Bought mine in June 2023 and after changing from the Medium to Small foam plugs it has made all the difference. No need to squeeze them now, especially as I didnt enjoy the expand and sometimes they’d pop out. Maybe I need to change my pillow as my right ear still gets uncomfortable. But these quietons 3.1 are amazing and have given me solid sleep for many nights over the past month or so including significantly lessening the cabin noise on a few 12 hour flights. Thanks. Comment from Aug 2023.

Second, the ANC wasn’t always as effective as expected, despite fiddling with various size tips and earbud positions. I also woke up several times to discover that at least one QuietOn had completely dislodged.

My advice to side-sleepers: Give the QuietOn 3 a try if nothing else works and you can handle the high price, but take advantage of the 14-day return policy if they don’t pan out.

I may write the company and see if they’d be willing to let me upgrade at a much steeper discount than the one they offered in a recent Black Friday email ad. (I paid $159 for the QuietOn 2.)

Hi Alex,

As it happens I’ve used that type of colorful earplug while sleeping in the past, so I perhaps have some insight. Without dedicated testing equipment I can’t give you objective numbers, but subjectively, I’ve found the QuietOn 3 to be more comfortable to wear for several hours (ie, less ear pain when I wake up) and somewhat more effective at blocking out lower frequency sound.

My comment in the review about sleeping with one ear on the pillow stands, though — if that’s you, and you’re able to do so comfortably all night while using those earplugs, you won’t benefit as much from the QuietOns if you end up having to take one of them out of the “lower” ear because it’s uncomfortable. Whether you do or not will be specific to you, your pillow, and how you sleep, though.

The AirPod Pros are significantly worse than both, unsurprising I guess since their design gives them basically no physical noise isolation.

For example, the AirPod Pros with ANC on are significantly WORSE than the spark plugs. I wonder how quieton 3 measure up to that standard? If they aren’t better than my foam plugs there is absolutely no point in them.

Hi Kait,

I don’t know what it would cost to ship them back if you didn’t like them, unfortunately. There are no US dealers that I’m aware of at this point — I’m not sure whether that’s something that QuietOn is looking into or not. The 4-6 week lead time should come down significantly, at least: the earlier model currently ships in 1-3 days, so I suspect it’s a temporary issue with low stock.