FOG Hearing Protection

[jtwood]

I voted yes, and if I had to pick just one size, I'd probably take the smaller of the two, due to recent surgery on one ear reducing the ear canal size.  Hopefully you can offer both sizes separately, and a package of both together.

Great idea, thanks for your effort so far.

Steve

 

[Tim Morris]

Peter,

I've worn the roll and stuff ear plugs for twenty years but that's the coolest improvement I have seen on that system in years. I'm in on both decibel levels. Possibly multiples if the price is right.

TIM

 

[semenza]

I see on the website that a storage pouch is available, that might be nice too. Keep them clean and in good shape if in a tool box etc.

Seth

 

[PaulMarcel]

Thanks for the compliments, Peter   haha, 'rockstar'... midnight Friday night and I'm posting caliper measurements on FOG with no groupies around...

-26 (orange in video): 0.49" (12.5mm) diameter plastic tube covered in soft replaceable foam that is about 0.62" (15.86mm) uncompressed
-31 (lime-green in video): 0.5" (12.8mm) diameter plastic tube covered in soft replaceable foam that is about 0.64" (16.2mm) uncompressed

hardly a difference in diameter, but you feel a bit of a difference.  To me they are both comfortable although you do feel the balance is different with the -31s

 

[mouppe]

I see on the website that a storage pouch is available, that might be nice too. Keep them clean and in good shape if in a tool box etc.

Seth

I find the case pointless. It is open-ended so they get dusty inside anyway. Much better to find an old sunglasses case and stick them in there.

 

[Sparktrician]

I see on the website that a storage pouch is available, that might be nice too. Keep them clean and in good shape if in a tool box etc.

Seth

I find the case pointless. It is open-ended so they get dusty inside anyway. Much better to find an old sunglasses case and stick them in there.

This seems like a perfectly good excuse for a Mini-FOG-tainer... 

[big grin]

 

[nickao]

I like Peters design and all, but I have used these and I don't like them. They are not near as good as any of my electronic muffs(even the cheaper one close in price) and I even like my non electronic 20.00 Howard Leights better.

I guess different strokes for different folks. I am figuring if I don't like them some here may not as well. If you are going for hearing protection looks really does not mean much.

I have tested these side by side with quite a few of my hearing protection and in my opinion they are not even close to any electronic muff I have used in differentiating voices. And for full block(which these are not) I prefer my regular old Peltor 31db by a big margin.

Just one guys opinion that has used these and would not buy them again.

 

[peter halle]

Just mentioning that the pole here closes on the 27th.  I am just trying to determine possible numbers to see if it is feasible.

I appreciate all the comments - both pro and con - that members have posted here.  All comments are welcome.

Peter

 

[John Stevens]

I also own a pair and like them and I'd buy a pair if I didn't already own one.  I prefer them for lighter-duty use, or short-term use, but for louder stuff, or if I'm going to be running the machines for a long time, I strongly prefer the earmuff-style protectors.

Regards,

John

 

[bwiele]

I would buy one of each size.

 

[doc4som]

I would buy TWO of the  -31 dB  models

 

[woodie]

I would buy two of the -31's as well.

 

[jjehowski]

I would buy two reds and two greens

 

[johnnyinnb]

I would like a couple

 

[j123j]

Those look ridiculous  ;D

I just stopped the video at 6:38 picturing someone wearing those on a jobsite [laughing]

They look like a prop from Star Trek  ;D

I use Peltor ear protection with fm reciever.

 

[Corwin]

Those look ridiculous  ;D

I just stopped the video at 6:38 picturing someone wearing those on a jobsite [laughing]

They look like a prop from Star Trek  ;D

I use Peltor ear protection with fm reciever.

Sounds like you could use some eye protection too.   [eek] [blink] [wink]

 

[peter halle]

Festool sells eye protection - at least here in NA.

Regarding hearing protection - I suck at using it.  I can't stand muff types because they give me muff hair and make me sweat.  If I am wearing eye protection and muffs they leave grooves in the side of my head.  Although those grooves could be helpful for holding a pencil if I staple a piece of fabric there, I would prefer not to.  I don't care for the insertable foam plugs and also have a general hatred for anything stuffed into any of my body orifices.  OK.  Call me crazy.

Hearing protection is only worthwhile if you use it.  I was attracted to these because of what I saw and read about them and the fact that I thought that I might actually use them because I could leave them on.  I get made fun of for wearing Bjornklader pants on a jobsite. I make fun of the capri version of those.

To each their own and that is ok.  If you aren't interested in something like this, please at least wear some type of hearing protection.  Trust me, you will not regret wearing them unless you are walking into a blind alley and encounter a speeding Prius.

Peter

 

[j123j]

I agree, eye&ear protection is an important matter.

In my experience eye protection is trickyer because they're cheap the lense material is soft plastic that gets scratched very easily.
And when you need precision you dont want those damn scratched clouding your view.
I've actually tought about getting prespriction safety glasses made with a hard coating...
These days I only wear eye protection when im routing.

I actually wear my radio peltors even when im sanding...I find them so comfortable.

But on a more serious note, I might lose bladder control if I saw one of the old timers I work with using those ear protectors.

 

[Alan m]

does the chamber part have to be vertical or can you let them sit back on your shoulders

 

[PaulMarcel]

does the chamber part have to be vertical or can you let them sit back on your shoulders

That brings up a point I could have made... the chambers are excellent at attenuation with sounds coming in.  Sounds generated in the chambers are amplified.  So if you tap on the tubes, it's louder than you expect.  I don't find myself tapping on the tubes much so I didn't think to mention it.  If you wore them so the headband portion was sitting on your shoulders, you might make an amplified rubbing noise in the tubes.  Depends on how you wear them.

Best way to put them on is to have the headband behind your head, insert, rotate up 90º.  That'll seat them in your ear very well and makes it that you can look down or work facing down without the headband wanting to rotate further and get in your way.  It'll be obvious when you try it.

I can see why you'd want to wear them back on your shoulder; normal headsets I've worn in the shop constantly fall into your face when you look down; wearing them on your shoulder prevents that.  With these, they won't fall into your face.