Anyone ever use walkers game ear buds or anything similar for hunting? Looking at getting something to use. Good or bad ???
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Anyone ever use walkers game ear buds or anything similar for hunting? Looking at getting something to use. Good or bad ???
Do hearing aids count?
I've used a couple different walker units. My main issue is there is basically a constant white noise going on with them. Same with any cheap amplification equipment. Its tolerable for short times but gets old after a while. My hearing aids (which I finally got) don't have that and are much better for hunting. Its shocking how loud I sounded stalking through the bush when I first got them.
Sound direction can also be an issue with the cheaper units. I'm sure there are some high end units out there that avoid this, but I haven't tried them.
I have the starkey hearing aids but they dont have the shot suppression.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
Does your hearing aids have shot suppression ??Quote:
Originally Posted by FishHog
My brother loves his ear muffs . He lost a hearing aid one year (very expensive) and a pair of muffs is only about 75 bucks. He did say they can make a squirrel sound like a big buck crashing through the brush.
I use 3M Peltor EEP 100 for hunting and also for clay target shooting in the summer when hot weather makes a full headset uncomfortable. Decent quality, good battery life and reasonable sound suppression. I also like them because they come in a case that also doubles as a charger.
https://www.3mcanada.ca/3M/en_CA/p/d/v100765196/
I use one of the walker muffs, I use them for trap and for turkey hunting. Only issue I have is that there is a busy road half a mile away and I get a lot of traffic noise. I don't hear any white noise but then again I'm half deaf so maybe I just can't hear it.
I purchased the ISO tunes Sport Advance set this year and they are the best I have used. No white noise and they cancel the shot noise very well. As a bonus they won't break the bank either. TC
Yes they do but it’s not a common feature so you need to make sureQuote:
Originally Posted by Lum 24
Yeah my 6000$ starkey don’t have that. I guess I need to find something to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by FishHog
I use a set of Walker muffs for shooting at the club and I found they REALLY amplify things….so much that I figured they may come in useful for hunting too
Since I've had hearing loss hunting turkeys was getting difficult for me as I couldn't tell which direction the gobbling was coming from.
So I started using my walkers Razr XTR ear muffs and they work great I now can pin point the direction the gobbling is coming from work the bird in, people have complained about the background noise when the volume is turned but I find mine are good
Bought the Isotunes sport and so far so good.