Honeywell Howard Leight 3301105 Individually Wrapped Laser-Lite Single Use Uncorded Earplugs, SNR 35 (Box of 200 pairs) Yellow/Pink

I have tried Orthopax brand. I purchased a set of 5-pairs and paid around £5 for them. I'm the kind of person who just uses stuff without reading the instruction. I only just read them whist these were on the way and gave them second try.Make sure you follow the steps:1 - Roll between fingers2 - Reach over your head and pull the tip of your ear up3 - Gently but firmly push the rolled ear bud to the most sensitive part of the ear (hard part)If you follow these steps you will feel the plugs go into your ear canal (still makes me cringe).The Othopax are good and my even be higher quality foam however the foam is so sturdy that when it expands its much louder. Not only this as it expands you can feel pressure and may have to pull it out slightly.The firmness of the Orthopax makes them uncomfortable against a pillow and whilst cancelling nearly all external sounds I found the internal sounds of my heartbeat became more of a problem before pulling them out and facing the annoying sounds.I purchased the Howard Leight expecting no better quality it seems too good to be true 20 pairs for under £3!!They are softer foam and actually look better in real life (a lot less clinical that the Orhopax). The softness really does help putting them in. I took me under a minute compared to the 2/3 that I manage with the othoSurprisingly it actually cut out more sound. As the last one expanded, it was like someone was using a remote-control to turn down the annoying hum of the boiler! I've tested placing my head against the pillow and I couldn't feel them at all.Sounds that get through are very low and my heartbeat no longer resembles Techno (which I actually enjoy).Looking forward to using them - I'm tempted to bulk-buy a life supply and make a bed out of them! :D

fit in the ear nicely block out a reasonable amount of sound ideal for a motorbike helmet with loud noise levels. My helmet before these physically heart my ears when going at normal speeds so much so that my ears increased wax production and sent me deaf for a fortnight (nice I know but you wanted to read an accurate review). After an ear syringing and using these things where a lot quieter and no it wasn't down to having permanent hearing damage. here are a few hearing related stats.A typical conversation occurs at 60 dB – not loud enough to cause damage.A bulldozer that is idling (note that this is idling, not actively bulldozing) is loud enough at 85 dB that it can cause permanent damage after only 1 work day (8 hours).When listening to a personal music system with stock earphones at a maximum volume, the sound generated can reach a level of over 100 dBA, loud enough to begin causing permanent damage after just 15 minutes per day!A clap of thunder from a nearby storm (120 dB) or a gunshot (140-190 dB, depending on weapon), can both cause immediate damage.Worth buying a pack of these now isn't it!!!Good points: Soft sponge that molds to your ear canal ensuring a good fit, comfortable, muffles loud noises like wind noise (motorbike riding) but doesn't make you deaf so you can still hear traffic,Bad points: Not enough in a packet as my wife used these once overnight and now keeps stealing them to cut down on my snoring noise so there are none left for me (there is still enough hearing ability after insertion to hear your alarm).Buy some always handy to have in a draw somewhere and a reasonable sized pack if you loose as many as me (mostly by theft).Info prolonged use of these items i.e. every day will increase your ear canals temperature increasing the bacteria in you ear which your body will then produce more ear wax to compensate for. Also if you are prone to high ear wax production this product could push this wax back up your ear canal and increase the risk of blocked ears and thus syringing being needed. So if you use them during the day don't use them at night as well let the air get in there.Pardon what you say???? Oh sorry forgot I've my b*£@$y ear plugs in again!!! (gets me out of chores that way he he he)

These are a real game-changer. If there is any noise whatsoever when I am trying to get to sleep, I will not sleep. Even if the noise is technically quiet enough that I should be able to fall asleep I simply won't out of stress that it's keeping me awake. I do a lot of field work in remote areas around the world and these can be a nightmare for noise at base camps due to the different routines and customs of different people's cultures. In my upcoming trip in the summer I bought these in the hopes they would be sufficient and BOY WERE THEY!I am pretty much the only westerner that slept soundly at base camp. Everyone else complained of being woken up at 4:30am each morning by chickens crowing, pots and pans banging, children shrieking, people talking loudly, playing music and laughing as well as a very loud generator being switched on. I heard NONE of this! None of it whatsoever! It was amazing!They are simple to use, you simply twist the thinner end, stick it in your ear as far as is comfortable then let it expand to fill in the cavity. Silence. A warning though: My partner has very small ears and could not use these when he tried them. He simply could not get them into his ear far enough either due to the width/length of this product, so if you do have particularly teeny ears this may not work for you.I found them perfectly comfortable. Obviously it does feel like something is in your ear... because something is in your ear but this is easy to get used to, and definitely worth it for the silence that ensues. I didn't have trouble hearing my alarm as I simply left the alarm by my head and could hear it just fine each morning. I used each pair of ear plugs for about a week before replacing. I will never stay anywhere without these life changing plugs again.