What earplugs do you use?

I grew up using the yellow foam EAR plugs in the military (1977-2000). Guess they had a good contract

I buy them by the 200-pair box at Northern Tool--about $32 a box. When shooting, I also use muffs.

Ear plugs drive me up the wall.
I can't stand the feel of them.

Except for the old rubber plugs the Army issued in 1968.
They fit fairly well, and I can get by if I have to use them.

I use earmuffs, or electronic earmuffs almost exclusively nowadays.

rc

generic expanding foamies & electronic muffs for centerfire. just the muffs for rimfire.

Got the foamies in a big box at Home Depot years back, don't know the maker.

"Except for the old rubber plugs the Army issued in 1968.
They fit fairly well, and I can get by if I have to use them."
RC,
I don't remember being issued Army earplugs in 1968. What color were they? I never used hearing protection growing up. Maybe why the wife thinks I need a hearing aid.
I usually use the earmuffs now, but I've forgotten them and just stuffed grass in my ears and it did help.

Digital earplugs. (You know, fingers.)

Seriously, Caldwell Electronic Muffs http://www.midwayusa.com/product/348524/caldwell-e-max-electronic-earmuffs-nrr-25db-green?cm_vc=subv1

or E-A-R Ultrafit http://www.northernsafety.com/Product/4004/3M-E-A-R-UltraFitCorded-Reusable-Ear-Plugs-in-Polybag-NRR-25

I prefer the yellow EAR Classic plugs made by 3M. I bought the 500 bulk box and have bairly used any out of that baby for the last couple of years.

speak up! I cant hear you! Oh I was wearing my injection ear plugs!

I got a pair made about 10 years ago at the SCI convention. They squirt a liquid into your ear and it expands and hardens. They imbed a chord linking both sides and there you have it! perfect fitting ear plugs that remind of silly putty gone hard that shut out about 90+% of sound. $60

Amazon; Howard Leight MAX1 Earplugs Uncorded NRR33 Box/200 Count. $24.00 shipped for 200 pair.

Lerk said:

I prefer the yellow EAR Classic plugs made by 3M. I bought the 500 bulk box and have bairly used any out of that baby for the last couple of years.

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500!!!

I think a box of 100 is potentially a lifetime supply... They last till you lose them. You can clean them, and mine often end up riding through the washing machine in a forgotten pocket. They come out soft and clean!

Try to find a sample pack of earplugs that has a variety. Best way to find a kind that works.

I prefer the yellow EAR Classic plugs made by 3M.

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Same here. Uncomfortable, but effective.

500!!!

I think a box of 100 is potentially a lifetime supply... They last till you lose them. You can clean them, and mine often end up riding through the washing machine in a forgotten pocket. They come out soft and clean!

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100 isn't hardly a lifetime supply. I don't just wear them when shooting, but anytime I'm doing something loud. Between yardwork and working in my shop, 100 might last a year.

But I don't bother washing them. Use e'm, toss 'em. At less than .25 cents a pair, they're cheap enough to be disposable.

Mack's earplugs -- work great, and you can pick them up at your local drug store. Comfortable and effective.

http://www.macksearplugs.com/category/shooting-ear-plugs

When I want the Mickey Mouse ears, I use this:

http://www.amazon.com/Howard-Leight-R-01526-Electronic-Earmuff/dp/B001T7QJ9O

Howard Leight MAX or MAX LITE.

The only time I wear earplugs is when I'm shooting trap. Having a pair of muffs on drives me crazy for some reason when shooting trap. I use electronic muffs for everything else.

I wear Moldex Pura-Fit and have no complaints. Bought a 100 pack a few years ago for $15 and am just getting down to the end.

earmuffs only for me

Peltor shotgunner muffs work great for me.

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Best earplugs I have used for shooting were issued, 4 flang blue ear plugs that came in the standard OD green case. Lost them somewhere in Kuwait or something.

Now I use one of three sets:
Surefire EP3
Peltor yellow-black double ended
And another pair I forget what who made them, box was long destroyed. Two plugs connected by a wire with a little diagram of a pistol before the insertable part. I think they are made by EAR or combat arms seem familiar.

I haven't washed my ears since 1978, so you could say I use God's earplugs.

I wear muffs for pistol shooting, plugs for rifle and shotgun because with my build and stance, I always knock the stock with muff cups. Usually knocking them out of place as the shot goes off.

I like the orange conical foam jobs, whatever brand that is.

I had two pairs of the custom molded in my own ear silicone plugs, made several years apart by different vendors.
Neither was very quiet or comfortable.

I've posted this before, but apparently it needs repeating. (get it? lol)

I prefer plugs and buy these in bulk. Stuff a handful in every range bag and in my truck door panel.

No affiliation whatsoever, but I've found the Ear Plug Superstore helpful.

Sample packs too.

The ones I use at work the green Howard Leights. Normally go shooting on the way home as I go right by the range so it saves me a trip. Just save the pair I used that day if I'm planning on shooting. They work

I used to use the Winchester plugs they sell at wally world, but they reduced them from 32 NRR to 31, and it made a huge difference. Felt like I was wearing nothing, especially on some CAS stages, with the shotgun being fired under a tin roof. Twenty or so shooters cycling through like that... not good. Thus began my quest for effective hearing protection. Eventually I found that Wally World does sell 33 NRR plugs, but they keep them up in the pharmacy, not back in the sporting goods section. Flents I use those for driving, (11 hours a day in a loud semi is wearing, I find) doing yard work, using power tools, all sorts of things.

For shooting, though I use either the Flents or Moldex, by themselves for CAS, or paired with Pro Ears Ultra 33 for everything else.

The Flents are handy to keep in the truck, since they come in a canister. I can grab a pair in the morning, and be good. The Moldex come individually wrapped, so I don't need a bulky can in my range bag, or have plugs rolling around loose.

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Peltor shotgunner muffs work great for me.

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That's the same ones I have x 2 sets in green.
I like how they don't interfere with your rifle stock.

I use surefire EP3's for earlplugs,comfortable and have very good sound reduction. Ive used them indoors and out on everything from .22LR to 25MM with no issues. I am also able to plug the motorola 5000 and my midland radios into them. As far as earmuffs I use caldwell electronics with good results.

+1 for Howard Leight 33s. I slept through rocket attacks in Basra wearing those.