Ear Protection for Glasses Wearers

[ChrisJ]

Hi all,

new to the forum, and looking for recommendations for ear protection for glasses wearers, I have read threads here saying that the full ear muffs can leak due to the arms of glasses breaking the seal, just wondered what others here with the same are using, many thanks in advance, Chris.

[Clay cracker]

I think foam ear plugs would solve your problem Chris. Clay Cracker. 

[Yellow Bear]

Not cheap but custom made in ear are the most comfortable.

[MAL S]

I use custom ear plugs they are brill

[FreshFace]

https://noisefighters.com/

Ive just ordered some of these for my son who suffers when wearing his clay glasses, seem to be a great idea.

I'll let you know if they work when they arrive.

Edited May 26, 2018 by FreshFace

[Guest stevo]

RE ranger falcon pro glasses and peltor sportac over ear , no problem here , your best bet would be to stop listening to what others say or think and go to a shop WITH you glasses and try what’s best  for YOU . After all it your hearing . 

Over ear protection will always be better than in ear , END OF ! 

So make the effort and go try for yourself.you know it makes sense ? 

Edited May 26, 2018 by stevo

[ChrisJ]

Thanks for all the input guys.

[JohnfromUK]

When shooting I use moulded (Emtec) plugs.  When standing with others I use MSA Sordin over ears.  They seem fine over my normal glasses which do have very slim (titanium) arms.  They do not work so well over glasses with thick plastic arms.

If in doubt, stand with someone who is shooting - and try earmuffs both with glasses on, and no glasses - and see if there is much difference.

[Old Boggy]

10 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:

When shooting I use moulded (Emtec) plugs.  When standing with others I use MSA Sordin over ears.  They seem fine over my normal glasses which do have very slim (titanium) arms.  They do not work so well over glasses with thick plastic arms.

If in doubt, stand with someone who is shooting - and try earmuffs both with glasses on, and no glasses - and see if there is much difference.

I have a pair of Howard Leight ear defenders, which are good, but my glasses have inflexible arms so they don't appear to cut down the noise so well as the Napier Pro headband type that I also use. The Napier ones are fine if shooting alone but also cut out all the wonderful countryside sounds, which I think is part, if not all, of being out and about anyway.

Obviously the above quoted 'Noisefighters' would solve the problem, but with the postage cost from the US, make these 'adaptors' quite expensive. I know that you cannot put a price on one's hearing but our pensions have to be eeked out these days !

I would still be interested in how Freshface finds the Noisefighters though, as they do seem to be the answer.

[thebigH91]

I cant get away with ear plugs so ive always used over ear muffs, as a spectacle wearer its a compromise but ive got the best ive ever had now in the MSA Sordin muffs, and the gel comfort cups. I tried both the original and the comfort cups and the comfort ones win hands down covering any spaces around the spec frames.

[Old Boggy]

17 hours ago, thebigH91 said:

I cant get away with ear plugs so ive always used over ear muffs, as a spectacle wearer its a compromise but ive got the best ive ever had now in the MSA Sordin muffs, and the gel comfort cups. I tried both the original and the comfort cups and the comfort ones win hands down covering any spaces around the spec frames.

The MSA Sordin range do seem a quality product albeit quite expensive, but the gel comfort cups would appear to solve the problem for us glasses wearers. I don't suppose that those cups would be compatible with other makes of ear defenders would they ?

OB

[thebigH91]

OB, ive just tried them on a pair of Peltor Bulls Eye 1 muffs and they don't fit those

[grahamch]

Tried ear muff type protection and it catch on the legs of my specs. Sold them and got cens passive which sre super