Alpine FlyFit - Earplugs for Pressure Relief & Preventing Ear Pain While Flying - Airplane Travel Essentials - Comfortable Reusable Hypoallergenic Earplugs with Ultra Soft Filter

I’ve written a similar “glowy” review for Earplanes, but Alpine are even better for me! The rest of this is super long, detailing my contrasting experience with each. Lots of you won’t care, be warned, and don’t be mad at me if you choose to read it all 😂 Bottom line: both work. Alpines are better.Context: I’m pretty well-traveled within the US, but only moderately so via air travel since I drive within 12 hours or so. I probably fly somewhere every 1-2 years. About a decade ago, when I began flying more frequently, I realized I was having excruciating ear pain. My left ear is always worse. Is my pain tolerance the highest out there? Unlikely. Nonetheless, there were a few flights where the pain was so bad, I thought my eardrum burst. Wiped my ear to check for blood. Crying while sitting next to a poor stranger. The pain would eventually reduce but hearing loss would last for over a week.I LOVE traveling, so I scoured the internet and discovered Earplanes first. I used them for a few years, including a trip from Boston to San Francisco to Hawaii and back - a vacation literal years in the making. They reduced my pain and hearing loss by probably 85%. I was SO happy, I remember crying from joy because the getaway we needed wouldn’t be marred by so much discomfort.Unfortunately Earplanes were single use only and very uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time. Their instructions recommended leaving them in for entire flights, but I couldn’t tolerate them for 6 hours at a time. This meant breaking that seal and rendered them less effective when I put them back in a solid hour before landing. They were painful to me, but much better than nothing!!!On a recent Boston to Phoenix trip, I was restocking my Earplanes supply and tried out this brand as well. They’re it for me. Game changer. Super comfortable. So soft. Easy to take out and put back in, and made to do so. (That’s my husbands favorite part so he doesn’t look as controlling when ordering for me from flight attendants because I can’t hear ANYTHING with Earplanes. He uses to get suspicious looks 😂).These did a more effective job of balancing pressure for pain and hearing loss reduction for me. And they’re reusable!!! Huge money saver and a perk for someone kind of crunchy, like myself. They’re going to live in my airplane kit, and I may legitimately buy a backup.All of this said, I did purchase the child size Earplanes to try (perhaps the others are too large and less effective for me). I didn’t even try them, and not sure I will because the price to pay for a product not working well for me is pretty high.In contrast, Alpines completely eliminated my ear pain, and I only experienced hearing loss for maybe 30 minutes before they popped. No meds. Can you tell they’re there? Yeah. You’re wearing earplugs. But they didn’t hurt me.I would HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend these to anyone who had bad ear pain while flying. Whether for work when you need to be in control of your body, or for play when you’re just trying to have a relaxing getaway!! Life’s too short and these are too affordable to just “deal” with that level of debilitating discomfort.

I have a terrible time with ear pressure when flying, especially during the landing. My ears hurt and can be plugged for days after. These ear plugs have been a game changer! I have used them several times now and have zero issues with my ears! They are easy to insert, you can still hear what is going on around you, they are comfortable to wear, and have a nice small carry case. Highly recommend!

I have always had ear pain and popping issues when I fly to the point that I couldn’t hear out of an ear for a day or so after landing. I tried these on my trip to Florida and had great results. Less pain, less popping. Only issue was one of them got stuck in my ear and I had to get it out with a paper clip. I will bring tweezers in the future because they helped me so much. Being stuck is the only reason it isnt 5 starts. It needs a longer grabbing part.

These are such good earplugs, so comfortable and reduces noise while still allowing you to hear voices when spoken to. Compared to the brand airplanes that I had used in the past, I much prefer these, they don’t hurt my ears like the ear planes did and they reduced the ear pressure that I get when flying. Also they are much better value for your money as they are re-usable several times! I highly recommend these ear plugs. Easy to insert and take out.

I always have issues with extreme pain and pressure in my ears even on short flights, but these work great. They are better than the ear planes. Way more comfortable to wear as well! I like that they are reusable too.

I sometimes get excruciating pain in my ears when I fly--particularly upon decent. I've used EarPlanes' EP2. I find the FlyFit more comfortable in my ears than the EP2. But the EP2 plugs are easier to get out. The tab on the FlyFit it too hard to grab. I just took 4 flights with the Fly fit, and, after one of the flight, I actually bought a pair of tweezers to help get one of the ear plugs out of my ear. Thankfully, I was eventually able to manipulate it to the point where I could pull it out and didn't need the tweezers.If Alpine fixes the design to make it easier to pull out, I would probably give 5 stars instead of 3.Bottom line. I'll probably use these again given that they're more comfortable in my ears, but I'm also going to bring a pair of tweezers just in case.

I bought it back in 2014 and I worked well, Now my family members need one, It work perfectly but some times when you get bad pilot who suddenly take plane down quickly then had pain on ears, super recommended.

Ear protection when flying, easy to use, compact carrying case, reduced noise, was able to hear things, they are washable, my ears did not hurt on the plane or when we landed, these worked!Highly recommend!