Decided to take the bike to work since all the tools were already there and the road to the job was a great one. Perfect morning 10%C going to and 28%C coming home. Definitely fall weather. Love affair with the bike is still on. Some nice long sweepers and a few tight left right lefts. Almost felt like I was doing it right. Anyway, my ears are screwed and it takes very little wind to get'm ringin like a bastard. I've tried allot of different plugs from the squishy foam to the space age ear shaped silly cone. So far the closest thing I've got to work are the cone shaped foam but I use the fat end. Tinnitus sucks and for an hour after the rides I can't hear half of whats said to me. Anyone found a decent set of plugs that work? By the HJC IS17 is a LOUD fuckin skid lid. Time for a new one.
Not sure the brand I have but they look similar to the second one. They kinda work but I think there is some other ear damage making it difficult to get'm in even part way so the tapered end doesn't work. I just squash the fat end. Like the idea of denser foam. If I can find something that compresses more would help. Thanks.
My wife has tinnitus. Sometimes she will wear earbuds connected to her phone and turn on a white-noise generator app very low, just enough to mask the ringing.
I went from a Shoei to a HJC a few years back and didn't notice a difference. Mind you, it wasn't the cheapest HJC, so that's probably a significant factor (and the Shoei was getting a bit tired....)
I used the blue ones(Howard Leight "AirSoft") for quite a while. They worked fine, save for the stem thingys being too long. Nipped them short so they wouldn't rub the helmet liner.
After getting the orange ones(Howard Leight "Quiet"), I wonder why I kept with the blue ones for so long. The center blue bit helps get it in place way easier, significantly more comfortable & it seems to do a number of wind noise, yet allowing me to hear the engine & traffic around me somewhat.
There's a safety supply house in SE PDX that has probably 40 types of ear plugs to choose from. [insert comment about many plugs, few holes]
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