Hearing Protection

[fred]

Never used it anywhere near enough when I was younger and now find my hearing to be fecked.

One of my new years resolutions is to sort this out and get some protection that isnt going to sit in the van. Problem I have with the normal ear muffs is they get hot and sweaty and you lose situational awareness around you. I have used plugs which are a better but trying to put them in with dirty hands isnt the best and still have the problem of situational awareness.

Was having a chat to a shooting buddy in anticipation of boxing day and mentioned my fecked hearing, he said he uses 3M plugs that allow you to hear normally while giving max protection. I tried them and have to say its the best of both worlds. I'd get used to just leaving them in all day so when the racket starts when you happen to walk past you are protected.

Now the bad bit, they are expensive at nearly £400 but once you have have got the dreading ringing in the ears trust me you would pay £40000 to make it stop. So they are on my Christmas list this year.

3M™ PELTOR™ Level Dependent Earplug, LEP-200 EU

www.3m.co.uk

 

[Smiffy]

Never used it anywhere near enough when I was younger and now find my hearing to be fecked.

One of my new years resolutions is to sort this out and get some protection that isnt going to sit in the van. Problem I have with the normal ear muffs is they get hot and sweaty and you lose situational awareness around you. I have used plugs which are a better but trying to put them in with dirty hands isnt the best and still have the problem of situational awareness.

Was having a chat to a shooting buddy in anticipation of boxing day and mentioned my fecked hearing, he said he uses 3M plugs that allow you to hear normally while giving max protection. I tried them and have to say its the best of both worlds. I'd get used to just leaving them in all day so when the racket starts when you happen to walk past you are protected.

Now the bad bit, they are expensive at nearly £400 but once you have have got the dreading ringing in the ears trust me you would pay £40000 to make it stop. So they are on my Christmas list this year.

3M™ PELTOR™ Level Dependent Earplug, LEP-200 EU

www.3m.co.uk

They can be had slightly cheaper than that
There are various franchises that do them moulded to your ear with 5 or 6 different filter options
This link is only for the most basic filter can't work out how to link to the electronic filter

Silicone Custom Ear Plugs For The Aggregate Industry | NoiseBreakers

Our reusable silicone ear plugs provide hearing protection for the aggregate industry. NoiseBreakers fit perfectly so won't move under strenuous activity.

www.noisebreaker.com

 

[Komatsu]

They can be had slightly cheaper than that
There are various franchises that do them moulded to your ear with 5 or 6 different filter options
This link is only for the most basic filter can't work out how to link to the electronic filter

Silicone Custom Ear Plugs For The Aggregate Industry | NoiseBreakers

Our reusable silicone ear plugs provide hearing protection for the aggregate industry. NoiseBreakers fit perfectly so won't move under strenuous activity.

www.noisebreaker.com

Yeh I’ve got something like this for shooting, they inject silicone or something similar into your ear, let it set them take it out. That process takes about 5/10 minutes if I remember, then you get them sent out to you after about a week, really pleased with them and had them over 10 years. They were about £60.

 

[sjs5060]

Never used it anywhere near enough when I was younger and now find my hearing to be fecked.

One of my new years resolutions is to sort this out and get some protection that isnt going to sit in the van. Problem I have with the normal ear muffs is they get hot and sweaty and you lose situational awareness around you. I have used plugs which are a better but trying to put them in with dirty hands isnt the best and still have the problem of situational awareness.

Was having a chat to a shooting buddy in anticipation of boxing day and mentioned my fecked hearing, he said he uses 3M plugs that allow you to hear normally while giving max protection. I tried them and have to say its the best of both worlds. I'd get used to just leaving them in all day so when the racket starts when you happen to walk past you are protected.

Now the bad bit, they are expensive at nearly £400 but once you have have got the dreading ringing in the ears trust me you would pay £40000 to make it stop. So they are on my Christmas list this year.

