Silence!
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zippyprorider

Original Poster:

736 posts

235 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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anyone got any good products for blocking out the sounds of generators and the race engines, i like to get a couple of hours sleep and so thinking for some ear muffs fitted over the top of plugs???? Any suggestions!

Thanks

Andy
(its an alternative to passing out that I do every year lol)

fatboy18

19,553 posts

240 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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I go for a kip wearing ear defenders, they drown out the generators and drunken idiots walking past your tent smile

Beerwagon

155 posts

195 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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Knonenbourg usually works!

s2driveruk

350 posts

238 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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a day of walking in the sun, little food and a LOT of beer has always worked a treat for me smile

J B L

4,217 posts

244 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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I'm taking these.



Don't know how they'll fare but they're excellent for long haul flights and crying babies. hehe Coupled with foam ear plugs, they should do!

wackojacko

8,581 posts

219 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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Beerwagon said:
Knonenbourg usually works!
Man up ! ....this also works fine for me hehe


Or Bose noise cancelling head phones work quite well.....

ph1l5

5,027 posts

231 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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I have always just got use to the noise before, mind you don't really sleep the whole weekend, save that for monday morning at work wink

Stevem5

120 posts

234 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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Do what I do.......

Get Blind Drunk and you will sleep through anything.

On the other hand have some filtered noise plug's custom made (Like those used by motorcyclists) I have a collegue who does them if you fancy a trip to Birmingham!

Steve

-Lummox-

2,007 posts

242 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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I find a combo of beer, port and exhaustion usually does the trick, but if it's really loud, those cheap foam ear plugs are good too.

gt6

1,478 posts

214 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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ear plugs for me every night

Rooster

2,241 posts

266 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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I find the sound of the cars always lulls me to sleep at about 6am, 3 hours kip and then raring to go again. last year ear plugs failed miserably against the dutch and their fireworks and techno music frown

Garlick

40,601 posts

269 months

Friday 20th May 2011
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I always take ear plugs and always sleep until the tent gets too hot.

Rs2oo

2,210 posts

227 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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Sleep in a car or van windows up, sunroof closed and doors locked with the best ear defenders you can get. I can personally recommend a Volvo estate with a roll mat, single quilt and a proper pillow not one of the ridiculous blow-up camping ones. Good luck.

mrsxllifts

2,501 posts

228 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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Stevem5 said:
On the other hand have some filtered noise plug's custom made (Like those used by motorcyclists) I have a collegue who does them if you fancy a trip to Birmingham!

Steve
Does he know anyone on the south coast that does them? we are looking for them for work and they would be handy for LM too.

Rs2oo

2,210 posts

227 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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mrsxllifts said:
Does he know anyone on the south coast that does them? we are looking for them for work and they would be handy for LM too.
The Met Police use (not 100% sure if they still do) use Laser Lite ear plugs for their firearm training and for their motorcyclists. I've got some and they are excellent, used them at le mans for the past seven years and you can use one set all weekend too. They use are the pink and yellow ones which you can get from a popular online auction site flea-bay.

mrsxllifts

2,501 posts

228 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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Rs2oo said:
The Met Police use (not 100% sure if they still do) use Laser Lite ear plugs for their firearm training and for their motorcyclists. I've got some and they are excellent, used them at le mans for the past seven years and you can use one set all weekend too. They use are the pink and yellow ones which you can get from a popular online auction site flea-bay.
Thanks, will have a look when it get back home. Can you still hear people talk through them or are they complete deadeners?

popinoz

163 posts

255 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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Usually helps grabbing the left overs of yesterdays baggette rolling the dough in a ball and shoving it in your earholes!!!

Vette_1978

3,260 posts

251 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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Have a search for BioEars. I found these in Supadrug in the Isle of Man last year when the chickens roosting in the trees on the campsite kept waking at 4am. Wonderful things, silicone, mouldable, well worth a purchase.

jdwcd

2,518 posts

231 months

Saturday 21st May 2011
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Garlick said:
I always take ear plugs and always sleep until the tent gets too hot.
not if i have got anything to do with it (and where is my jug and stickers)

RobbyJ

1,824 posts

251 months

Sunday 22nd May 2011
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gt6 said:
ear plugs for me every night
I bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coleman-Cool-Ceiling-Fan-L...

I haven't used it in anger yet but the air flow isn't bad and it makes a bit of White noise and will hopefully make tent sharing a less traumatic experience wink

On the silence front I go with my shure bud headphones and the whitenoise app from the app store, it drowns out the noise from my kids so racing cars would be no problem!