Alpine MusicSafe Pro - Black Edition

I've tried every Fender ear protection and it was always that dull, unpleasant sound and the earplugs were stiff and uncomfortable.
That's not the case with these Alpines.
I sing in a 6-piece symphonic metal band, play bass in an alt.metal trio and play guitar and sing in a surf-western band and they work really nice in every situation.
I use the grey "mode" and it reduces the sound a lot while retaining some comfy treble. The golden pieces reduce the sound a bit more but there's a low end buildup and the white pieces sound the most natural, but they are not enough for my sensitive recording engineer ears.
4 stars in "quality" because after a year of weekly use the silicon(?) pieces start to have visible wear on their soft edges.
They are very soft and comfy though.

All in all I think they are worth every cent, I have recommended them to friends and bandmates and until I get a fancy wireless monitoring system I'll probably be using these.
Cheers!

I use these for band practice, as a drummer. Sound quality is excellent as i feel i can hear all the other instruments better.

These are my first earplugs so maybe i'm not accustomed to the feeling of them going down the ear canal that deep so 4 stars for the comfort rating. It might be just me though.

-2 stars for the quality just because of the fabric wire/thread thingy that you can put on the earplugs to be able to leave them hanging on your neck. The earplugs didn't stay attached to that a couple of times now.

Nice that they come with a cleaner and a carrying case.

These are almost certainly the best I've found so far. I've tried 3 different models so far, but these ones provided the best attenuation characteristics.

Use

I use these together with headset type ear protection while playing the ocarina, as it can get pretty loud at the high notes and cause ringing. But with these 2 things together, ringing is now a thing of the past. :)

pros & cons

So the pros are, quite good attenuation, and options for the degree of attenuation you require

On the negative side, I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to insert into the ear, i try not to insert too much, as a) those are my ears, and b) it gets attached to this thread, and it seems a bit delicate, so I didn't wanna risk pushing it so far in, that pulling it back becomes a headache, in case the thread fails...

Summary

I would definitely recommend getting this, assuming you would like to protect your hearing, while playing music... Maybe also look into getting some over the ear ones to use as supplementary protection