3M PELTOR Hearing Protection Optime 95 Earmuffs, Adjustable Earcups, E-A-Rfit Compatible, Stainless Steel

I've been buying this model for my shop work for years. They continue to be my favorite. The quality is excellent, they are thin and comfortable. Hearing protection is plenty sufficient for air hammers and pneumatic air tools.

This is the 3M. What else to add? Great quality noise-cancelling earmuffs.

They are excellent quality but I had trouble figuring out how to put them on right. Lol.

The 3M Peltor earmuffs are great for studying! I purchased these before I started graduate school because I am the type of person who concentrates best when it is silent or at least very quiet. In the past, I tried listening to music on my headphones when studying in a noisy environment, but that only distracted me more. These noise reduction earmuffs were inexpensive, yet they have been extremely useful in helping me tune out extraneous noise.Here is my product evaluation of the 3M Peltor Noise Reduction Earmuffs:*PROS*NOISE REDUCTION: These earmuffs drown out enough noise so that I can hear myself think even if I am studying in a noisy place. These earmuffs are not completely noise canceling, but they do effectively muffle medium loud sounds, such as a conversation happening a right next to you, and very loud sounds, such as a blaring police siren outside your window. These earmuffs are excellent at completely eliminating soft background noise, such as the hum of a refrigerator or a conversation happening in the next room.COMFORT: I find these earmuffs very comfortable. The two earpieces are cushioned and fit around my ears without bending them. The width of the earmuffs is adjustable and so can be worn tightly or loosely, as you prefer. They are also very lightweight.MANY PRACTICAL USES: Apart from studying, these earmuffs are great for the following additional uses: (1) to help you concentrate in a chaotic office environment; (2) to help you sleep even when the neighbor's dog won't stop barking; (3) to help you meditate and achieve a Zen state; and more.*CONS*BULKY: There is an image of these earmuffs folded compactly on Amazon, but these earmuffs do not easily fold. Therefore, I keep them extended, and they take up more space in my purse than I anticipated they would.3M LOGO ON EAR PIECES: Some images show plain ivory earpieces with "Peltor" printed in black, but the earmuffs you receive when placing this order are ivory with red and black text that reads "3M Optime 95" (See attached photo). I would have preferred the more plain earpiece design so that the earmuffs resembled regular music headphones rather than so obviously called to mind construction worker/air traffic controller equipment, which affords you some funny looks in a school/office setting.

All I'll say is they mute the sound enough that I no longer hate fire alarms

I work as an aircraft mechanic in a high-operations tempo environment... meaning I do a lot of running around, a lot of tumbling around, and get a lot of jets fixed to do a lot of flying. I've used numerous other forms of hearing protection: Peltor Shotgunners, Peltor H10 Optime, Bilsom Thunder, from what I can recall.I'll go over the various qualities of this product:-Slim designNot quite as slim as the Shotgunners, but definitely not as obstructive as the H10 Optime or Bilsom Thunder. For my line of work this is very nice, as we often work in tight spaces in or around the jets. Also, when running/tumbling around they aren't as prone to wriggle off your head.-ComfortThese offer a decent amount of comfort. They only started to get painful to wear after about three hours. They don't get to being uncomfortable/annoying until about an hour. The H10 Optime and Thunder has slightly more padding, but because they are bigger and heavier it makes them less comfortable overall to wear and gets irritating to wear very quickly... a general consensus among my workmates who vary by height, build, headshapes, earshapes etc. The Shotgunners have minimal padding... which is a key part of their slim design. Needless to say they aren't very comfortable either.-AffordableLess pricey compared to the Shotgunners, H10 Optime or Thunder. Yet this doesn't sacrifice much (if at all) in build quality or protection.-ProtectionThese offer slightly more protection than the Shotgunners, but not as much as the H10 Optime or Thunder. The difference is noticeable, but for an industrial area where jet engines reach over 100 dB, the protection is good. For this type of environment the Shotgunners provide an acceptable amount of protection.-RuggedI typically see Shotgunners last 6-12 months (they're not meant for this type of work environment anyway). The H10 Optime and Thunder are fairly rugged, but I think they last as long as they do because most of my people try not to wear them unless they really need to. My H6 Optime has lasted me four years, and was a hand-me-down. While they aren't meant to be tossed about or otherwise abused, I'm pleasantly surprised they lasted in my work environment. For folks who work as car mechanics, in woodshops, or otherwise low-operations tempo environments (where you aren't running around like a madman trying to get things done) these will last you at least twice as long.

Good for work ear protection