hearing protection

[kosse]

Was it Peltor Comtacs? The Comtac's are equiped with magnetically shielded speakers, as they are made with the option to plug-in a headset.

If it was Comtac's you used, they may be different than the ones used in Sweden, as no info about problems can be found. And there are a lot of Comtac users in Sweden, as all personel since -00 or so have been had the issued.

http://www.finnrappel.fi/comtac.htm

Hard to tell. They looked like Comtac but Peltor has a lot of similar models..Trapper, Sound trap, Sport trap. The ones we used for sure weren't shielded. They could have also been old model or something (didn't look very new but then again nothing looks after it's been used a few years by conscripts). We didn't use microphones with them.

[Geezah]

I just purchased a set of these to try them out, they look to be quite impressive and the price is not bad at all, $14.94 shipped.

EP3 Sonic Defenders

Just giving those that may need allot more hearing protection than myself a heads up.

[USMC29]

How do they preform?

[ZeroZ]

intresting, and if they work like they said it could be pretty useful, but there was something strange, it reduces ALL sound, even voices. idk if it works out it could save a lot of eardrums and vicariously, lives.

[Straker]

Look interesting, kind of like a better replacement for the foamies that I find myself wearing all the time now (Can't exactly get away with wearing peltors for my day job, would make me look a bit strange ) bet they don't ship direct to the UK. However, have you found them cutting out all frequencies a bit annoying, especially speech?

Secondly, aren't they just small enough to loose all the time?

[XIE]

I love them both at the range and in field environment where a contact is a foregone conclusion.....

Better noise reduction than foamies yet better ability to hear ambient noise(ie, hold a conversation without shouting).

[Geezah]

Look interesting, kind of like a better replacement for the foamies that I find myself wearing all the time now (Can't exactly get away with wearing peltors for my day job, would make me look a bit strange ) bet they don't ship direct to the UK. However, have you found them cutting out all frequencies a bit annoying, especially speech?

Secondly, aren't they just small enough to loose all the time?

Mine haven't turned up yet but I'm sure they must work.

Also, they sell them in the UK, found this
Link

[XIE]

Straker, these dont cut our frequencies. Have a look at the info on them and see how they work, rather simple thing.

[Straker]

Straker, these dont cut our frequencies. Have a look at the info on them and see how they work, rather simple thing.

Understood, that was kind of my point, I just didn't express myself very clearly. I was wondering whether they cut out normal speech to a level that is
annoying in normal conversation.

Geezah thanks for the link, although I'm not loving the price mark up . Might consider them although I'm pretty sure I'll end up losing an earpiece for £10 a go .

[Geezah]

I just remembered this thread and thought I would respond. I wore them down to Knob Creek pretty much the whole day, I even wore them on the journey home as my brother thought it would be ok to play Pat Benatar as loud as possible.
They seem to cut out the sharp noises and I was abit apprehensive about using them with my .308, but they work just fine.
Anyway, I've found that they perform quite well outside, and I've even been able to hold a conversation on my cell phone with them in. I've been told that they don't work that great inside but I doubt I'll be using them inside anytime soon. For the money and preserving your hearing abit longer, they are well worth the money.

[XIE]

I recently used them on a exercise that utilised battlefield sound simulators (ie, C4 charges replicating artillery) and they were more than satisfactory at coping with the sound developed by them at ranges of +/- 50m.

EP-3s would be recommended by me to all.

[Mr.Vegas]

Hey Guys. I cant deide on what earmuffs to get. I'm looking at either the Peltor Sound Trap Slim Line, or just regular foam plugs like I usually use. Any advice? Oh and I will be using these on the range only. Thanks.

[22.5degrees]

The soundtraps are nice. The only down side I see to using muffs9I run the Sordin supreme pro's) is the heat and sweat buildup when worn for extended periods in hot weather. Other than that, I can't complain. Oh, they require batteries where plugs don't. You also can't hear as well with just plugs.

I'd say this is a comfort issue. If you're on an outdoor range the plugs will be fine. Indoor, I'd run both plugs and muffs.

22.5

[Mr.Vegas]

Thanks 22.5 that helped a lot.

[James]

Hey Guys. I cant deide on what earmuffs to get. I'm looking at either the Peltor Sound Trap Slim Line, or just regular foam plugs like I usually use. Any advice? Oh and I will be using these on the range only. Thanks.

Start by calling them "Hearing Protection" or "Earpro". Earmuffs are fuzzy and pink.