20 Pairs of Howard Leight Max Lite Ear Plugs

I was recommended these by a friend because I was having sleep problems due to noise particularly in the summer. I have tried all sorts of ear plugs and they didn’t do the job. These are brilliant. I have recommended these to my mum and bought a set for my daughter. Recently I was very very ill in hospital. My bed was next to the nurses station and right next to the bells going off 24/7. These ear buds saved my sanity, I slept no problem. There is a nack to these ear buds I have discovered. They are rounded at one end and an odd shape at the other. I pinch and reduces the width of the rounded end and then put it into my ear. I hold it in my ear for a few seconds then let go. The ear buds expand but also partly come out of the ear. Don’t panic that they aren’t working. What they do is nestle into your outer ear and lodges there. I guide the ear buds into that position. You may worry once the ear buds are in position in the outer ear that the inner ear bit isn’t doing it’s job. It takes the inner section several seconds to expand into position too. I appreciate that this sounds a bit fiddly but I promise you it’s absolutely worth the fiddle to get a brilliant nights sleep. Because these ear buds sit into the outer ear, they don’t fall out. I make sure they are in position in the outer ear before I go to sleep. I find them comfortable and soft enough too. I can’t tell you how much money I’ve spent on anything that will block out noise, from expensive Bose noise cancelling head phones (too bulky to sleep in) I have also tried ordinary foam ear plugs and wax ear plugs. These are the only ones I have found successfully. I appreciate that they take a bit of getting use to, to fit into the ear, but they are worth their weight in gold. They block out my partner’s snoring and the birds singing right next to the open bedroom window at 4am!! The only thing I am concerned about is not hearing my alarm going off in the morning. At the moment I’m not working but I will be very soon. So far my brain has acknowledged hearing a faint familiar sound of the alarm. What I’m going to start doing is sticking my mobile phone under my pillow. My other option is to buy a vibrating alarm clock you pop under your pillow. It’s designed for people with hearing difficulties. I can’t be without my ear plugs now every night because they help me get to sleep so much quicker, I’m not laying in bed for over an hour listening to snoring or heavy breathing which drives me nuts! We all need our sleep to be able to function!!

I am a long time (10+ years) nightly user of earplugs due to having a husband who snores louder than a freight train and has kept me awake/woken me up for the past 20 odd years with the noise! For the past decade I have been using Boots foam earplugs, which worked ok, but I have developed a severe allergy to them and had to try new ones (rather than smothering my sleeping hubby). These earplugs are truly a blessing and are MASSIVELY more effective than those from Boots. They feel soft and are easily squishable, and they quickly expand to fit very comfortably inside your ear. The shape also ensures a better seal in the ear opening, which helps block out more snoring than the cylinder shaped ones. While noise is not completely shut out, these plugs block 99% of my hubby's loud snores/grunts/sighs/coughs, as well as noise from his loud TV/Computer games/music. Each pair of earplugs is sealed in a plastic bag meaning they aren't open to the elements, so they are hygienic and convenient to store. They are a bigger length than the ones I was previously used to, but they are 100% more comfortable than any others I've used (and I've used soooooo many)! These earplugs are also way cheaper than the ones in Boots and I will be using these for as long as I possibly can! Considering that these were not on Prime, they arrived next day and I cannot recommend these highly enough and will be a repeat customer for years to come! (I just need to find a product that will help me combat my hubby's sleep fidgeting now!) 😉

Best ear plugs I have found in 20 years, for sleeping. As a terrible light sleeper, the blue wax ones worked very well but started to cause pressure sores after a few years. These foam plugs are softer to wear, give very good noise protection in fact better than the blue wax because they do not come loose at all during the night. They are comfortable but a bit tricky to insert correctly at first. They also cause a reaction making my ears itch, but I think that's just me. chemist recommended a foam barrier lotion which stops that. I haven't found anything better but stil not quite perfect! Would recommend highly anyway.

do the job!

These are just about the best ear plugs you can get. These have been thoroughly tried and tested over a number of years at my house ever since we made the utterly stupid decision to have children. "It'll be great!" I said. "Aww wouldn't it be lovely to have a little version of me and you running around?" she said. "I'm at a point in my life now where I think having a baby would just really fit in" I said. And here I am, years later buying yet another round of Max Lite earplugs, a huge bottle of Jim Beam and several rounds of codeine based pain killers. The good news for all prospective parents doing shift patterns to try and maintain each-other's sanity, these are awesome. Easy to fit, comfortable, and probably the best noise cancellation I've experienced. And I'm talking: moaning, screaming, randomly shouting "MUZZY!" at 3am, monitor's beeping, and a borderline senile cat meowing at a plug socket at random intervals. The only thing I would recommend with these is that you use them "sawn off" They are quite long, and I think it's much better for your ears in general as well as for comfort to just snip off the tips by a half cm. It doesn't impact their effectiveness. If you wanna sleep soundly like a nineteen year old with his whole life ahead of him and not a care in the world involving milk or Mr Tumble, then these are for you.

I'm very happy with these earplugs. They are soft enough to be comfortably worn all night, yet effective at keeping at noise at bay. My cat often comes right to my face to meow at night, and bizarrely with these earplugs in the cat sounds like Rob Brydon's "small man trapped in a box" voice (you'll need to utube that if you don't know what I'm talking about!). The plugs don't last forever - if worn every night, they will soften about after two weeks or so and become both harder to put in and gradually less effective at keeping noise out. However, 20 pairs is about a years supply so a good night's sleep for about a penny per night seems well worth it to me!

These ear plugs are good at blocking majority of sound (wont block sound 100% as that’s not possible with just ear plugs) however you have to roll them very tightly with your fingers to make them really thin and insert them deep into the ear canal. These earplugs wear out very very quickly compared to the red/orange standard ones. I also find that ear wax sticks very easily onto these ear plugs compared to the standard red/orange ones.

I used laserlite max for years but developed severe ear pain every night. The reviews for these looked good. No more ear pain but they're not great at blocking noise. I can clearly hear my white noise machine. I will try them for longer as no pain is great.