I agree totally. If I am going to spend money on earplugs, I am going to get custom-moulded ones. There is still the article on Max Duley's site about his experience - he has contact numbers and everything. Very thoughtful.
I think severing my own ears so that I could get someone to buy me custom-made plugs in the US might be construed as a bit drastic, even by my standards. > > I see the joke in what you're saying but you do need to have them made for > you. Tom's won't fit anyone else's ears except for Tom's. That's what is > so cool about those custom made ones. They're molded to your ear canal and > the process is pretty funny to go through. They inject this pink foam that > expands and then sort of gets a bit more solid (but stays sort of Nerf > football like). For a few seconds you're deaf because they do it in both > ears. About as close as you want to come to being deaf. They make the > earpiece from that mold (and a small disc-like filter fits in it) and you > get to walk out with the mold if you need another pair made. > > it's the best you can get imo. > > MEK > > "Nik Stoltzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/12/2007 07:20:21 AM: > >> If anyone from the UK is heading over to the states I will lend them >> my ears if they'll pick some >> up for me. >> >> > >> > >> > Things are expensive over here though Tom. >> > >> > r >> > >> > Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: >> >> On 3/12/07, Nik Stoltzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I am seriously considering buying >> >>> some custom-moulded ones because for a couple of hundred quid it is >> >>> definitely worth it. >> >> >> >> i got a pair made here for $100 (about 50 pounds), i love them a whole > lot. >> >> >> >> tom >> > >> >> > >
