Protect Your Ears

Mike,

Thanks for the review on the ZEM’s. I have tried a couple of inexpensive in the ear devices and they have not worked very well for me. I will have to give these a try.

Dalec

Looks like a great product. I just ordered a pair.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

Great review! I have a pair of the orange and absolutely love them. Great for working in the yard with the mower, blower and weeder also. You don’t even know you are wearing them for the most part.

I have these too… Love em. don’t overheat like the old earmuff kind, and I can still hear the radio at regular volume. Great at blocking out the louder and sudden noises, while letting me still have a conversation.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I just bought a PINK pair. I like the neutral grey, but they’re so small, I’d lose them in the shop and spend more time trying to locate them. I’ll let you know how they work when I get them.

The ear muff type gets clumsy with the safety goggle & dusk mask on at the same time and has anyone else accidentaly bumped into something with the earmuffs and got a loud earful of CLANK!? That hurts almost as bad as hitting your head against something hard.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

I love mine too. I wouldn’t use anything else. I even use them when I travel on a plane to cut out engine noise. I can’t imaginw being int he shop without it

-- making sawdust....

Thanks for posting this Mike. I have been hearing about these for years on Matt’s Basement Workshop Podcast and after reading your review I finally decided to get my own pair. Really shocking how well they work considering the price and simplicity

-- Check out my blog and podcast "The Renaissance Woodworker" at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog

I heard about them the first time from Matt too. The guys over at SensGaard saw my little review here at LJ and sent me a pair of their new model :). Gotta love a company like that. The new model is suppose to block out even move noise and still let you hear a conversation. I’ll give them a try and let everyone know how they work.

-- http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/

Conversation? I can always here myself when I have a conversation with myself . . .

I’ve tried them several times now and they work really well when I can get them situated just right. The are lightweight and not clumsy which is a big plus. I am having a problem keeping them on my head as my hair is so smooth, so I have to use them upside-down and they work well under the chin. When I’m not using them I just hang them around my neck and sometimes I forget they are there as they are so lightweight. The two parts do tend to slide apart and fall off, so I have yet to figure out the right angle to bend the metal sliders.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

I use them while mowing the lawn, running the weedwacker, and in the shop. Last winter, I used them while working near an especially noisy pellet stove for several hours. They’re quite comfortable.

The amazing thing is how loud the offensive noises sound when you take these off!