I bought the Loop Quiet 2 because my partner started snoring louder than usual and the foam earplugs I had been using were giving me sore ear canals. The pitch was, reusable silicone, designed for sleep, comfortable enough to wear all night. Twenty four bucks felt fair.

Three weeks in, here is the honest version. They are excellent at the kind of noise they are designed for, snoring, dog snoring, dishwasher running, distant TV. The 24 dB rating isnt a marketing lie. My partner is still snoring, I just don’t really hear it anymore. That alone is worth the price.

Where they fall short is sharper, higher-pitch noise. A garbage truck at 6 am still woke me up. A baby crying down the hall, same. The Quiet 2 takes the bass and middle out of ambient sound but lets through the alarming stuff, which is honestly probably a safety feature, not a bug. If you live somewhere loud and busy, these alone might not be enough.

Fit is the other thing nobody tells you. The package comes with 4 ear tip sizes (XS, S, M, L) and you absolutely have to try a couple before you decide if they work for you. I went with the small on the left and medium on the right which sounds dumb but apparently a lot of people have asymmetric ear canals. Once dialed in, I forget they’re in within about a minute.