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Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« on: February 01, 2010, 11:35:04 AM »
I bought a set of Pro Ears Ultra 33 ear muffs. They are garbage. Do not buy them. At best, the 33 NRR rating is a lavish exaggeration. Construction is poor also.

I bought them because I shoot a lot at indoor ranges and want maximum hearing protection. I immediately went back to using my Peltor 29 NRR muffs. These are vastly better in function and construction.

If you know of a good set that's better than the Peltors, please let me know.
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Re: Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2010, 04:58:44 PM »
I've been happy with my Pro Ears Dimensions. I am loosing ground on my hearing so a lot of the times I wear the foam plugs as well but I've used these Pro Ears for a couple of years now and they are holding up fine.

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Re: Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2010, 07:32:56 AM »
I bought a set of Pro Ears Ultra 33 ear muffs. They are garbage. Do not buy them. At best, the 33 NRR rating is a lavish exaggeration. Construction is poor also.

I bought them because I shoot a lot at indoor ranges and want maximum hearing protection. I immediately went back to using my Peltor 29 NRR muffs. These are vastly better in function and construction.

If you know of a good set that's better than the Peltors, please let me know.
 

I've been looking at replacing my existing with Pro-Ear dimension gold series "Stalker".  I would thing shooting at indoor range a set of  electronic would be better but your looking at good pair starting alot higher than what your paying now.  My Dillion electronics are about 10yrs old  and if I spread the cost over those 10yr of use cost about $9 per year.

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Re: Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2010, 03:44:38 PM »
The electronic muffs don't have the noise reduction of muffs like the Peltor 29s.
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Re: Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2010, 03:56:51 PM »
I have a pair of Pro Ears ultra 33's.  They've held up well for about a year now, except for once when they fell off my head and came apart.  Just snapped it back together and haven't had a problem since.  They seem to be up to the 33 db rating.  Kind of large though, but I guess that's what is needed for such a high db rating.  I also use earplugs in addition to the ear muffs.  Too many years around construction noise and jet engines.  Don't want to take any more chances, especially for sport.

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Re: Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2010, 05:25:30 PM »
Just curious Questor but what kind of DB testing equiptment did you use to state their DB rating was not accurate?

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Re: Pro Ears Ultra 33: Do not buy!
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2010, 11:26:51 PM »
The electronic muffs don't have the noise reduction of muffs like the Peltor 29s.

Your 100% correct but they have other features so NRR isn't all that important.