The One, Premium · Skydiving
Custom Filtered Earplugs for Skydiving
The climb, freefall wind and tunnel time add up fast. The One is molded to your ears, stays sealed from exit to landing, and keeps your team audible on the plane.
“For jumping, the filtered plugs are outstanding. … In freefall and under canopy, they take the edge off the wind noise without making me feel disconnected.”
John, verified review, July 2026
- Stays put in freefall. Molded to the shape of your ears.
- 25 or 30 dB for freefall and the tunnel. Lighter filters for the ride up.
- Stay aware. Hear your team on the plane and under canopy.
- Made in the USA. Molded, hand-finished and inspected in the USA.
- Home impression kit included
- Kit ships in 2 to 3 days
- 30-day fit warranty
Built to order · SKU BE-ONE-PRM
See it in action
Five-star reviews from Trustpilot
What customers say
The best motorcycle earplugs ever!
The personal touch from Stone and the rest of the folks at BigEar is what sets them apart. I ordered “The One” motorcycle custom molded earplugs and also ordered a pair for my wife. The communication in sending the ear mold kit was excellent (the labeling and instructions with the mold kit are great as well). They communicated when they received our ear molds and sent our molds off to the lab for making our custom earplugs along with the timeframe when we could expect the finished plugs. At first I tested the earplugs in the living room while all 4 of my sons were playing…loudly! The amount of their vocal noise I could hear through the plugs worried me at first. Then I thought “Hey, the filters are meant to block sound outside of the vocal spectrum…it would be a better test to go ride my motorcycle.” Well, I can definitely say that these plugs ROCK! I don’t have to turn my Sena Headset volume up any louder than I would without hearing protection and can communicate with my riding team clearly and without having to shout. All other noises are muffled to a comfortable and tolerable level while still being perceptible and keeping me aware of my surroundings. These are compared to the Pinlock filtered earplugs I used prior which required me to crank the volume on my headset to the max to hear anyone and I yelled often because I could barely hear anything. The BigEar “One” earplugs are a real treat! The lanyard makes it easy to remember to reinsert my plugs prior to taking off after any stops on the bike, something I’d forget to do often after putting my pin lock plugs away. These have become my favorite motorcycle accessory. I don’t ride without using them now!
BrandonApril 2024On Trustpilot (opens in a new tab)
Why custom
Tried the $40 earplugs? Here’s why they didn’t work.
They are made for an average ear, not yours.
- They hurtA one-size plug has to press on your ear to seal. After an hour, you feel it.
- They work looseTalk, chew or turn your head and the seal breaks, so you keep pushing them back in.
- They barely turn it downMany budget filtered earplugs do not cut enough noise for truly loud places.
Ours are molded from your own ears, so they seal by shape, stay in, and last 7 to 10 years. $574.95 over seven years is about $82 a year.
Hand-built in the USA
Made for your ears alone.
Not assembled overseas, not drop-shipped, not rushed. One pair at a time, for one set of ears at a time. We are proud of that, and we think you can hear the difference.
The problem with off-the-shelf
One-size earplugs are built for an ear that doesn’t exist.
Your ear canals are as unique as your fingerprints, and your left doesn’t match your right. Here’s what that means next to a pair built for you.
The Big Ear difference
Molded to your ear. Each one, individually.
We take a separate impression of your left and right ear, because they aren’t the same, then build each plug in our own soft silicone, the softest material we make, refined over 20 years of customer feedback. Painters pay more for artist-grade oils because the result is better; soft silicone is the same kind of choice. It moves with your ear when you talk, chew or turn your head, so it seals better and never presses the way a hard shell can.
Asymmetric ears? That’s exactly what custom is for. We build the fit to your shape, not a universal plug to everyone’s.
How it works
Two filters. No electronics. Patented.
Most hearing protection makes you pick between hearing and safety. The One does not, because it runs two analog filters at once, with no electronics and no batteries.
The first is a flat-attenuation filter, and it sits on the outer face. Foam is the problem it solves. Foam swallows the high frequencies far more than the lows, so voices and music turn to mud. A flat filter turns the whole world down evenly instead, like a dimmer switch for sound. Everything keeps its natural balance, just quieter and safe. The flat filters swap in seconds, from 9 to 30 dB, so one pair covers a quiet room or a loud flight line with no new mold.
The second is a non-linear filter, and it lives in the canal on every pair we make. Think of it as a mechanical safety valve. It stays open for everyday sound, so you hear and talk normally, then closes almost instantly the moment sound spikes to a dangerous level, and opens again when it passes. No delay, no power, no app. For even more control, a non-linear hole plug closes the port completely when you want the deepest protection.
Run together, molded into a shell shaped to your exact ears, that two-part system does what no foam plug and no single-filter plug can. It keeps you aware and protects you from the sudden, damaging sound at the same time, tuned to the exact level you need. It is patented.
What customers say
Worth getting right.
“His service was exceptional and the product was the pinnacle of performance. I will be a customer for years to come.”
Made to order, made to fit
Yes, it’s custom, that’s the point.
Because every pair is molded to you, it’s made to order, not pulled off a shelf. You take a quick impression at home with our simple kit, we build your fit, and it ships to your door. Backed by our 30-day fit warranty.
The detail
When you wear hearing protection every day, good enough wears thin. The seal that almost holds. The fit that aches by hour three. The sound that is close but never right. Over a career, the small compromises add up to real damage and real regret.
The One Premium is the pair with no compromise left in it. The finest shell we build, molded individually to each ear in our softest silicone, refined over twenty years of real feedback, with interchangeable filters tuned to exactly what you do. It seals completely, disappears while you wear it, and lets you hear the way your ears were meant to.
This is the top of what custom protection can be.
Hand-built in the USA, one pair at a time, and backed by our Perfect-Fit Promise.
