Earplugs

[pearlevu]

My husband snores. The only way I've been able to cope is by using boots earplugs. They were foam cylinders- not tapered. Anyway. They've only gone and done anyway with them.

Please can you hit me up with your BEST EVER EARPLUGS? preferably before I divorce him.

If what worked for you was the boots cylinder ones, get the 3M ones from Amazon on bulk. They're identical (I stopped getting the boots ones as the 3M ones were much cheaper and identical - I think they make the Boots ones).

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Sorry, haven't RTFT but there is a website called Snorestore which has good products and advice. Thinking of them particularly because they do a kind of trial bundle with samples of their most popular earplug types - so you can try them out and see what works best. I like their Laserlite ones, but different people have different shaped ears...

Before I divorced, I used these https://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/quies-foam-earplugs/prd-3ma

Another vote for Quies

They’re not like other foam earplugs, the foam is much finer and stays compressed better so you can really squish them up and get them nicely wedged in

They also do mini/kids versions for anyone with extra small ear canals

Asda's own synthetic wax ones, they have them in the pharmacy bit, called Safe + Sound. They used to be very thick but they've slimmed them down hugely and put the price up. You can twist two together for each ear and then they work very well. They last for weeks before they start looking gross. Foam just doesn't cut it.

I find the foam ones always fall out overnight. Currently having some success with Alpine Deep Sleep that someone else mentioned. They're silicone and soft - I sleep on my side and can hardly feel them, they stay in, and they come in two sizes which is great for me as I apparently have tiny ear canals - who knew! I can still hear the industrial level snoring next to me but it feels very far away and I can sleep. I was looking at Loop but the reviews are so mixed, it's an expensive gamble. I know a few people who have custom made silicon ear plugs and they rave about them, but they're £80+ apparently.

Never got on with foam ones as I find these really make my ears hurt. Best ones are Quies wax, which you can adjust (by picking bits off to make them smaller) then place in your ears to suit. I’ve been using them for about 20 years so have experimented plenty.

the best way is to not shove them deep into the ear canal but leave them loosely at the entrance and then squish them so they kind of form a seal around the entrance. Otherwise they too can hurt and don’t work so well.

i also have tinnitus so it’s weird that I use them because they effectively shut the tinnitus in so that makes it worse, but my neighbours are even noisier so it’s a trade off. Yes, i can also my beat, but again, I prefer that to neighbours fuck arsing about.

In short. Quies, wax ones are the best.