I have about four or five years
experience with the Howard lights and
about two years experience with the
Walker raisers and we're going to take a
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Channel now today we're going to be
looking at two of the most popular
electronic earmuffs
that you can get for shooting sports and
shooting activities and that kind of
thing now most of you are probably
already familiar with electronic
earmuffs but for those of you that
aren't what the electronic earmuffs are
going to do different than regular
shooting earmuffs is that electronic
earmuffs are going to they're still
going to muffle the loud sounds like
gunshots and things like that but
they're going to amplify things like
talking and stuff like that so you can
hear everybody around you but as soon as
that gunshot goes off it's going to
muffle it to protect your hearing and if
you've never used electronic hearing
protection before you really have to do
it it's it's this is really a must-have
for anybody that likes to do a lot of
shooting you will really be amazed when
you put these things on not only does it
still allow you to hear people talking
around you and things like that but it
actually makes you hear even better
so for you hunters out there if you
really want to be able to hear those
leaves crunching with that big buck
walking in behind you this is something
you might want to consider taking with
you when you go hunting but anyway guys
we're gonna dive right in before we do
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the two that we have here are the
walkers razors and the howard leight
impact sports now these are two the most
popular and that's for several reasons
now these are probably going to be
around the best price point you can get
they're in the thirty to fifty dollar
range so they're super affordable for
anybody to get now electronic hearing
protection can go all the way up to two
and three hundred dollars if you want to
get really crazy fancy with it but
really these are gonna be more than
enough for what you need I have about
four or five years experience with the
Howard lights and about two years
experience with the Walker razors and
we're going to take a look at both and
try to tell you which one is the
now let's start out with the howard
leight impact sports the ones I have
here are camo pattern they do come in
several colors as you can see these are
much thinner than a lot of hearing
protection that you might have seen or
might have used in the past and that's
really one of the biggest benefits of
something like this is so that it's nice
and low profile so you can still get a
nice cheek weld with rifle and things
like that these impact sports are some
of the thinnest on the market it's hard
to get much thinner than that we'll go
ahead and put them on here so you can
see just how nice and compact they are
how tight they are to my head I can
easily get a cheek well with a rifle if
I need to and it's not going to get in
the way they are pretty comfortable the
headband here does have a little bit of
padding there and obviously these ear
cups have a little bit of padding on
those they have a noise reduction rating
of 22 which is good the impact sports
have a microphone on both sides here and
that's going to just take in sound and
that's what's going to amplify in your
ear these microphones here on the sides
they do have a foam wind blocker on
there which is nice so when it's super
windy that's going to help kind of cut
down on that wind noise
these are omnidirectional microphones
what that means is you hear pretty much
everything you can't really tell what
direction is coming from but it is going
to still amplify that sound and it does
a pretty good job of that it does have a
volume dial here that's also the on and
off button it has a nice tactile an
audible click that you can hear when it
clicks on and off they also have an
auxilary import here which is nice you
can plug in an aux cord and listen to
music on the range if that's something
that you're into and there's a lot of
good things about these that these are
like I said these are one of the most
popular on the market and that's because
they get the job done these are very
good ear muffs
I will say there are a few things I
don't like about these for one this
rubberized material here on the side
it's really just a visual thing that
doesn't serve any
purpose that I can tell but over time
like I said I've had these for years
they've rode around in my truck for a
long time in the heat and the cold that
kind of thing and this rubberized
material is now sticky so if you touch
it like my finger actually sticks to
that and so that's just happened over
time and like I said it's been a long
time so so that's maybe one downside it
doesn't affect the functionality of it
at all it's just you know kind of
annoying I will say while the headband
does have some padding it doesn't have
much same thing with the ear cups here
they are very thin which is good because
that's what's going to allow it to get
tighter to your head but it doesn't
provide much padding there so it's not
super comfortable it is comfortable but
if you're going to be on the range for
over an hour things like that it could
start to get uncomfortable especially if
you're wearing eye protection and you
should be it's really going to push that
into your head so that could get
uncomfortable but otherwise these things
are great they've been through a lot of
abuse and they've held up to all of it
one other thing that I do wish it had
was some way to cover this auxiliary
port if I was to drop these in the mud
or on a dusty windy day or something
some dirt could blow in there whatever
rainwater could get up in there and
damage the electronics inside there so I
do wish there was some way to cover that
auxiliary port one other thing that I
have noticed is sometimes I've noticed
that when I fire off a gunshot it does
block out that sound but its reaction
time to me seems to be a touch too slow
so I feel like I still hear a little bit
of that gunshot before it starts to
muffle it that may just be me that may
just be this pair but put down in the
comments below if that's something that
you've experienced too with the impact
sports overall very good very good price
point and I could definitely recommend
these to anybody out these are very good
electronic ear muffs now we're going to
move on here to the Walker razors now
right off the bat I can already tell you
and this I know this isn't super
important but to me the wall
Razors just look better they have a lot
sleeker cooler more tactical look to
them which I like these are in black
