Fighting Perspiration

Perhaps the most overlooked archenemy of your in-ear musicians' monitors is perspiration. Moisture inside your monitors is never a good thing and can cause them to temporarily malfunction. In rare instances, your monitors can even sustain permanent damage.

So what can you do to keep your monitors safe? Unfortunately, there's really no way to fight perspiration during a performance. If you sweat, you will sweat. The physical exertion of your performance combined with the inevitable heat of stage lighting isn't going to help matters and can really cause you to lose your cool.

There is good news,however. We human beings do not perspire inside our ears. Therefore, if you're getting a good seal with your monitors, you shouldn't have any perspiration problems until you remove the monitors from your ears.

There is one thing you can do before removing your monitors that can help decrease your chances of harming them with perspiration. Before removing your monitors, use a towel to wipe off your ears, the sides of your face and your hair above your ears.

After removing your monitors, don't keep them hanging around your neck where they can be exposed to additional moisture. Put them back in the case they came in, preferably one that utilizes a desiccant. Used frequently and correctly, a desiccant will help remove whatever moisture may have been
trapped inside the monitors.

If you have Elite Series custom fit monitors, they should have come with a watertight, crush-proof case that includes a desiccant. We recommend that you make use of that desiccant just in case you get some perspiration inside. The desiccant pod can be recharged with a microwave oven. Instructions should have been included with the case.

For Universal Monitor users, we offer this case separately or you can pick up a Monitor Saver (an inexpensive polycon desiccant) to store your monitors in. There are also many other desiccating products available from hearing care providers. Although more expensive than the previously mentioned options, these will also work with your in ear musicians' monitors.