Hearing protection, what do you use?

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So I go to the range at least twice a month. I normally wear hearing aids when I'm not wearing hearing protection. I use electronic hearing protection that will allow me to hear things but will also cap the loudness. I've tried several and trying a set of these axil Xcor currently in my shop. I like that they enhance sound level as I need hearing aids. But when I shut them off they don't seem to be blocking the noise the advertised 29 (maybe the min 19 ) decibels. So that's what it appears. I will have to take to range to confirm, side by side. These were very expensive for what I thought.

What do you use? I appreciate the input.

Allen
 
I've got about 3/4 of a box (100 ct) of these. While I was still working, I drove a motorcycle to work and back, a little over 80 miles a day.
The engine sound didn't bother me, but the wind whistling in my helmet did.
I've got 30+ years of using these ear plugs

I use (still do when on the freeway) these, they work really well. The best I found in the foam style plug, after trying many.
I...should use them when shooting a couple of my guns. Like my Lelya.


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MikeVV said:
I've got about 3/4 of a box (100 ct) of these. While I was still working, I drove a motorcycle to work and back, a little over 80 miles a day.
The engine sound didn't bother me, but the wind whistling in my helmet did.
I've got 30+ years of using these ear plugs

I use (still do when on the freeway) these, they work really well. The best I found in the foam style plug, after trying many.
I...should use them when shooting a couple of my guns. Like my Lelya.


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I don't like them at the range as they don't seem to give me enough protection. I will wear them under something like this at the drag races when the nitro-funny cars run.
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A lot of the guys at the range have some type of electronic ear protection and able to talk a normal tone of voice when the range is hot. I like this. If im wearing straight ear plugs I cannot hear the range master when he asks me something until I pull one plug out, of course that's when someone just happens to shoot. 😵‍💫

I have a set of walkers just like the set you have, but they are wearing out. I get a lot crackling noise now when I have hooked up to my phone, for the fx chronograph. Part of the reason for a search on a replacement. This unit is also great when looking thru scope. No head gear to get in the way.

Allen
 
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I don't like them at the range as they don't seem to give me enough protection. I will wear them under something like this at the drag races when the nitro-funny cars run.
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Some...are better than others !!
Plus, are you inserting them "properly"?
MOST people that I see using foam ear plugs...DO NOT insert them properly !!
So, there IS that.

I also attend the NHRA drag races. And yes, this particular brand, version (33 dB reduction), does a VERY good job of quieting a Nitro engine. Been there, done that !

If you use the lesser plugs, that only reduce the sound by 10 or 15%, then yes, I agree. These ARE different.

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For the air rifle, I have not been wearing ear protection. It’s not that loud.

For the PB revolver, I always wear old-fashioned ear muffs (Peloti?) whose sound reduction is rated to be 30 dB. I tried a set of modern electronic muffs that I couldn’t stand even wearing a few minutes at home because they had hard pressure points. No adjustment would make it better, so I returned them.

Another obvious difference was that the slim-profile modern ones were rated to reduce sound by much less, 20 dB if I remember correctly. I could immediately tell even without looking at the numbers. I decided that the selective sound reduction was not worth the tradeoff of less absolute sound reduction. YMMV.
 
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I have a profound hearing loss, and I wear hearing aids. If I'm at the range alone, I don't use any protection. All my air rifles are suppressed, and the dB level is less than harmful. If others are shooting, I wear muff type protectors. Depending on the noise level, I sometimes wear them over my hearing aids, and sometimes I remove them. If I'm shooting a CF rifle or shotgun, I use both solid rubber plugs and muffs.
 
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I don't like them at the range as they don't seem to give me enough protection. I will wear them under something like this at the drag races when the nitro-funny cars run.
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I have those in olive drab, I wear them when hunting, they really help amplify game but remove the sharpness of a gunshot.
 
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I have a profound hearing loss, and I wear hearing aids. If I'm at the range alone, I don't use any protection. All my air rifles are suppressed, and the dB level is less than harmful. If others are shooting, I wear muff type protectors. Depending on the noise level, I sometimes wear them over my hearing aids, and sometimes I remove them. If I'm shooting a CF rifle or shotgun, I use both solid rubber plugs and muffs.
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That's one thing I'm trying to prevent is profound hearing loss. I think the majority of my hearing loss is from working in a enclosed concrete shop. So not only is the the noise loud it bounces constantly. I just started going to the range and the gun shots are loud. Currently when I shoot I have the walker razor xv. Then I also have the ear muffs sitting on the table so I can put those over the razors when I'm looking at the gun, loading the mags, talking to someone, anytime where my cheek is not against the cheek rest.

Allen
 
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jetpopt said:
For the air rifle, I have not been wearing ear protection. It’s not that loud.

For the PB revolver, I always wear old-fashioned ear muffs (Peloti?) whose sound reduction is rated to be 30 dB. I tried a set of modern electronic muffs that I couldn’t stand even wearing a few minutes at home because they had hard pressure points. No adjustment would make it better, so I returned them.

Another obvious difference was that the slim-profile modern ones were rated to reduce sound by much less, 20 dB if I remember correctly. I could immediately tell even without looking at the numbers. I decided that the selective sound reduction was not worth the tradeoff of less absolute sound reduction. YMMV.
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I just realized why these new ear buds are so different. Most of all the ear buds and ear muffs listed have a sound reduction of 25 dB or way less. My new ones have a rating of 29 NRR. My old walker razor xv ear buds as cheap as I got them are rated at 31 dB noise reduction rating! I did not think 2 db was noticeable. And here (hear 👂?) I am trying to replace them with something better. So far they prove to just be more expensive. 🤪

One of the big pluses with the Razor xv is that it has a useful app that you can download on your phone for the headsets (ear buds) even though there are buttons for the headset that are easy to forget, the app has a very easy to use screen that you can adjust the volume, auto off time (this part was buggy on mine), removal of ambient noise, as well as 4 modes of hearing, enhancement, universal, clear voice, high frequency boost, and power boost.
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Maybe I should just think about buying a new pair of razor xv to replace the old ones. But first I will give these Axil xcor a try at the range to be sure i dont like them. I maybe just not using them correctly?

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