How will these work with a riding lawn mower? the loud low-frequency sounds are damaging. Would the plugs plus muffs makes this safe?
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I also use these or the Hearos brand when I fly commercially. I can still hear flight attendants talking, but these greatly reduce the aircraft engine noise, screaming babies, and loud-mouthed passengers.
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For riding lawnmower use, I use both plugs and over-ear headphone-style protection, but the plugs alone do a pretty good job.
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I use these for a snoring s/o, but most of the people I see on riding lawnmowers use the headphone style ones. These would probably do just fine, but you may be better off with a non-disposable pair that also does music or some other feature. After all, these generate a lot of waste (you have both the plastic bag and the ear plug to throw away) and they will cost you more in the long run than a pair of headphone style hearing protection. But the headphones are heavier and hotter. Just something to think about.
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These ear buds isolate outside sound extremely well, therefore you can listen at lower volumes and still hear all of your music. I even use mine like earplugs while mowing the lawn.
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I use these to run and when I run, I sweat. A lot! They stay in place, don't move around. Will they drown out your lawnmower? Probably. My concern when I run with them is that I cannot hear anything other than my music. This includes traffic, dogs, and an occasional--lawn mower! You should be ok. I hope this helps.
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I don't know about external sounds such as lawn mowers. I use it in a gym setting. They work great at the gym and it does block out other people's conversations. If someone starts to talk to me, I do remove the headset to hear them.
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Bought for son to use with riding mower. I personally put them on one time to use leaf blower and I couldn't hear a thing.
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I wear ear plugs in addition to ear muffs at an indoor gun range and the noise is still very loud to me. The sounds of a screaming baby might be reduced somewhat, but not entirely. As info, the Howard Leight over the head ear protectors were very tight on my head and I could not wear them; however, my son wears them without issue.
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susiewb,i haven't tried them with a lawnmower yet but overall they are a pretty good hphone for the money. i use them primarily indoors w the noise canceling feature and they do ok. good luck. charles
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you can also try foam earplugs. the 33 db NRR from 3M are pretty good. i prefer earplugs for long tasks ( because they are small ) and muffs for intermittent use ( because they are faster to put on ). foam earplugs are generally stronger than earmuffs, however i would say in the bass these muffs match the strength of earplugs. in the high frequencies the earplugs are stronger. you can also use both at the same time.
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Pretty good. I use them when mowing the lawn, so that I don't have to hear the motor.
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these headphones block all sound. really great for outdoor work. I wear them while on the riding lawnmower. I plug into my iphone and listen to music while I mow. Not sure how well they would work in an office setting.
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If you have a lawnmower that is loud enough to cause ear damage you should get a new one with a Honda engine:) The external input jack is standard phono jack type. If you turn up the volume full on these the roar of the crickets is incredible!!! They are really meant to clip sonic boom from gun fire while enabling you to still hear the range safety officer and score keeper.
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The 3M earplugs will greatly reduce the radio volume that reaches the ear, but won't completely block it. I just tried it while watching TV. Shooters sometimes wear earplugs and noise blocking earmuffs in addition to achieve maximum sound reduction. There are muffs available that electronically block sound - I've not used them however.Another choice would be to have the the person listening to the radio wear earphones that automatically silence the radio speakers when the earphones are plugged in.
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They are overkill for lawn mowing, but since they are not expensive it doesn't matter. The only thing you want to consider is they do get hot if you mow in hot climate. For only lawn mowing I would use an ear plug instead. These are more for heavy duty use like shooting, where a high dBa noise reduction is needed & the entire ear needs covering (to prevent pressure transmission through ear bones).
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Dear Mark, thanks for your question. These earplugs are not designed to completely cut out sounds but retain the sounds that are in the healthy range for our ears so that we still can hear music or conversations without damaging our ears in places with very loud noises. I am not sure if is what you are looking for. If you wanted complete silence then maybe an active noise cancellation earplugs or foam earplugs should work.
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I really like my headphones, but honestly believe that a good set of earplugs would work better. They will work without music playing. I sometimes do this on a plane. They do an excellent job of blanking out the engine drone but I can still hear people talking (albeit at a much reduced volume)
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I use the foam ear tips and never had any issues with them at all. I wear them when I cut the grass because I can listen to music and I don't have to listen to the roar of the mower. I have no idea what kind of work out you are doing but I never had any issues with my set at all.
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These may not keep out the lawn mower noise as these are not designed for noise cancelling. If you are going to use them outdoors you may avoid these as any moisture from weather or sweat will damage the wires pretty fast.