and afterwards I did have ringing for less than a day. I wasn’t super happy about that, so I went back online and noticed they have a “Max” filter that’s a few dB stronger, so I’m planning to order that and use either one based on how loud the show is.
After reading this thread though I might order a few other types as well to compare.
Wow that must’ve been crazy loud because I’ve never even had any ringing with the standard spec Earasers. I bought the Euro ones pretty recently. Never tried the max filter, but more protection can’t be a bad thing. I probably should’ve just gotten those instead of the Euro, but oh well. Maybe if I lose them lol
