Submitted by Terry Troll on Thu, 2008/05/15 - 6:56am.
Being the professional that I am the first thing I looked at on your earmuffs was the NRR or noise reduction rating. I don't know what you normally use them for but the amount of noise they eliminate is only moderate. A 25NRR means that the noise level would be reduced from, say for instance, 120 dB at a rock concert like ZZ Top, to 95dB. 95 is still too high for any period of time. I have in my Democratic fingers a $.15 (where is the cents sign on this dmn thing?) foam plug with a 35 NRR. If you shoot regularly, as I do, you really need foam under your muffs. Gunshots are 140dB for a .22 mag to 175dB for a .468. Waaay too high to put up with. Anything over 85 to 90 needs to be attenuated.
I am one of those people who worked in the Petro-chem construction business for many years before we learned about hearing protection. I have a 60% loss in the higher registers. Young fellow like you needs to take care of his hearing.
We used these earmuffs for the range, oh, about 20 years ago. May have purchased them 25-30 years ago. Don't have any idea if there was anything better at that time.
When the RAT-A-TAT-TAT-A-TAT... went on and on and on, I just went to what we had. I have tried some of the foam ear plugs for air travel. Maybe they weren't very good because they didn't seem to work very well. Did notice the workers used the foam ear plugs.
You know, after years of very loud rock music, many times right in front of the speaker, and when plinking outdoors with bare ears, I went to the ear, nose, and throat specialist and my hearing was just fine, ignoring the tinnitus of course. That was about 15 years ago, but haven't been to many very loud rock concerts or been shooting since then.
Can you get the foam earplugs you mention at the drug store or do you have to go to a gun shop?
Submitted by Terry Troll on Thu, 2008/05/15 - 12:22pm.
Lowes or Home Builders or most any good hardware, gun shop I use has them, any safety supply. When I said $.15 that is for bulk purchases, hardware may $.75 or so. Be sure you know how to put them in correctly. When you roll the foam plug up, reach over your head with your left arm, grasp the upper rear portion of your right ear and pull toward the crown of your head. Insert the plug and allow it to expand. This sounds almost as funny as it looks but it works. You get much better attenuation than just trying to stick the rolled up plug in.
Should be a picture on the package.
Y'all believe I get paid very well to teach people stuff like this? Is this a great country or what?
Spare Bedroom with a view...The commute's a bit longish but hey, you can't have everything.
Being the professional that I am the first thing I looked at on your earmuffs was the NRR or noise reduction rating. I don't know what you normally use them for but the amount of noise they eliminate is only moderate. A 25NRR means that the noise level would be reduced from, say for instance, 120 dB at a rock concert like ZZ Top, to 95dB. 95 is still too high for any period of time. I have in my Democratic fingers a $.15 (where is the cents sign on this dmn thing?) foam plug with a 35 NRR. If you shoot regularly, as I do, you really need foam under your muffs. Gunshots are 140dB for a .22 mag to 175dB for a .468. Waaay too high to put up with. Anything over 85 to 90 needs to be attenuated.
I am one of those people who worked in the Petro-chem construction business for many years before we learned about hearing protection. I have a 60% loss in the higher registers. Young fellow like you needs to take care of his hearing.
We used these earmuffs for the range, oh, about 20 years ago. May have purchased them 25-30 years ago. Don't have any idea if there was anything better at that time.
When the RAT-A-TAT-TAT-A-TAT... went on and on and on, I just went to what we had. I have tried some of the foam ear plugs for air travel. Maybe they weren't very good because they didn't seem to work very well. Did notice the workers used the foam ear plugs.
You know, after years of very loud rock music, many times right in front of the speaker, and when plinking outdoors with bare ears, I went to the ear, nose, and throat specialist and my hearing was just fine, ignoring the tinnitus of course. That was about 15 years ago, but haven't been to many very loud rock concerts or been shooting since then.
Can you get the foam earplugs you mention at the drug store or do you have to go to a gun shop?
Lowes or Home Builders or most any good hardware, gun shop I use has them, any safety supply. When I said $.15 that is for bulk purchases, hardware may $.75 or so. Be sure you know how to put them in correctly. When you roll the foam plug up, reach over your head with your left arm, grasp the upper rear portion of your right ear and pull toward the crown of your head. Insert the plug and allow it to expand. This sounds almost as funny as it looks but it works. You get much better attenuation than just trying to stick the rolled up plug in.
Should be a picture on the package.
Y'all believe I get paid very well to teach people stuff like this? Is this a great country or what?
Woohoo! Done with the jackhammer!
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