Custom, Reusable or Disposable Earplugs?

Whether you need earplugs for work, sport or fun (yet noisy) activities, you have a choice between investing in custom earplugs or purchasing reusable or disposable earplugs. What makes the most sense for you? Take the following factors under consideration.

Your Ear Canal Type

If you have smaller than average ear canals, finding earplugs that fit comfortably can be difficult. What’s more is that if they do not fit properly, they won’t be able to seal properly and then, they won’t work as well (if at all as in the swimming pool!). Continue reading

Don’t Ride without Your Motorcycle Earplugs!

Last year, petrol prices forced us to sell our 4×4 and purchase a motorcycle for my husband to commute back and forth from work. He bought a used Harley Sportster and though it’s not real big bike, it does tend to wake the neighbours in the morning if you know what I mean. It’s loud!

He’d only been riding it a few weeks when I noticed that he seemed to be ignoring me. He had mentioned that the office receptionist thought it was kind of cool that he was riding the Harley! I thought, should I be jealous? Then I realised what was really going on! He couldn’t hear me! When I would make a comment about a movie we were watching, it wasn’t that he was dismissing it, he literally didn’t hear me say it. Continue reading