BB claims she hears as well with them as without???????
I've been using them for at least 10 years with great success. But you have to do it right.
BB is not pushing them in far enough. Insert each one separately You have to roll each one between your fingers and squish it down till it is as small as a fat strand of spaghetti-- really squish it. Then you quickly shove it as far into your ear as it will go. You have to do this very fast, because as soon as you release the earplug, it will start to return to its original shape.
Once it's in your ear, then hold it there with your finger until you can feel it start to "fluff" out again. As it does that, you will hear the volume on the outside world go down, down, down. There must not be any of it sticking out. It must be absolutely flush with your head, even concave. Don't worry about not being able to get it out. You can always grab enough of it with your fingernails to remove it.
If there is ANY part of the earplug sticking outside of your ear, it will be completely ineffective. Sometimes my bf's snoring will wake me up, and I'll notice that one of the earplugs has worked its way out just a little. I'll get a new one out of the jar and reinsert it. When inserted deeply and properly the snoring will be hardly noticeable.
I'll use the same ones for a few nights and then throw them away. Their springiness diminishes after a few uses. She should get a big jar of them at Walgreen's. The ones in the gun department at Wal-mart are very good, but I've only seen packages of a few. These are terrific on airplanes.
Originally Posted By: Lou
BB doesn't like head phones or ear buds for more than an hour. I suppose she qualifies as one of those sensitive people Mrs. Cac4 was describing.
I'm also a Highly Sensitive Person. When these are used properly you can barely feel them. The silence, the comfortable sleep-- that counts for more than the slight sensation of something in your ears. I suspect that if BB made these work, she'd have to give up whining about your snoring and that galls her.
