It entirely depends on how much and what you’ll use them for. They’re going to be around $200 USD all in, so if they’re for occasional use probably not. If you’re going to use them a lot like for work or a regular hobby then it’s not a crazy amount to spend. They tend to be more comfortable than flange earplugs, and a little better than foamies, but for me at least I don’t want them in for more than 3 hours.

Etymotic makes a few different ones for general noise, sleeping, music, and they also do ones for their earphones.

I hope so! Ive always wanted to try them, but never pulled the trigger

I have a pair that have a tiny hole drilled in them, the idea being it attenuates loud noises, but still makes it easy to talk to people. I bought them for a specific purpose, and still use them all the time, but if I were going to buy some now I’d get ones without the sound passage for more noise suppression.

They are very comfortable and I can insert/remove them quickly.

The downside is if you lose them, they’re expensive to replace. Somehow I haven’t lost mine over the past 6 years.

I went to an audiologist who made the molds and did all of the mailing back and forth. It wasn’t that much more expensive, but it’s more time consuming because you have to go back to their office to pick them up so you can test fit them. I liked that process, because I ended up rejecting the first pair so they redid the molds.

My ex used to play guitar and he swore the only earplugs that were worth buying were Hearos earplugs. I tried them once. They’re really good. The only thing that compares are gun range ear muffs.