I've been riding since 1962. Started using earplugs around 2002 or so.
WHAT?
OK - I'm using those pink roll-up foam earplugs, and they've been working fine.
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Sometimes I wouldn't get the one in my right ear seated correctly; it would almost seem to channel the wind noise right into my ear. I'd have to stop and get it re-seated, then off I'd go. A few months ago I was bombarded by all those FaceBook ads about those Artevive earplugs.
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So I ordered some. They didn't seem any more or any less effective than my pink foam earplugs, but I didn't have that pesky noise channeling problem with my right ear.
ONLY ONE PROBLEM: sometimes the little cup would separate from the stem portion of the earplug! Usually this would happen right after I'd get home as I removed the earplugs from my ears. I'd have to remove the little cup with my needle nose pliers. I foulnd that I could aviod this problem (mostly) by removing the Artevive earplugs slowly and gently.
Well, this time it happened Saturday morning after I'd stopped at the BMW dealer in Seattle! I gently pulled out my Artevive earplugs and all I got on the left one was the stem! The cup must still be in my ear! I asked the guy at the parts counter if they'd let me use a pair of needle nose pliers, and the guy handed me these little plastic tweezers that were sealed in a little plastic bag. I opened the bag and tried to remove the ear cup. Negative function. Bummer! After drinking another cup of that fine BMW coffee, I rode to the Bellevue Kaiser Medical Center and checked in at urgent care. They checked my left ear with one of those pointy light things, and... nothing there! They could see my ear drum, but no Artevive cup! Maybe it fell out and landed on the ground near my parked bike. Either way, I am officially done with Artevive ear plugs. Fortunately I still had my old pink foam roll-ups in my Aerostich Darien jacket, so I used those for the ride home.
Back to the pink roll-ups. Hey, I've got a box of 'em sitting on my workbench.
Seeya
ATB
WHAT?
OK - I'm using those pink roll-up foam earplugs, and they've been working fine.
Sometimes I wouldn't get the one in my right ear seated correctly; it would almost seem to channel the wind noise right into my ear. I'd have to stop and get it re-seated, then off I'd go. A few months ago I was bombarded by all those FaceBook ads about those Artevive earplugs.
So I ordered some. They didn't seem any more or any less effective than my pink foam earplugs, but I didn't have that pesky noise channeling problem with my right ear.
ONLY ONE PROBLEM: sometimes the little cup would separate from the stem portion of the earplug! Usually this would happen right after I'd get home as I removed the earplugs from my ears. I'd have to remove the little cup with my needle nose pliers. I foulnd that I could aviod this problem (mostly) by removing the Artevive earplugs slowly and gently.
Well, this time it happened Saturday morning after I'd stopped at the BMW dealer in Seattle! I gently pulled out my Artevive earplugs and all I got on the left one was the stem! The cup must still be in my ear! I asked the guy at the parts counter if they'd let me use a pair of needle nose pliers, and the guy handed me these little plastic tweezers that were sealed in a little plastic bag. I opened the bag and tried to remove the ear cup. Negative function. Bummer! After drinking another cup of that fine BMW coffee, I rode to the Bellevue Kaiser Medical Center and checked in at urgent care. They checked my left ear with one of those pointy light things, and... nothing there! They could see my ear drum, but no Artevive cup! Maybe it fell out and landed on the ground near my parked bike. Either way, I am officially done with Artevive ear plugs. Fortunately I still had my old pink foam roll-ups in my Aerostich Darien jacket, so I used those for the ride home.
Back to the pink roll-ups. Hey, I've got a box of 'em sitting on my workbench.
Seeya
ATB