These things are a life saver, no exaggeration. My husband sometimes snores. When he snores, it's almost always a very light snore that most people probably wouldn't mind. For some reason, the sound of snoring drives me crazy. I can't stand to hear it, can't sleep through it, can't even tolerate when I am reading, watching TV, anything. Even if my husband is breathing loudly when sleeping, it will keep me awake. The first time I tried foam earplugs, they were OK. They were cheap and from a big box retailer. They were not very easy to fit into my ears, did just an ok job of blocking the sound of snoring, and often fell out during the course of the night. If my husband's snoring was louder than usual, the earplugs didn't help and I'd end up in the spare bedroom. Even though we've been married for almost 20 years now, my husband and I still like each other and prefer to sleep in the same bed. I decided to look for a better solution and found these earplugs from Radian. Right from the start, I could tell these earplugs were much better. They fit into my ears easily, stay in place, and block out more sound than the first brand I tried. It's pretty rare that they don't block out the sound of my husband's light snoring/loud breathing. Instead of moving to the spare room, I can just nudge him, he'll roll over, and the snoring will be light enough to be blocked by these earplugs. It's a little crazy how well they work -- I can't hear the window air conditioning unit at all. As great as these are for muting the snoring, they do not completely block out all sounds. My alarm still wakes me up in the morning. If my husband or one of the kids starts talking to me, it will wake me up. I keep one pair of earplugs on the side table and at this rate the entire jar will last for years. My husband and I sleep much better now. Me, because his snoring doesn't keep me awake and I am not switching beds in the middle of the night, and him because I am not sighing, kicking him, waking him up to tell him not to snore, or leaving in the middle of the night.
