Thread: those foam rubber ear plugs

Are you rolling 'em between your fingers to squash 'em?
If you do that just before putting them in your ears, when they spring back to full size they wedge in and fit better.

SWK

Not kidding, but I use them often, and if working with noisy gear, (brushcutter, chainsaw, commercial CNC router etc) wear them under a set of muffs for added protection. Normally don't have them com out after rolling and inserting, but never loose them with a set of muffs over them.

I roll them and squash them for about half way along their length. Sounds like I should try squashing them along their full length and inserting them deeper.
Arrono

Originally Posted by Arron

Sounds like I should try squashing them along their full length and inserting them deeper.
Arrono

Yes

How to properly insert ear plugs - YouTube

Originally Posted by Arron

I've been experimenting with those little, yellow, cones shaped ear plugs. The ones made out of very soft foam rubber. I find they work their way out of my ear canals soon after I put them in. Is there something I'm missing - or do I just perhaps have the wrong shaped ear canals ?

any advice
cheers
Arron

Arron. I have had exactly the same problem. Can't keep them in my ears, so don't try anymore and just use muffs. So you are not Robinson Crusoe.

Hi All,
Yes, I had the same problem, until I went to have Hearing Aids fitted.
What the Lady showed me made sense.
You Roll & Squeeze the Plug & start to fit it in the Canal, but with your other hand you grab the top of that Ear & lift & then the Plug just Slips in.
Hope that Helps, but other than that go to a Hearing Test Place & I'm sure they wood show you.

Originally Posted by issatree

You Roll & Squeeze the Plug & start to fit it in the Canal, but with your other hand you grab the top of that Ear & lift & then the Plug just Slips in.

Beat me to it. This is how I was shown to pit them in. If they have been properly inerted you should only see the end of the plug (once they have expanded). When you remove them they should be twisted out to so that you don't create a vacuum pressure that can damage the ear. Once they have been removed you will know if you were wearing them correctly because there is a dent about 2/3rds along the plug.

Simo

they also are great inserted the same way into air tool fittings we have a lot of trouble with mud wasps around here bad enough in the nail gun but in the spray gun damm.
Regards Rod.

I find that after inserting that if I hold the plug in for about a minute while the foam expands it stays in.

I wore ear plugs daily for about two years, and now use them monthly when running a 12 cylinder diesel generator.