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-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
I'm planning to get there EARLY....
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
Muhammad Ali.
awesome!
These are the non electronic ones only? or could you in theory get 2 sets and 'diy' some electronic ones?
curious because I see the chick in the picture has some kind of headphone there it looks like?
Last edited by ssg; 05-13-09 at 09:07 AM.
That white string coming out of her ear is a small cotton ball that they insert into your ear in order to pull the plug out once it has been injected and semi-hardened. I am not sure about what they are doing at this event, but the company that molded mine will make custom wired sets with headphone jacks.
Since the link at their page mentions non electronic, I'm guessing these might not be like that. I dunno, I'll bring some earphones just in case maybe...
Thanks for the feedback Johnny.
I have never been able to pull the trigger on these due to the combination of the high price and the low noise reduction rating. NRR 29 is nothing special in such an expensive plug.
The disposable ones come in up to NRR 33 when tested the same way. That's a large difference.
That's a lot of hearing protection to give up for comfort. It's a lot easier to just try a bunch of disposables with better hearing protection till you find some that are comfy.
Here is a comparison with two of the better disposable foam plugs, which are really cheap. You can buy 600 of the Moldex Pura-Fits for the price of one set of custom plugs. Mean is the average listed in the data, low is one standard deviation low, high is one standard deviation high. Pretty interesting, in some ranges the custom plugs have a lower standard deviation which might indicate they work more consistently then off the shelf stuff, but those are also the same frequency ranges where the custom plugs appear to have the worst performance. Also consider 1dB extra attenuation means that frequency is 1/2 as loud. Highway wind noise peaks at 250hz and then trails off drastically as frequency increases, again showing the custom plugs as pretty weak. Wind noise supposedly is 100dB @ 50mph though, so theoretically all of these should put you in the "safe" range? edit: More data - 65mph is 103dB, 100mph is 110dB.
Last edited by benVFR; 05-13-09 at 11:03 AM.
Just bought some DIY molded plugs. They work great at reducing wind noise and somebike noise. Only cost $15. Just an FYI
And you didn't buy me a pair too?
.... that's it, we're not talking.
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
Oh who am I kidding? I can't stay mad at you
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
I had these made for my wife and I well over 10 years ago and they are great. I had very poor luck getting any of the regular ones to stay in or be consistent and these have been. I've used them for street and track on the bike, backpacking (shared areas in the Whites), and road racing cars and they have been great.
We don't have them wired for sound but I use bluetooth and helmet speakers as does my wife.
Dave
Interesting........
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WHAT??? LET'S BOOB THE BEER???Originally Posted by ssg
Last edited by OreoGaborio; 05-13-09 at 12:54 PM.
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
As tempting as this is, I've been reading a lot about ear plugs and I think I'll stick with my 32NRR disposables. They make riding REALLY quiet, and I don't think I'd want to lose any NRR rating.
I was there and got mine. They have to 'cure' for 24 hours so I haven't tested them on the bike. But, man, while I was sitting waiting for them to 'set up' in my ears, I can say for sure that they blocked the sound...it was almost like being deaf. OK...more deaf than I alread am!
...can't help myself. I'm a fool for a gadget/gimmick. (My best xmas present this year was Shamwow from my son!)
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
Muhammad Ali.