@@stressfulprick1409 I downloaded an 8 hour white noise video from RU-vid and play it in a pair of earbuds, it manages to cover up most of the noise (except the bass)
n o i d Earbuds, you mean like the wireless headphones right? Cause it’d be so dangerous to use a headphone with the wire connecting to the phone ( which you’ll have to charge it over night ) Anyway ... I’m actually looking for earplugs, not sure if it’s gonna work, you can give me an advice since I’m suffering from these assholes too lol .
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@@joereid84 Noise cancelling is not that effective for low frequency noises which is often the case for snoring and other bedtime noises plus it would require a beefier earbud to house the microphones and hardware required to drive the anc...Bose engineers aren't dumb imo
currently looking for solutions to HORRIBLE INCONSIDERATE room mates, these people are THE WORST. yapping on their phone every single night from 11pm to 3am most nights. it's truely incredible, I live one room over and have tried talking to them about it, and they think im being hyper sensitive or my request is too much. it's like yo, it is NOT normal to be doing with when living with other people. I really hope I can find a solution because for the last 4 months i have been using these huge airport style head set, but i cannot sleep on my side with those. wish me luck LOL
Same here. People tend to be annoying at 730/830 am when they start working around here whether is construction workers or hammering or someone banging on a roof for 10 hours a day. It's not fun living in my area considering I live near 2 busy streets plus a kids park where I get 3 hours worth of city workers there.
If u go to a hospital they normally sell pretty good ones to the patients so i think the public can buy them too and they are not expensive. I still have mine from years back when i was a patient in hospital and i use them at night and they work well.
I am sensitive to noise at night and cant fall asleep even if its mild non-white noise so I was looking for foam earplugs that would fit my needs. I tried: Hansaplast, M3, Bilsom, Ox-On comfort. Some were ok some were very disappointing. But then I tried Moldex pura-fit and those are AMAZING. I cant hear anything, I barely feel them and after several nights I stopped feeling any sort of discomfort. No more neighbors, no more snoring no nothing. So if you are in a search for a decent foam earplug and you keep getting disappointed, try these. p.s dont forget proper insertion. Even the best cant work if they are sticking half way out.
Recently moved and noise level wakes me up early, found this video very informative! Tried foam ones, but they keep popping out, now I know the other options!
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I bought those oropax ones after watching this video. Superb solution. Fits in perfectly and it's as good as any ear plugs can get. Remember, none of them will 100% block sound since sound can travel through solids. But pretty freaking good!
I learn about wax earplugs bc of a italian friend, and was the best solution ever to my overly sensitive ear. Also I have a super small ears so every foam earplugs stay for like 5 min max.
Hi there! This was excellent, thank you! I would love to wear earplugs to bed all the time. But I keep hearing how dangerous it could be and that one could get ear infections. How have you prevented this from happening to you?
I had a phase of sleeping with earplugs. I think it caused me to get a gnarly ear infection and I haven't done that since. I do however need something for when I go on trips with my friend. She snores
the wax earplugs also gave me an minor infection though there was good medicine for that. Find the custom made silicone plugs gives less irritation to the skin inside the ears. yesterday i ordered the Bose noise-masking sleepbuds II, a bit pricey and kinda my last resort, sure hope they will work.
@@TheMoises1213 the Boise noise-masking work well for low level noises I'm hearing. But i don't know how well they would work for louder noises like snoring, you would need to put the sound-level rather high. most sounds available are rather simplistic and not very natural still they can be relaxing. Hope that we can get an upgrade with more elaborate and natural sounds some time in the future. The sleepbuds are very small and sit relatively comfortable in your ear, I still think it is the best device i can get for now.
@@lindasmith-wj5nk Just because it hasn’t yet doesn’t mean its a good idea. I am an otolaryngology resident and scoping peoples ears for this is not fun for any of us
You are using the wax plugs completely wrong. It clearly says in the instructions that you shall not form it into a lengthy shape but into a ball. The goal is to seal the entrance of the ear canal, not stick a wax sausage into it
Why? Because wax dissolves a bit during night in your ear canal. After weeks your ear canal will be full of dump and you will need to go to doctor to clean this up. When you are unlucky you can get an infection. I used this a lot and it's not the best. The best one were so far the silicon ones universal relax from elacin but they made them now smaller so they do not seal my ear anymore. Maybe the pq ones are good. I just hope their end is not hard plastic
WARNING: do NOT make a cone shape for any ear plugs before placing in your ears, healthcare experts strictly advise against this as you are significantly increasing risk to your ears!
