Hi Lemmy!
Loop Earplugs are too expensive. Does anyone have cheaper recommendations?
Details
Details:
- I have Loop Quiet to cope with situations with a lot of chatter, such as at the canteen, where it feels like everyone is shouting.
- I bought a pair of Loop Engage because I dislike having to take my Quiets out to have conversations. They haven’t arrived yet.
- I’ve tried the foam earplugs from a drugstore/chemist’s. They’re extremely difficult to put in properly and get dirty after a few uses.
Take the earplug and roll it between your fingers until it’s a smaller size that goes in easily. Take your other hand and grab your earlobe toward the back and bottom. Pull your lobe backward and away from your head; that straightens and opens your ear canal. The combination of these two should make it easy to insert the earplugs.
[If you like, you can play around with putting the tip of your finger at the entrance of your ear canal and then pulling the lobe with your other hand, to feel how it changes the entrance to your ear canal.]
Maybe clean your ears? Also, most of the cheap foam earplugs aren’t meant to be a long-term solution, they’re definitionally disposable.
And when you can buy a pack of 200 for $25 who cares if you toss a pair after 3 uses?