ear plugs

[Bootlegger]

 I am losing more hearing every day, and what I have left I want to keep.  Where do you get your ear plugs, and are you satisified with them??

              Thanks a lot

[big ron]

The loss of hearing can have its advantages

[NED-088]

The very best plugs to protect your ears (been using them for over 10 years now, never go back):

[Perry Rose]

Any drug store has them. I have used "EAR" brand plugs. They are coarse yellow foam and will stand a lot of uses. The best ones I've found are the soft foam plugs like the ones that come on a lanyard. Individual plugs come in bags of 10 or more. They install best when cold and wet. I put them in the fridge for a few minutes, roll them into a small plug and wet them with water before sticking them all the way into the ear canal. It will take a minute for them to warm up and expand. They only last for two or three uses.

[Motorman]

You can get ear plugs at any drug store. I use protective ear muffs you can get from home depot because they are much easier to put on and off.


MM

[Mark Scarborough]

Here is what I use,,
well ,, when I am pylon racing, my stunt plane doesnt make that much noise,,

https://www.zoro.com/howard-leight-by-honeywell-hearing-band-23db-pod-pr-qb3hyg/i/G3012782/

[Bob Matiska]

The firearms section of any sporting goods store will have a variety of ear plugs or protectors. I use ear muffs when running an engine on the ground or when operating power equipment around the home. The foamy ear plugs work reasonably well, though never as good as the muffs, of course. In the Air Force, there were conditions where we had to use double ear protection, plugs and muffs, and I complied. I still have very good hearing, though I have trouble hearing the wife, for some reason...

Bob in NEPA

[Phil Krankowski]

I prefer a set of over the ear earmuffs.  They are easy to put on and take off.  I also like the silicone mushroom shaped plugs on a string.  Washable and reusable.  I bought a big box of the squishable foam plugs at Lowes that I have to offer to others.  They work well, but get gross easy so I tend to go through a couple sets in a day when those are all I have.   

(Earplugs also cause my wife to punch me once when our kid had colic, I remained somewhat sane at least... 4 hours of screaming... daily.  Turned out to be severe allergies, my wife had to eliminate dairy from her diet while breastfeeding.)

Phil

[Paul Smith]

I buy ear muffs from Home Depot, Meijers and Grainger Supply.  As posted by Motorman, the foam plugs are too much trouble to put in & take out all the time.

For events that require helmets, you can get a hard hat with attached ear muffs at Grainger.  This is handy for combat & racing.

[Steve Helmick]

I mostly use foam earplugs when trying to sleep in motels, campgrounds, or NYE. I didn't think I'd be able to sleep with them in, but manage to alright. I just bought another jar of them at the local everything store. Have a set or two of earmuffs for shooting and when running power equipment, and have dragged them down to the flying field, but found them to be pretty annoying...on & off, on & off, all day long, and have not found any good way to carry them with me.  Steve 

[john e. holliday]

Since my ear surgery I have started using ear muffs if I am going to be close to the engine while it is running.  It is strange to fly a plane and not hear it.

[Perry Rose]

How come nobody said "what?"

[Fredvon4]

At home I have a low cost set of MidwayUSA  shooting ear protectors..They are $29.99 electronic low profile version and they work very well removing the loud and still let me hear my wife caution about finger in the prop or dinner is ready

When I was playing Combat with loud big block unmuffled engines I used the simple yellow Army surplus Foam plugs and can usually hear the talk in the pit/starting line but remove the damaging high Db freaquencies

It is decades ago but I think I got a gross (144 sets) for $12 something...still have about 30 sets

[Bootlegger]

  To Big Ron, Ty, and Perry, I knew that my "friends" would hit me with both barrels, and to the rest of the fellows, thanks a lot, back to Ty, and Big Ron are we gonna see y'all in Oct at the Bi-Liners stunt gathering?  Sure do hope so...

[Bootlegger]

 In retrospect I should have asked for ear MUFF'S that go behind your head, instead of over your head as I need to be able to wear a hat in the sun, gotta keep the skin cancer down as much as possible.
 So with this change I need your other suggestions, and again THANKS...

[Norm Furutani]

PM sent

Norm

[Geoff Goodworth]

While playing in rock and roll bands in the eighties, I used Norton ear valves. They were the protector of choice for Olympic shooters. They have little valves fitted inside silicon inserts that go in your ears like the current round of ear plugs. However, they are valves that responds to high sound pressures so normal conversation is not hampered. Back then, with hair that grew down over my ears, nobody knew that I was saving my ears from the ravages of the lead guitar—until they saw me inserting them one night before a show.

The ones that I have is no longer available but there are still similar devices. Just ask Google about ear valves.