Concert ear plugs - recommendations pls

Concert ear plugs - recommendations pls

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R TOY

Original Poster:

1,742 posts

243 months

Hi folks ,
In the last few years I’ve realised the importance of ear protection at concerts , maybe a bit too late !
I’ve tried a few different ear plugs with the valves in and they have been good , but not really as good as advertised . Also there seems to be different brands making big claims looking suspiciously identical to my current ones and in identical looking cases ! (Zounds for instance)

Any recommendations . Thanks .
Stereophonics next so be a good test 😁

tobster

658 posts

224 months

Have a look at CENS or Swatcom, they're very popular with clay shooters

breamster

1,084 posts

195 months

No direct experience but my kids swear by these for live music.


https://www.loopearplugs.com/

Volume reducing but you can still enjoy the music without it being too muffled.


lllnorrislll

154 posts

155 months

Loop are the obvious choice. Had no issues with Alpine Party Plug for a cheap alternative.

Junglebert

141 posts

31 months

Loops are probably as good as you need. Worth noting that plugs designed for shooting aren’t necessarily the right choice for gigs, shooting plugs often have mechanisms to attenuate short sharp sounds like gunshots, but let most other sound through, whereas plugs for gigs/constant noisy environments attenuate over a much wider range, all the time.

lllnorrislll

154 posts

155 months

Places like Specsavers also do a custom filtered ear plug, but have no experience of them.

Newc

2,101 posts

197 months

I've tried all sorts, including Loop, 3M, foam, some IEMs, and Sennheiser.

My conclusion is that there isn't a single answer. Everyone's ears and tolerance to having things rammed in those ears is different.

My go-to are these
https://www.sennheiser-hearing.com/en-UK/p/soundpr...
because they are very light, highly adjustable for size and attenuation, and the material doesn't irritate me.

Of course it's hard to get test items to try out, so you're going to have to make a best guess on your preference and be prepared to bin them and try something else.

StevieBee

14,213 posts

270 months

In theory, you shouldn't need them to protect your hearing. Long gone are the days when a band could crank it up to 11. These days, all live performance is limited to 92dB by law, which is deemed a safe generic level and is plenty loud enough.

Obviously that doesn't take into account those who enjoyed gigs in the past that were cranked to 11 whose hearing may be less than optimum today as a result.

Miocene

1,510 posts

172 months

breamster said:
No direct experience but my kids swear by these for live music.


https://www.loopearplugs.com/

Volume reducing but you can still enjoy the music without it being too muffled.
Use these myself - personally I think they take the sound a bit too much, but that's probably a good thing!

chemistry

2,735 posts

124 months

Yesterday (08:55)
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Loops. You can get versions of them that allow you to modify the degree of sound reduction too.

Easy to get in and out as well.

Miocene

1,510 posts

172 months

Yesterday (11:56)
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Miocene said:
breamster said:
No direct experience but my kids swear by these for live music.


https://www.loopearplugs.com/

Volume reducing but you can still enjoy the music without it being too muffled.
Use these myself - personally I think they take the sound a bit too much, but that's probably a good thing!
Just to add, I have the Loop Experience plugs.

If i was to buy again, i'd buy the switch. Edit: looks like all modes of the switch reduce the sound by more than the Experience model.

FWIW the case is flimsy.

Edited by Miocene on Tuesday 15th July 11:59