Earplanes, anyone?

[friendofgusgus]

I'm headed down for a quick trip on Sunday and am recovering from a cold. I often have trouble with my ears on landings and am wondering if anyone has used the Earplanes to help.

Years ago, a flight attendant taught me to hold a set of beverage cups over my ears to keep the quick-changing pressure in the cabin from heading straight to my ears. It sounds silly (amd looks even worse! ) but it works. I'm wondering if the Earplanes work the same way.

Any thoughts - anyone tried 'em?

TIA!

 

[Mary976]

My DD has used them with good results. She had horrible problems with her ears on flights. Her doc said it was likely as a result of all the allergies she has, since congestion can make flying really uncomfortable. She'll take a Sudafed in advance, and then use the earplanes. You have to put them in before the flight takes off and then she leaves them in the whole time (although I think the instructions give directions for if you want to take them out mid-flight and then re-insert them). DD thinks they work as far as relieving pressure and ear popping, but she says the outside part of her ear is a little sore at the end and they impair your hearing, so she couldn't listen to her ipod.

Mary

 

[disneyag]

My DD has cried from earpain on airplanes. The ONLY remedy that seems to have worked is Earplanes.

 

[CJK]

I use earplanes on every flight due to having small ear canals. I used to use the cups on my ears as a child, until too many flight atendants told me that it doesn't work (and I felt silly doing it!). I might be unusual, but I don't feel pain ascending, only descending. Therefore, I only put my earplanes in midflight (before the descent begins). They do help me. I still feel pain, but nothing like it would be without the earplanes. Good luck.

 

[friendofgusgus]

Wow! Thanks so much for your replies!

CJK, I am like you in that I only get the pain when descending - I love takeoff!

I'll keep stopping by this thread, if anyone else wants to share!

 

[mom2mikel]

YES - my kids swear by them. For some reason, I did not pick them up for our last unexpected trip. They were so miserable that I ran to Walmart when we landed to pick some up for our flight home. I think sometimes they can handle the air pressure but other times, only Earplanes will keep them pain free.

I will be sure to buy them new sets for our May trip!

 

[dopeynme]

Yep, I won't fly without them.(Without the earplanes, I get pain and then it can be days before my ears finally "pop"). I put them in pre-take off, take them out after we get to soaring altitude and put them back in at the first sign of change in altitude.