Howard Leight MAX1 Earplugs Uncorded NRR33 Box/200 Count
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Howard Leight MAX1 Earplugs Uncorded NRR33 Box/200 Count
Customer Review: A Godsend
Summary: 5 Stars
My pillow is no more than 50 fee from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, My bedroom sounds like I might as well be sleeping in a tent on the side of the expressway. What's worse is that traffic is actually heavier and much louder at night than during the day. It's ridiculous. These earplugs showed up at more door yesterday and I can honestly say that last night's sleep was the best I've had in months. As these things expanded in my ears it was as if someone was just turning down the volume of the highway to the point where it was virtually non-existent. I've tried tons of earplugs and none have come close to this. I bought 200 pair. Until I have a new apartment, this might qualify as the best $23 purchase I have ever made.Customer Review: A favorable plug for my favorite plugs
Summary: 5 Stars
I usually purchase Howard Leight earplugs at a local CVS store, but they had disappeared from the chain (though they've since returned), and all other local drugstore chains.
I've tried many different brands of earplugs over the years, and found none either as effective at blocking noise, or as physically comfortable, as Howard Leight, and I wasn't about to waste my money on an inferior brand.
The only problem buyng online is that the best deals are on boxes of 200 pairs, which is far more than I expect to need. Still, at about $16.00 for those 200 pr. (excluding shipping; I tpyically spent $2.99 for only FIVE pairs at CVS), the per-pair cost is a tiny fraction of what I spent before and, because each pair in the 200-count box is individually sealed, they should last nearly forever.
No earplug is perfect; few noises are eliminated entirely, but most are reduced significantly. If you have noise problems (traffic, loud neighbors, air-traffic, rock concerts etc.), you can't get a more effective earplug than Howard Leight.
Customer Review: Affordable and Effective Earplugs!
Summary: 5 Stars
My dear neighbor is very old and almost deaf. The music he enjoys is beautiful, but the volume unbearable. When I first started law school, the music was a big problem: the constant humming and drumming was driving me insane. To make matters worse, my neighbor had insomnia. The music would come at random hours in the dead of night. I had difficulty concentrating, especially during finals. Several times, I found myself pounding on his door in the middle of the night out of desperation, but I always felt bad because he was not even aware how loud the music was. Moving was not an option at the time.
The top quality earplugs at the local grocery store were a bit expensive. As a broke first-year law student, I could not afford to buy those in large quantities. Then my prayers were answered: I discovered "Howard Leight" brand earplugs. They were affordable, and very effective. For about $20, I got a gigantic supply that was sufficient for two semesters. I started wearing them while studying. All noises would vanish when I put them on--except the occasional humming from my neighbor's loudspeaker. I couldn't hear the music with the earplugs on, but the bass was still audible at times.
This is what worked for me: I would wear these earplugs and sit at my study desk facing the wall where the music was coming from. Although I am not very familiar with the laws of physics (i.e. how sound travels), I noticed that I heard almost nothing when I sat facing the wall. When I sat with my back toward the wall, the humming was audible. It was counter-intuitive, but worked very well for me.
I would highly recommend this product to students who have sharp hearing, study a lot, and are stressed during finals.
Customer Review: Among the very best.
Summary: 5 Stars
I work for WSDOT and they issue the exact same type of earplug which inspired me to purchase a couple of boxes for myself. I found that the most important thing is to insert them *quickly* after you've rolled them down with your (clean!) fingers, otherwise you may not obtain the best fit. Also, they can be a tad large if you have smallish ear canals. But these things do an OUTSTANDING job and I have never used a foam plug which works as well as these.
And they are very cheap insurance on comparison to losing some, or all, of your earsight.
I would very highly recommend these to anyone.
Customer Review: Awesome ear plugs
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered a 200-ct case of these ear plugs, and they work perfectly and are nice and thick. Apparently I have freakishly large ear canals, and so most other earplugs won't seal my ears properly.
Hearos work well for me if I put them in backwards, with the fat end next to my eardrum, but they still don't work any better than the Howard Leights do and Hearos are almost three times as expensive. The Howard Leights block out sound as well or better than any other earplug I've tried, and I've tried at least five different brands before.
These earplugs work so well that I actually got depressed for the first couple of days I used them. It was so quiet that I started to think what a bummer it must be for someone to be hearing-impaired, and not be able to simply remove the earplugs and hear better the way I can. But I got over that and now I wear them as much as I can, and enjoy the quiet.
When someone is speaking to me with my ear plugs in, I have to be looking directly at them in order to understand what they're saying. The loud, diesel-engined public transit buses that pass by me now only give a little "whoosh". And I have to be more careful when crossing the street, to make sure there aren't speeding cars whipping around the curves waiting to clobber me. I usually can't hear them now until they are within sight, so I just quickly look both ways and then RUN across the street. Homeless guys ask me for change, and I just hear them mumble, point to my ears, and keep walking.
These earplugs, like all earplugs, are mostly designed to block out mid-range sounds such as voices. Really low-pitched sounds, which vibrate through the body, can't be blocked out very effectively. This is no reflection on the quality of the earplugs. Really high-pitched sounds, such as police sirens, also come through fairly clearly. This is good since I like to drive with my earplugs in and I don't have to worry about getting T-boned by a police car or fire truck.
I plan to use these earplugs as much as I can for the rest of my life, and these plugs are cheap enough for me to do that even if I break out a new pair every day. (They can be reused, but there is some risk of ear infection when they get dirty, and they tend to lose flexibility after just a few uses. Then they can't create as effective of a seal in the ear.)
The only downside I can see is if someone had really small ear canals, in which case the plugs would probably cause too much pressure within the ear canals. As I said before, I don't have to worry about that. But if you do have that problem, Mack's earplugs would probably work better since they are fairly skinny.
Another minor gripe is that the earplugs stick way out of my ears after I insert them, so at first they would get knocked out when I rolled my head while sleeping. I fixed this problem by simply cutting off the back 1/3 of the plug with a pair of scissors, so the ends of the plugs don't stick out past my ears. I can toss and turn all night, and the plugs stay sealed in my ears.
These plugs, to me, would be worth the money if they cost five times as much. I would pay the extra if I had to, but luckily I don't have to since the Howard Leights are bargain-priced. Each pair even comes in an individual bag, so I can give them to my friends to try without getting them dirty. I wouldn't want to be responsible for someone else's ear infection.