Hearing protection @ the range: What do you use?

[JetGirl]

When I shoot with Annie, I just turn the electronic ones off, and she thinks I'm still listening....

Doesn't matter...I'm usually saying the same stuff over and over anyhow.
"My turn! My turn".
Sometimes I mix it up with a "Don't lose your keys again" or a "you didn't bring ammo?? WTF?!?"
OK, maybe I don't say the "F" word. OK, maybe I do...but WHO'S LISTENING?

 

[Jay]

Doesn't matter...I'm usually saying the same stuff over and over anyhow.
"My turn! My turn".
Sometimes I mix it up with a "Don't lose your keys again" or a "you didn't bring ammo?? WTF?!?"
OK, maybe I don't say the "F" word. OK, maybe I do...but WHO'S LISTENING?

I rest my case......

 

[notasccrmom]

I just wear cheapo foam plugs for USPSA. I don't like the bulk of muffs on my head while moving and shooting. I also find that muffs don't seal to the head so well with glasses on. For rifle shooting, I usually double up.

 

[KPierce]

I use these ear plugs. Even at Knob Creek during the machine gun shoot I have no trouble being next to the firing line during a round of shooting and they are comfortable to wear - AEARO ULTRAFIT REUSABLE EARPLUG W/CORD Magid Glove and Safety

I'm sure if there are cheaper suppliers is you look around. THis was just the first site I ran across that has a pic of them.

 

[Glocker1986]

I use disposable foam ear plugs. They are cheap, and if I loose a set its no loss whatsoever. Plus I can throw several sets under the foam in my gun cases in case I forget a pair or I run into someone else who needs them.

 

[Michiana]

Hearing protection you and also talk to people with?

I was told that there is hearing protection out there that block the gun shots but you can hear people talk in a normal voice. If this is true can anyone give me the names of some they use that work? I have bad hearing from my navy days around the big 3" and 5" guns with no hearing protection and want to keep what I have left. I catch myself lifting my muff to hear what the person is saying I am with. I need to stop that. Thanks

 

[VUPDblue]

Peltor 6s

 

[Jay]

Do a web search for electronic hearing protection

 

[Scutter01]

I was told that there is hearing protection out there that block the gun shots but you can hear people talk in a normal voice. If this is true can anyone give me the names of some they use that work? I have bad hearing from my navy days around the big 3" and 5" guns with no hearing protection and want to keep what I have left. I catch myself lifting my muff to hear what the person is saying I am with. I need to stop that. Thanks

You're talking about electronic earmuffs. They work like normal muffs, but they have an amplifier that will amplify any sound up to a certain decibel level. That means if the batteries die, they won't stop blocking loud noises, they just won't pass the low-volume stuff anymore.

 

[Michiana]

Thanks

Peltor 6s

Can you hear normal talking by someone next to you at the range?

 

[VUPDblue]

Can you hear normal talking by someone next to you at the range?

Absolutely! Its almost like not wearing any at all.

 

[imprimis5]

Absolutely! Its almost like not wearing any at all.

"Nothing at all. Nothing at all. Stupid sexy Flanders!"
- H. Simpson

 

[Scutter01]

Can you hear normal talking by someone next to you at the range?

Yes. That's the whole point.

 

[Jay]

Yes, you can. The electronic muffs do very well. I have a note inside my range bag to turn off the muffs..... the batteries don't last from one range session to the next.

 

[bwframe]

I was told that there is hearing protection out there that block the gun shots but you can hear people talk in a normal voice. If this is true can anyone give me the names of some they use that work? I have bad hearing from my navy days around the big 3" and 5" guns with no hearing protection and want to keep what I have left. I catch myself lifting my muff to hear what the person is saying I am with. I need to stop that. Thanks

Check out post #7, in this thread.

 

[Scutter01]

Closing thread as it's already covered in at least three other places.