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  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    edited April 2018
    glorified jay said:
    Any recommendation for earplugs for a kid?  I am taking my 7 year old to his first show this year!  I would hope to not have to make him wear those huge ear-muff style sets that you see kids wearing at sporting events.  Thanks.
    Given lil kids, lil ears and hearing, I would go with the larger hearing protection that you are looking to avoid.  Tinnitus dating back to a bad ear infection in the 6th grade, but helped along by years of concerts with no hearing protection, I would go with the bigger and better to have a kid avoid the issues that I have.  
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,685
    glorified jay said:
    Any recommendation for earplugs for a kid?  I am taking my 7 year old to his first show this year!  I would hope to not have to make him wear those huge ear-muff style sets that you see kids wearing at sporting events.  Thanks.
    In general the ear muffs are recommended for children due to the size of their ear canals.  That said, if you are against that, buy several kinds and use whatever fits your kid the best.  The regular foam ones will have the best shot as they obviously roll down to a very small size and then expand to fill the gaps.  
    But there is a reason you see kids wearing the ear muffs at sporting events.  My daughter wore ear muffs exclusively until she was abotu 9 and we then found some foam ones that worked for her.  I'm going to try some of these pre-molded ones for her now but with the foam as a backup.
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  • given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,999
    The Eargasms are on sale at Amazon today for $20 (normally $30).


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  • WSUFreakWSUFreak Posts: 124
    Good looking out!!  Taking a flyer on em for  $20!
  • hihobibohihobibo Tampa, FL Posts: 1,132
    given2fly23 said:
    The Eargasms are on sale at Amazon today for $20 (normally $30).


    Lightning deal, and I missed it. Doh!
  • given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,999
    WSUFreak said:
    Good looking out!!  Taking a flyer on em for  $20!
    I did the same. 

    Sorry for those that missed it. They were already 60% gone when I saw it .
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  • iwasatpj20iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,440
    on2legs said:
    I just use generic earplugs.  I find I can hear the music better with the earplugs in than with them out. After a few years of using them I can’t imagine not using them.  
    Me also, not using them is not possible with me
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  • lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    got some great use out of my earasers last night at the Black Angels/Black Lips show.

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  • Miss.SnowdropMiss.Snowdrop Scotland Posts: 192
    I got the Alpine ones today - I guess we'll see in June how they are holding up!
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 95,343
    given2fly23 said:
    I don't know how people go to concerts without earplugs.

    This is what I use:

    https://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-ETY-Plugs-Fidelity-Earplugs-Standard/dp/B0015WJQ7A/ 


    I use the same ones.
  • mpedonempedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    Saw this thread back in April, decided to pick up a couple of pairs of Sonic Defenders for myself and my wife. Tried them out for the first time this weekend. Saw Janelle Monae from the 2nd row (right underneath a bank of speakers), and the Foo Fighters/Dinosaur Jr from the Field Boxes. Sound was good with the earplugs in - a little bassier, but not muddy - and best of all, we could hear after the shows! Very happy with them, after years of ringing ears!
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    I just buy a 100 pack of foam ones now, i always loose shit and they do the job fine.
  • opsopcopolisopsopcopolis Posts: 1,206
    I wear custom molds with 9db filters. Best concert related investment I've made in quite a while
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