Best Earplugs of 2025 – Consumer Reports

To see if earplugs would help CR’s staff get more zzz’s (especially to dampen the din from a few snoring-prone bedmates), we recruited seven team members to try three foam, two moldable, and three premolded earplugs (see “How We Evaluated Earplugs,” below).

We evaluated them for their noise-dampening ability, comfort, ease of use, and more. We also factored in each model’s NRR, or noise reduction rating. Sleeping in some of them left us unrested, and our colleagues surely noticed a little crankiness the next day (sorry, friends). Here are our favorites.