Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

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Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by daveM » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:10 pm

Been looking for some electric earmuffs with an audio in. Anyone use anything like these, or these?

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/160677 ... 20db-black
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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by TheRemington700Club » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:25 am

Active noise cancelling can give problems, other than that they are gtg.

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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by daveM » Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:53 am

TheRemington700Club wrote:Active noise cancelling can give problems, other than that they are gtg.
I just ordered them, so should have it next week.

What kind of problems?
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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by Cameron Kaputa » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:13 am

Dave, I have two pair of Peltor earmuffs but a different model. Mine are the kind with the band behind the head. The first pair are over 10 years old and have malfunction in one ear were the wind makes a funny soft noise in that ear. But they still work! The newer pair look the same but are 3M-Peltor. The pair you bought should be good.
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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by TheRemington700Club » Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:10 pm

The problem I'm referring to has to do with a high-pitched squeal that is constant. I don't know if they are all that way but I returned two pairs that had this problem before landing on the Howard Leigh's, which also have the input.

I have played around quite a bit with noise counseling headphones and have noticed that some which provide active noise cancelling produce that sound, while others do not.

Perhaps that isn't a big issue for you, sometimes people can't even here that pitch of sound.

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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by daveM » Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:22 pm

TheRemington700Club wrote:The problem I'm referring to has to do with a high-pitched squeal that is constant. I don't know if they are all that way but I returned two pairs that had this problem before landing on the Howard Leigh's, which also have the input.

I have played around quite a bit with noise counseling headphones and have noticed that some which provide active noise cancelling produce that sound, while others do not.

Perhaps that isn't a big issue for you, sometimes people can't even here that pitch of sound.
I'm probably in that class of people since as a younger man I wrecked a LOT of my hearing, particularly at the higher registers. I'll keep that in mind though, I should have it by monday I think, then I'll start using them.
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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by daveM » Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:25 am

Spent some time at SRC with a member here using the earmuffs.

First bit of time with them on I had some molded ear plugs in as well. The mics fed me good, quality sounding audio while muffling the gun shots.

When I took out the plugs, I noticed a couple things.
First, no whining or whistling or crackling. That was good.

I found the depending on which way I turned my head when a gun was fired the noise cancelling effective would sometimes work, sometimes wouldn't.

If I was facing the source of the noise, the cancelling worked fine. If it was directly to my left or right it was fine. If it was at a 45 degree angle to me, the cancelling didn't work very well and my ears would get a mild ring going. I'm going to contact Peltor to find out if that is to be expected.
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Re: Any reviews on Peltor TacSpot earmuffs?

Post by wagunguy » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:39 am

I had a pair of Sport Impact muffs. They sucked. The amplification part was fine but you had to wear plugs under them. My cheapy Peltor muffs are much better.

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