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Sold by: Hellota
Business name: ningboshuyudianzishangwuyouxiangongsi
79 lifetime seller feedback
9 reviews.
all paid Vine Voice.
strangely all from April 2025. seemingly they did a marketing push and then...didn't sell for a year?
personally safety equipment isn't somewhere I'd cut corners. if you care enough to protect your hearing at loud events, get something that you know is legit. the feature claims on this seem cool with the adjustability but YMMV
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Take a closer look at their product images and I suspect you'll be dubious too. they have a graph showing 90-120 dB sounds being reduced to 30dB...which is claiming 60-90dB reduction. which is BS.
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While I appreciate the cynicism, but unless you have used it yourself, I would also care your comment as such. These can be used easily at home with family being loud and different levels allow you to have different control.. and many other things, not just live events....vine are fre eot users and some reviews are not useful but some are, so i'd def recommend reading through them careful to see if they are helpful.
Unfortunately it's difficult to verify safety equipment as individuals, which is why there are certifications and standards tested by independent labs and groups.
You indicate I shouldn't voice concerns unless I have tried them myself...have you? Before you promoted them on Slickdeals and defend their use?
The advertised claims of this product are sketchy which definitely means the seller can't be trusted and probably means they are junk
Unfortunately it's difficult to verify safety equipment as individuals, which is why there are certifications and standards tested by independent labs and groups.
You indicate I shouldn't voice concerns unless I have tried them myself...have you? Before you promoted them on Slickdeals and defend their use?
The advertised claims of this product are sketchy which definitely means the seller can't be trusted and probably means they are junk
No, I have not tried these... and voicing concerns is fine,, but imo, yours wasn't a concern, but more assuming it wouldn't work, or that's how it read to me.
I did read the views and to me, they were relatively genuine sounding with decent amount of detail, so if you want something adjustable, for $10 imo it's worth a try and then again, if u dont like it, just return it?
Tempted to try them to see how they'd be for sleep noise isolation. The description does mention it as a 'feature' of being comfortable for sidesleepers, but not sure I even want to bother.
7tu 0 comment Popular ear protection post Sold by: Hellota Business name: ningboshuyudianzishangwuyouxiangongsi 79 lifetime seller feedback 9 reviews. all paid Vine Voice. strangely all from April 2025. seemingly they did a marketing push and then...didn't sell for a year? personally safety equipment isn't somewhere I'd cut corners. if you care enough to protect your hearing at loud events, get something that you know is legit. the feature claims on this seem cool with the adjustability but YMMV Edit: Take a closer look at their product images and I suspect you'll be dubious too. they have a graph showing 90-120 dB sounds being reduced to 30dB...which is claiming 60-90dB reduction. which is BS.
it's also 10 bucks and returnable lol it's not that deep
it's also 10 bucks and returnable lol it's not that deep
It's not the price that concerns me, it's the false sense of security.
I just tried to point out the warning signs I noticed to save others from missing them. If you see them and still choose to buy, cool 👍
As the other person commented above, maybe they'll be great for sleeping - that seems like a less risky environment to use these for. If they actually only reduce the sound 10dB instead of the claimed 90, probably good enough for some better rest.
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It's not the price that concerns me, it's the false sense of security.
I just tried to point out the warning signs I noticed to save others from missing them. If you see them and still choose to buy, cool 👍
As the other person commented above, maybe they'll be great for sleeping - that seems like a less risky environment to use these for. If they actually only reduce the sound 10dB instead of the claimed 90, probably good enough for some better rest.
I'm with you. These def seem like snake oil with bought out sus vine 'reviews'. I'd consider myself an absolute expert in earplugs, earmuffs, white noise & pink noise machines, fan noise machines, fans, all to the end goal of being able to sleep under what are presumably bowling alleys. In wood structured apartments no less.
That said, these are absolute snake oil akin to those Loop earplugs, that these seem to be emulating. Loops are garbage imo. If anyone looking wants some golden advice on what works, I have two Earplug options to provide: WALL OF TEXT AHEAD, BUT BE LIKE MOSES AND RECEIVE THY COMMANDMENTS.
Pre-Requisite: Ear Hole Pillow: There's NO earplug on earth (despite advertising) thats suitable to side sleeping without fking up your ear and giving you some 'fun' pain for a few days. Premium option is to get a Blissbury Ear Pillow with two holes, that way you can roll to each side while asleep and land on an ear hole. Personally, I made my own by foam cutting a memory foam pillow, yet I like using the simple $10 ear piercing donut pillows, akin to a hemorrhoid cushion (dual use! jk). Anyways, any of these pillows is a critical component to sleep with anything in your ear. Period. Trust.
