Morning all Has anyone had any experience of Proguard mould your own silicon ear plugs https://www.proguarduk.co.uk/earplugs-group/product/55-proguard-mould-your-own-earplugs They are from a reputable company, who specialises in hearing protection, but I cannot find much in the way of reviews. They do not comply to EN 352-2 and I can understand why as they rely on the person moulding them being accurate with the mixing and filling of the ear cavity. Mark
Thanks Ade For £15.55, I think I will give them ago. I have been using Alpine Motorcycle reusable earplugs for the last 3 year which have been great, but the silicone flutes are just starting to go soft and they tend to work themselves lose after a while.
I've not heard of the proguard ones but at that price it's worth a go, i did get custom earplugs made when i was at a bike show a few years ago, i think they were over£100! I tried to convince myself they were better than the foam plugs but in all honestly they are not,if you fit the foam ones correctly they are much much better!
I have found foam ones very hit and miss in the past. But for me, the best ones have been the Max Lite yellow and red ones. I bought a bag of 100 quite a few years ago and still have a few packets left in various jacket pockets
Just had a mould done of my ears for £30 from hidden hearing as I'm getting some ultimate ear I need them for work as well so justifies the cost
thats the make i got!..do ultimate ear not have to make their own mould if you are getting from them? it's interesting that all the racers and pit crew wear the foam plugs..it would be easier for them to wear the moulded ones
So in answer to my question. Ordered direct yesterday and the kit arrived in today's post. Really easy to mould if you follow the instructions (they set quick!). First impressions are good and they are comfortable and stay in place. The only downside so far is the fact they are both the same colour so need marking left and right. Will post update when they have been used more. Mark
Update after a week of commuting and a couple of 120+ mile runs. I like them. Once I moved the Scala Q1 speakers to stop them rubbing on them, I forget they are in after 5 mins. They cut noise levels down to approx what the Alpine reusable ear buds do, but with the added feeling of them staying in place. will see how they go with time, but for £15 delivered, very pleased.
Aearo E.A.R. Classic - I swear by them (mainly 'cos I can get them for nothing from work!) They are a dense yellow foam type, not the horrible squidgy shiny foam ones and I've found them to be excellent at attenuating the noise from my CRF with a high level FMF pipe on that chucks out (a professional acoustician measured) 109 dBa. I don't tend to wear ear plugs on the America, even with its TOR's on - the saddle bags tend to offer enough of a shielding from the exhaust noise and the screen cuts out the wind noise. Out of interest, does anyone know what the MotoGP guys use - they always look like regular dense foam plugs to me?
I'm sure they all use the foam plugs,a lot of them use the mushroom or torpedo shaped ones, there’s a trick to wearing them. The foam needs to be shaped before you insert them. Use your fingers to roll half the length of the plug into a thin cylinder so that it enters the ear canal easily. Then hold the end sticking out while the end inside the ear canal expands and fills the canal ,also Rossi & co wet their ear canals with a bit of spit (suck your finger and stick it in your ear!) as the plug will expand back to it's original shape quicker and it will make a tighter seal. I've used the Aearo E.A.R. Classic before, but I've found they are not as easy to roll up as they other shaped ones