Ear Muffs / Hearing Protection while mowing?

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Is this a good idea? I think it's time I wear this while mowing for hours at a time. Ebay? Can anyone suggest a basic value priced ear protection headphones?
 
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Peltor 3MTek have a wire frame and are comfortable- I use them all the time mowing cutting wood, or ear plugs when its really hot.
 
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I started wearing hearing protection while using a 5hp push mower 26 years ago. I found I was less fatigued after the job. Today, even on the tractor bush hogging, I'll wear ear plugs.
 
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I buy a few pairs of the better earmuffs at Harbor freight so I can throw them on anyone running my chipper or woodsplitter or weedwhackers, leaf blowers chainsaws..... and the list goes on
 
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While it is a good idea for hearing protection, I don't wear anything which is probably why I am nearly deaf. I don't usually mow for "hours" maybe 2 at the most and my JD mower is pretty quiet. If I were at it 8-10 hours per day, I would surely break out my shooting ear muffs. Anyone ever do a decibel measurement of their equipment. I know I don't need anything in my cab tractor but would be curious if any actual measurement has been done for different tractors doing different chores.
 
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Worktunes headphones are great, they have a digital tuner AM/FM with a aux plug for MP3 input.

I think I got mine at Lowes.
 
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Worktunes headphones are great, they have a digital tuner AM/FM with a aux plug for MP3 input.

I think I got mine at Lowes.
If you are like most folks that use ear buds and headphone, they put the music up louder than what they would be hearing without any hearing protection. Folks that pour on the loud music 12+ hours per day without giving their ears a rest are destined for hearing problems later in life (some of them sooner due to the 100 Db blasting tunes they run about with all day long. I have 80% hearing loss in both my ears and if I can hear the music from a persons ear buds or head phone while setting across an isle from them then it is definitely tooo loud.
 
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I wish I had worn something all those years growing up on the farm. Now I don't start a mower, saw or trimmer without my shooting muffs on. Haven't used them on the tractor yet but it's fairly quiet and don't think I've run it more than 20min at a time so far.
 
 
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