Re: Electronic Ear Muffs or Plugs?
Well I wore the Sordin units for about 5 hours straight at the range today. Absolutely comfortable. Like others have said, there is a feint white noise in the background but you quickly get used to it and don't even notice it after a few minutes.
As far as sound quality, I thought they were great. When you hear yourself, you do sound a little muffled, but everyone else sounds GREAT!! I wore them with the mics pointing forward and you are able to hear everything around you. At the low setting, it sounded a little lower compared to not wearing any muffs. On the highest setting, it was not loud, but you are able to pick up sounds from very far away. I bet you can use these to spy on people's conversations, I didn't try but plan too next time
I thought they did a great job at stopping all of the loud gun noises you hear at the range. I shot everything from a .44 lever gun to a suppressed .308. The suppressed .308 was the loudest gun by far of the day, and I felt the units did a great job cancelling those loud sounds. I think there are guys out there that would probably double up with earplugs under these, but I felt they were not necessary.
I believe at about the 4 hour mark, the units started beeping on me. I found out later it was a built in system to warn you before they shut off after prolonged use (in case you leave them on by mistake) so they shutdown on me. I hit the power button again, and the units memorized my prior volume settings.
Overall I think they are awesome. I can't really compare them to anything else as these are the first electronic units I ever bought. My only complaint is that for some reason when you talk, you sound a little muffled to yourself, but nothing that would drive you nuts.
Well I wore the Sordin units for about 5 hours straight at the range today. Absolutely comfortable. Like others have said, there is a feint white noise in the background but you quickly get used to it and don't even notice it after a few minutes.
As far as sound quality, I thought they were great. When you hear yourself, you do sound a little muffled, but everyone else sounds GREAT!! I wore them with the mics pointing forward and you are able to hear everything around you. At the low setting, it sounded a little lower compared to not wearing any muffs. On the highest setting, it was not loud, but you are able to pick up sounds from very far away. I bet you can use these to spy on people's conversations, I didn't try but plan too next time
I thought they did a great job at stopping all of the loud gun noises you hear at the range. I shot everything from a .44 lever gun to a suppressed .308. The suppressed .308 was the loudest gun by far of the day, and I felt the units did a great job cancelling those loud sounds. I think there are guys out there that would probably double up with earplugs under these, but I felt they were not necessary.
I believe at about the 4 hour mark, the units started beeping on me. I found out later it was a built in system to warn you before they shut off after prolonged use (in case you leave them on by mistake) so they shutdown on me. I hit the power button again, and the units memorized my prior volume settings.
Overall I think they are awesome. I can't really compare them to anything else as these are the first electronic units I ever bought. My only complaint is that for some reason when you talk, you sound a little muffled to yourself, but nothing that would drive you nuts.
