Hi Chuck. Your review was extremely helpful to me but would love further advice from you. I have hypersensitivity to noise--what is a 1 on a scale from 1 to 10 is a 11 out of 10 for me. Ive had to stop going to church etc. Do you feel that this model would allow me to be in a church/noisy environment and be able to adjust to the environment. My neighbor let me test out his IMPACT SPORT gun range ear protection headphones in church==I could still hear quite a bit with the volume off, muffled voices when at low volume and uncomfortable on my head. I am missing out on what makes my heart happy and need help finding the correct protection. Thank You, Lori
Hi Lori. To me (and I'm a 66 year old guy with tinnitus, so take that into account) most of the good quality ear protection for shooters seems roughly the same as far as decibel reduction. There will be a rating on the packaging, but they're only designed to lower noise to a point where it's tolerable and non damaging. But there are some firearms, and some equipment like metal cutting saws, which are still too loud even with the headphones on. So what I do is put in a pair of expanding foam earplugs under the headphones. I get a lot more sound deadening and then if I need it, I can turn up the volume on the headset until I can still ear background sounds. Not sure if that will work for you, but I've found it effective. The earplugs I like are Mack's. They come in a 50 piece container and they fit and work the best for me (but keep in mind that not only do I have large ears, I have large earholes as well). I even tend to wear them around the house when my wife goes on a Country and Western music binge, which I find about as enjoyable as bagpipes. If none of this works for you, I'd look into the headphones that you see the people wearing who guide jet airplanes around on the runway of aircraft carriers, I've heard they have some serious sound reduction. Good luck, I hope I've helped you!
Why would you care? But to answer your question, yes, I used them at the range for years. With earplugs under them when shooting centerfire rifles, without for pistols. They did a better job than foam earplugs alone and better than the non electronic earmuffs I was using before them. And honestly, I think their probably as good as the ones I tested in this video. The real problem with them is they're too large for shooting most rifles.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one that took a few minutes to figure out how they adjust!!! Thanks for the great review!!
How is it you were not able to figure it out instantly? It's pretty dang simple.
I found this because I was struggling to figure out the adjustment as well. Nice video!
Nice review and video Chuck!
Thanks!
Hi Chuck. Your review was extremely helpful to me but would love further advice from you. I have hypersensitivity to noise--what is a 1 on a scale from 1 to 10 is a 11 out of 10 for me. Ive had to stop going to church etc. Do you feel that this model would allow me to be in a church/noisy environment and be able to adjust to the environment. My neighbor let me test out his IMPACT SPORT gun range ear protection headphones in church==I could still hear quite a bit with the volume off, muffled voices when at low volume and uncomfortable on my head. I am missing out on what makes my heart happy and need help finding the correct protection. Thank You, Lori
Hi Lori. To me (and I'm a 66 year old guy with tinnitus, so take that into account) most of the good quality ear protection for shooters seems roughly the same as far as decibel reduction. There will be a rating on the packaging, but they're only designed to lower noise to a point where it's tolerable and non damaging. But there are some firearms, and some equipment like metal cutting saws, which are still too loud even with the headphones on. So what I do is put in a pair of expanding foam earplugs under the headphones. I get a lot more sound deadening and then if I need it, I can turn up the volume on the headset until I can still ear background sounds. Not sure if that will work for you, but I've found it effective. The earplugs I like are Mack's. They come in a 50 piece container and they fit and work the best for me (but keep in mind that not only do I have large ears, I have large earholes as well). I even tend to wear them around the house when my wife goes on a Country and Western music binge, which I find about as enjoyable as bagpipes. If none of this works for you, I'd look into the headphones that you see the people wearing who guide jet airplanes around on the runway of aircraft carriers, I've heard they have some serious sound reduction. Good luck, I hope I've helped you!
I have tinnitus as well:(. I am at a loss as to what options are out there. I appreciate you responding. I'll keep on praying.@@3rdpig
Great review, thank you
Please tell me you did not use those Craftsman earmuffs at a gun range? Surely you didn't...
Why would you care? But to answer your question, yes, I used them at the range for years. With earplugs under them when shooting centerfire rifles, without for pistols. They did a better job than foam earplugs alone and better than the non electronic earmuffs I was using before them. And honestly, I think their probably as good as the ones I tested in this video. The real problem with them is they're too large for shooting most rifles.
@@3rdpig I'm just glad you got some decent, shooting ear muffs. Ones that won't make you look silly. 👍
Not digital and not stereo...
Oh no! Anyway.... M
Oh no! Anyway......