[jtdunc]

I use No Noise Motorsports plugs. Desighned to mainly block out the higher frequencies. Wind noise. I wear the disposable ones at work and can only handle a couple of hours using them as they are always pushing out, expanding. Starts to hurt after a while.

I also used NoNoise motorsports earplugs for short trips.

For long slab rides, I used the Howard Leight Max 33 NRR foam orange earplugs.

Can hear my Sena 20S just fine with both.

 

[jtdunc]

I started with the Howard Leight foam orange ones too. I liked them but they were not comfortable for me when riding all day.
Found the low pressure (green) ones and they have been great

So you only "feel" the plugs a little bit?

 

[jtdunc]

I hear music, phone, and traffic well with foam. Do they pass stuff like music better than foam while maintaining good ambient/wind noise dampening? Interested.

Bill, I've gone back and forth between my NoNoise and Howard Leight orange foam ear plugs. Compared what I hear and the quality.

WINNER: The NoNoise plugs were literally frequency tuned to deaden the harmful wind noise which also can be tired on long sections of slab but permits me to easily hear my bluetooth Sena 20S comm system and music without turning up to full volume. Very comfortable too. I can hear conversations well with them in too.

With the foam ear plugs, everything is muffled and I along with many other have to blast the volume all of the way up on our comm systems. And the pressure on my inner ear canal from the orange ones is distracting after an hour or two. I have some low pressure green earplugs I'll try for all day rides .

But for now, the NoNoise metal tube is on my motorcycle key chain and I use them mainly.