Are there any safety concerns with this product? Should you wear hearing protection or anything?
1983633
It's not required really. But the first time I took it out to a field it blew up in my pouch with the pin still in so... It will blow up the whole pouch. So just be careful
1983634
They are loud but you shouldn't need hearing protection. The pins however do fall out easy. After placing pins in bend the ends so if u drop it they won't fall out. If one goes off it can hurt your hand. No flying debris but when the plastic breaks it can slice your hand. I use them in training and they take a min to two mins to go off and are loud but nothing that can hurt your ears .
1983635
No, it isn't that loud, however if you want to set it off in your home or in an indoor environment be careful, keep it at least 3 feet away from you and you should be fine. I have had one blow up right atmy feet about two feet away from me while crouching down during an airsoft match, I only got startled, my ears were not damaged. But just to be safe keep it at a distance.
1686667
I haven't had any issues with it. It's clear and loud enough for me. I'd assume with your hearing aids you wouldn't have an issue.
1698128
I wear ear plugs in addition to ear muffs at an indoor gun range and the noise is still very loud to me. The sounds of a screaming baby might be reduced somewhat, but not entirely. As info, the Howard Leight over the head ear protectors were very tight on my head and I could not wear them; however, my son wears them without issue.
1374246
I purchased ear protection when I received the blower, normally I wear apple ear buds and listen to music inside the ear protectors but not always, without the ear protection on it's hard to hear the music when the blower is running at full speed. I would recommend wearing some ear protection with this, while I have no empirical sound comparisons between the brands and models at various speeds it's obvious unprotected ears would suffer from long term noise exposure. It's a great product, starts easy and works great, it really saves time raking leaves and blowing off sidewalks and it actually makes that portion of cleaning up yards fun.
1822557
Mine is in a free-standing workshop and I do use earmuffs when it's running. It is not as loud as some but any of these systems might wake your kids two floors up.
2213991
Yes ma'am, I'm with guygo. I'd never leave this thang on at night. it does have one a them cut-off thangs on it but I'd never trust it overnight. Th best safety device is what's between my ears.
1400444
The set kind of mixes the music and the environmental noises (which is the reason for safety---you're aware of around you), with the obvious downside of lower isolation. If you turn up the volume too much, you'll feel the movement of the headphones on your temples and it can be disorienting, so I don't suggest it.
1287208
These earmuffs are great...full protection around the ear and very comfortable fitting. We use these only at the firing range. For the louder sounding guns I'd always use ear plugs, but there should be no problem with you hearing the instructor. Get these...with all of the reviews that I read...which were many these were by far the best!! You can always try them out and if they don't work, return them, but I'm certain you'd be pleased!! I hope this helps!
417790
The best safety feature this product has is the very weak power output. Since the output is well under the pain threshold of the average person, there is no need for any kind of safety. The noise might startle you, but there is no danger.
178749
It's a volume control. The safety feature is a separate cord that attaches to the end of the headphone cord before you plug it into an apperatus.
1854372
Ahh, a fellow sufferer. But I'm afraid that's the only consolation I can offer. Not only is it likely these earmuffs will NOT completely block all the noise, there is a distinct possibility that you will get headaches if you try to wear them overnight. I speak from experience. I have lived over twenty years in residential hotels, and the very worst thing about life in them is the noise from TV and music. Nevertheless, I presently wear these earmuffs, and the headaches have diminished with use. So there is genuine hope that you may eventually be able to sleep with them. I do so every night. And they are the closest to being soundproof of any earmuffs I have tried. They are better than Peltor's preceding iteration, the 3M Peltor H10A Optime 105. And they are better than Howard Leight's Bilsom 1010970 Thunder T3 NRR30. But there's no such thing as earmuffs that completely block out all sound. Unfortunately.
1237224
As long as you are not BLASTING something you'll be fine. There isn't much sound leakage but you hear outside noises a lot easier compared other sound proof headsets.
1130838
I would not think so, but I would not advise you to use this product. I feel it made my right ear go deaf.
1276360
I wear ear plugs when using. It's definitely loud, but saves me at least an hour when drying my car. You may irritate the neighbors, but you don't need it for that long when drying your car.
1372144
Hi Caleb, I have fired my shotgun with 00buck and slug shells wearing these as my ear protection and in my opinion they are safe. Hope this helps
729436
I would say no. They are bigger than normal hearing protection. You could use them undetected if you wear the ear-muff style hearing protectors. I don't know what other colors they come in. Mine are just like the picture.
1673883
I think it could reduce the noise a lot. The other morning I was sleeping wearing these ear plugs, and I guess someone just accidentally triggered the fire alarm in the building. Usually, one can hardly stand the extreme harsh sound if he stays in the room, but that day my first reaction was the alarm was not in my building.