Macks safe sound soft foam earplugs -10 pair

by Macks

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 2 x 2 inches ; 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000H7MMP2
• Item model number: 9
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,644 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #24 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Ear Care > Earplugs
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 23, 2006

Product Description

INDICATIONS: Mack's Safe Sound Soft Foam Earplugs Safe, comfortable, doctor recommended hearing protection. A snore blocker. Noise reduction rating of 29 decibels.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the restless sleeper, June 21, 2010

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EliYah - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macks safe sound soft foam earplugs -10 pair (Electronics)

Nothing else will do! I sleep alone (actually, with a purring cat) and run a white-noise generating air purifier at night, but I've got a disturbed sleep pattern, so when it's windy or hailing, when my downstairs neighbor runs her thrumming ceiling fan, or my upstairs neighbor has his occasional party on a Friday night, or the cat holds an early morning caterwauling session, these are miraculous.

Of course I find it particularly hard to sleep in new places even when it's relatively quiet, so these are a travel lifesaver. I suspect that part of the benefit is the familiarity of the sensation (acupressure, anyone?); I've needed them when camping in a completely noiseless desert wilderness because I'm simply not used to the silence, and then there are the early risers clanging around making coffee. Loud noises do come through, but only very quietly--a slammed door, a loud alarm clock, a shout, that kind of thing--but it blocked out my air conditioner condenser while I was getting used to it.

Of course there are a few downsides. You won't hear an alarm clock unless it's right next to you or turned up very loud. I use a dawn simulator, which typically works just fine because it wakes me up with light, not sound. Also, I have to remember to tell people I'm staying or camping with that I'm using earplugs; otherwise, gentle efforts to wake me up will fail.

I usually get 2-3 uses out of a pair, which means a 30 pair box lasts 4 or so months. After a few nights the pores in the silicone seem to get blocked and it's hard to get them to stay in my ear. However, I'm a very ear-waxy sort of person, so your mileage may vary.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Block noise, but too big., December 8, 2008

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Work of Life (Miami, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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These are "soft" latex free foam ear plugs, but they are sized for larger ear canals. They expand too much and my ears canals are hurting by morning with these. Maybe great for people with large ear canals. My husband sleep fine with them.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh, March 19, 2011

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Hannah Friedman (COLUMBUS, OHIO, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macks safe sound soft foam earplugs -10 pair (Electronics)

I've tried about four different ear plug brands so far. I have to admit, I wasn't satisfied with this brand. I have two guinea pigs in a cage in my room at night, and I try to use ear plugs to stop some of the noise. When I tried to use this product, I loved the way they kept their shape when I went to put them in my ear. However, compared to my other ear plug's, I could hear every little noise my pets made. Halfway through the night, I ended up switching to my other ear plugs. My other ear plugs claimed to reduce the same amount of noise and I couldn't hear my pets at all.

I'll give it three stars for the way they kept their shape, but they didn't do what I bought them for.