Recommended Electronic ear muffs?

[Krogen]

I had that problem. Complained enough that they sent a new pair at no charge.

Wow! I've been pestering Sordin by email and started getting crickets. I may have to write a paper letter. I also found contact info for their new CEO. Good to have more arrows in the quiver.

 

[Raydee]

I have been using Pro Ears for a long time. Batteries last forever and the noise cancelling is great. They are a little bulky but for benchrest shooting they do the job.

 

[jpjulian]

Sordin Pro-X with Gel pads. Another world better than Walker's.

 

[dburkart]

The gel pads with the Sorbin’s make a huge difference!

 

[coldboreshot]

Sordin Supreme Pro X

 

[clowdis]

I haven't tried Sordin but I'm not impressed with Walkers. Not very durable at all. The noise cancelling lasted less than a year before the wires broke.

 

[Krogen]

Follow-up to my posts above. Sordin continues to be unresponsive about my warranty claim. This morning I found email addresses for their CEO and Site Manager. So I complained to them asking for a replacement battery compartment or new muffs. That will probably continue to result in crickets, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. I'm not holding my breath.

Anticipating the cricket serenade from Sordin, I contacted SRS Tactical. I talked with a very pleasant and helpful man named Patrick. SRS Tactical can service the muffs. They will also sell me a replacement battery compartment. From a career of electrical engineering, I know my way around circuit boards and soldering irons. So, for around $20 plus shipping, I'll have the replacement part. Unless I'm way off base, that should fix my headaches. It's worth a shot, and a lot cheaper than shipping the muffs to Sweden (if I even have that option).

If the new battery compartment doesn't do the trick, I'll just move forward and install a rechargeable coin cell battery and charger. That's not a technical problem, but it will take a fair amount of fiddling around. I think it would be great to have rechargeable Sordin muffs. I do like the muffs, it's just that they're unreliable as they are now.

 

[MarkTrew]

I bought mine at this company. Try this email address, they may be able to offer assistance

Sam at: info@ace-schakal.com

Best of luck.

MarkTrew

 

[Minshooter]

I've had MSA Sordin's for years. I don't know what the expectations are, but they provide inadequate noise abatement unless plugs are used in conjunction. Under cover, or shooting a lone, I use large bell muffs with plugs. I was having trouble with the battery compartments. Sent them to srstactical.com in FLA for repair. They repaired one set, and sent the other back as it didn't need repairs. The cables on both sets have cracked and exposed the wire. This causes squealing that is resolved by bending them into a position that stops the squeal, and taping. SRS suggested I buy a new set before repairing the cables, as it's expensive. Again, I haven't tried other electronic muffs, so don't know how good it should be.

Agree.
Thought I'd be getting something special with the Sordins. I did; less noise reduction than a $20 pair of almost any standard non-electronic muffs. For me, great sound, but close to worthless without foam plugs.
Walkers work well, until they don't (which was about 6 months, for me), plus their failure to use an automatic shutoff, combined with a switch that seems too easy to unintentionally turn on, has me very tired of replacing batteries. To Walkers great credit, they sent a prepaid return label, and replacement muffs.

 

[Shooter13]

I have a pair of Sordins that drive me nuts. There's a problem with the battery compartment contacts. Not to mention it's a wacky compartment design. Whoever designed the compartment is probably the same person who put SAAB's ignition key on the floor between the seats.

Every couple of times I turn them on, they don't work. I have to remove the batteries and put them back in to get the muffs to turn on. Sordin customer service in Sweden is a colossal PITA. They claim a 5 year warranty but won't accept the muffs back for repair. They push me to the US supplier. The US supplier says they can't fix them, talk to Sordin.

I like the muffs when they work, but I'd sure caution would-be purchasers of the risk should something fail. I'm about to design a small Li Ion battery and charger and substitute it for the battery compartment. Recharge the battery through a USB-C connector. But that will take some fiddling and time I don't want to spend right now.

I may order a set but after reading your review I'd get the 3 year warranty too!

 

[Shooter13]

Follow-up to my posts above. Sordin continues to be unresponsive about my warranty claim. This morning I found email addresses for their CEO and Site Manager. So I complained to them asking for a replacement battery compartment or new muffs. That will probably continue to result in crickets, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. I'm not holding my breath.

Anticipating the cricket serenade from Sordin, I contacted SRS Tactical. I talked with a very pleasant and helpful man named Patrick. SRS Tactical can service the muffs. They will also sell me a replacement battery compartment. From a career of electrical engineering, I know my way around circuit boards and soldering irons. So, for around $20 plus shipping, I'll have the replacement part. Unless I'm way off base, that should fix my headaches. It's worth a shot, and a lot cheaper than shipping the muffs to Sweden (if I even have that option).

If the new battery compartment doesn't do the trick, I'll just move forward and install a rechargeable coin cell battery and charger. That's not a technical problem, but it will take a fair amount of fiddling around. I think it would be great to have rechargeable Sordin muffs. I do like the muffs, it's just that they're unreliable as they are now.

Let me know about the battery compartment!! Sounds like a problem solver!

 

[slm9s]

+1 for Howard Leights for all the reasons already stated.

 

[Rat44]

Howard Leights with the Noise Fighters pads work for me .

 

[danny]

What about the Radians Vertex Nano electronic earplugs?

Danny

 

[ISS]

Go to Home Depot and check out the Ryobi's.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

I like my Howard Leghts...and If hadn't lost a pair last week, I would like them even more. New pair ordered.