 Today we're going to talk about hearing protection and I have a number of pairs of ear pro here in front of me And we're gonna kind of check them out and I'll tell you what I have learned about them Some years ago at the Jacksonville shooting experience We purchased a lot of pro ears and they were well, they're the ones that I'm wearing right now and they were great They last year and a half two years sometimes three And then the wiring comes apart inside and we have to re solder it Of course when we solder it that voids the warranty the warranty isn't great like vortexes, but it's it's pretty good It's I think a year or two. They give us these are maybe $115 each this is kind of the newer version of the same thing I think around that same price point and Yeah, these are these are pretty good These are these stay in the running as we think about it as we needed more though We decided to try some other types and the most popular hearing protection we see at the range Especially among amateurs are the impact pro sport things These are just wildly popular and I'm not sure why I would say that the electronics in them are pretty good They're thinking of a pretty good score the comfort though is awful. There's this horrible design For how the the earpiece Rotates here is just horribly uncomfortable cheap plasticky Ear the part that touches your ear or around your ear just very uncomfortable horrible seal I have not been a big pro a big proponent of these until we got some gel seals Just got them on Amazon and these are the ones that pilots would use airline pilots to replace in their headsets and they don't fit perfectly but we glued them in and They now work much better because now we have a comfort good ear seal a comfortable one Now there's still the whole access point here There's just horrible in the wire that horrible design, but they are there are better if you add that to it They do now sell these either with that gel or with a replacement pair But frankly we've tried those and they're just not as good as if you spend the money and get the $15 $20 pilot Replacement ones and I'll put a link down below where you can get those on Amazon. So these are okay I heard you know we and so we try to walk her and we thought well these are inexpensive This is a walker razor and we thought we'll give it a try and see how it works out It is it's just become a joke with all the shooting instructors and I'll I'll say Hey, we are at the shooting range and it sounds like you got a hit at the 200. That's cool This pair Socks It just sucks like the don't get these you basically you can hear a mouse chit-chattering 200 yards away But if you're trying to speak with other people around you and have a gunshot sounds muffled just like this one Completely forget it. It is it is no good. So decided against this then we heard somebody say hey, we've heard Axel Axel has some good stuff. So we got this pair and I've had this cool design and Basically They're really similar. I'm looking at things like the headband. The headband is exactly the same It's just a private label top, you know that there are two little Chevrons here and and right at the top of the both of them the wire goes in So these are the same then I look at the sides the connections here Well, they've obviously copied the look of those two sides the audible the audio is Even worse than the walkers like just Horrific like just these two pairs if you see these Don't even don't even look any further throw those throw those away. Don't do that Next we'll talk about one that I actually started out with years ago when we first started the shooting experience I was working at the range a lot. I'm spending 12 to 14 hours a day Around gunshots and since hearing damage can be a cumulative thing I thought hey, why not get myself a nice thick pair since I'm not having to lay down behind a rifle I'm have this rubbing against the the stock and so I got this really thick pair. I still like this These are good. They lasted a long time They're a good option for a shooting instructor, especially if you are actually the shooter And you're trying to mount a shotgun or a rifle. Yeah, you're a little bit tougher great noise Protection though. So these these are definitely in the the possible keep pile. I Tried a another walker. This is the walker impact pro and It's a thicker as you can tell from the other walker Much thicker so we would expect to have better protection and sure enough there is better protection And these I would actually say that when I come to work. I will now either pick up one of our Pro ears or this one believe it or not, and it's only I think 79 80 bucks something like that and It's worked really well. It stops the noise fairly well You know, I don't think the electronics are quite as good as the impact sport definitely not as good as the Pro ears We've tried the msa sordons or bins or whatever and those are okay There's some copycats of those that are actually I think even a little bit better That's a pair that I'm trying right now. I'll do a review on those later That's kind of my rundown. So I guess I would say that for a hundred and fifteen bucks This is probably your best bet If you don't have quite that much to spend Get these get these walker impact pros if you can't afford that wait, just don't go electronic yet get a pair of Non-electronic earmuffs save your pennies and then go for this or save a little bit longer and get this or Save even longer, especially if you're a pistol shooter only or if you're an instructor and get the pro ears And again some people like the msa They do have a very good Electronic system in them that even their gel it just doesn't feel as good to me But they are a little bit lighter I'll put links down below for the different earmuffs that I've talked about especially the ones that I think you might want to go For and I'm sure appreciate it if you'd follow our links and purchase them if you're in the market If not, hopefully this helped look forward to seeing in the next video