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Howard Leight Impact Sport Earmuff

I have three pairs. Work well, especially combined with ear plugs ffor the big boomers. I had one problem about three years ago. One side quit working on one of my sets. I called them up and they sent me a new pair no questions asked. Told me to not even bother sending them back, just throw them away. You can't ask for better service than that!
Danny
 
I owned a pair immediately after a buddy let my try them during a range session. I had used cheaper versions that had terrible sound quality, a mic on one side only (surprisingly inconvenient!) and picked up interference randomly. Never had any problems with the Leight's, and would highly recommend them.
 
My Howard Light's work much better when several of the name brands that I have which cost three times the price.


RJ
 
I have 2 pair. they are low proifile and work well with my rifles; I like them. They have lasted 4 years and going. I know some folks who had some that died fairly fast, but mine have worked very well.

Jeffvn
 
I've got a set that I used for two years now. Love it!!!! What's really neat is you can hear the bullets fly through the air and impact the target. :)
 
I have a pair. The only thing I don't like about them is the fit. I also have various types of peltors and the peltors are a better fit. I think the vinyl covered foam donuts that fit over your ears are not quite as wide as I would like on the HLs. I wouldn't say that my lugs are particularly huge either
 
I'm with Lurcher on the fit. The Leights are a lot lower profile and work for me, though I don't like wearing them for long periods of time. Had mine for three years and no issues with the electronics. Best thing to do is beg borrow or steal a a pair and try shooting with them. I have one pair of Caldwells that bump in to the stock and are basically useless for shooting. Hog.
 
My experience has been not so good. They don't fit well. They don t seal my ear so significant ambient sound leaks in. The electronics are slow. Their website claims they cut the amplification in milliseconds. Well a gunshot sound is measured in milliseconds. The circuitry they use is analogue, and the best it can do is milliseconds. So, it leaks sound, then retains the amplification for the first few miliseseconds of the shot, then turns off. The first few milliseconds is when the shot is the loudest.

After these, I bought good digital hearing protection, and the difference was apparent. The ear seal was good. No ambient sound leaked in. The amplification cut off is microseconds, and is readily noticeable. It's roughly 1000x faster than an analogue circuit. The price was also significantly higher. In this case, I got what I paid for. I threw out the Howard Leights. I shoot a lot, so hearing protection is important to me.
 
Matt Pitchon said:
My experience has been not so good. They don't fit well. They don t seal my ear so significant ambient sound leaks in. The electronics are slow. Their website claims they cut the amplification in milliseconds. Well a gunshot sound is measured in milliseconds. The circuitry they use is analogue, and the best it can do is milliseconds. So, it leaks sound, then retains the amplification for the first few miliseseconds of the shot, then turns off. The first few milliseconds is when the shot is the loudest.

After these, I bought good digital hearing protection, and the difference was apparent. The ear seal was good. No ambient sound leaked in. The amplification cut off is microseconds, and is readily noticeable. It's roughly 1000x faster than an analogue circuit. The price was also significantly higher. In this case, I got what I paid for. I threw out the Howard Leights. I shoot a lot, so hearing protection is important to me.
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What brand and model of digital protection did you get?
Thanks,

Lloyd
 
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