The ribbed version is more comfortable and might work at the health club
Maybe it's the size on my ear canal, but I noticed very little difference in noise reduction between having them in and not having them in. I tried them on a Delta flight and I tried them in the warehouse, neither worked for me.<br /><br />The ribbed version is more comfortable and might work at the health club, haven't tried that yet, but the foam version which you would expect to keep out the noise didn't stay in my ear and, when it did, didn't seem to make any difference in the amount of sound I heard.<br /><br />The inner plastic portion is long and, perhaps, that is why the foam didn't work for me. The idea is great, but I was disappointed that they didn't work for me.
Rating: 2 stars