@@brat4summer I would go with disposable gel earplugs they stick better.... from everyone that has used them around me.... downside is the are one time use... different countries will have different names, but much more effective and stick better than the cone shaped ones, the look like little putty cubes inside retail packing... about 20 cubes per pack
@@yasmine2556 i’m just joking but i’m pretty sure they meant that it can pack the ear wax in your ears causing you to go deaf till you get it cleaned out. They could also be talking about it going in too deep and touching your ear drums which is bad too.
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You are not supposed to put the wax earplugs into your ear canal. Just check the instruction. It clearly says "Form it into a ball (no elongated shape!). Seal the opening of the ear with gentle pressure. Do not insert into ear canal. Use entire earplug - do not split!" They work great for sleeping, especially on the side - no pressure, no falling out. There's also a silicone version which works the same, but without the stickiness of the wax and thus leaves you with clean fingers, clean ears and a clean pillow case.
Total cost for all family member is a lot. more noise pullution more people buy the plug, solution is to stop noise. If cant stop better to make louder noise
You should NEVER shape the wax into a cone as it cane break off and stay in your ear. The proper way to use Oropax is to roll it into a ball and then squish it into your ear
Foams ones can irritate your ears, i find wax ones the best for comfort but they can fall out of your ear during the night if they get too warm. Still searching for the illusive ear plugs that can block most sound and not irritate my ears. Best one for blocking sound is Sleeep Pro but they really hurt my ears, amazing at blocking sound though
It only helps partially, but I've tied a folded bandana around my head to cover my eyes from light and it also helps a bit to keep ear plugs in. In the middle of the night, the bandana seems to slip a bit, though, so I have to readjust it.
My home mate is torturing me with his talking after midnight and I can't sleep. When I used earplugs it hurt me on my attempt to change sides. They went off or didn't stick right to work well. I want to learn how to use them properly.
I like the sound of the noise canceling expensive ones (every type of cheaper earplug is not cutting it for blocking out sound!) , however, they look maybe hard? Are they comfortable for someone like me who sleeps on their side?
Sadly Bose has stopped making the Sleepbuds! They do look hard but the silicone was soft and I really enjoyed them, even sleeping on my side. I think the next best option would be some of the Mack's foam earplugs.
Thats right The bassy sounds are the most harmful for the human brain ! Experienced that on my own (I’m a sound engineer) specially when I use closed headphones.. can’t support that more than 2 hours of work !
@@catsven1973 In my area is this huming bass sounds, which nobody know, what is the reason and source. It never stop, like somebody in every few seconds turn on and out a diesel car, and it comes in waves, louder then become lowered, but never stop. Sometime it is like somebody play bass guitar. And there we can feel the vibration from soil, ground, floor in our hous, and vibrates the chair and the bed. I tried earplugs, but for bass low frequency sounds do not help, and only if it is not loud, then helps the music for sleeping but in middle of night every day loud waves coming, I can not sleeping, from the bed come louder, then from air. I am ill and tired because it. And only some people can hear this 30-40hz Sound, but there is more frequencyes , we can hear only the top , but the srong vibration from all these can feel, vibrates from feet to head, and at morning I feel, like I have concussion of the brain. I am dieing. Please help me, I am not very good in english, but I am normally person, never had psichical ill, but if I do not sleep night by night I cray and complain to somebody, they do not beleves me and say I am mad. Where they are living I do not hear it too. My hous is the shaky in my street. What can help us, who can hear it, and can you generating some sounds which can mascing it? Or what can to do vibrating? We have since I hear it solar power, and oil pump. They had plan for wind turbines, but do not know made it or no. Please help us, if you can.🙏
mt problem with earplugs is that they always have been very uncomfortable and they keep me awake. ive tried many different variations from foam, to puddy silicone and resuable silicone. foam they always make them too big. i guess they arent as effective unless they are sqooshing your ear, silicone is way too rough, i guess my ears are just way too sensitive to its plastic feel. and puddy always falls off in the morning and is very expensive. its not recommended that you reuse puddy, but they are apparently intended to. i on the other hand value my sleep greatly so i just fork over the cash.
