Blocking Snoring...best earplugs?

[marathonmommy]

Hi,
I will soon be traveling to WDW with a friend for the Princess Half Marathon. I am very grateful to be going and have traveled with this friend before. I love everything about her . . . except she snores louder than my husband. I am not looking for remedies to get her to stop. I just want to get the best earplugs I can without breaking the bank to block out as much of the snoring noise as possible. I do need to sleep a little for the race. Please don't judge me. Snoring irritates me way more than the normal person, and I do know this. It has been that way since I was a kid. I realize I have "snoring issues", but please recommend a life altering earplug. Thank you.

 

[MushyMushy]

How deeply do you sleep? I think you just need to buy a couple of brands and test them. My husband is a loud snorer, like sometimes we can hear him on a different floor of our house (and we have THICK walls). I have never found earplugs that completely block his snoring.

 

[bicker]

Earplugs are generally not enough, in my experience. You need both the baffle (the earplugs) and some white noise to drown the snoring out. The nature of white noise is such that most people can sleep well even with the white noise very loud, and the more white noise there is, the less the jarring sound of the snoring has impact.

 

[LJC1861]

I agree with Bicker, earplugs are not enough.

Before my partner got her C-Pap machine she snored loud enough to wake the dead. I tried just earplugs but it never completely blocked the snoring. We then got a white noise machine and it helped enormously. What helped even more was a bit of melatonin for me in the mix. I discovered that if I could fall asleep before the snoring started it bothered me less than if she started snoring before I fell asleep.

Good luck.

Oh, by the way, my favorite earplugs are called "Flents" and they are bright orange. They can be hard to find, but are the most comfortable in my opinion.

Linda

 

[Meriweather]

My BFF that I travel with is also a snorer. I get no sleep. Just got back from a 3 night with her and told her I can't do our 2 week one next year.
She is a deep sleeper and I can't even get her to wake up. I am a light sleeper and got very little sleep.
She is going to the doctor and finding out what is going on and going to solve it. Great friend!!
My DH used to snore and got a CPAP machine.
I can't put things in my ears......and won't. She agreed, it is her problem and she needs to find a solution for it.

Good luck to you.

 

[Liberty Belle]

If you have an iphone, there is a nice app on there (I think it's called Relax) that lets you choose background noises. If you keep your phone plugged in, it can play all night.

 

[Pugsley]

I wear earplugs because of my husband's snoring and they work just fine. You can still hear it a little, but I can sleep through it now. I've found that Mac's pillow soft are the best.

 

[joviroxx]

Ive found wax earplugs are better as they mold into your ear and have a better seal. Flent and Ohropax both makes some that work much better than not wax ones.

 

[disneychic2]

Hi,
I will soon be traveling to WDW with a friend for the Princess Half Marathon. I am very grateful to be going and have traveled with this friend before. I love everything about her . . . except she snores louder than my husband. I am not looking for remedies to get her to stop. I just want to get the best earplugs I can without breaking the bank to block out as much of the snoring noise as possible. I do need to sleep a little for the race. Please don't judge me. Snoring irritates me way more than the normal person, and I do know this. It has been that way since I was a kid. I realize I have "snoring issues", but please recommend a life altering earplug. Thank you.

Why do you think someone would judge you? Lack of sleep due to snoring is a common problem and makes life difficult. My husband's snoring has recently gotten so bad that he sleeps in another room. Not a great solution. I'm going to try the earplugs and white noise suggested by pp (thank you!) because I want my DH back where he belongs! Thanks for the thread and good luck to you.

 

[Simba's Mom]

My husband's snoring has recently gotten so bad that he sleeps in another room. Not a great solution :

I can sympathize-sort of. I'm the loud snorer, but DH is the one who sleeps elsewhere. He's a very light sleeper, but other than my snoring everything's fine. At WDW, he even closes the BR door to block out my snoring. I'd love to find a remedy-some good earplugs-for his problem!

 

[Snoozan]

You can make your own white noise machine by turning on the radio in the room to where there is no station-just static. That's what my DH and I do when we forget our white noise machine when we travel.

 

[pearlieq]

I've found that Mac's pillow soft are the best.

Those worked wonders for me while we waited for DH to get his CPAP. They really block out sound well, and I find that when I'm wearing them the sound of my own breathing adds another layer of "white noise" to minimize disruption.

Good luck!

 

[Lady Godiva]

forget the earplugs, just whack her in the head with a frying pan. It works wonders

 

[WhateverLolaWants]

I have no idea the brand names, but I go between a brand that are pink (they are marketed as being for woman - not as long as normal) and a brand that are purple. The purple ones are in a gray package with blue and red (I think) writing. Both can be found at Walmart or Target. The purple used to be excellent, but they don't bounce back as well as they used to.

 

[Lassie Lynne]

I use the purple foam earplugs, can't remember the brand name. Earplugs do have a decimel rating on them, so when you look for them, check the backs and they higher the decimel rating, the better they will block out sound. Also, make sure and pack several pairs, they have a habit of getting lost, falling on the floor, etc.

 

[rottiemom]

I use Howard Leight Max (the orange ones) and they work like a miracle. I started wearing them inside my helmet when I'm riding to block the wind noise and reduce fatigue but continued to wear them whenever we would camp at motorcycle rallies in order to block out the noise at night. They work well enough to block the sound of Harleys with straight pipes and vintage British bikes rumbling to and fro all night. Yes, they don't block every sound but I won't camp without them. I even bring them with me on vacation, just in case we have a noisy hotel.

I suggest that whatever ear plugs you think of going with you try them on first & see how they feel. You wouldn't want something that would work to block the noise but then feel too uncomfortable to sleep with. Good luck!