What are the best ear plugs?
Alt Beer
swimming at the local indoor pool. I sometimes get painful ear infections
as a result getting water in my ears and would like to try some ear plugs.
Googleing seems to suggest that a lot of plugs are painful, leaky, quickly
fall out, uncomfortable to insert and remove, don't fit properly etc
I heard a comment by a competition swimmer on the radio a while back that
any pro swimmers who use ear plugs usually use a particular brand but I
don't
remember the name of the brand.
Rather than trying out lots of different brands myself, can anyone recommend
a brand or type of ear plug which is effective, comfortable, easy to use and
which will fit different shapes and sizes of ear?
Thanks
Pat
I have never had an ear infection from swimming. What's my secret (and that
of many others)? It's treating the ear canal after swimming! I make up a
mixture of rubbing alcohol and vinegar, put it in a squeeze bottle, and
squirt some in my ears when I get out of the pool. It's cheap and easy and
you never get that "water in the ear that just won't come out" feeling.
The vinegar creates an acidic condition in the ear canal and the alcohol
dries it out. Works like a charm and you don't have to plug something
plastic in your ears. I would recommend trying this before buying some
piece of plastic.
Pat in TX
Nemo ad Nusquam
> I am looking for recommendations for ear plugs for use while recreational
> swimming at the local indoor pool. I sometimes get painful ear infections
> as a result getting water in my ears and would like to try some ear plugs.
I usually get an ear infection about once every 5 years so I don't bother
with plugs but my wife uses the silicon plugs by Speedo and really likes them.
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Alt Beer
"Pat" <newi...@home.com> wrote in message
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Interesting,
When you say Rubbing Alcohol do you know if that is the same as
Isopropyl alcohol?
What ratio of rubbing alcohol and vinegar? 50/50 or something else?
White vinegar or brown?
Do you mix it fresh each time you go to the pool or just keep some made up
in the squeeze?
How long does the mixture take to dry out in the ear?
Thanks
Pat
>
> Interesting,
> When you say Rubbing Alcohol do you know if that is the same as
> Isopropyl alcohol?
> What ratio of rubbing alcohol and vinegar? 50/50 or something else?
> White vinegar or brown?
> Do you mix it fresh each time you go to the pool or just keep some
> made up in the squeeze?
> How long does the mixture take to dry out in the ear?
>
> Thanks
What I did long ago was go to the store and look at the products made for
this, called something like "Swim Ear." They all have alcohol--any alcohol,
for its purpose is to dry the tissues. The second ingredient they all have
is some diluted acid. That's why I chose vinegar. It's already quite diluted
and harmless. The third ingredient they have is glycerine. I didn't want
to spend money for that, so I left it out and found that it really wasn't
necessary. I think its purpose is to lubricate after the alcohol evaporates.
Ratio? We don't need no stinkin' ratios!
No, really, just slop some in. 50-50 would be fine. It truly doesn't seem to
matter as to the ratio. I use the cheapest vinegar, and it's white.
I bought a little squeeze tube and poured it in. This stuff doesn't spoil. I
have used the current batch about 6 months already. When the squeeze tube is
empty, I slosh in some more alcohol and vinegar.
How long to dry? Hmmm, I haven't ever thought of this. You squeeze some in,
pull on your ear lobe to make sure it has truly gone 'way in, and tilt your
head to let the excess run out. It probably dries before my hair does. A
couple of times I have had that feeling of water trapped in my ear and so I
have poured some straight alcohol in it and the bubble just goes away. Or,
you could use a hair dryer, but this doesn't hurt or anything.
Just keep it in your kit and do it after you get out of the water, and
you'll be fine.
Pat in TX
Alt Beer
Sounds interesting Pat.... I'll keep this post and give it a try sometime.
By the way I typed "vinegar alcohol" in to Google and as well as showing ear
drops it also shows "vinegar alcohol window cleaner" "vinegar alcohol weed
killer" "vinegar alcohol cleaner".....
Thanks
Alt Beer
"Nemo ad Nusquam" <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Alt Beer wrote:
>> I am looking for recommendations for ear plugs for use while recreational
>> swimming at the local indoor pool. I sometimes get painful ear
>> infections
>> as a result getting water in my ears and would like to try some ear
>> plugs.
>
> I usually get an ear infection about once every 5 years so I don't bother
> with plugs but my wife uses the silicon plugs by Speedo and really likes
> them.
Thanks for that and I am glad they work for your wife. I just looked at the
reviews of "Speedo Silicone Ear Plugs" at Amazon.com. No too good
http://www.amazon.com/Speedo-Silicone-Ear-Plugs/dp/B001U8LYZG
Pat
>
> Sounds interesting Pat.... I'll keep this post and give it a try
> sometime. By the way I typed "vinegar alcohol" in to Google and as
> well as showing ear drops it also shows "vinegar alcohol window
> cleaner" "vinegar alcohol weed killer" "vinegar alcohol cleaner".....
>
> Thanks
You should give it a try ASAP. After all, there is no "downside" to trying
it.
Vinegar is really a remarkable "tool" to have around. Just yesterday, I read
that if you see ants in the kitchen, you should take a vinegar soaked towel
and wipe down the countertops. This eliminates the ants' trail and other
ants will not be able to follow the first one. Plus, the ants find the scent
irritating.
As for window cleaner, I use automobile window washer fluid. It's cheap to
buy a gallon and it's blue! What could be better?
:)
Pat in TX
andre...@aol.com
If my ears get cold, they ache and I sometimes get infections. I wear
plugs so that my ears won't hurt. Same with riding. If it gets below
60, I have to cover my years. I wear anyting and it works fine. Cotton
balls, ear plugs for sleeping and rubber plugs all work fine. I don't
like wax ear plugs.
Duncan Heenan
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If you are UK based, try Boots own brand available in any of their high
street chemist shops. I've found them the best , very waterproof and very
comfortable. they are soft rubber, cylindrical but with a series of thin
seals which go in the ear canal with the stalk left protruding to get the
plug out again.
aquachimp
> "Alt Beer" <exam...@example.com> wrote in message
Somewhat OT, but how are they as noise deflectors? As in, if you were
to use a chainsaw (125 decibels or there abouts), out of the water,
would they be any use in protecting your hearing?