Helmet ear plugs

[caduceus]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 29 August 2026 at 18:11

[Pebbles167]

Depends on the shape of your head/ear/helmet probably.

I'm lucky enough that these basic ones fit me well, under £2 for 10 pairs.

There are brands selling them over here for £20 a pair. That's what I started with but couldn't tell the difference.

[caduceus]

Sorry, I should have said earphones, for music

I'm looking for either wired or wireless earphones.

Cad

[Jap90s]

Wired on a bike are a PITA

Wireless ones aren't great either - mine would be dislodged when I put my helmet on

I went for Cardo speakers and foam ear plugs and am very happy with them

[Pebbles167]

oh right.

I use a set of speakers tucked in my helmet lining hooked up to my com unit. They seem to work fine, though you can upgrade them with better items from sennheiser or whatever.

[John D.]

I've got some Ultimate Ear moulded ear plugs with wireless speakers in them. I use them to listen to podcasts /music in my Elise, but they are suitable for bikers. They work really well and battery lasts forever.

I have another pair of 'plain' moulded plugs from them that I wear riding.

[caduceus]

Jap90s said:

Wired on a bike are a PITA

Wireless ones aren't great either - mine would be dislodged when I put my helmet on

I went for Cardo speakers and foam ear plugs and am very happy with them

These?: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cardo-SPRT0002-SPIRIT-HD-...

[caduceus]

John D. said:

I've got some Ultimate Ear moulded ear plugs with wireless speakers in them.

Yeah you might have to elaborate, I don't know what that is

[Jap90s]

caduceus said:

These?: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cardo-SPRT0002-SPIRIT-HD-...

Yes

I prefer to ride alone so didn't need multi person functions

It just works, volume is easy to use etc

[Condi]

John D. said:

I've got some Ultimate Ear moulded ear plugs with wireless speakers in them. I use them to listen to podcasts /music in my Elise, but they are suitable for bikers. They work really well and battery lasts forever.

I will advocate all day long for these - either wireless or wired and connected to a Cardo. Absolute game changer especially for longer rides.

[s2kjock]

The wired Ultimate Ear moulded ones I had were good, but the wire did come detached and not after a great deal of use. They also let in more wind noise than the non speaker UE moulded plugs, and were very expensive (c £150 over 10 years ago) - they broke after about 5 years of intermittent use.

My ears changed shape also so they stopped sealing nearly as well.

The quality may be better now, but I am not sure I would buy them again if I start to ride regularly once more.

I tried putting speakers inside my lid, but they put too much pressure on my ears so became sore - I reckon I would need a new lid with proper cut-outs or something integrated.