Very light weight protection, perfect for outdoor shooting in the summer heat! Very good at protecting your hearing from the big guns shot an an outdoor range. I plan on buying more simply for backup and spares for friends to use. I highly recommend this product! Allen Company Light Weight Low Profile Sound Sensor Hearing Protection, 2320
The box states that it is NRR 26. Be aware that it is not NRR 28 as is advertised on this site! This is misleading and amazon needs to fix this typographical error. I contacted Amazon returns about this, they kindly sent a replacement and the new one was still NRR 26, so I have come to the conclusion that they have listed the product description incorrectly here. I wish they would fix this because it is giving false information.
In regards to the performance... so far it works fine. It is not bulky like other types of hearing protection, it is more convenient. You can fold it and put it in your backpack or even wear it around your neck when not in use, it looks sort of similar to over the head mini head phones.. so at least people do not look at you funny ;).
It does lower sounds but it does not make them vanish. It seems to mute clock ticking and humming sounds but other sounds are just lowered a little but are still audible. It at least seems to protect the ears if you were walking in the street and a fire truck decided to pass by. You still of course hear the sirens but it is at least a few points lower. You can hear conversation and it seems to distort some sounds like a wind tunnel at times...not sure if that is a good thing or not.
It is comfortable to wear and it works great for people who usually have trouble with the commonly known disposable ear protection. This thing is much easier and saves the hassle of having to deal with disposables, especially if you have small ear canals :)
Lame, really! Doesn't hold well to your head. Doesn't fit well in the ear. No feeling of value for the money. I have to use hearing protection 4-5 times a week and i won't even take these to work because of the feel and fit. Perhaps if the fit was better,...no (had to put them on again) they suck. The Tunnel or tube Protection doesn't make me wanna take these out to the shooting range.
"Filters out most damaging sound frequencies" Does this statement give you piece of mind?
I've been using these at the indoor shooting range and have been pretty pleased. These are really light weight and don't cover my ears like the ones they rent at the range. Would recommend these to anyone.
They seem like they might be a bit gimmicky, but these work well. Keep in mind their NRR is a little less than ear plugs, so if you are around loud machinery nonstop for 8 hours at a time, I wouldn't recommend these. But for doing, say, carpentry, they're perfect. When you start up that circular saw, they greatly diminish the sound. And if you leave them on your ears afterward and your buddy starts talkin', you can hear every word. The physics behind them is similar to noise-cancelling headphones, if you've ever used those.... (i.e. Bose® QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones)
When I first tried these on, I thought "oh great, I've just wasted 16 bucks." The soft foam of the earpieces didn't fit in my ears very well, it wasn't particularly comfortable, and the sound attenuation seemed minimal. However, I brought them to work (jet engines, APUs, air conditioning packs, other noisy pieces of heavy equipment in close quarters) and began to get happier. While it doesn't block out all noise, these DO effectively reduce dangerously loud noise to a tolerable level. After a few wearings, the foam earpieces started to contour to my ears, and now fit well. They will continue to be my go-to hearing protection on the job.
Having said that, here are a couple of minor grips:
1) They are bulkier than I was expecting. Folding them up, they mostly fit in a shirt pocket. I was hoping for something more compact.
2) The foam ear pieces would be better if they were soft silicone, like you see on the earpices of high-end ear buds for iPods & such. Foam degrades over time, and although they give you 2 replacement sets of foam earpieces, the foam will dry-rot and render these unusable within about 2-3 years (designed to fail, neccessitating future purchase? Or just poor planning?)
3) They are not particularly comfortable for extended-wear. 5-10 minutes in noisy environment? No prob. 8 hour shift? Ouch.
Anyway, 3 stars for doing their job decently, plus a 4th because I haven't found anything that does it better.
after opening relized there cheap foam took the out shot 50rnds of 9mm 115grn fmj was as loud as no ear protection ringing in the ears bad! does not muffle bang atall. shot 200 cci mini mag 22lr same result ringing ears zero help. didnt expect much but thought atleast would prevent the ringimg in ears caused by the super sonic bang. not worth the money goin back to ear buds. - Noise Canceling'
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