Walker's Earmuffs
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars | 6,105 ratings
Price: 47.99
Last update: 11-04-2024
From the manufacturer
WALKER'S - HEAR LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE
For over 25 years Walker's has developed innovative solutions to provide ear protection for shooting, hunting, and commercial applications. Walker's line of products is widely considered the industry standard for shooting ear protection and safety. With the introduction of advanced digital circuitry & nano tech water repellence, Walker’s continues to raise the bar and provide the best shooting hearing protection.
Walker's Razor Slim Muff
The new standard in low profile hearing protection
These 'Razor' thin muffs were engineered from the ground up with the goal of having the lowest possible profile without compromising the hearing protection and amplification properties of the muff. Delivering an impressive noise reduction rating (NRR) of 23dB, the Razor series are sure to protect your hearing, without interfering. The Razor series also feature Walkers new comfort fit headband for all day shooting, and come in a host of color options.
Designed And Engineered In The U.S.A.
Walker's name and Walker's quality.
Specifications:
- Ultra low profile ear cups
- 23NRR Rating
- Two Omni-directional microphones
- Full dynamic range HD speakers for clear balanced sound
- Low noise/ frequency tuned for natural sound clarity
- Single knob volume control
- Sound activated compression circuit (SAC)
- 0.02 second response time
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On/Off Volume ControlRaised ridges allow for tactile use even when wearing gloves. |
Omni Directional MicsCombined with High Definition speakers, the Razor delivers crisp clear audio. |
Comfort HeadbandSoft padded design for all day comfort. |
Audio Input Jack3.5mm jack for use with iPods, MP3 players and hand held radios. |
Slim Folding Design
Walker's Razor muff delivers the slimmest profile available in an electronic shooting muff and a compact folding design.
Top reviews from the United States
Pros:
- Long battery life. Only requires two AAA batteries that are included and easy to change.
- Fantastic hearing protection. I work with several people who have more expensive, "tactical" ear-pro (Pelters, etc.) that can't suppress the .50 cal report. These Walkers muffle all gunshots regardless of how loud they are or how close I am to them.
- Conversations are distinct and easy to hear. I can hear radio traffic without having to remove ear pro. Big plus. I can even turn them up and hear conversations several hundred feet away! Great for big ranges.
- They even have a standard headphone jack if you want to talk on your phone or plug up your iPod and mow the lawn or something.
Cons:
- The fit is good, but if you are talking or moving your jaw sometimes the seal will break and allow a gunshot sound to get through. This is minimal and could be due to the shape of my head and/or the position I wear them. If you sweat much this problem is compounded as the seal is now wet and easier to be disturbed. As I said this problem is minimal and not easily repeatable, doesn't detract from the rating for me.
-They are not omni directional. It is difficult to tell where sound is coming from. The sound is clear and amplified, just deceiving in which direction it came from. For my particular job this is no big deal. If you need to know what direction the sound came from, these are not the hearing pro for you.
-THEY DO FIT UNDER THE STANDARD ACH HELMET, but not well.( I wear a Medium) It is not designed to fit under this helmet (as far as I know) and the fact that they even do with minimal pad adjustment is really more of pro. If you don't wear a helmet when shooting, disregard, they fit great.
-Thick eye pro frames will disrupt the ear seal if placed over the frame. If you put them on over your eye pro because you forgot to remove them, the pressure feels like Leonidas trying to drive his spear through your head. You will only do this once. I have some thin frames now but I just rest the frames on top of the ear muff. If I had to do rigorous movement, they might fall off, but they haven't yet.
So anyways, I bought these for shooting. I got tired of ear plugs in, ear plugs out, repeat. I got tired of shouting while wearing earplugs, and not hearing conversations that weren't shouted. So after a little amazon research, I settled on these. It was between these and the honeywell's. I went with the walkers because the honeywell's 14,000 reviews just seemed a little fishy to me.
So these show up at my house. I take them out of the packaging, put some batteries in, pretty simple, put on and turn them on. I had never used any type of sound amplifying technology before. It is pretty cool. I step outside my garage and I can hear birds chirping all over the place. Cool. I go back inside to give the hearing protection aspect part of these a try. I leave them turned on and fire up the table saw, pretty much instant cut out of the speakers inside them. So for garage applications, mainly woodworking, these are great. Comfortable to wear, protect my hearing quite well. The headphone jack is great, my garage has a metal roof, so when it rains, it's super loud. I was out there today with the muffs on and music playing through them l, couldn't hear the rain, it was perfect.
I use them for lawn mowing, playing music through them is again great!
So they're great for lawn mowing, leaf blowing, woodworking, and garage time when it's raining. But, I bought these mainly for shooting.
So I've taken these out shooting twice. I have shot with these and listened to others shooting. The sound amplification feature is a game changer. I can hear people talking without them having to shout. I can hear what's going on on the firing line without having to be right next to it. When the shooting starts, the speaker cuts out just long enough to muffle the initial clap of the gun, but comes back in quick enough to hear the echo of the shot. Rapid fire shooting isnt a problem with it cutting in and out quickly, it cancels out loud noise regardless of how fast it comes and how much of a pause is in between each shot. I listened to others shooting mainly handguns and .223 caliber ARs. More than enough hearing protection for these calibers. When I started to shoot, i started with a 9mm handgun. Plenty of hearing protection, and with the sound amplification, I could hear my friends talking crap behind me, defenitely a nice feature. I progressed to an AR, here is where I had my first issue with these, they did get in my way a little bit as far as cheek weld goes. Not as bad as bigger style of muffs go, but it was noticeable. The hearing protection was again adequate. After shooting my AR, I switched to an M1A scout squad, it's a. 308 caliber rifle, with a muzzle break. Muzzle break= super loud. This was the only gun I was worried about hearing protection with these muffs. I was shocked at how well these worked. Also, surprisingly, these didnt interfere with cheek weld at all like they did with the AR.
Pros: comfy
Hearing protection is great.
Headphone jack is a great feature and doesnt use the batteries.
Adjustable.
Fold up small when not in use.
Sound amplification is amazing.
Cons: batteries tend to run out.
You cant tell what direction sound is coming from. Could be a hunting issue.
Occasionally get in the way with cheek weld.
Overall I love these and am super happy I finally got on board. They're just so much better than ear plugs.
If I could do it over I would have bought the bluetooth version just to avoid a cord running to the phone in my pocket.
If you're on the fence. Do it. These are an outstanding product.
Update: I bought a new shotgun and these in no way whatsoever work with it for clay shooting. I shot about forty rounds and it pinched a part of my face to the point where I had to get earplugs because it hurt. Does this take away from the effectiveness of these. No. I still love them. But they dont work for a gun I plan to shoot a lot. Which is a bummer. But it is what it is and in no way makes me think negatively about these. Just remember when you're buying these that they may not work with every long gun.
Edit: I broke down and bought the Bluetooth version of these. Those are great too. Especially since the popular phone makers think no headphone jack is a good idea….