DownBeats Reusable High Fidelity Hearing Protection: Ear Plugs for Concerts, Music, and Musicians (Blue)

I go to a lot of gigs and only decided to start wearing noise filters recently. The difference is remarkable. I read about Downbeats in Noise Mag and they compared very favourably to more expensive products. So far I've used mine loads and have no complaints. In fact, the music sounds much better with these as there's a lot less noise and the music is far more defined. I seem to be able to appreciate and enjoy the gigs much more than than my fellow gig-goers who don't use noise filters, so guess they must be working. The handy container is also great - I never forget to bring them as they're attached to my keyring and they're completely unobtrusive, so people don't even usually notice I'm wearing them until point it out. I'll def buy a second pair, just in case.

These fit great and get four stars only because they do dull the sound a little. Just some of the mid to high mid range though. I suppose that any of this type of ear plug will do that, but I wonder if the more expensive ones would not have that problem... Still well recommended by me and I'll be using them again.

These earplugs work like a charm. I wear them at very loud clubs and i have literally saved my hearing! I have tinnitus and ear protection is very important for me. The music sounds the same just at a lower volume. You can communicate adequately wearing them. Big plus is that they are the most discreet earplugs I have seen and I have searched a lot because I felt embarrassed wearing earplugs at a club. Price is great too!

I had er20's before these and I would constantly lose them because the stem was so long! I felt like I couldn't move without one falling out. These are great. Very short stem, the earplugs don't move or fall out. Very discreet. Comfortable. It doesn't even feel like you're wearing earplugs. Still easy to talk and hear people with them in. Easy to insert and remove. Sound quality sounds good. Tested them on 4 heavy bands last night and no ringing today.

I have these on my keys so I never forget them for a gig. Makes the sound better & stops aching ears the next day.

My girlfriend is a DJ, so I spend a lot of time in the booth with her, subjected to the loudest and harshest parts of the music she plays. I often come away from nights with ringing and sore ears. I bought these as I thought they would be worth a try and I'm so glad I did! They are so comfy and actually Reduce the loudness of the music, as opposed to the quality, my ears felt absolutely fine after spending the night in the DJ booth and I could still enjoy the music! Not to mention these come from Chicago and they arrived in less than a week. For the free delivery and the price of these you'd be silly to not buy them!

good quality, but hard to get out

Hard to get in my ears, but once in they work perfectly. I have Hyperacusis and this helps out so much. Delivery time was a little late but did ask for free delivery so. Also the case it comes in is fantastic. I recommend to others.

ottimo isolamento per aree rumorose come concerti discoteche cantieri ma anche per studiare in pubblico riducendo il brusio di fondo. nessuno si accorgerà che le avrete nelle orecchie. La qualità del suono perde un pochino ma per il prezzo è migliore della media, nell' orecchio non danno fastidio ma la loro rimozione ed inserimento non è delle più rapide, sono pensate per rimanere salde al loro posto anche nelle situazioni più concitate; un bene perchè i tappini essendo cosi piccoli e trasparenti sono facili da perdere in giro e se cadessero per terra sarebbero impossibili da ritrovare durante un concerto od una serata in discoteca. Essendo in silicone una volta rimosso il filtro si lavano semplicemente immergendoli nell'acqua calda

Très efficaces et discrets. Excellent rapport qualité / prix. A recommander pour un usage musicien, concerts, activités bruyantes. Satisfaite de mon acquisition !

