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Are custom molded earplugs worth the extra cost?
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this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2025
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Regular foam 3m earplugs, or the lighter river ones on a string are as good or better than the custom molded ones, when properly inserted. They'll down out loud sounds and you'll still be able to have a perfectly normal conversation with someone standing next to you.
Most people aren't wearing them correctly. Custom plugs tend to have this long tail that goes in to your ear canal, foam plugs should go as deep.
For a couple of bucks for a hundred of these things it's hard to imagine that the expense for a custom pair is even remotely worth it.