PartyPlug

Use them at work they are great

Have used them while riding my motorcycle. They work great

These earplugs are great for concerts and clubs. I've purchased several pairs over the past few years for myself and friends.

I was upset to find that the included case changed on my most recent purchase from the ingenious "Miniboxx" hard plastic design to a far inferior soft plastic case. The new case is at least twice the size, harder to open/close one handed, and easily collects pocket lint. Please bring back the old case design and I'd gladly buy several more of these!

I can tell that Alpine has listened to feedback. The new generation has all the old good stuff but something new.

Pros:
- Low profile and transparent or white (which is also somewhat transparent) color make the plugs barely noticeable which is important because I'm tired explaining people why I use plugs in noisy environment if it's not a concert.
- Fits also a bit smaller ear canals
- A sturdier structure and/or material so no more insertion tube which was pain in the ass to play with.
- Regardless of sturdier build, still comfortable and soft enough
- Requires only minimal adjusting over the hours of use.

Cons:
- Bass frequencies aren't that attenuated. These would perfect ten if the attenuation of bass frequencies would be atleast somewhat in par with higher frequencies (~14dB+ - now it's only around 8dB).
- Included container could be a tube of half of the size the provided one and the plugs would fit in still but this is irrelevant for me because I have multiple tubes already from older plugs.

Because of missing attenuation in bass frequencies which means I can't use them in bass heavy environment, I can only give 4 stars.

So next gen; Alpine, ramp up the attenuation at bass frequencies and this will be 5 star product for me.

PS. If you have larger ear canals, these plugs don't necessary give the full protection. (Larger = you always choose large size of one-time-use earplugs over S or M sizes and they slide in without too much of effort).

Unfortunately after years of abuse i suffer from tinnitus nothing can be done its too late! I recently went to a club and with these fitted was able to be in there, first time in years, the bass was obscene! It literary rattled your skeleton thankfully i had these fitted otherwise am sure would have suffered the consequences. I normally wear foam ear plugs but wanted to hear the music and people talk. Scary how many people arent wearing ear protection. Dont leave it too late. I long to hear silence again!