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ear plugs - wax or foam?

raspberrypie

i'm super noise sensitive --- in terms of ear plugs, the things you jam into your ear canal, has anyone found a preference for wax vs foam ones? the foam ones i've seen on amazing-on have the highest NRR of 33db. i've always had trouble inserting them into my ear canals, but just heard about yanking your ear back before you jam the foam in... the moldable wax ones have a significantly lower NRR of 23db... they seem more comfortable. tho.

anyone have good or bad experiences with either? i suppose it may boil down to personal preference, but the higher NRR sounds good. i guess i'm wondering if that is achieved in a lab......... not in a human ear, but the same could be said for the lower NRR of waxies.

i already have head phones, ear muffs, etc... i'd like something i can easily just carry in a pocket, but which is effective.

happy non-listening!

tysm

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  • Sorry for only partially referencing your questions as I can't talk too much to the ones you've asked about but I used to use foam ones though the foam ones make my ears really painful so I can use them once or twice but not regularly and I never tried the wax ones because I was about to get the ones I'm about to talk about through the business.

    I don't know if this is inside your budget or something you interested in but specsavers so custom-molded ones, they do a custom mold of the ear canal and send them off to be made and you get a set of plugs that actually fit your ear. 

    https://www.specsavers.co.uk/hearing/hearing-aids/hearing-protection

    I work with tools and such for my job and the sound of the power tools and I'm really sensitive to the sound so I have a pair of the industrial ones that I wear anytime I want to dampen the noise but I need to hear some stuff, such as tools and being on the street and a pair of sleep ones witch pretty much kill all but the loudest sounds, I don't actually use the sleep ones for sleep because I get super anxious if I can hear my blood flow but when im just at home trying to concentrate and in no danger, the sleep ones are great. I know they're expensive but I love them. 

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  • Sorry for only partially referencing your questions as I can't talk too much to the ones you've asked about but I used to use foam ones though the foam ones make my ears really painful so I can use them once or twice but not regularly and I never tried the wax ones because I was about to get the ones I'm about to talk about through the business.

    I don't know if this is inside your budget or something you interested in but specsavers so custom-molded ones, they do a custom mold of the ear canal and send them off to be made and you get a set of plugs that actually fit your ear. 

    https://www.specsavers.co.uk/hearing/hearing-aids/hearing-protection

    I work with tools and such for my job and the sound of the power tools and I'm really sensitive to the sound so I have a pair of the industrial ones that I wear anytime I want to dampen the noise but I need to hear some stuff, such as tools and being on the street and a pair of sleep ones witch pretty much kill all but the loudest sounds, I don't actually use the sleep ones for sleep because I get super anxious if I can hear my blood flow but when im just at home trying to concentrate and in no danger, the sleep ones are great. I know they're expensive but I love them. 

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