3M™ PELTOR™ Level Dependent Earplug, LEP-200 EU

www.3m.co.uk

I'm in the same boat as you mate, as good as deaf in one ear and permanent tinitus. I now have ear defenders in every machine, if I spend anything more than a couple of minutes on a digger without them on the ringing in my ears is horrible. Your right they can be a bit irritating but you get used to them, I honestly believe I'd have lost my hearing by now if I hadn't started wearing them.

I also put a plug in my bad ear almost permanently at work as certain frequencies flare my tinitus up even tho I've very little actual hearing in it, find the Quies coloured earplugs good and can't really tell you've got them in most of the time.

 

[V8Druid]

40+ years of angle grinders and general work noise has buggered mine .... constant whistle, which I ignore in all but the quietest environments ... think it's a bit too late for me

Pam dragged me to an audiologist a few years ago to have me hearing tested ... fine apart from one particular range - you guessed it grinder frequency - had to ask the audiologist to come out and explain to Pam it was fine all bar the grinder/Pam frequency ... her advice was .. get my attention first, before starting a sentence/conversation ... I might hear more then ... emphasis on MIGHT !!

 

[Russell]

You can get electric ear defenders/ear muffs. They block out the noise but the electric bit records and plays the sound to your ear at a lower level so you still know what's going on around you. I think they are called 3m peltor or something like that. Mine were £150 from the local gun shop

 

[V8Druid]

Yeh I’ve got something like this for shooting, they inject silicone or something similar into your ear, let it set them take it out. That process takes about 5/10 minutes if I remember, then you get them sent out to you after about a week, really pleased with them and had them over 10 years. They were about £60.

presumably that is just an ear plug though Ollie ... and blocks all noise ??

 

[Smiffy]

presumably that is just an ear plug though Ollie ... and blocks all noise ??

You have the option of different inserts
First is solid like a normal ear plug
Second is reactive this is open until a load noise that closes a little valve only really good for gunshots
Third is noise cancelling electronic trickery stuff
Forth is as above but with the ability to connect MP3 player

The price varies alot depending on the filter

 

[tinydigger]

I am used to wearing ear defenders as they where standard ppe in my first job so don't really notice them at all. My personal choice if I could find them would be a pair of the Scandinavian style ones that you see them wearing in videos the blue tooth ones so I can connect them to my phone and also play music though them as well as answer my phone

 

[Komatsu]

Think these are what you are thinking of Tiny, but there not the cheapest.

3M™ PELTOR™ WS™ ALERT™ XPI Headset

www.3m.co.uk

3M Peltor Alert WS XP Bluetooth Headset

High attenuation ear defender headset with boom microphone Wireless calls and A2DP streaming with stereo Bluetooth Built in FM radio with super fast tuning Active listening - Sound level limiter and dosimeter Ghost voice guided interface Memory preset Bluetooth pairing Headband

www.onedirect.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

Think these are what you are thinking of Tiny, but there not the cheapest.

3M™ PELTOR™ WS™ ALERT™ XPI Headset

www.3m.co.uk

3M Peltor Alert WS XP Bluetooth Headset

High attenuation ear defender headset with boom microphone Wireless calls and A2DP streaming with stereo Bluetooth Built in FM radio with super fast tuning Active listening - Sound level limiter and dosimeter Ghost voice guided interface Memory preset Bluetooth pairing Headband

www.onedirect.co.uk

can say that again ...... but if you wear them day in, day out !!

 

[tinydigger]

Think these are what you are thinking of Tiny, but there not the cheapest.

3M™ PELTOR™ WS™ ALERT™ XPI Headset

www.3m.co.uk

3M Peltor Alert WS XP Bluetooth Headset

High attenuation ear defender headset with boom microphone Wireless calls and A2DP streaming with stereo Bluetooth Built in FM radio with super fast tuning Active listening - Sound level limiter and dosimeter Ghost voice guided interface Memory preset Bluetooth pairing Headband

www.onedirect.co.uk

yeah It was the kind of thing I was thinking of but didn't think they would be that much I might have to have a rethink about that

 

[V8Druid]

Think these are what you are thinking of Tiny, but there not the cheapest.

