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Old 08-20-2009, 01:05 PM
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I got mine at Walmart sporting goods dept. for $14. You make them in about 5 minutes and they work great.
 
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Ah Sporting Goods is it? Dammit Golfblues, have you been looking in the pharmacy section???!!!
 
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If you want real good ones.. get custom fitted ones . They are expensive but worth it in the long run. Any place that does fittings for hearing aids, can make a mold of your ear and order you custom plugs. You can even get them set up for DB (decibal levels) so you can still hear well, but only a certain db will be allowed through.

http://www.hearnet.com/at_risk/risk_at_risk.shtml

I don't have to worry about the loud volume music anymore, but when I did I used custom ear attenuators and they worked very well.
 

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you can save a lot of money by using a coupla pieces of juicy-fruit.
 
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There we go. I ordered a spare pair for me just in case & a pair for my wife. Thanks.
 
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Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl
Ah Sporting Goods is it? Dammit Golfblues, have you been looking in the pharmacy section???!!!

G, I've looked in both & they are not there. There used to be a spot with a label for them in the sporting goods section but that's gone. They sent me to the pharmacy who sent me back to sporting goods I gave up but the link above looks like the same item. I'm in for a spare set & one for my SO too.
 
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Canadian here, but I got mine from a hearing centre. www.protectyourhearing.ca They do a custom mold with or without speakers for your Ipod. I got the ones with speakers ( Personal Audio Monitor)

and I can hardly hear my Rineharts now (a good and bad thing). It was the wind noise that was really hurting my hearing. Now I can hear my music at low volumes and not have the wind and bike noise drowning it out. They stay in place and are very comfortable. Well worth the $300 I paid, and would recomend them to anyone that would like to protect their hearing and listen to tunes while on the bike.

Chop.
 

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I have tried several of the "do-it-yourself" plugs, and even after following the directions to the letter, was not very impressed with their performance, and after a few months, they started to get hard and shrink a little, further diminishing their effectiveness.

The ones we use almost exclusively here in Iraq are from Surefire. They aren't custom, but they come in several sizes, and are amazingly comfortable. I have had to wear them for many hours (6+) without the need to remove them and rest my ears like foamies. They aren't very expensive, compared to professional customs, and last forever. I have had one pair for almost 18 months, and they still work great!

http://www.surefire.com/EarProProducts
 
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I got my custom earplugs at a local gun show, but as others have said, audiologists can make them or look on the internet.
 


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