and… actually that’s the wrong model that I linked. these are the ones:
https://www.decibullz.com/custom-molded-percussive-shooting-filters/
they’re the active protection, not the passive protection ones.
If you buy them and give them a workout let us know what you think. I’ve seen them before but never tried them. I lose plugs at such a rate I’m just not inclined to spend much experimenting with them.
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@WildRose adding it to my goals for this weekend 
I’ll let you know what I think.
I’ve got 'em, just need to do the molding thing so I can try them at the range on Saturday.
If they are like the one’s I tried many years ago that had a diaphragm and outer plug with a hole all the way through take special care to ensure the hole is clear all the way through when molding them.
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Well you made me go looking. This is what you can get into with the upper end of electronic hearing protection.
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Dang @WildRose there’s some pricey equipment in there!
@Zee I’d imagine the pricey equipment would follow the same saying as motorcycle helmets. Got a $25 brain get a $25 helmet. Got an expensive brain get a good helmet.
Once hearing is gone it does not come back.
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If I spent 5K on earplugs I’d have no brain because my wife would take a baseball bat to my head!
Sometimes ya gotta use that brain to keep it intact!
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Dawn had the walker Razors the fit and low profile are nice but noise reduction for me not good. I took them to the range the day I picked them up and my ears bothered me for about a hour. Got the Peltor 500 a little pricey but I feel my hearing is worth it. As soon as a shot goes of they cut out the sound. I would recommend highly recommend these that’s just me.
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The ones I just saw on Amazon weren’t terrible - less than $125 and has bluetooth…
And without bluetooth is less than $55
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With helmets, price is not indicative of quality anymore. (Folks can’t even agree on which certification is best!) That same may be true with ear protection. I still use the nearly free ear plugs which seem to offer superior ear protection to many muffs.
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Well there has only been one helmet that I know of that is modular and in Snell Certified so right now now of my helmets have been Snell Certified. Pretty sad that a 3/4 or 1/2 helmet can be Snell Certified but a modular helmet will not pass Snell Certification because of the chin test.
And if you look at the Hurt study and where the head takes the largest percentage of injury I will not wear a 3/4 helmet or a 1/2. And with my eye glasses I will not give up the flip/modular so that is my helmets are not Snell Certified.
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I have 3 sets of the range guard, pretty good protection.
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Personally I think in the ear protection is always going to be better than over the ear but as an instructor particularly you need to be able to hear so I go with good quality muffs.
There are some very good high end electronic earplugs but they are way out of my range.
When maximum protection is necessary you can always go with a combination of plugs and muffs.
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So I bit the bullet and bought a pair of Howard Leights. After a range day with guys using them and me using plugs I realized that if I’m going to go shooting with others more frequently then I should probably have them…
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My sons and their dad came into the range to shoot last weekend and one of my boys had really nice electronic ears. 
He went to the range a half-dozen times with co-workers in OH and decided it was worth the investment.
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I spend roughly six to eight hours a day teaching on the range and I have come to rely on the Peltor 500’s with the gel cups. I am a large man with a wide head and found that anything else was crushing the tragus of both my ears. I tried in ear, even had a nice pair of custom molded with baffles and they didn’t work.
Peltor 500 with gel cups for the win.
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Thanks for the recommendation, @BigJohn! Glad to have you here.
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These are from the USCCA store. https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/product/rangetraining-uscca-eye-and-electronic-ear-protection-rt10038/
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