Earplugs

[Dan_Ashley]

Molded vs foam

here is the test. It is not at all scientific, but here it is:

I wear a Gmax 3/4 helmet without the face shield.

it is a mile to the freeway, once on the freeway I rode 12 miles to an interchange, then up to another freeway, looped around and back home. I did not record the miles but I think it is about 25 miles.

First test I used the molded earplugs from a do-it-yourself kit I bought on Amazon.com. Second test was foam ear plugs.

both sets of earplugs seemed to filter out high pitch noise. However, the molded ear plugs did not filter out low pitched noise as well. I think that the ear padding in the helmet was pushed up against the molded plugs and helmet vibration was transmitted through the earplugs into my skull. I am unsure of that, but it is what I think.

As as a result, the foam earplugs seemed much quieter to me.

 

[gypsy_100]

And impact on headset volume is?

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My wife has been researching this but I wonder how well do ear plugs work with comm systems like Sena? Any input!

Agree with Scotty and other replies. They work just fine. My wife and I have been using intercoms since we started riding about 150K miles ago. And always with ear plugs. No problem. Our speakers are adjustable individually so we can each set the volume level where it needs to be.

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Update on the test:
i decided to do the test wearing the foam plugs first, then Mande the loop, then switched to the molded plugs. The results were the same as I posted above.