Keep seeing them but never really considered if I need one. I know it’s a muter, but do they really help?
I’ll have to listen closer to my playing to see if I get any noise (i know i do, im still new at this).
Do you use one?
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You don’t need one.
I’ve never owned or used one in 20+ years of teaching and playing professionally.
But!
They are cool. And they have their uses.
So, you don’t need one - but if you wanna mess with one and check it out, you can do that and it won’t break the bank.
The only time I’ve thought they’d be really handy is for really intricate tapping or slap parts where the other strings can get jangly, or (on tapped notes) there can be a lot of extraneous noise between the fretted note and the nut.
Other than those instances, I’ve never been tempted.
But if I had one, I’d mess with it.
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You can use your wife or daughter scrunchy. It’s just unwanted open string muting. I have a couple someone gave them to me but then I gotta learn how to use them properly, not to mention pick the songs that I can use this, 
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I’ll use my own scrunchy, thank you! (says me back in the 90s), back in my Good Hair days.
But ya, thanks! I will have to try that. I’m thinking during recording, or when jamming (if I get invited back).
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I do use a fret wrap. Not for open string muting, if I want that a better option is to place foam/sponge under the strings by the bridge; I use a fretwrap on many basses because of the A string issue. Fender has a design issue with their headstock, where if you don’t get the break angle right off the nut, you get buzz on the A string.
I put a fret wrap behind the nut and goodbye buzz.
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