Onto the two Ear Plug choices:
Disposable: I.e. Foam. The best comfy foam earplugs that I've found are Howard Leight Max-Lites. They block an incredible amount of sound comfortably, and with proper insertion technique, you'll be golden. Careful pulling them out, look into proper pinch removal techniques, as removing them is where people can damage their ears by negative pressure, not to mention irritate your inner ear skin. Irritation though is inevitable if you use them often, so for me, I've been using the next option to great satisfaction.
Permanent: Custom Molded earplugs. Now, you can get Professional audiologist made pair for like $300+, and they will expire in like 5 years since your ears change shape over time, so the seal won't seal. However, nowadays they have these DIY custom silicone plugs like the Radians (which is what I use), and they're $10-15 bucks. They aren't the same as those Mack Silcone Putty, which are like always in a putty state, as such they suffer from degredation and shedding, which can be pretty bad if silicone bits keep depositing into your ear. The Radians however, don't shed (atleast not as quickly, everything degrades, so replace them a couple times a year). They are essentially like Epoxy, you get you containers of putty and when you mix the two together they begin to set, thats when you shape them into your ear, and have them stay in that permanent shape (there are special techniques to follow to expand your ear canal so they form the best seal, basically keep your Mouth Wide Open and stationary while setting, achieved by sticking something thick in your mouth, like a block or whatever gets it open farthest). Each set of radian putty is designed to be for one pair, but I've managed to make 2 pairs for each. so that's $10-15 for two pairs. The silicone does shrink over time, but that's not an issue if you're replacing them a couple times a year like I advised earlier.
The benefits of custom molds is you don't have forceful foam pressuring your ear canal and irritating the skin, I've been able to wear them almost daily with much less discomfort than Foam plugs. They DO NOT block nearly as much decibels as Foam Plugs, BUT they don't need to, since they cover the whole shape of your ear conch, you end up softening all sounds, so nothing, not even stomping from above neighbors will disturb you with a panic in the middle of the night, you'll still hear it somewhat, but its softer and muted, since the low frequency cannot resonate in your ear conch (your larger ear shape is what picks up on low frequency vibrations, so you disrupt it by filling up the ear conch.)
Also, regardless of what you use, its good to give your ears a break, don't use them all night every night, pop em in when the noise starts, pop em out when its quiet.
Bonus tip, Throw on a pair of 3M Plextor Earmuffs on top of any ear plugs if you want dead ass bottom of the ocean quiet. Its quite eerie, but man, sometimes its nice to meditate in absolute silence. Having a white noise machine run in the background is also something to smooth over anything from getting through.
Bonus Bonus Tip: You can also use the same Radian setting technique to make custom molds for Earbuds. Bluetooths are a no-go since they usually wont fit in the charge case. But also cause bluetooths are garbage lossy audio quality and we don't support that now do we. A good pair of wired earbuds with custom ear mold is just, preem, beats any overpriced bose active noise cancelling junk imo. And no batteries requires for passive noise isolation. Even a budget pair of earbuds are elevated with a good seal. This does however require some light Dremel use, x-acto cutting and overall smoothing. You can youtube vids of people showing their diy techniques. Takes some trial and error and you'll likely mess up the first few times.
My work here is done. may my accumulated sleep sound knowledge help you.
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Sold by: Hellota
Business name: ningboshuyudianzishangwuyouxiangongsi
79 lifetime seller feedback
9 reviews.
all paid Vine Voice.
strangely all from April 2025. seemingly they did a marketing push and then...didn't sell for a year?
personally safety equipment isn't somewhere I'd cut corners. if you care enough to protect your hearing at loud events, get something that you know is legit. the feature claims on this seem cool with the adjustability but YMMV
Edit:
Take a closer look at their product images and I suspect you'll be dubious too. they have a graph showing 90-120 dB sounds being reduced to 30dB...which is claiming 60-90dB reduction. which is BS.
You indicate I shouldn't voice concerns unless I have tried them myself...have you? Before you promoted them on Slickdeals and defend their use?
The advertised claims of this product are sketchy which definitely means the seller can't be trusted and probably means they are junk
You indicate I shouldn't voice concerns unless I have tried them myself...have you? Before you promoted them on Slickdeals and defend their use?
The advertised claims of this product are sketchy which definitely means the seller can't be trusted and probably means they are junk
No, I have not tried these... and voicing concerns is fine,, but imo, yours wasn't a concern, but more assuming it wouldn't work, or that's how it read to me.
I did read the views and to me, they were relatively genuine sounding with decent amount of detail, so if you want something adjustable, for $10 imo it's worth a try and then again, if u dont like it, just return it?
