It’s been several years now that Surefire has been marketing the Sonic Defenders and they really seem to have caught on.  Everyone knows what it’s like to go to a firing range and come home with sore ears, the top of the baseball cap you wore dug into your head from the ear muffs you were wearing, the foam earplugs made you sweat and are now becoming q-tips and you happily have to toss them in the trash because it’s grossing you out.   Ear muffs tend to give you higher decibel reduction but are not always the most comfortable to wear.  Eyewear also throws you into discomfort and companies like Smith Optics have a line of eyeshields with metal frames that make wearing helmets or ear muffs more comfortable.

There are also a wide range of Peltor hearing protection and different price levels.  Sometimes different colors help keep you from losing your gear so always think about that if you have the option to not have to always use black, some of the green colors work well.   There are always more expensive options from Peltor which is pretty much what our Military is using that can cut out certain levels of noise but also have adjustability in what you want to hear so you can talk while gun fire get’s limited in sound.   I highly recommend the Earpro Sonic Defenders as an inexpensive option but make sure you get the correct size or packaging.