3M™ PELTOR™ WS™ ALERT™ XPI Headset

www.3m.co.uk

3M Peltor Alert WS XP Bluetooth Headset

High attenuation ear defender headset with boom microphone Wireless calls and A2DP streaming with stereo Bluetooth Built in FM radio with super fast tuning Active listening - Sound level limiter and dosimeter Ghost voice guided interface Memory preset Bluetooth pairing Headband

www.onedirect.co.uk

presumably they can be paired up to other headsets and used to communicate with? ... like a groundworker/banksman?

 

[Komatsu]

presumably they can be paired up to other headsets and used to communicate with? ... like a groundworker/banksman?

I believe so Gra, when you look into them, there’s quite a big range of them to chose from depending on what your situation is. Was doing a rail job the other month and they had some really fancy one where the machine controller could talk to us individually or all of us.

 

[Smiffy]

MSA do a set of those too
They are reasonably common with the tree gangs
The MSA ones have a Walkie talkie connection

 

[Matt]

3M Peltors are a good set of over ear defenders that aren’t too pricey they also do a replaceable cup adapter that fits in for Bluetooth /wireless communications..

3M PELTOR X Series Wireless Communication Accessory

This 3M PELTOR wireless communication accessory is ideal for protecting your hearing without sacrificing communication. This instantly turns your X series earmuffs into a Bluetooth wireless communication device with 8 hours talk/streaming time. Compatible with all X series earmuffs. Please...

www.craigmoreonline.co.uk

 

[Quattromike]

WHAAAT?

 

[tinydigger]

will have to look in to it again and maybe just go for ear defenders when I need them and as I wont use them a hell of a lot at the moment and normally work alone so if the radio is a bit loud no one else can moan at me.

 

[doobin]

f**k all that overpriced crap. Use your brains lads- put it together from off the shelf bits.

https://www.honeywellsafety.com/Pro...ion/Sync_Stereo_Earmuff_-_EMEAI.aspx?site=/uk

Comfortable ear defenders with buitl in speakers and a 3.5mm input port

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Bluetooth receiver with decent (all day and then some) battery life.

Stick them together with a bit of sealant/adhesive (Stixall is perfect) and use a short aux lead to connect. Make sure you get the buttons the way round that you want them- up and down for volume and side to side for skip tracks is my prefered way.

You can use a smaller dongle, but you might not get all day battery life, although it's then just plug and play. Also works best as a microphone with the dongle straight into the input port- it's nearer your mouth. Horses for courses.

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[V8Druid]

f**k all that overpriced crap. Use your brains lads- put it together from off the shelf bits.

https://www.honeywellsafety.com/Pro...ion/Sync_Stereo_Earmuff_-_EMEAI.aspx?site=/uk

Comfortable ear defenders with buitl in speakers and a 3.5mm input port

Mpow Wireless Bluetooth Receiver Audio Adapter Car AUX With 2 Mic For Speaker | eBay

<li> Mpow Bluetooth 4.1 Receiver with 2 Built-in Micphones for 15 Hours Hands-Free Talking, Bluetooth Aux Adapter with Quick Charging and Physical Switch, Portable Car Kits with Sleep Mode for Power Saving</li> <li> </li> <li>TWO MICS FOR CLEAR HANDS-FREE TALKING & NAVIGATION INSTRUCTION:</li>...

www.ebay.co.uk

Bluetooth receiver with decent (all day and then some) battery life.

Stick them together with a bit of sealant/adhesive (Stixall is perfect) and use a short aux lead to connect. Make sure you get the buttons the way round that you want them- up and down for volume and side to side for skip tracks is my prefered way.

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You can use a smaller dongle, but you might not get all day battery life, although it's then just plug and play. Also works best as a microphone with the dongle straight into the input port- it's nearer your mouth. Horses for courses.

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