Plugs 4 Lugz at Motomail - 23 April 2016

**Sue Rowles** · 7th April 2016, 19:58

Thank you to Chris and Marie at Motomail.

We will be making earplugz at Motomail on College Hill on Saturday April 23 (Anzac weekend).

$80 per set; sorry no eftpos available

**Big Dog** · 7th April 2016, 22:04

Magic.

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**Pound** · 8th April 2016, 12:16

Are they apple branded?

**Pound** · 8th April 2016, 12:18

Originally Posted by Sue Rowles

$80 per set

They had better give me a damn good eargasm for that price....

**Big Dog** · 8th April 2016, 13:36

Originally Posted by Pound

They had better give me a damn good eargasm for that price....

You can get cheaper self do kits... but as I have found the material degrades a little with use. I am hoping these will not, given my wife's ones have not.

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**Tazz** · 8th April 2016, 15:04

Originally Posted by Pound

They had better give me a damn good eargasm for that price....

Not a bad price for decent earplugs IMO. Go price up some hearing aids

**Big Dog** · 8th April 2016, 15:23

Like all rubber protection, only good value of you don't want aids.

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**Kage** · 8th April 2016, 19:07

Hey Sue, will you be there all day ? Might shoot in...

**Duncan74** · 9th April 2016, 17:05

Originally Posted by Pound

Are they apple branded?

Just popped over the hill for Sue to make me a pair. Took about an hour, and included a great chat ;-)

Only ridden for 1hr15 with them so far but they are light years ahead of the $40 continental grommet types I had before. Unbelievable as I was about to start investing in new screen and mirrors to quiet down the noise from the buffeting. What was really impressive was how much clearer the helmet speakers were for the Nav. So quiet riding, but clearer audio when I want it. Will see how the comfortable they are for longer rides on Wednesday when I go up to the land of the almond milk cold drip trim lattes.

Sure $80 isn't cheap for two lumps of rubber, but then I reckon it's $5 for the rubber and $75 for knowing how to mould the rubber.

**Sue Rowles** · 9th April 2016, 21:04

Will be there from opening until we run out of ears

Originally Posted by Kage

Hey Sue, will you be there all day ? Might shoot in...

**Sue Rowles** · 9th April 2016, 21:07

Ace; thanks Duncan; thousands of riders around the world can't be wrong.......

Originally Posted by Duncan74

Just popped over the hill for Sue to make me a pair. Took about an hour, and included a great chat ;-)

Only ridden for 1hr15 with them so far but they are light years ahead of the $40 continental grommet types I had before. Unbelievable as I was about to start investing in new screen and mirrors to quiet down the noise from the buffeting. What was really impressive was how much clearer the helmet speakers were for the Nav. So quiet riding, but clearer audio when I want it. Will see how the comfortable they are for longer rides on Wednesday when I go up to the land of the almond milk cold drip trim lattes.

Sure $80 isn't cheap for two lumps of rubber, but then I reckon it's $5 for the rubber and $75 for knowing how to mould the rubber.

**Gremlin** · 9th April 2016, 23:40

Originally Posted by Duncan74

Only ridden for 1hr15 with them so far but they are light years ahead of the $40 continental grommet types I had before. Unbelievable as I was about to start investing in new screen and mirrors to quiet down the noise from the buffeting. What was really impressive was how much clearer the helmet speakers were for the Nav. So quiet riding, but clearer audio when I want it. Will see how the comfortable they are for longer rides on Wednesday when I go up to the land of the almond milk cold drip trim lattes.

You'll also find that the drop in ambient noise when riding should mean you won't get tired as quickly.

I had the mushroom style ones previously, around $40-50. Never stayed put inside my ears... loving the custom moulded ones though.

**nzspokes** · 10th April 2016, 06:47

Originally Posted by Gremlin

You'll also find that the drop in ambient noise when riding should mean you won't get tired as quickly.

This has been my experience even with the little foam jobs. But they hurt after awhile. My bike is not subtle so ear plugs are a must.

Can you get 2 sets done at once?

**Gremlin** · 10th April 2016, 14:35

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Can you get 2 sets done at once?

Don't see why not, obviously one set, then the other.

I've got 2 sets currently, as I realised I needed a spare set in case something happened to my main set. I do believe though that your ears change/grow over time, so I'm worried the backup set may not work... but we'll see I guess

One thing I did find with the standard mould of the plug was that 10-15 hrs continuous wear was too long, and because it fills the entire ear right to the edge, my ears couldn't deform... so I spoke to Sue and Grant on my third set and they custom moulded them smaller so now it's a nib inside the ear. Obvious warning that they might not seal as well, but as I had to take them out altogether, even some attentuation was better than nothing. It's been several years and while you need to be more careful to seal them well, they've been brilliant.

Just thought I'd mention this Sue, so perhaps someone else will want it, and I won't be uniquely special