Custom ear plugs

[NinjaNanna]

Yeah it is Nasty, thanks for that. It seems to be pretty much the same as what I get with carefully applied foam ear plugs, and knowing my history of putting things somewhere and forgetting about them, I'll stick with the cheap and readily available foam ones.

My experience with the custom fit ear plugs has been good. For me they are worth every cent mostly because I could never get the reusable ones to stay in my right ear (left was always fine)

In my experience the disposable one's are just as good for noise isolation but the custom ones are so much faster to put in. It takes me less than 10secs to insert the custom ones where as the disposable ones I could dick around with for 2mins and still not get the one in my right ear seated properly.

[Sanx]

I have had a set for a while and still use the "spark-plugs" from NZ Safety.
Why? you ask .. well
My Plugs4Lugs sit by my bed and are real good if the neighbours dog is barking, or the rain is falling real hard and making alot of noise
BUT under a helmet - forget it. Perhaps my head is so swollen my ears distort too much ? Or perhaps not, but they will not seal and hence they miss out on my enjoyable noise reduced riding pleasure.

The Rowlsy's modified my original set a couple of times and went to the extent of supplying a new set but the problem remains.
So After Sales response = good. Product = ???

Same problem I had with the P4L units. Great on their own, but under a helmet, the sound attenuation dropped markedly. The foam ones don't require your ear to be in the same position all the time; the P4L ones do. I was going to get them modified next time I saw the guys, but I think I lost them last time I was at Puke, whilst rushing off to see my father in hospital after he'd just thrown my Blade down the track.

[TerminalAddict]

seems like a common issue .. under a helmet is no so good

[ipod1098]

seems like a common issue .. under a helmet is no so good

+1
That,s $220! for no good... f**k that!!!
How about refund

[Horse]

I bought a pair of (bright orange) Plugs 4 Lugz from Sue at Manfeild yesterday. Great service from them (I was working and only had a very short time window to get the moulding done) and the plugs certainly worked well while I was at Manfeild. But I haven't had a chance to test them under a helmet on the bike yet - will report back when I've given them a decent trial.

[NinjaNanna]

A Couple of people have reported that they have had problems with the earplug's seal breaking while under their helmet.

I initially had this problem as well - BUT P4L were sensational at getting it sorted for me. When I say sensational I mean they gave me a free pass to Big Boys Toys in Auckland just so I could visit them to have the problem rectified.

The one piece of advice that I have is, insist that they trim the earplug right back as far as they dare, so that it is not protruding past your ear in the slightest. This is exactly what the bossman from Australia did with mine and they are now fantastic.

Actually I have 2 pieces of advice, if circumstances allow I advise that you ride your bike to the fitting, that way you can road test them immediately and if you have any problems Grant and Sue can sort it straight away.

Oh yeah on another note I have found that these plugs are really good when flying (unfortunately I can't afford proper noise cancelling headphones)