Any earplug recommendations for protecting one's hearing at concerts?

[Beef Oven!]

Apologies if we've had this before - I had a good search around the forum, but couldn't find anything....

The question is, does anyone have a good recommendation for earplugs to protect one's ears at concerts, especially rock concerts?

[MrGongGong]

I've met folks who use and like these

http://www.thomann.de/gb/alpine_musicsafe_prosilver_edition.htm

seem to be the preferred ones unless you go for the custom fitted type

[Nick Armstrong]

For years there have been these around the house for general uses - snorers, noisy neighbours, external works, getting sleep in planes etc - and they would do perfectly well for concerts. Easy to use and very effective

£7.50 for 50 pairs. Sorted.

[Beef Oven!]

For years there have been these around the house for general uses - snorers, noisy neighbours, external works, getting sleep in planes etc - and they would do perfectly well for concerts. Easy to use and very effective

£7.50 for 50 pairs. Sorted.

Thanks Caliban - I saw those on Amazon, but wasn't sure whether they would block out some of the wanted frequencies, too.

[Beef Oven!]

I've met folks who use and like these

http://www.thomann.de/gb/alpine_musicsafe_prosilver_edition.htm

seem to be the preferred ones unless you go for the custom fitted type

Thanks MrGG. I don't think I'll go to the trouble of the fitted type (all that 'what side do you dress palaver?' etc). I need to think about whether any extra expense over the ones Caliban referred to would bring tangible benefits.

[MrGongGong]

Thanks Caliban - I saw those on Amazon, but wasn't sure whether they would block out some of the wanted frequencies, too.

Great if you want to do power tools BUT work by muffling all the high frequencies
what you need if you want to hear the sound is something that evenly attenuates the sound
Using the foam type would mean a waste of time going imv

[Nick Armstrong]

Thanks Caliban - I saw those on Amazon, but wasn't sure whether they would block out some of the wanted frequencies, too.

Yes - I have no specific knowledge of the details of 'frequency' blocking with those plugs (cf also Mr GG's post). Using a new pair seems to block equally up and down the spectrum. They've come in especially handy over the last two years as a hotel has been demolished and rebuilt into flats about 6 feet (at the closest) from the bedroom windows. The work has started at 8am every weekday - the yellow EARfit plugs have permitted sleep through all but the most adjacent drilling (which was like someone standing on the bed firing a machine gun).

The only time I used them for a concert was when - for work purposes - I attended a 'Westlife' gig at Wembley Arena... and at that point none of the frequencies were particularly 'wanted' The plugs did the job!

[Beef Oven!]

Great if you want to do power tools BUT work by muffling all the high frequencies
what you need if you want to hear the sound is something that evenly attenuates the sound
Using the foam type would mean a waste of time going imv

I suspect the extra expense might be worth it (as per my post #5).

[Beef Oven!]

Yes - I have no specific knowledge of 'frequency' blocking with those plugs. The only time I used them for a concert was when - for work purposes - I attended a 'Westlife' gig at Wembley Arena... and at that point none of the frequencies were particularly 'wanted'

I'm quite tolerant of the various music forms, but Westlife!!??

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

One could lie on a bed of nails, and take strong painkillers to avoid distress. Alternatively, one could just avoid the bed of nails.

However, there are have been occasions when I've played in concerts, sitting close to trombones or a tam-tam, so I invested in these, which are very effective and can be adjusted to suit three levels of sound:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpine-MusicSafe-Filter-Plugs-Musicians/dp/B000VO8PR0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455063915&sr=8-1&keywords=alpine+earplugs

[Beef Oven!]

Not sure about the name.

[Nick Armstrong]

Not sure about the name.

Perhaps Sir would prefer the... ahem... "Party Plug" - advertised on the same page?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpine-PartyPlug-2015-Festivals-Transparent/dp/B00REB9VTO/ref=pd_sim_267_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51UkQ1h9RvL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0XH1K6J9KSMMGDY4WEAZ

[cloughie]

Perhaps Sir would prefer the... ahem... "Party Plug" - advertised on the same page?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpine-Party...J9KSMMGDY4WEAZ

I am curious about one bit of the description: 'Keeps water out of the air' - what water? what air? How? and Why?

[Beef Oven!]

Perhaps Sir would prefer the... ahem... "Party Plug" - advertised on the same page?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpine-Party...J9KSMMGDY4WEAZ

Unfortunately, I don't want to 'keep water out of the air'

[Nick Armstrong]

Unfortunately, I don't want to 'keep water out of the air'

Some of us 'ave no 'air left...