If you use hearing protection? What do you use?

[Canada]

I use the Peltor 101's with a Noise reduction rating of 27 dB

[Dex Robinson]

Oddly enough, I have EXACTLY the same ear muffs.

I bought them for my workshop but I keep them next to my computer. I' ve found that extraneous household noises (TV, music) can distract me when I'm working on the computer so I keep them within reach.

That being said, I also have a supply of small, foam plugs to wear when I'm doing things like cutting the grass (the big ear muffs look a little too goofy to wear in public).

[sk33tr]

in my shop and while doing yard work (mowing/trimming/blowing), i use the 3m peltors i bought at lowe's.





for shooting, i use the peltor ultimate 10; they offer 30 db of noise reduction. i use them in conjunction with the little foam ear plugs as well.

[Scarriere]

Here at work we have two kinds and these are the ones I use:

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The others they have work themselves out of the canal and I don't realize it until I've already been exposed for some time. I get "ringers" a couple of times per month.

[Canada]

Clear Armor safety ear muffs


34 db, Jesus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC0-IrGGrXA

not me.

[Moviefan2k4]

I use foam earplugs when I sleep. As for headphones, my sister gave me some Beats as a gift, last year.

[Canada]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

I use foam earplugs when I sleep. As for headphones, my sister gave me some Beats as a gift, last year.

That's ok but were talking about ear muffs not headphones.

[spectre08]

interesting thread.

I have a pair of these left over from when I was a firefighter in the military. They were good enough to wear standing 10 feet away from a running F-15 comfortably, and the wire going behind the head is convenient since it doesn't interfere with whatever hat or helmet you may be wearing. I've worn them with both my Cairns firefighting helmet and regular kevlar battle rattle. Worked everywhere from a busy flightline to the shooting range.

[Canada]

[Derb]

[Canada]

Just bought Peltor Optime 105's they have a noise reduction rating of 30 db.

[thrillmygorilla]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

Here at work we have two kinds and these are the ones I use:

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The others they have work themselves out of the canal and I don't realize it until I've already been exposed for some time. I get "ringers" a couple of times per month.

I wear these at concerts.

[Groot]

I'm using the 3M Peltor X Series in my wood shop.

[Vracer111]

Shure SE215 IEM's... better than most hearing protection at up to ~37dB attenuation plus they are great sounding IEM's for music. Worked most excellent for a concert I recently attended.

[dobyblue]

I use Etymotic Research ER20s for most concerts as they don't reduce the treble substantially more than the bass and thus you still get the pleasant sibilants of the hi-hat and cymbals coming through at the volume they should, almost every other protection I've tried completely muffles all the high frequency info substantially more than the lows and is not enjoyable.

Etymotic - http://www.etymotic.com/consumer/hea...rotection.html

I do support hearing protection, I've had constant tinnitus for 6+ years now, around 13-14kHz and about 70% to the left of my head. It sucks.

For loud events like F1 races I used Speedo silicone swimmers earplugs. They aren't certified for noise reduction, they're for swimming, thus they don't carry a dB reduction rating...but they are every bit as effective as 30dB reduction headphones I've tried by Peltor at the track and they are far easier to transport and extremely confortable in the ear, allowing you full motion to move your shades, put on a hat, etc.

[crazyBLUE]

For 30 years at working in a wood mill I have used these.


Around all the machines & routers my hearing tests have shown no loss of hearing. Can't say that for the guys that don't use them

[MaCruz]

When I'm mowing the grass I use a pair of 3M earmuffs. By looking at other posts in this thread I might want to upgrade. Don't need to be going deaf.

[dobyblue]

Honestly I would rather have suffered uniform loss of hearing to perhaps around 6dB than to suffer constant tinnitus. I have no hearing loss according to the tests I went through when this was first starting in 2009, and that's great, but this constant pitch all the time...ugh. Okay it's easier to deal with in 2016 despite being much worse than it was in 2009, but back then I'd wake up sometimes in teh first few months and hear it immediately and just cry, it's very hard to handle in the first year.

[philzilla]

When I did I used something like these

[meremortal]

Etymotic ER-20s. I've had ongoing tinnitus probably since my late teens. It faded somewhat into a low background noise for about a decade or so as I was being more careful and wearing earplugs to concerts. But this summer I forgot my earplugs when I was on vacation as we weren't planning on attending any shows or anything. But nonetheless we went to a Dave and Busters arcade for the better part of a night, probably about 4 hours. In hindsight, that was way too long and I wish we would have bailed after about half an hour max since my ears are still ringing louder than usual months later.