Customer Reviews

Caldwell E-Max Low Profile Electronic Muffs

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(24)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Great headphones. Bought them for Dad for Christmas, tried them out immediately. Wearing the headphones, you can hear whispering and talking, but then clap your hands - you can't hear it at all! Only filters out super-loud frequencies, and it does a darn good job at it! Great for yard work or firing range use. I highly, highly recommend this for low-cost hearing protection. Beats earplugs any day of the week.

These work as advertised. Conversation and other background noise are easy to hear when turned on, then silence in loud environments. They will be great on the shooting range. So far, have just used them in the shop working on projects.

Construction quality matches the entry level price, which is fine for most activities requiring hearing protection. Perfect for the range or shop, not for combat.

I would give 5 stars, but wanted a set that uses AA batteries. These need AAA, so product description is a little off.

This is my first set of electronic ear muffs. These e-muffs are pretty hard to find in my area. Wal-Mart didn't have any so I drove to Dick's Sporting Goods and they had only this brand and Field & Stream. Took my muffs to the range today and there was a delay when I was at least 3 feet away from everyone else shooting. But all the loud noises were instantly muffled when I started shooting. Will continue to shoot with these e-muffs but still want to find some Peltor e-muffs to try out

My Buddy and i took this pair and 4 other ear muffs out shooting to find out which ones we liked. We have narrowed it down to this and PELTOR PEL97044, we liked them both and were torn over the two. They both have great sound deadening, but i think these have the upper hand, witht he ease of battery install, one knob to adjust valume, and they amplify the outside noise to a higher volume then the Peltor ear muffs. We both liked the Peltor that they are more compact, and i think better looking, they dont have wires hanging our, and they have twice batteries, so they "should" last a little longer, however the accessing the batteries is kind of a pain, compared to the easy out side access panel the Caldwells. I think that either ear muff will work great for us, however these have the better sound, a slightly higher NRR (23 vs 20), and the one adjustment knob is easier to deal with, plus the Caldwell has a little simple "Idiot" light to let you know you left them on.

I have two sets of these. If you sweat at all, the sweat condenses on the circuit boards in the muffs... and the static begins. Once they dry, though, they function again.

When they are working properly, they work great. They cut off gun shots quickly and effectively.

These muffs turn off the sound briefly when shots are registered, unlike some other muffs which briefly drop the volume. This means if there are several shots in a row, the muffs are completely silent with no volume. I don't mind this, as they sound like regular non-electric muffs at this point. Some people may prefer the muffs that lower the volume when shots register, as you can still hear conversation and other sounds during gun fire.

The sound amplification on these are more than adequate. The little black windsocks on each of the two mikes are quickly lost in your range bag, as they pull off easily as your move the muffs around in the bag.

Summation: If you can afford better muffs, geat better rated muffs. If you're frugal, or use them intermittantly, these are more than adequate.

I used these today at the gun range... I was initially concerne that the volume level would not be high enough to hear the conversations around me. Much to my surprise, this was not the case. I could hear every thing begin disussed and when a pistol/rifle was fired, the report was attenuated... never got passed the electronics. Excellent! I'll be buying two more pairs... one for the wife and one for my son.

really impressed with how these function. they actually amplify sound until you get a loud sound that they instantly cut out. I cannot for the life of me imagine why people are paying so much money for competing products that sell based on name or color...?

I have been using these at the range for a couple of months now and they work well. They block out noise levels above 85 decibels, however 85 decibels is still pretty loud. I bought a pair for my self and my wife to allow us to communicate at the range. There is a slight delay between when noise occurs and when you hear it. When ever a loud noise does occur they mute it as best they can since they can only reduce the noise by about 20dB. If I am doing alot of shooting I will wear earplugs along with these, and turn the volume up to full.

I use this product almost every weekend. I gave it four out of five stars, because of two reasons. One: It can be difficult to remove the battery door to replace the batteries and two: It just narrowly provides enough volume at the highest volume setting. Aside from those two minor detraction's, these are simply beautiful to wear at the gun range.

I'm usually not one to skimp when it comes to safety equipment, but I this product works great despite the value price. They're fairly low profile, seal up well even with eye protection, provide decent stereophonic audio amplification for speech and ordinary sounds (with some ambient noise reduction and no clipping), and block out loud sounds. I bought them as a backup to my Howard Leight R-01526 Impact Sport Electronic Earmuff, and - frankly - I feel they're pretty close in quality. I use them in tandem with ear plugs, and can safely fire even my loudest Mosin-Nagant 91/30 at the indoor range without any problems. It did go through a set of rechargeable AAAs fairly quick.... About 3 trips to the range before needing to be recharged. I have yet to burn through a pair of no-name Alkaline AAAs after 4 trips, which is just fine. I would have no problem using these as my primary set of protective ear muffs, as they perform very well - certainly better than I expected for the low price.