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Riejufixing
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 27 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
They're very like the 3M ones. Hm. How much biking can be done underwater Smile
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 27 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Riejufixing wrote:
They're very like the 3M ones. Hm. How much biking can be done underwater Smile


If some of my commutes this winter are anything to go by, quite a bit.
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PostPosted: 10:23 - 28 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Riejufixing wrote:
They're very like the 3M ones. Hm. How much biking can be done underwater Smile


Not sure if you're referring to the ones I linked to, but if so, they're not really like the 3M ones at all. Most obviously in relation to the material - the 3M ones are foam and those I was on about are silicon. Regardless, there are two problems (even though I do rate them) - firstly, you have to moisten them with a bit of gob. Aside from being a bit gross, it's another step - another faff before you can set off, etc. Secondly, with repeated use, you're likely to get a build up of wax and get pretty deaf (because when you put them in, you poke the wax deeper inside - but also, this starts to happen more regularly, for some unknown reason). I've a feeling but no proof that this is worse when using silicon type ear plugs. That said, it actually is - like you implied - having your head underwater! So in that sense they work really well.
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 28 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote:
Riejufixing wrote:
They're very like the 3M ones. Hm. How much biking can be done underwater Smile


Not sure if you're referring to the ones I linked to, but if so, they're not really like the 3M ones at all. Most obviously in relation to the material - the 3M ones are foam and those I was on about are silicon. Regardless, there are two problems (even though I do rate them) - firstly, you have to moisten them with a bit of gob. Aside from being a bit gross, it's another step - another faff before you can set off, etc. Secondly, with repeated use, you're likely to get a build up of wax and get pretty deaf (because when you put them in, you poke the wax deeper inside - but also, this starts to happen more regularly, for some unknown reason). I've a feeling but no proof that this is worse when using silicon type ear plugs. That said, it actually is - like you implied - having your head underwater! So in that sense they work really well.


I wonder if the foam are better due to absorbing some wax? was thinking about your point other day, pushing wax in etc.
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PostPosted: 10:36 - 28 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I wonder if the foam are better due to absorbing some wax? was thinking about your point other day, pushing wax in etc.


It's a thing - I went to have my ears syringed the other week and she said regular, continual use results in a build up, and that over time this happens more often. As for foam absorbing some wax, I don't know. She didn't mention that because she believes that anything in the ear has the same effect, pretty much.
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PostPosted: 11:01 - 28 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
can see there point, your not meant to put earbuds all the way so yeah can see point.
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Riejufixing
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PostPosted: 11:24 - 28 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote:
Riejufixing wrote:
They're very like the 3M ones. Hm. How much biking can be done underwater Smile

Not sure if you're referring to the ones I linked to, but if so, they're not really like the 3M ones at all.

Three posts before your one:

Riejufixing wrote:
These are good: "3M E-A-R Ultrafit Reusable Pre Moulded Earplugs". I find them much easier to use than foam ones. If the stem is a nuisance, shorten it.


3M's website:

https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/company-uk/3m-products/~/3M-E-A-R-UltraFit-Earplugs/?N=5002385+8709320+3291224988&rt=rud
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PostPosted: 15:59 - 28 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Riejufixing wrote:

Three posts before your one:

Riejufixing wrote:
These are good: "3M E-A-R Ultrafit Reusable Pre Moulded Earplugs". I find them much easier to use than foam ones. If the stem is a nuisance, shorten it.


3M's website:

https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/company-uk/3m-products/~/3M-E-A-R-UltraFit-Earplugs/?N=5002385+8709320+3291224988&rt=rud


I was looking at the 3M ones posted 9 posts before mine, which do seem to be of the foam type -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-1100-Earplugs-Uncorded-Pairs/dp/B000J6BK04

But yeah - the ones you linked to are the 'same' as mine. For the money, they're excellent.
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