Thanks for reinforcing that.
I’ll go to a band practice soon. I don’t know how loud it’ll be and I have enough time to get me some earplugs. This thread has already been very helpful.
This comment irritated/confused me after looking for earplugs. They start at -16db in my region as far as I can tell. Is this maybe some EU norm that it has to be at least -16db or something or is it just a different notation of filter levels?
Currently I would go for this set from alpine.
Comes with 3 different filters, looks really nice, has a necklace-thingy and a transport/storage box.
Then there’s this German company creating “custom” plugs for acceptable prices (36€, 49€, 59€ for 1,2,3 pairs respectively) though I don’t know yet what the SNR 26db rating means. Maybe I’ll look it up and summarize for my European peers.
Custom in this case means that you send them a photo so they fit it to your ear. I have doubts how good they can customize/adjust the earplug for you just by a photo. Could be that there are also options to get fitted by an audiologist and order!? I don’t know.
On the one hand it would be easier if I would know how loud it is in the practice room of the band and on the other hand I don’t want to destroy my ears just because I didn’t know the exact value beforehand so currently I am tending towards the alpine model as it has exchangable filters in 3 levels.