Ear Plugs?

[oldfart]

Whated ya say!! I say, whated ya say!!!????

[myvice]

To prevent wind noise try wearing your helmet backwards.
To insert plugs: Close eyes and mouth, hold ear plugs aprox 10mm away from ears, now FART as hard as you can!

[hXc]

Say no more, I understand perfectly. Have you ever thought about taking up a musical instrument?

The drums are a musical instrument. Not many bands can get around without a drummer. I'm a drummer and I wear expensive ones when drumming specially made in Aus to fit my ears just as MSTRS said. They make ahuge difference and I would never drum without them unless I didn't have them on me. They are awesome. If you don't mind flicking out a bit of money for them then do it. They don't block noise out, they just make everything quieter. You can still hear EVERYTHING and it isn't muffled at all.

[TLDV8]

I prefer the 3M orange tapered ones - they're cheap, readily available, and work well. I suggest that using smooth, tapered plugs is better than those cylindrical ones (usually blue of yellow) as they're easier to insert.

I would second the Orange 3M plugs described (based on 29 years as a Boilermaker and Bikerider)........ I seem to remember first using earplugs on a bike around 1985,which was semi accidental ( i left them in after Clay shooting) but have been a permanent fixture since.
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It seems a lot of folk who have trouble with plugs do not insert them properly,that being not rolling them before inserting them...... if they stick out of the ear canal to far and touch the helmet lining,noise can almost be increased (imo)

[Toast]

I've been using the Alpine plugs for a while now, they are expensive ($49.00) but very good. They also last a long time if you look after them. ( A tip, cats think they're great toys). They come with 2 attenuaters so you can vary the amount of sound you hear. They also cut the frequencies where wind noise is most common, but let you hear the good sounds.
I bought a set for my wife because she complained that the foam ones spoilt the sound of her Ipod, these are much better.

After 30 years of riding,some of that without a helmet,plus the noise from my job,I guess my hearing is pretty well stuffed - if I put my phone to each ear I hear a completely sound,and sound level.So now I try to wear ear plugs,but it makes me feel like I am wearing a 44gal drum full of kapock on my head.I have the Alpine plugs now and they are great,apart from my Nolan helmet issue, I can wear them all day,I don't have to take them out because I can hear people talking,cars etc.I can even hear my phone ringing,that's pretty freaky.

Cheers guys, I was going to ask about these. It's a purchase I've been putting off for a while now, but I think it's really a about time to make it.

How much difference do you notice between the two attenuaters?

[pete376403]

Yes I can,
Got to go, plane to catch.
CU.

That thing on the back of the mouse will make a reasonable facsimile of your external ear, but that doesn't have much to do with hearing, apart from funnelng the sound to the middle and inner ear, where the real work is done. It's the inner ear that gets damaged, and the damage is permanent. There are ways of overcoming damage to the inner ear - cochlear implants - and they are 1. very good and 2.very expensive. If you don't get it covered by either insurance or government funding expect to lay out about $48,000. Per side. I got one ear done on public funding, there was a 6 year wait and they won't do the other one.
I get so angry when I see young people blasting the shit out of their hearing.

[Lou Girardin]

Cheers guys, I was going to ask about these. It's a purchase I've been putting off for a while now, but I think it's really a about time to make it.

How much difference do you notice between the two attenuaters?

To be completely honest, I've blocked the hole in the attenuators with silicone. (I like it REAL quiet). My wife uses the green (louder) ones because her Ipod sounds better that way and wind noise is still cut appreciably.