they do come in a lot of different
colors just like the Howard lights I do
think the walkers probably come in more
colors than Howard lights do and to the
touch it has a little bit of a
rubberized feel to it and I like that it
feels really soft and comfortable as you
can see here it does have padding on the
headband just like the Howard lights now
the walkers are going to have more
padding and to me they're a little bit
more comfortable the ear cups also to me
are a lot softer and a lot more
comfortable on your head
now the ear cups are a little bit
thicker on the walkers than they are on
the Howard lights which might make it
stick out from your head a little bit
more but that added comfort level to me
is more important and I like that these
are super comfortable on your head I'll
go ahead and put them on and you can see
how nice and tight and compact and slim
they are to your head now I do think the
Howard lights are a little bit slimmer
so that's one win for the Howard lights
but still you can tell that the Walker
razors are still going to be one of the
most slim electronic ear protection you
can get on the market and they are very
comfortable know the ones I have here
are the Patriot versions and you can see
here on the side that they have a little
field of velcro so you can put morale
patches there and they do come with two
American flag morale patches which is
really cool otherwise they are the exact
same as the regular Walker razors and
you can see here on the sides they do
have those microphones on both sides and
those are omnidirectional microphones it
does have really good sound quality the
sound quality on both of these is great
I do think the walkers can get a little
louder
and when I say louder I mean the sound
that amplifies you can amplify it louder
which to me is a good thing you can
always to loud you always turn it down
turn it up to whatever volume you want
you will see here this is the on/off and
volume nice rubberized button here you
do
get that tactile and audible click when
it turns on and off they do have the
auxiliary port here and on these you'll
see that they are covered with a rubber
cap which I like a lot it's going to
help keep any dust and dirt and water
and mud and things like that from
getting in there and damaging the
electronics so that is nice that is oh
definitely a win in the plus column for
the walkers I also like that auxiliary
port points down so those cables and
stuff can be routed down rather than on
the Howard lights it's going to either
point out front or out back you know
depending on which direction you wear
these now the microphones do not have
the foam windshields on the walkers like
they do on the howard leight I don't
really notice much wind noise at all
when I'm wearing these the noise
reduction rating on the Walker razors is
23 so that's one better than the Howard
lights they were 22 and also I don't
notice that lag time with the walkers
like I do with the Howard lights like I
said whenever I fire off a gunshot with
the Howard lights I thought there was a
little bit of a delay where I could
still hear some of that gunshot I
haven't heard that at all with the
walkers every single time I fired a gun
it completely blocks out that noise
which is great does exactly what it's
supposed to do and one thing that I
don't want to forget to mention here is
that the Howard lights do have an auto
shutoff so if you accidentally leave
them on after a certain period of time
they will shut themselves off the
standard Walker razors do not have an
auto shutoff so that is one major
downside to the standard Walker razors
is that they don't have that auto
shutoff walkers has come out with a new
Walker razor Pro digital version that
does have that auto shutoff if I was to
buy a new set of Walker razors I would
probably get the pro version so I could
get that auto shutoff another great
thing about the Walker's is they have
several different variations no I know
Howard light does too but I think Walker
has more variations as you can see here
I have the Patriot version there's also
the regular Walker razors these other
ones I have here are the odd beat T's
these are bluetooth so they don't have
the auxiliary port you can actually blue
to
your phone which is nice and these
actually have four microphones that are
directional so if sound is coming from
this way these microphones is going to
pick it up and you're going to be able
to tell that it's coming from that
direction same thing if you got sound
coming from this direction these
microphones will pick it up and you'll
be able to tell what direction is coming
from so that is definitely a plus for
the Bluetooth versions of the Walker
razors that is very cool I do like to
jam out when I'm on the range shooting
sometimes so it's really cool to be able
to just bluetooth to my phone like that
Walker's also has a lot of different
accessories like this nice hard carry
case that I use a lot they also have a
really cool to a radio attachment that
goes on to the Walker razors which is
awesome and I have them and I'm planning
on doing a review on it so make sure you
stick around for the review on that now
comparing these two both of these are
great you can't go wrong with either one
of these I could easily recommend either
one of these to you and not feel bad
about it I mean you will be satisfied no
matter which one you get but to me
because of several things as far as
aesthetics as far as that cover dogs
they report a wider volume range a
little bit faster reaction time and
really to me most important is comfort
for those reasons I'm going to say that
the Walker razors are going to be your
best bet these actually are a little bit
cheaper than the Howard lights to the
razor's come in anywhere from like 35 to
40 bucks
the Howard lights are going to be more
like 40 to 50 bucks depending on where
you find them I will link to both of
these and all the variations of them
down in the description below so you can
get them for yourself like I said you
can't go wrong but in my opinion the win
goes to the Walker razors these things
are just way more comfortable and they
look better and to me they're just all
around a little bit better than the
howard leight impact sports but it's
something you I recommend trying both
out like I said I have both I have
several different types of hearing
protection and I use all of them still
my howard leight kind of turned into a
backup pair i hope you've liked this
video guys i hope it's helped you out if
you've been
to decide on some new electronic hearing
protection hopefully this has helped you
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