There are several factors to look out for when it comes to selecting the best type of hearing protection for lawn care. Here's a look at these considerations:
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Hearing Protection
Hearing protection is a top priority when you're working with loud equipment - and as you can see from the chart earlier on this page, lawn and yard maintenance is no exception to working with noisy equipment. Keep in mind that even prolonged equipment use at 85 dB may be enough to damage hearing over the long term and any exposure to noise at 120 dBA or above can lead to immediate hearing loss. Thankfully, the best Bluetooth headphones for mowing and yard work also offer adequate hearing protection that keeps noise levels under these volumes.
All ISOtunes headphones also include SafeMax&#; Technology, a hearing conservation feature that ensures that all headphones limit volume output to 85 dB.
SafeMax&#; Technology helps ensures OSHA compliance. More than 25 million Americans are believed to suffer from noise-induced hearing loss from exposure at work or during leisure activities. SafeMax Technology helps ensure that any professionals wearing ISOtunes headphones are safe from adding to this statistic.
Bluetooth Compatibility
Regardless of profession, workers strive to be as productive and efficient as possible. Simply put, doing so allows for more time during the day to do the things that we want to do - and less time put forth to do the things we need to do. The best headphones for lawn care and yard work won't just promote good hearing protection, but allow users to be more efficient in their everyday lives. One way is permitting users to take calls over their headphones via Bluetooth technology. This can save a lot of time by giving lawn and landscaping professionals the ability to speak with their clients as they work, rather than needing to return calls later in the day.
Comfort
Comfort is also key when it comes to finding the best headphones for mowing. When you're working in the yard, you're bound to be breaking a sweat on the regular, so you want something that's going to stand up to these conditions and not let you down during the summer months. That&#;s why we&#;ve designed ISOtunes earmuffs to be lightweight with a ventilated foam headband for increased air flow. Our muffs are also equipped with memory foam ear cushions, so they feel snug and comfortable on your ears as you move about the shop. As for our in-ear models, each product includes a starter eartip pack of four different sizes so you can find your best fit and ensure maximum comfort. Learn more about ISOtunes eartips here.
Other Factors
Noise isolation, Bluetooth compatibility, and comfort are all important when it comes to finding your go-to mowing headphones. Another factor to consider is durability. On this note, ISOtunes headphones are more than just sweat and water-resistant, but dust resistant as well.
Another factor to consider is battery life. When you're a lawn care or landscaping professional, you're largely working outside and traveling from job site to job site. It's rare that you're able to settle down during the day and charge your headphones or other devices. Hence, it's important to have a battery that's going to last all day. Battery life on earmuffs and earbuds varies, but ISOtunes hearing protection devices typically have batteries that last anywhere from 10 hours to up to 50 hours before a recharge is necessary, making for all-day (and in some cases, multi-day) usage in between recharges.
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Lastly, ISOtunes stands behind its products, offering a best-in-class one-year warranty. ISOtunes aren't just OSHA certified, but they are built to last in any environment.
If you&#;ve mowed a lawn before, you probably noticed that lawn mowing equipment can be loud, very loud. (There are many other every-day activities that can be loud, so this post applies to any loud environment.) You probably also know that prolonged exposure to this loudness causes permanent hearing loss, so you&#;ve probably used some form of hearing protection to prevent that from happening too much.
Since you&#;re here on an audio forum, you&#;ve also likely tried using some cheap iems as hearing protection that allow you to also listen to some music while you work. A spectacular plan, besides the fact that you may have to crank the volume to be heard over the loud environment, sort-of defeating the purpose of hearing protection in the first place.
So, you&#;ve probably either stuck with the boring ole earplugs or decided you could sacrifice some hearing health for your loud tunes.
HOWEVER, do not dismay! I may have found something revolutionary, and other people here may have found similar or different solutions to this common problem.
A few years ago, I got the Jabra Elite Active 65t for portable use, my first pair of true wireless iems. Of course, I don&#;t use them for home listening, and they won&#;t replace a high-end setup, but oh boy, I loved and still love these things. They have an eq in their app, and I&#;ve got it tuned perfectly to my tastes.
They don&#;t have noise canceling, but they passively isolate veryyy well, as good as any ear plugs, so I started using them instead of ear plugs when mowing the lawn, and they worked pretty well, but as I&#;ve already talked about, there still is a substantial noise floor, and I had to crank the volume up to a good 90dB to be able to hear the music/podcast. Curious if the airpod pros would be a good solution because they have noise canceling, I borrowed my brothers, and no, they just can&#;t cut it.
That&#;s when I got to thinking&#;
A few years back, I had been a part of a rifle club, and they had given me some cheap over-ear hearing protection muffs. They isolate VERY well, but they&#;re far from comfortable, so I never really used them and forgot about them, using earplugs instead.
That&#;s when I had the idea:
What if I wore the ear muffs over my iems? Two layers of hearing protection should be awesome right? YES! It was&#;amazing! I could barely hear the lawn mower, and I could listen to music at my normal volume (70-80dB)!
Of course, there were a few hiccups with the system, mostly because the ear muffs were still uncomfortable with their extremely tight clamp force putting pressure on my lower jaw, they sort of suction-cupped to the side of my head sometimes putting pressure on my ear drums, and the foam rubbed against my iems, moving them around in my ear and loosening them.
These problems were simple to fix, though. First, I cut out a little of the foam to make room for my iems. Then, I left the muffs stretched out on a box over night, letting the plastic loosen quite a bit. I also lightly used a heat gun while stretching them to loosen them even more. Finally, I drilled a small hole through the back of each cup, which lets air flow in and out of the muffs (doesnt really let much sound in at all).
Now, mowing the grass is actually quite a nice experience. I can listen to music or podcasts at a normal level and hear it clearly because of the low noise floor, and the comfort is not bad at all for the hour and I half I use it mowing the lawn. (My iems are wireless, but I&#;m sure the system could work to wired iems as well.) The only thing to watch out for: if someone calls your name with this system on your head, you won&#;t hear a single thing!So use your eyesight to be fully aware with your surroundings, and be safe out there!
Has anyone else found a solution to this dilemma? Does anyone else use headphone or iems while cutting the grass? Are there other loud environments you use something like this in? Are there other discussions around this topic?
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