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View Poll Results: What Type of Hearing Protection do YOU Prefer?
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Plugs
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30.95% |
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Both
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35.71% |
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 04-29-2010, 02:17 PM | #1 | When it's Necessary.... Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tornado "Just Blow Me" Alley, Oklahoma U.S.A. Posts: 8,424 |  What Type of Hearing Protection do YOU Prefer?
Personally I use both, mostly plugs, but it really depends on what caliber I am shooting and where I am shooting, inside or outside. Also if it is cold outside, I will definitely use my muffs.
Jack __________________
Jack
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| 04-29-2010, 02:28 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stafford, Virginia, The state of insanity. Posts: 14,049 |
If I am shooting 22 lr rifles seeing as mine all have 25" barrels on them. I just use plugs. Anything bigger or if I am shooting pistols at all it is plugs and muffs. This summer I am going into get a set of westone custom molded hunter model ear plugs that way I can here fine with them in and still get the sound of the shot blocked out. | |
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| 04-29-2010, 03:04 PM | #3 | Supporting Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: where rahmbo got his groove back, Illinois Posts: 547 |
i love my ability to hear....still enjoy playing some instruments and do not want any premature hearing loss.
for now i go with those peltor combat plugs -green side for indoor and yellow side for outdoor and then just about any pair of muffs over those will do.
i'd like to get those custom molded ones too but havent been able to locate the guy around here that does them, i heard he can be spotted at some local gun shows, just havent found him yet. __________________
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| 04-29-2010, 03:08 PM | #4 | Ground Zero Ocean Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florence, Oregon Posts: 8,463 |
I have a 50% hearing loss in both ears and I'm protecting what is left!! __________________ Molon Labe!
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| 04-29-2010, 04:03 PM | #5 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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I use plugs most of the time. When I go heavy, I'll add muffs.
I can recommend this brand of plugs with no hesitation. Ear Pro Sonic Defenders, I use the Sonic Defenders plus which has a cap to add extra protection. Model EP4-M (Medium, you won't need large!)
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| 04-29-2010, 04:08 PM | #6 | Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 56 |
Muffs for me. I feel my ears are the safest and most comfortable with them on. And, I hate putting stuff down into my ears. __________________
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| 04-29-2010, 04:25 PM | #7 | When it's Necessary.... Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tornado "Just Blow Me" Alley, Oklahoma U.S.A. Posts: 8,424 |
Cain, I have heard some good things about them Sonic Defenders and some of the guys I shoot with use them as well. I tried a pair and was impressed and they sure beat the hell out of them foam plugs. They are comfortable and inexpensive for a plug that can be reused, sanitized, and best of all, their adjustable for sound. 
Thanks, I have made my mind up and they are indeed my next purchase. 
Jack __________________
Jack
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"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter." - Hemingway
“The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about.” | |
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| 04-29-2010, 06:52 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sun, Sand, and Palm Trees, Fla. Posts: 1,961 |
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Muffs for me. I feel my ears are the safest and most comfortable with them on. And, I hate putting stuff down into my ears.
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Me too. Plugs just don't seem to fit right. __________________
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| 04-29-2010, 07:20 PM | #9 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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Originally Posted by IGETEVEN
Cain, I have heard some good things about them Sonic Defenders and some of the guys I shoot with use them as well. I tried a pair and was impressed and they sure beat the hell out of them foam plugs. They are comfortable and inexpensive for a plug that can be reused, sanitized, and best of all, their adjustable for sound.
Thanks, I have made my mind up and they are indeed my next purchase.
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You will love them! Shop around and you should find them for <$15 a pair.
Be sure they are the Surefire EarPro EP4 Sonic Defenders Plus Earplugs which have a higher db rating than the EP3s.
I get mine here, most gun related sellers double the price:
Surefire | EarPro EP4 Sonic Defenders Plus Earplugs | EP4-MPR__________________ .
.. Colt 11101110111..MEMBER: FAAM, NRA, GOA, DAV, USSV, SAE
Colt, everything else is stamp collecting! - cane
"Given ten days for a project, a good engineer spends nine days figuring out how to finish it in one day."
Resistance is not futile.
It's voltage divided by current (R=V/I).
"If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it on a large scale." | |
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| 04-29-2010, 07:38 PM | #10 | Supporting Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: where rahmbo got his groove back, Illinois Posts: 547 |
i like how they are red and white for left and right like the stereo rca plugs  __________________
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