I've always avoided using ear plugs as they always seemed to be more of a hassle than a help. A recent spate of ear infections has kept me out of the water, so mabe it's time to rethink my illogic.
Any recommendations for types/brands/alternatives would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
I tried using proplugs for surfing, but they trapped the water in my ear, rather than stopping it getting in.
www.proplugs.com/
They seem pretty popular though, so maybe I'm not fitting them correctly. You can buy them from Murray Smith.
+1 on the blutak
it is awesome.
make a cone sorta shape, bung it in and smear the outside around so it matches your ear shape exactly. no water in for hours and hours.
I know that a lot of threads turn funny/ridiculous and I reckon that is great, soooooo, is this for real about blutack? cos earplugs arent all that cheap and I can never get them to stay in. Cheers
I have a bad ear and the ear specialist recommended blutack. Used it for over 20 years and never had a problem. So another vote for blutack
i had a big stack on wednesday,
went nose first on the landing and hit the water ear first after catapult. it hurt quite a bit.
i thought about this thread straight away and wondered what danger there would have been of the blutak getting lodged right up my ear?
When I use it at least I shape the plug into a sort of roundish wedge. Its pretty unlikely blutack of that shape could be pushed up the ear canal from an impact and if it was there is a fair chance you would have a burst eardrum without the blutack.