I've been using earplugs for sleeping for well over 20 years. I've always been a light sleeper, even as a kid. My favorites are the industrial Howard Leight Max (NRR 33), but I'm thinking of maybe dishing out for Amazfit ZenBuds when they come out this year, as not even these plugs can drown out the noise of a snorer next to you :)
@@iihas_burrito9149 Yes, I bought them, but too late to try with the snorer next to me 😃 (we broke up). They are great otherwise. Just don't turn on sleep tracking and they will last the 12 hrs the company claims they should. Some ppl have complained they don't if you turn on sleep tracking...
I only use Mack’s earplugs and they are yellowish green color. It’s the only kind that works the best. They are foam but they are like really good foam. I pinch mine and stuff them deep in my ear. I know they say don’t do that but I have to. They fit perfect. I sleep like a baby and they sell them for 5 bucks at Walmart
Hi, those sound like some really good earplugs, and they're cheap too which is even better. You said that, when you use your earplugs, you pinch them. By pinching them I assume that you mean, like, making one end of your earplugs smaller to go inside of your ears? You also said that, when you are inserting your earplugs into your ears, that you stuff your earplugs deep inside of your ears. Stuffing your earplugs inside of your ears sounds like you force them inside of your ears. Do you actually force your earplugs to go into your ears? Also when you said you stuff your earplugs deep inside of your ears, it makes me curious about how deeply you stuff your earplugs into your ear canals. Do you know how deep that your earplugs on the insides of your ears? Like are they deep down your canals far enough to be close to your eardrums? Honestly, I don't think that you should listen to the people who are telling you not to use your earplugs inside of your ears so deeply. You should keeping using them deep inside of your canals to protect them. I'm glad they help you to sleep well. I'm also curious about a few other things based on your comment. Like, do you know if your ears produce a large amount of earwax or only a little bit of earwax? I ask that because I'm just wondering if you know if you are pushing some of your earwax deeper inside of your canals when you are inserting your earplugs into your ears? Also, I just wanted to know, do you clean out your earwax from inside of your ears? If you do that, what do you use for cleaning your earwax out of your ears? Is it, like, qtips or something like that? And, how often are you cleaning out your ears? Whatever it is that you use for cleaning out your ears, do you know how deep inside of your ears that it goes when you're cleaning your ears? Like, is it deep down enough to be close to your eardrums? And, also, do you know how deep that your ears are? Like from the openings of your ear canals until your eardrums? One last thing I'd like to ask is, how do your ears feel when you have your ear cleaning things inside of them to clean them out? Thank you for reading this and responding to it once you do
I hate foam earplugs I never found a comfy one and i always ended up using my earbuds and even headphones to sleep more comfortably. The Bose sleepbuds look and sound something I would try! Can I play youtube vids on them too?
What she doesnt tell you about the wax ones is the mess it leaves I your hands afterwards. Maybe I'm just special like that but it was a pain in the ass to wash my hands afterwards
The only thing that worries me about using these things is not hearing things like smoke alarms. Good to use for short periods, but I don’t think it’s a safe thing to do longterm.
WHAT BLOCKS SOUND COMPLETELY I CANT SLEEP CAUSE THE DOG SNORES SO LOUD AND SO DOES MY GIRL IM SANDWICHED BY VERY LOUD SNORES PLEASE HELP I need like a negative 70dB ear plug I need an specialized engineer to design the opposite of hearing aides I want to be completely deaf until I wake up by my vibrating alarm do they have this? ... it is 3:18 AM and I got work tomorrow
Are there any other earplugs that have a higher DB than 32? I live close by to a hospital and everyday get woken up 1 to 3 times with an ambulance siren blaring by
Hi. I was wondering the same thing and this is what I found out: "The highest NRR rating for earplugs is 33, and the highest available NRR rating for earmuffs is 31. These values reflect the level of noise protection available for each device when worn alone. Combining earplugs with earmuffs can offer a NRR protection level of 36." I hope this helps. Honestly, I'm disappointed because I'm currently using earplugs with that NRR but I need something more to block out my husband's snoring.
