anyone else use earplugs?

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Has anyone here heard of a product called Ohropax? So far no one's mentioned it in the thread. It's a slightly odd German product and although they now also do foam ones the "Classic" version is made from paraffin wax (plus Vaseline & cotton wool). They come in a plastic container and you can even get a mini container holding one pair only. The attenuation is around 20dB.

They take bit of practice in the sense that you mould them yourself after holding them in your hopefully warm hands to soften them a little. They are pink-ish in colour so if you have long hair totally inconspicuous if you are more or less white.

I totally recommend them. Sometimes I put in only one if the noise is directional, it helps and you can still hear what's going on around you.

I only wear ear plugs during sleep. The elderly couple in the apartment below mine is very quiet, and the house is in a semi-rural area without much traffic noise. But my cats are often a bit noisy. One of them used to wake me up by rattling her toy mice next to my ear Now that I wear ear plugs, she paws my nose instead. I guess I need to wear a nose protection too

That's exactly what I'm using Not the classic version, but these foam plugs:



I can also highly recommend them. They are very effective, and comfortable too.

I don't go anywhere without earplugs, usually at least my musician's earplugs.

I use my earbuds more as "earplugs" though, like others have said, and just have my music going in them.

One thing I find annoying is how most people don't realize you have earbuds in, even when they are very visible, and will still talk to you.

I use the firm orange foam earplugs. The last bottle I bought had purple ones. I've had a hard time getting the soft ones in. I use them to sleep if there are loud storms or loud neighbors. I use them if I'm operating any loud equipment. I also use them on long drives as it reduces the brain fatigue I experience from the constant road noise. I also have the darkest sunglasses you can buy which I use outside on all but the darkest cloudy days.

I use ear plugs all the time.
Help me alot.

I use foam plugs when I sleep, plugs under muffs when I shoot, and ridged rubber plugs with a neckstrap when I operate loud or irritating tools. It's high frequency, screeching type sounds that really bother me, so I always wear plugs when I use things like abrasive cutoff wheels or high speed sanders. I also hate the sound of certain types of high frequency arc welders, so I put them in when I fire up TIG gear as well.

Nope, never. I wish I had some today, though, I got some mild tinnitus from hammering out a wheel stud for like 10 minutes straight. I tried paper in the ears and it didn't do much. Also don't wear safety glasses as much as I should ever. Man, so far the "main" ringing is gone, but I did still hear some earlier tonight. I should really buy some earplugs if I plan to hammer stuff in the future...

That takes me back to my school days since my college had a farrier program in the same building I was in. All of those guys had to wear plugs and safety glasses pretty much all the time, a roomful of people hammering on horseshoes is even louder than you'd think it would be; plus the occasional chips of red hot metal flying about made you appreciate the goggles. We did have a test fire booth over in the gunsmithing part of the building, but it really wasn't as loud as you might think even though it was minimally soundproofed. It could get interesting if someone cranked off a magnum rifle in there and you weren't expecting it, but most of the time you'd just hear a loud "whump!" from that corner of the room and that was it. It was just a drywalled off little corner with a pipe going to a sandpit too, nothing fancy about it and no extra soundproofing or anything.

I never use earplugs because I don't like having anything in my ears.

One time I had to do community service at a recycling plant and the days they did metal were so loud and horrible that I couldn't stand it but I had no way to block the sound out.

I have thought about buying some earplugs but I'm paranoid that somebody would be calling me and I wouldn't hear. As much as I hate background noise, it makes me nervous when I can't keep track of everything that's going on around me. It's one of the reasons I rarely listen to music - what if somebody is calling me, knocking on the door etc.

I tried earplugs to help me sleep but they don't block enough of the sound to really help. A few times though, when all else failed and I was still tossing and turning, I have tried a piece of cotton half saturated with water... That is very effective and blocks ALL sound except via bone conduction, although it IS a bit sloppy.

I tried earplugs to help me sleep but they don't block enough of the sound to really help. A few times though, when all else failed and I was still tossing and turning, I have tried a piece of cotton half saturated with water... That is very effective and blocks ALL sound except via bone conduction, although it IS a bit sloppy.

I tried earplugs to help me sleep but they don't block enough of the sound to really help... and certainly don't slow down the non-stop thoughts. A few times though, when all else failed and I was still tossing and turning, I have tried a piece of cotton half saturated with water... That is very effective and blocks ALL sound except via bone conduction, although it IS a bit sloppy.

I wear them in the morning if someone is up before me, as I sleep very light, those ear plugs have saved me many hours of sleep.

Ear phones for me. I need music to not only block out other noises but keep me well distracted from stimuli.

Music helps me read and write too.