Recs for sound-proof earmuffs for sleeping at night?

[bugsfrances]

Hi friends!

I'm an early bird and love to get my rest at the playa. Of course, it's always a struggle trying to find some peace and quiet. I sleep with a kick ass pair of ear plugs (mack's silicone), but am looking for some kind of sound-proof or noise cancelling earmuffs/headband of some sorts to reduce the noise even more.

I'm looking for something that's not electronic b/c i don't want to deal with charging it.

Anyone have any tips?

Thanks!
Bugs

[Drizzt321]

Noise canceling requires active electronics, so would need recharging. That's not to say you can't easily last the week+ with that and a large USB battery bank or two you bring with you, I expect that'd work fine.

The thing you won't be able to get away from, depending on how close to the source, is the bass. The very low frequency actually vibrates your entire body, active noise canceling can only do so much against that much power and low frequencies. The rest, some of the newest stuff can be quite good. I don't have any particular recommendations, because I generally don't like the full over-the-ear stuff like muffs. Whenever I've needed, the silicone triple-flange ear plugs have worked just fine for me.

Wirecutter has a decent writeup on active noise canceling, what it can and can't do.

[unjonharley]

What Noise?

[Jordancc]

Yep, the issue isn't noise traveling through the air. I actually brought sound cancelling Bose headphones (both earmuff style and in-ear) one year, and they didn't fix the fundamental issue, which is bass vibrations. I found both hard to sleep in (even the in-ear ones poked out enough that I couldn't sleep on my side), and I just went back to earplugs. I've considered elevating my bed and putting the legs on some kind of dampening surface to attenuate vibrations traveling though the playa. . but I don't know how much good that will do. The single most helpful thing I've found is to bring several night's worth of Ambien (prescription sleeping pills) plus melatonin. Once I've had a few days to adjust, I don't need the Ambien anymore, but without it, I have a breakdown a few days after gate from lack of sleep.

[playakaya]

I use Mack's silicone earplugs (if you haven't, I highly recommend!) I make them slightly smaller and make sure to squish until they seal.
On a rough night of music, I make sure to add my actual fuzzy earmuffs over them and I probably wouldn't wake up to a smoke alarm.
Another hack, if you're in a tent, is to use a cot so that you're not on the ground feelin' them bass vibrations <3

Hope this helps!

[BBadger]

I find it's not the noise that wakes me, but audio events like talking, merriment, vehicles passing, etc. Maybe instead of trying to find silence, you use some brown noise generators to swamp out the other noises (but not too loud as to be bad for your hearing). I use those at home.

[DoctorIknow]

Whenever there is complete....I mean....100% silence (yes, it happens) some morning before dawn, I wake up with a jolt. Something isn't right...oh...the boom boom and idiots with megaphones walking the streets are not happening!

There must be some meditation or medication that one can use to get to the place where ALL the sounds of the playa are as natural and soothing as small waves breaking on a million tiny shells, and then the wave retreats and the shells turn over by the thousands, making the nicest white noise that synths could never make.