The One, Standard
$224.95 Per pair
Colours and options →Perfect-Fit Technology™Made in the USA
Tune the exact shade with the color field, hue slider, and precise HEX / RGB / HSV inputs, the panel updates live. Choose your shell size and filter, then start your order with a home impression kit.
I have a very loud motorcycle; my ears would ring for hours after a ride. Now the ringing is gone and I can actually hear the music.

Start here. Choose Filtered if you want to hear what's around you while staying protected, or Solid for maximum quiet.
A larger shell seals more sound and feels more secure; a smaller shell sits lower in the ear and is less visible. Same price either way.
Choose how much sound your filter lets through, lower dB lets you hear more, higher dB blocks more. Each level is color-coded to make it easy.
Not locked in. You can swap attenuation later, no new mold required. Replacement filters drop straight into the custom plugs you already own. See the filter range →

“After 16 years of constant use, still valuable as day one.”
Color, size, and spec your pair right here. What you build is what we make.
A home impression kit arrives with simple, mess-free instructions.
Take your impressions in minutes and drop them in the prepaid return box.
We build your one-of-a-kind set by hand and ship them to your door.
How it works
Your ears don't change when you switch hobbies, so your protection shouldn't either. The same custom-molded shell that protects a musician on stage protects a rider at 80 mph, a dentist over a drill, a pilot in the cockpit, and a machinist on the floor. You buy the fit once and adapt it to the moment by changing the filter, not by buying a different product.
"Turn the room down, not off."
The colored, interchangeable filters. Each lowers every frequency by about the same amount, so sound keeps its natural balance, voices, music, and warnings stay clear, just safely quieter. This is what makes the plugs hi-fi. Levels: 9, 15, 20, 25, and 30 dB.
"Open when it's quiet, clamped when it's loud."
A separate, level-dependent filter. It passes normal sound almost untouched so you keep full situational awareness, then automatically tightens against sudden, dangerous peaks, a gunshot, a backfire, an impact. Protection arrives only when the noise spikes.
Every off-the-shelf product makes you pick one behavior and live with it. Because the Big Ear shell is custom and the filters are interchangeable, you carry both and match the filter to the environment in seconds. No foam plug, and no single-filter "musician" plug, can match that range at this fidelity.
Maximum sealed silence. No filter path, the custom shell simply blocks. For sleep, heavy machinery, or any time you want the most reduction and don't need to hear in.
Adaptive protection that keeps you connected to sound while protecting you, with the filter swapped to the situation. Choose this when you still need to hear, with studio-grade clarity.
| Tier | Price | What you get | Who it's for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $224.95 | The custom filtered shell + one flat-attenuation filter of your choice. | You know the one environment you need. |
| Select | $299.95 | The shell + any two flat-attenuation filters you pick. | You move between two settings and want to swap. |
| Premium | $574.95 | The shell + all five flat filters + the non-linear filter + solid Full-Stop blockers + a tactical radio earpiece. The complete system. | You want every environment covered out of the box, from hi-fi listening to dead silence. |
The shell and fit are identical across all three, what you buy up the ladder is range. Start at Standard and add filters anytime; you're never locked in.
Every filter is colour-coded and swaps in seconds, one custom shell covers every environment, with no new mould.
| Reduction | Colour |
|---|---|
| 9 dB | Purple |
| 15 dB | Green |
| 20 dB | Blue |
| 25 dB | Orange |
| 30 dB | Black |
A non-linear filter is included at Premium.
| Product | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The One®, Standard | One filter set | $224.95 |
| The One®, Select | Two filter sets | $299.95 |
| The One®, Premium | All five filters, plus full-stop blockers | $574.95 |
| Lab-Generated Solid, Standard | Platinum-cure silicone, no filter path | $139.95 |
| Lab-Generated Solid, Super-Soft | Super-soft silicone, softest seal we make | $168.95 |
½, ¾ and full shell, the same price either way. A larger shell seals more sound and feels more secure; a smaller one sits lower in the ear and is less visible.
Build time is 40 business days from the day your impressions reach the lab. Your impression kit is free and ships as soon as you order. Custom products are moulded to one person’s ears and cannot be refunded, which is why fit is our responsibility: if it doesn’t seal right, we remake it.
No dead ends
Whatever brought you here, every Big Ear set begins the same way, we take the shape of your ears and build from it. These are the ones most people start with.
$224.95 Per pair
Colours and options →$299.95 Per pair
Colours and options →$139.95 Per pair
Colours and options →Not sure which one? Answer two questions or build yours from scratch.
You have never done this before. You are about to put a small foam block in your own ear and fill it with silicone, and somewhere in the back of your mind is the thought: what if I get it wrong and I have just wasted my money?
You haven’t. Tell us, and we send you another kit, free. No argument, no fee, no “you should have watched the video.”
It happens, and it happens to people who did nothing wrong. An impression can come out short, or with a void, or the block can shift. Our lab checks every impression the moment it lands, and if it isn’t good enough to build from, we don’t build from it. We would rather send you a second kit than hand-build a set around a bad mold and let you find out eight weeks later.
You cannot hurt yourself doing this. The oto-block stops the silicone at a safe depth, it physically cannot travel too far into your canal. The silicone is soft, it sets in about five minutes, and the whole impression lifts right back out. It takes 10–15 minutes, it’s easier with a helper, and there is a guided video in the box.
And if you would rather not do it yourself at all, you don’t have to. Get your impressions taken in person at any of our 50+ providers, or at an audiologist or hearing-aid centre. Send those instead.
A real family team in Blythewood, SC. We answer fast.
What happens after you pay
A custom set cannot exist until we have the shape of your ears. The kit we send takes a mould every bit as good as one taken in a clinic, it is what most of our customers use, and it is what the lab builds from. If you would rather have it done for you, any audiologist can, or you can visit one of our providers. It costs the same either way.
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Already have impressions?
Not sure which applies to you? Call (719) 271-4528 or email stonehood@bigearinc.com and we will tell you in a sentence.