High level of comfort and great level of protection!
I've tried the ER-20s (considered the gold standard of ear protection in my book) but those make you look like aliens with the stick sticking out of your ear.  The ER-20s also don't fit as snug and may fall out if your ear brushes against someone (happened to me twice).<br /><br />I've also bought ER20s for friends and they have all lost one of the pair.  Frustrated, I purchased the downbeats as they have a good price to comfort to protection ratio.<br /><br />Although the downbeats provide slightly less hearingn protection than the ER20s, they more than make up for it in comfort.  They still provide a high level of ear protection and it fits snug in your ear and I always forget that I'm wearing them (a good thing when you're just out to have fun).<br /><br />Highly recommeded!
Rating: 5 stars