Hearing Protection

RaysWay

RaysWay

Autopia Specialist
I picked up a set of these 3M Professional Black Hearing Protector at Home Depot for $25 last night and I highly recommend.

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I wore earbuds under these while using a Flex 3401 and Makita 9227c and the only thing I could hear was the sweet sounds of Bob Marley & the Wailers. :)

I took a short break at one point and forgot to put them back on and immediately stopped to put them back on. If you plan on using a DA for more than a couple hours you should consider some form of hearing protection. It made polishing much more pleasant.
 
I second that! Wearing those ear muffs are nice and comfortable for long stretches.

I recently picked up an even higher NNR - 31 dB set (3M Peltor X5A Over-the-Head Earmuffs) and quickly discovered they're not at all comfortable to wear for longer then 20-30 minutes at a time:


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The ear cushions start digging into your head and hurt! No mas!!
 

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I have a set of Honeywell electric ear protectors I use when I go shoot: Howard Leight R-01526 Impact Sport Folding Earmuffs NRR 22. The cool thing about them is they cut off and protect your hearing if the sound exceeds a certain dB. I love them because I can have a conversation with someone while they are on. I haven't tried them while polishing, but I can when I get home. They also have an auxiliary plug so you can listen to music through them also.

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i use them all the time. even when mowing the yard. no problem if people think I'm crazy. some day all you will HEAR from those people is the word "huh?"
 
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I have a set of Honeywell electric ear protectors I use when I go shoot: Howard Leight R-01526 Impact Sport Folding Earmuffs NRR 22. The cool thing about them is they cut off and protect your hearing if the sound exceeds a certain dB. I love them because I can have a conversation with someone while they are on. I haven't tried them while polishing, but I can when I get home. They also have an auxiliary plug so you can listen to music through them also.

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I have the same one's for shooting. Never thought about using them while polishing.
 
MooreImpressive said:
i use them all the time. even when mowing the yard. no problem if people think I'm crazy. some day all you will HEAR from those people is the word "huh?"
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I am already like that. Either a Dove hunt or concert ruined the hearing in my left ear. A gun went off right beside my head when we I was hunting with father at a very young age and I still think it was because of that. It drives my fiancé crazy though. I usually have to tell her to look at me when she talks.
 
my father in law and myself both sort of "collect" guns. basically just own a whole bunch of them and shoot them a lot. after 18 years of trying, I still have yet to convince him of the importance of wearing these headphones. he'll stand right in front of the barn where the sounds reflects like crazy and shoot 2 AR-15's, one in each hand, at the same time with no protection. guy's crazy, he's crazy I tell you.
 
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I am already like that. Either a Dove hunt or concert ruined the hearing in my left ear. A gun went off right beside my head when we I was hunting with father at a very young age and I still think it was because of that. It drives my fiancé crazy though. I usually have to tell her to look at me when she talks.
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My left ear is bad too. I was cleaning my ear with a Qtip one morning when I was very young and had my elbow out in a horizontal position. My brother walked in the bathroom and the door hit my elbow and it made me push the Qtip in very far (ouch). On the bright side, I was allowed to skip school that day :) Now anytime I go to a doctor and they examine my ear they always ask me about my left ear and I repeat this story lol. So I want to save as much of my hearing now as I can.
 
I wear these David Clarks, They are not cheap but I find them comfortable and work well .
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I don`t see how you guys can work with those large headphones on your head. The weight would drive me nuts and the way I sweat while I work in the summer months they would become pretty unsanitary very quickly.

I`ve found the red/yellow Stanley foam ear plugs work really well. I can`t find the dB supression numbers right off hand, but I`ve found them to work better than the multi-layer rubber earplugs I was issued to protect my ears while shooting weapons. Not only do they supress the noise of a DA to almost nothing, but they work great when operating a lawn mower or weed eater too. When they get a little funky I simply toss them and grab more from the tube of 200 I have sitting on my shelf.
 
I use IEMs (headphones that isolate like earplugs but make high quality sound) and listen to some music that doesn`t need to blast in order to be heard. For other purposes where I need to knock down the sound level but need to hear everything, I use musician`s earplugs like those made by Etymotic. You get full frequency range sound but knocked down 10, 15, 20 or 25 dB. Those are reusable.

IEMs I`ve had and like - Shure SE425, Shure SE535, Etymotic ER4XR. I use them for my daily commute too, blocking most train/bus noises and the noise from other riders. They`re also a joy on airplanes. The history of IEMs is in ear monitors for stage performers - isolate and protect from the surrounding wall of sound on stage, and feed the performer what they need to hear in order to perform.
 
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he he I couldn`t resist. I`m certified as a hearing conservationist. People would do that kind of thing all the time. Almost half the time first response was huh, or what.
 
Also a shooter who doesn`t really wear hearing protection while detailing (I don`t use my DA often), but I would recommend a few things. The Howard Leights on the other page are my go-to for shooting. The aux plug would be very nice for music as well. There are newer models and other brands that offer Bluetooth if you want to be cord-free.

When I`m pressure washing I will wear these: https://www.surefire.com/tactical-equipment/earpro-products.html - under $20 and comfortable
 
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