Hearing protection ...
03-25-2016 | 06:56 AM
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I've actually found there to be a slight difference in comfort and ease of insertion with the different foam brands. Some of them are a more dense foam that is harder to compress and push in properly. As far as your sanitation concerns you can by boxes of them and throw them away or stuff them in a beer can every time you remove them. No one likes to look at used earplugs but it beats going deaf. I've had some issues with the big over the ear muff types because the tension on some is a bit too tight and if the cushion is not breathable/ absorbent you can sweat in the summer from them where they make contact which isn't nice. Lots of intercom or noise cancelling headphones don't cancel enough sound to be considered hearing protection. I have a cool pair of over the ear hearing protectors that have flush mount mics and speakers with volume built-in so you can still hear conversation around you / radio / warning buzzers etc and actually amplify it if you want while wearing them but harmful noise is kept out. If you're really serious about it I'd check and see how many decibels you're actually exposed to so you can see which products provide the protection you need.
I want to add that I do have removable wind deflectors that work well but on a hot day that open air feels great. I keep a zip-loc bag of cheap and left behind sunglasses on board and everyone is required to wear some type of eye protection. Now to deal better with the ear issue...
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03-25-2016 | 07:29 AM
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That's a nice looking set. $798 for two headsets. Could a second set be linked to it? How do the mics work while in a direct wind blast? I should start a new thread ...
http://www.sampsonracing.com/Wireles...-two-place.htm
I found a four piece set. It's $1,596.
http://www.sampsonracing.com/Wireles...four-place.htm
http://www.sampsonracing.com/Wireles...-two-place.htm
I found a four piece set. It's $1,596.
http://www.sampsonracing.com/Wireles...four-place.htm
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03-25-2016 | 08:05 AM
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i am super on board with hearing protection. I use Peltor FM receiver muffs religiously in my shop and have an FM modulator on the computer in my office so i can listen to all kinds of stuff of the net all day long. I call it "sensory deprivation mode" because i cant here the phone or anyone at the door all day long lol. Most of my hearing loss is from boat racing in particular the outboard SS Cat with Wahoo and the open pipe Cleveland construction boat, oddly enough i think it was an improperly set up intercom in the helmets that did the most damage. Years of concert going did not help either. Peltor has an active noise canceling headset that i often thought might work good in a boat, probably not while underway but could still be an option. Anymore i wear my headsets in the shop even when I'm not making noise, just use to having them on and i like the stuff i modulate off my computer, hardly ever music though usually physics lectures off youtube like Feynman or maybe an episode of Cosmos or something lol.
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03-25-2016 | 11:04 AM
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03-25-2016 | 05:43 PM
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so . . . Phragle Rob stops by my shop on his way home from work for a beer and i says "hey, thats a pretty good thread going on OSO on hearing protection" . . . . Robs response . . . "huh?" . . . . 
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03-25-2016 | 05:56 PM
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03-25-2016 | 07:44 PM
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03-28-2016 | 12:36 PM
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This is what I believe in.
Not the best, not the most expensive, but does the job!
I use them mostly for work, have a pair at home and use for Mowing and such, have a pair on the boat for wind noise, have a pair for the motorcycle for when I choose to not wear a helmet!
Basically I have had at least 7 or 8 pairs over the last 15+ years!
Highly used for gun enthusiast as well.
Hard to find anyone that does them locally any more
http://earinc.com/shop/markets/indus...able-earplugs/
Not the best, not the most expensive, but does the job!
I use them mostly for work, have a pair at home and use for Mowing and such, have a pair on the boat for wind noise, have a pair for the motorcycle for when I choose to not wear a helmet!
Basically I have had at least 7 or 8 pairs over the last 15+ years!
Highly used for gun enthusiast as well.
Hard to find anyone that does them locally any more
http://earinc.com/shop/markets/indus...able-earplugs/
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