I need ear plugs of some kind for a number of reasons. I have extremely sensitive hearing and tend to get uncomfortable adrenalin surges when loud and sudden noises occur. I also like to attend concerts from music types from orchestral traditional music to jazz/fusion to all-out metal rock music. In the work I do (IT, office-based business), I am called to conference rooms for meetings several times a day. Inevitably, someone on the conference speaks mouse-quiet and someone has the microphone permanently embedded in their teeth so that not only are they louder than anyone, we get treated to breathing and mouth noises for an hour at a time. Also, inevitably, the person running the call has the speaker/speakerphone turned up to its maximum volume. With some folks, this isn’t a bad thing. With most, however, it’s really grueling to have remote callers screaming at you at 125 or more decibels for long periods of time. This is the PERFECT time for the DownBeats ear plugs. They fit my small-medium ear channels, and they aren’t grossly obvious to my colleagues. This is a life saver for me: it really is excruciating when a caller is screaming at me through low-fi speakers in the room for what seems like a lifetime. Some have asked about the color of the stems. My family has four sets of DownBeats, and all of them have clear stems. It might be a manufacturing batch or maybe a supply difference that causes some to have white stems. None of ours have white stems and hide very nicely in our ear channels. When I go to concerts, the DownBeats aren’t quite as attenuating as I would like. They work great and are very unobtrusive to my ears (as in, how they feel in my ears) and are unobtrusive to the sound quality, save a little shaving off of the high trebles and a bit of the mids. For me (this is a personal thing), I would like for them to attenuate a little more when I am at a loud concert. When the sound technician is attempting to produce the current show as if she/he was engineering The Who in the 70s, I find the DownBeats lacking a bit. At a recent Pat Metheny concert, I couldn’t have been happier: the Carolina Theater in Durham had the balance, EQ, and volume just right (and besides, Path Metheny and his folks understand a little –used thing called dynamics). To give you an idea of the flexibility of the fit of DownBeats, I can use an Apple ear phone reference to help you: my ears channels are small to medium. Apple EarPods and ear buds don’t fit in my ear. I’ve never been able to use them because they don’t even slightly fit in my ear channels. My wife, on the other hand, has much larger ear channels and comfortably wears both Apple EarPods and the older ear buds. Here’s the punchline: The DownBeats fit both our ear channels just fine. They are flexible and soft enough to really do the trick. One more thing about comfort… They’re very shallow. I have deep ear pockets and my wife has shallow ear pockets. In my case, I have learned how to grip the DownBeats by their stems and push them in my ear channels in just the right way. It takes a moment to get them settled in or get them out, but in neither case is it hard to do. In addition, I can wear them for a few hours at a time without having ear-compression issues or ear-contact sounds that are irritating. With my wife, the DownBeats are really easy to pop in or out, as her smaller fingers and larger ear pockets give her more room to get the DownBeats just right. Overall, I’m very happy with them. We have a couple of pairs in her purse and one on my keychain. I also have a set at work I keep on my badge for ready use for those lovely multi-continent dial-in meetings. The DownBeats beat the pink foam ear inserts for me at concerts because DownBeats don't kill the best parts of the sound spectrum - although pink foam inserts to make loud concerts quieter.

Ho acquistato questi tappi per attenuare il fastidio provocato dalla musica alta ai concerti (che amo frequentare). Soffrendo di acufeni non posso espormi a rumori così forti altrimenti peggiorerei la situazione. Con questi tappi posso sentire i concerti senza essere completamente assordata dalla musica a palla. Il suono è buono, non mi sembra venga a mancare alcuna frequenza ma il volume arriva più basso. Bene.

I'm a long-time user of the Etymotic ER20 attenuators . I have both sizes of Etys, and I just bought some of these DownBeats. Here's my comparison. The DownBeats come in a robust aluminum case. They don't rattle inside (there's a plastic liner), and the base doesn't unscrew and fall off the lid. It does clank on my keys, so I wrapped it in tape. It's easy to get the plugs out of the case. The Etys come in a rubbery plastic squeeze-case. Also fine on a keychain, but a little more bulky, lighter, and a lot less noisy. The rubbery case gets dirty and beat up over time. It can be difficult to get the plugs out. The DownBeats are shorter -- only two flanges against the Etys three, and a stubby stem. That makes them smaller and less noticeable from the front -- the stem doesn't poke out from your ears. But the stems of the Etys are clear, while the DBs are white; from the side the Etys are less noticeable for that reason. The shortness is an advantage under a helmet, hat, or laying against a pillow, but it slightly works against the DBs when inserting and removing. Only slightly, though. Now, on to comfort and fit. The flanges on the DBs are as fat as the large Etys. If you have small-to-medium ears, that might affect how well they fit. To me, with mid-to-large ears, both the white (large) Etys and the DBs are noticeable in the ear -- there's a constant gentle feeling of pressure when inserted. It's not bothersome, but you do notice it when compared to the smaller Etys. The Etys go deeper into the ear, and have a longer stem. That makes them less comfortable than the DBs. The comfort distinction is exaggerated if you're moving your ears or wearing something on your head -- the stem moves and applies pressure inside the ear canal. By contrast, the smaller blue Etys are slightly more comfortable than the DBs, but only if you stay still and don't move your face! Sound-wise: all three are good, and to most ears there won't be a difference in attenuation or sound quality. Fit is the most important factor to how these perform for you. Comparing back-to-back with good over-the-ear headphones is too close to call regarding quality: it would be dishonest to make a judgment. The DBs seem to attenuate slightly more than the blue Etys, which makes sense -- the blue Etys are probably a tiny bit too small for my ears. The DBs seem to have a more even attenuation curve, blocking heavy basslines a little better than the Etys. In conclusion: I'm carrying and wearing the DBs. I find them more comfortable, I prefer the way they sound, and I value the small improvement in attenuation. If you have small ears, have trouble inserting or removing earplugs, or want a soft case, you might prefer the Etymotic ER20s. If you find deep earplugs uncomfortable, need a lower-profile appearance, or want a hard case, go for the DBs. If you're stuck between the two, the DownBeats are a good choice.