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Good, cotton+wax earplugs and a face mask. Both already irreplaceable on long-haul flights, so why not use them on the train?

by cromka 5y ago

inglor_cz 5y ago
My longest flight so far was 4,5 hours, to the Canary Islands. Europe is smallish (and Canary Islands are already part of Africa, at least geologically!) But yes, these days I have both, so I might try the next time. I only found a good mask in 2018, though, and I had it imported from the U.S., it had to go through the customs. IDK why, but locally available masks are mediocre.
- cromka 5y ago
  > IDK why, but locally available masks are mediocre. Probably for the same reason you mentioned – they are hardly used by anyone in Europe, whereas overnight flights are very common in the US – think West to East coast, for example. Also, see my other comment just above on the plugs. And mind sharing which mask did you buy?
iso1210 5y ago
I don't use either on a plane, can't sleep with facemasks, and I hate things in my ear. However it's not the noise. A plane rarely has turbulence - you can board a plane at midnight in Singapore, put the bed back after a nightcap about 2am singapore time, get a good 8 hours, and wake for an early breakfast, with no disturbance as everyone else is either asleep or sat in their seat. On a sleeper from say London to Aberdeen you are woken by various stops and the noise on the platform (Crewe, Preston, Carlisle), and then again by shunting and banging at Edinburgh as trains are coupled and decoupled.
- cromka 5y ago
  > and I hate things in my ear. That's because you haven't tried the wax+cotton ones - or if you did, not the good ones. You just should not feel them, at all. Like they don't exist. My personal favorite are Mighty Plugs (https://mightyplugs.com https://mightyplugs.com). I tried all different ones but nothing comes close.

3 ms·

Good, cotton+wax earplugs and a face mask. Both already irreplaceable on long-haul flights, so why not use them on the train?

by cromka 5y ago

Good, cotton+wax earplugs and a face mask. Both already irreplaceable on long-haul flights, so why not use them on the train?

inglor_cz 5y ago
My longest flight so far was 4,5 hours, to the Canary Islands. Europe is smallish (and Canary Islands are already part of Africa, at least geologically!) But yes, these days I have both, so I might try the next time. I only found a good mask in 2018, though, and I had it imported from the U.S., it had to go through the customs. IDK why, but locally available masks are mediocre.
- cromka 5y ago
  > IDK why, but locally available masks are mediocre. Probably for the same reason you mentioned – they are hardly used by anyone in Europe, whereas overnight flights are very common in the US – think West to East coast, for example. Also, see my other comment just above on the plugs. And mind sharing which mask did you buy?
iso1210 5y ago
I don't use either on a plane, can't sleep with facemasks, and I hate things in my ear. However it's not the noise. A plane rarely has turbulence - you can board a plane at midnight in Singapore, put the bed back after a nightcap about 2am singapore time, get a good 8 hours, and wake for an early breakfast, with no disturbance as everyone else is either asleep or sat in their seat. On a sleeper from say London to Aberdeen you are woken by various stops and the noise on the platform (Crewe, Preston, Carlisle), and then again by shunting and banging at Edinburgh as trains are coupled and decoupled.
- cromka 5y ago
  > and I hate things in my ear. That's because you haven't tried the wax+cotton ones - or if you did, not the good ones. You just should not feel them, at all. Like they don't exist. My personal favorite are Mighty Plugs (https://mightyplugs.com https://mightyplugs.com). I tried all different ones but nothing comes close.