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

Just got back from a long-haul flight (10+ hours each way), and I have to say these earplugs were a lifesaver! I have always had issues with ear pain when flying, but this was literally the first time I didn’t feel a thing during takeoff or landing. No pressure, no sharp pain, nothing.They were super comfy the whole flight and didn’t bug me at all. I could still hear announcements and wasn’t totally cut off from everything around me, but the noise was way more manageable.Also, they come with a nice little storage box, which made it easy to keep them clean and not lose them in my bag. Super handy.If your ears hate flying, do yourself a favor and grab a pair!

Worked great. Confirmed with my ENT and he said these also work. Flew with a little head cold and no ear pain.

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.

Wow. My ears literally feel like they are bleeding on the plane. These are a game changer. When I tell you I hate flying because my ears pop so much I literally hate the idea of flying. I’m not sure why I am the only one who has pain like this as everyone else on the flight is fine. I used ear planes at first which worked well but not great. The plastic hurt, hard to transport, and not 100% helpful.These are more expensive but you can see where you’re money is going and the amount of pain I go through I was willing to try everything. I tried Sudafed, congestion relief but that barely helped. I look very dumb wearing these but I literally could care less since I’m not in pain.It sucks that I can’t listen to music now or watch movies with sound, only subtitles with these but the benefit being I don’t hear anyone as loudly. These come with a great case for transport I don’t like the tool you need to insert them I guess you don’t need them it but it helps.Thank you very much for the product. Hopefully better colors can be made.

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 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.

THE BEST THING IVE TRIED! I am typically in excruciating pain for at least 10 minutes of landing. The pressure usually catches half of my entire face and it’s constant pain, not just my ears popping. I’ve only have tried these ear plugs once, so far, AMAZING! While my ear still popped while wearing them, that was just it, regular popping, no pain. I did have them on for the entire 2.5 hours of the flight, not sure if I wear them just at landing I’d have the same results. You can still hear your surroundings somewhat. 10/10 recommend trying them out. I did not have a hard time taking them off, they fit perfectly. It comes with a case, which I loved, very small case, but I was able to attach them to my headphones case.