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woodlandfarms · 07-29-2008, 01:38 PM

Just my opinion on this stuff. For the birthday the wife bought me these Peltors. I had been wanting to listen to music and these were very "gadgety" with the ability to hear certain noises and cancel others out.

Amazon.com: Peltor Alert AM/FM Radio Headset #M2RX7A: Home Improvement

So, they had 3 major problems and got returned. The first is that the radio goes in and out of tune. The manual tuner is a bad idea. The second is that the Ipod connector is not a common connector, and is a $25 add on item. I did not even bother with that. And finally, the noise cancelling may work in a factory environment but not on a tractor. What it is is that you have two microphones and they pick up the noise around you, and you allow how much of it in. I think it is Decibel related, so one the noise gets particularly loud it is cut off. What is weird is that it is amplifying the noise so it can power the internal speakers. Also, there is a very, very subtle delay and for me it was too much.

So, I ended up with these at half the price.

Amazon.com: Peltor WorkTunes AM/FM Hearing Protector with Digital Tuning #90541: Home Improvement

They are new. They are just basically earmuffs with an ipod input and a digital radio tuner. The radio tuner is still mediocre, but at least it stays on frequency. The Ipod input is fine, but the ipod powers the speakers so it drains your Ipod power a bit quicker. Also, it does not get that loud, although I never could not hear the music, sometimes I like to crank it up a bit (I know, defeats the whole purpose but music is part of my business so whatever). The final beef is what I was reluctant about in the first place. There is no place for your ipod. So I have clipped mine to the headset. I need to find a very short mini pin cable as this one is all balled up but it works.. kinda....

So there you have it. Frankly it is really depressing. With all this audio technology (noise cancelling, digital inputs, blah blah blah) it blows my mind that someone is not taking advantage of this technology in creating a new standard for hearing safety.

Oh Also, Peltor and AO Safety are the same company. They are owned by Aearo...

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07-29-2008, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
woodlandfarms Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles / SW Washington Posts: 2,059	Peltor Ipod Earmuff Review Just my opinion on this stuff. For the birthday the wife bought me these Peltors. I had been wanting to listen to music and these were very "gadgety" with the ability to hear certain noises and cancel others out. Amazon.com: Peltor Alert AM/FM Radio Headset #M2RX7A: Home Improvement So, they had 3 major problems and got returned. The first is that the radio goes in and out of tune. The manual tuner is a bad idea. The second is that the Ipod connector is not a common connector, and is a $25 add on item. I did not even bother with that. And finally, the noise cancelling may work in a factory environment but not on a tractor. What it is is that you have two microphones and they pick up the noise around you, and you allow how much of it in. I think it is Decibel related, so one the noise gets particularly loud it is cut off. What is weird is that it is amplifying the noise so it can power the internal speakers. Also, there is a very, very subtle delay and for me it was too much. So, I ended up with these at half the price. Amazon.com: Peltor WorkTunes AM/FM Hearing Protector with Digital Tuning #90541: Home Improvement They are new. They are just basically earmuffs with an ipod input and a digital radio tuner. The radio tuner is still mediocre, but at least it stays on frequency. The Ipod input is fine, but the ipod powers the speakers so it drains your Ipod power a bit quicker. Also, it does not get that loud, although I never could not hear the music, sometimes I like to crank it up a bit (I know, defeats the whole purpose but music is part of my business so whatever). The final beef is what I was reluctant about in the first place. There is no place for your ipod. So I have clipped mine to the headset. I need to find a very short mini pin cable as this one is all balled up but it works.. kinda.... So there you have it. Frankly it is really depressing. With all this audio technology (noise cancelling, digital inputs, blah blah blah) it blows my mind that someone is not taking advantage of this technology in creating a new standard for hearing safety. Oh Also, Peltor and AO Safety are the same company. They are owned by Aearo... Aearo Corporation - Safety products for hearing, eye, face, head and fall protection __________________ Power-Trac 1850, grapple, hoe, 90" mower, 72" box blade