SMOKEUs ear plug review

[HenryDorsetCase]

Just lick them abit first and they slide right in.

I say that to all the girls too.

[superman]

I just get my dad to grab loads of the sealed packets of foam bright orange ones from Air New Zealand flights. Work just fine, filter out higher frequencies more readily and you still hear low grunts of engines. Cept when you start changing gear at 13,000rpm.

[Zedder]

Mine were 65 done by kiwiplugs down in waikanae. He now sell diy kits for 90 i think, which do might two sets iirc?

If you're auckland I think its plugsforlugs or someone whos does em up there, few threads on kb about em somewhere too.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[willytheekid]

I don't use em...I like the sound of my bike

...and I just scream louder if the wind noise gets to much



....Bloody good review smokeu!

[Maha]

I don't use em...I like the sound of my bike

...and I just scream louder if the wind noise gets to much

I dont understand the need to wear then either...personal thing I guess.

[BoristheBiter]

I dont understand the need to wear then either...personal thing I guess.

my hearing is bad enough so I don't want to make them worse and the wind noise from my helmet is very loud.

[Maha]

my hearing is bad enough so I don't want to make them worse and the wind noise from my helmet is very loud.

Whisper kit perhaps?

[bogan]

I don't use em...I like the sound of my bike

...and I just scream louder if the wind noise gets to much



....Bloody good review smokeu!

I got mine mainly for sleeping, as I thought the same about riding. But it turns out they let through a lot of the good low frequency noise, and by eliminating much more of the wind and road noise you actually hear the bike sounds better! Unless you're listening for rattley tappets or similar

[willytheekid]

....Unless you're listening for rattley tappets or similar

....damnit!...ya got me!

[slofox]

Next time you're in the shower wash your ears out then.

Ermmm...right. That'll be next July then...

[BoristheBiter]

Whisper kit perhaps?

they don't work as it is the wind coming through the vents that cause most of the noise.

Mind you, I could always slow down.

[Zedder]

I dont understand the need to wear then either...personal thing I guess.

I remember you writing about that a while ago Maha and I did try to do without them (plus tried things to reduce external noise) but then I read an article by a British ENT surgeon who claimed ear plugs reduced, not only noise, but fatigue as well.

He also reckoned using them improved his focus and alertness.

Anyway, it seems to work for me too, I just need to get a good, hard wearing and easy to clean set organised.

[slofox]

I don't use em...I like the sound of my bike

I DO use 'em. I like being able to hear...

[puddytat]

Yeah, i read something somwhere, that your hearing actually requires a large ammount of brain capacity,which is brain you're not using for other more important things than the white noise of wind.....

[Madness]

I want to know where I can buy some a single bud type audio earplug that doesn't cancel out half the farking music. Stereo sucks when you're half deaf.