What hearing protection do you use and why?

[srstactical]

We are a specialist supplier in hearing protection headsets (mainly MSA Sordin and Peltor) and would be really interested to know from all of you what hearing protection you use (make/model) and why.

Thanks all,

Steve

[pusangani]

for airsoft? none

[pugs144]

Originally Posted by srstactical

We are a specialist supplier in hearing protection headsets (mainly MSA Sordin and Peltor) and would be really interested to know from all of you what hearing protection you use (make/model) and why.

Thanks all,

Steve

Hi Steve, welcome. Do you guys have a website?

[Styrak]

None for airsoft, no point.
For real steel, foam earplugs.

[Frozen Tex]

Does anyone use ear protection for airsoft? Anyone? I'm not talking about replica Peltors/Comtacs, etc... I mean, someone who thinks "man, this stuff is really loud and I'm going to damage my hearing" while shooting airsoft?

[Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw]

Yeah, for airsoft the sound levels are nowhere near enough to cause hearing damage. You may see someone using headsets with a boom mic but heairng protection is hardly the reason they wear them.

But there might be a couple others who may be interested in your products here as there are a bunch of real steel shooters on this board. Have you tried www.canadiangunnutz.com yet?

[Con Murder]

I use hearos when I am around live rock... but I use my boonie during airsoft.

[ex]

Originally Posted by pugs144

Hi Steve, welcome. Do you guys have a website?

+1..Some of us like the real stuff too.

[coach]

Originally Posted by Frozen Tex

Does anyone use ear protection for airsoft?

I know two people who wished they had some when I popped a highly charged 40mm nade (read high as in 800-900psi) at opfor and their head just happened to come too close.

only one of the two times was a kill though. lol

[srstactical]

Yes we do - www.srstactical.ca.

Some really interesting commets here; thanks guys!

Steve

[srstactical]

I have supplied MSA Sordin ear muffs to guys who do Airsoft with an RSM (remote speaker mic) that connects to their two way radios. You can connect the audio from the RSM directly into the headset. Is this taking Airsoft to the extreme? I haven't tried Airsoft yet so I just don't know.

[coach]

Originally Posted by srstactical

I have supplied MSA Sordin ear muffs to guys who do Airsoft with an RSM (remote speaker mic) that connects to their two way radios. You can connect the audio from the RSM directly into the headset. Is this taking Airsoft to the extreme? I haven't tried Airsoft yet so I just don't know.

it's not unheard of. a few of us were discussing it while dreaming up an ultimate helmet with multiple built in two way radios, NVG, cameras and other goodies.

my only issue of using ear muffs is that you lose a lot of the ambient sounds that you require on the field to distinguish where opfor is. since airsoft guns are relatively quiet across the field, you have to listen for the rounds hitting around you.

[Conker]

In short, I don't know many airsoft players using hearing protection, however there are a bunch who uses real steel communication systems.