I just tried to point out the warning signs I noticed to save others from missing them. If you see them and still choose to buy, cool 👍
As the other person commented above, maybe they'll be great for sleeping - that seems like a less risky environment to use these for. If they actually only reduce the sound 10dB instead of the claimed 90, probably good enough for some better rest.
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I just tried to point out the warning signs I noticed to save others from missing them. If you see them and still choose to buy, cool 👍
As the other person commented above, maybe they'll be great for sleeping - that seems like a less risky environment to use these for. If they actually only reduce the sound 10dB instead of the claimed 90, probably good enough for some better rest.
That said, these are absolute snake oil akin to those Loop earplugs, that these seem to be emulating. Loops are garbage imo. If anyone looking wants some golden advice on what works, I have two Earplug options to provide:
WALL OF TEXT AHEAD, BUT BE LIKE MOSES AND RECEIVE THY COMMANDMENTS.
Pre-Requisite: Ear Hole Pillow: There's NO earplug on earth (despite advertising) thats suitable to side sleeping without fking up your ear and giving you some 'fun' pain for a few days. Premium option is to get a Blissbury Ear Pillow with two holes, that way you can roll to each side while asleep and land on an ear hole. Personally, I made my own by foam cutting a memory foam pillow, yet I like using the simple $10 ear piercing donut pillows, akin to a hemorrhoid cushion (dual use! jk). Anyways, any of these pillows is a critical component to sleep with anything in your ear. Period. Trust.
Onto the two Ear Plug choices:
Disposable: I.e. Foam. The best comfy foam earplugs that I've found are Howard Leight Max-Lites. They block an incredible amount of sound comfortably, and with proper insertion technique, you'll be golden. Careful pulling them out, look into proper pinch removal techniques, as removing them is where people can damage their ears by negative pressure, not to mention irritate your inner ear skin. Irritation though is inevitable if you use them often, so for me, I've been using the next option to great satisfaction.
Permanent: Custom Molded earplugs. Now, you can get Professional audiologist made pair for like $300+, and they will expire in like 5 years since your ears change shape over time, so the seal won't seal. However, nowadays they have these DIY custom silicone plugs like the Radians (which is what I use), and they're $10-15 bucks. They aren't the same as those Mack Silcone Putty, which are like always in a putty state, as such they suffer from degredation and shedding, which can be pretty bad if silicone bits keep depositing into your ear. The Radians however, don't shed (atleast not as quickly, everything degrades, so replace them a couple times a year). They are essentially like Epoxy, you get you containers of putty and when you mix the two together they begin to set, thats when you shape them into your ear, and have them stay in that permanent shape (there are special techniques to follow to expand your ear canal so they form the best seal, basically keep your Mouth Wide Open and stationary while setting, achieved by sticking something thick in your mouth, like a block or whatever gets it open farthest). Each set of radian putty is designed to be for one pair, but I've managed to make 2 pairs for each. so that's $10-15 for two pairs. The silicone does shrink over time, but that's not an issue if you're replacing them a couple times a year like I advised earlier.
The benefits of custom molds is you don't have forceful foam pressuring your ear canal and irritating the skin, I've been able to wear them almost daily with much less discomfort than Foam plugs. They DO NOT block nearly as much decibels as Foam Plugs, BUT they don't need to, since they cover the whole shape of your ear conch, you end up softening all sounds, so nothing, not even stomping from above neighbors will disturb you with a panic in the middle of the night, you'll still hear it somewhat, but its softer and muted, since the low frequency cannot resonate in your ear conch (your larger ear shape is what picks up on low frequency vibrations, so you disrupt it by filling up the ear conch.)
Also, regardless of what you use, its good to give your ears a break, don't use them all night every night, pop em in when the noise starts, pop em out when its quiet.
Bonus tip, Throw on a pair of 3M Plextor Earmuffs on top of any ear plugs if you want dead ass bottom of the ocean quiet. Its quite eerie, but man, sometimes its nice to meditate in absolute silence. Having a white noise machine run in the background is also something to smooth over anything from getting through.
Bonus Bonus Tip: You can also use the same Radian setting technique to make custom molds for Earbuds. Bluetooths are a no-go since they usually wont fit in the charge case. But also cause bluetooths are garbage lossy audio quality and we don't support that now do we. A good pair of wired earbuds with custom ear mold is just, preem, beats any overpriced bose active noise cancelling junk imo. And no batteries requires for passive noise isolation. Even a budget pair of earbuds are elevated with a good seal. This does however require some light Dremel use, x-acto cutting and overall smoothing. You can youtube vids of people showing their diy techniques. Takes some trial and error and you'll likely mess up the first few times.
My work here is done. may my accumulated sleep sound knowledge help you.
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