Is it normal to sleep with earplugs in and sleep feeling like you’re awake the whole time? Like you are not sleeping at all? I tried Soft Foam for 2 weeks and the quality of my sleep was not that good...
Do you mean that you felt like you were in a light stage of sleep vs a deep sleep? That does not sound right - if anything the earplugs should help you sleep more deeply because they're blocking disruptive noises.
Same lol. I don’t want those things you have to stick up in your ear. I want something like the bose earplugs but that’s just way too expensive. Might just sleep with my apple airpods lol
I am in need of Plugs to block out my upstairs neighbors kids stomping and banging on the floor/ceilings. I have the regular foam ones but I can still hear it pretty loud. Any Recommendations? Something to block out Low
Have you tried speaking to the family about how its affecting your sleep? I have a noisy teenager who shouts on his computer games at night - I shout out to "shut up", it seems to work at the time. Fir some reason people are oblivious if how they can be heard and need to be aware of this.
you can go to the doctor from time to time to get it checked. my doctor could easily clean it using a simple pump and some hot water, the procedure should not be painful.
Wax earplugs are not good. If your ears start to build up oil or sweat it will make them slide right out. Ive tried every affordable ear plug and the truth is, they don’t work. Some are good at reducing noise but there is not one single affordable earplug on the market that actually blocks out pounding and banging or screaming and yelling.
I've used standard supermarket foam earplugs for sleeping and reading for years now. I don't know if you're meant to use them multiple times but I'll wear each pair until they smell bad.
Terrific video. Love the way you presented text...easy to read. These options just reduce the dB up to 32. Are there any that can give us near silence? Maybe with a dB rreduction rating of 50dB? I had to pop in my iPhone et buds to sleep this morning. Did the job... reduced the sound from the condo unit below (machinery running...reno machine left on...). Hardly heard the sound. Don't know how many dB they suppressed...
I'm using similar earplugs to the Bose. The design is longer and more simple, however I'm having an issue getting a proper seal with them in my ears. Does anyone have a tip for getting a good seal? And yes, I do pull ears before inserting, as you should.
Muffles wax earplugs from Boots are the very best and around £2.69 p for 5 pairs . I really should know as been wearing earplugs every night since 1983 ....addicted ....yes 😅
Hi, since you've been using earplugs for your ears I just wanted to ask you some questions about it. Thanks in advance. So, you said you use wax earplugs, how do you insert the wax earplugs into your ears? Do you, like, roll them into a cylinder and then insert them into your ear canals longways so that they sit deep inside your ears? Has using your wax earplugs for so many years caused any problems with your ears? Like, did your hearing get worse at all? Or do your ears produce more earwax than they used to? Also, what is the reason that you've been using them every night for so many years? I've also got a few questions that aren't about your earplugs exactly but just about your ears instead, if that's okay. I touched on it briefly before but, do you know if your ears produce a lot of earwax or only a little bit of earwax? Another thing I'd like to ask is, do you clean out your earwax from inside of your ears? If you do, what do you use inside of your ears to clean your earwax out of them? Do you use qtips or something like that for your earwax? Whatever it is that you use for cleaning your earwax out of your ears, do you stick them deep inside of your ears when you're cleaning your earwax out of them? If you do go deep inside with them, do you know how deep inside of your ears that you go? And, also, do you know how deep that your ears actually are? Like from the openings of your ear canals until your eardrums? The last thing I'd like to ask is, how do your ears feel when you have your ear cleaning things inside of them and you've moving them around to clean out your earwax? Do you enjoy the feeling of it? Thank you for reading this and responding when you do so
@@laura-sandy1492 Also, sorry, I missed this with my last comment. Yes you can reuse your wax earplugs for a while. When you feel like they've gotten too dirty and you don't want to stick them inside of your ears anymore, then you can throw them away if you'd like to.
Thanks so much for watching! I think you'll probably like foam or wax because they'll compress as you lay down and put pressure on your ear and they'll be less noticeable. I often wear Mack's soft foam ones and sleep on my side with no issue.
I use the silicon one. But when I put my ear in the pillow I may be feel pain in it 😢 In the other way, as for me the silicon one is more efficient than foam concerning blocking the sounds
