Walker's Silencer Wireless NRR25dB Electronic Sound Suppression Hearing Protection Earbuds for Shooting

First, contrary to other reviews, I've had these for almost a month and have used them three times for a total of about 8 hours of range time and am still working on the first set of batteries. People who said they had to change batteries every time they used them were obviously doing something wrong (like, perhaps, forgetting to turn them off after use?).I'm a bit hard of hearing so I like to use electronic hearing protection at the range so I can hear range commands and other shooters talking. I've got a good pair of electronic ear muffs which work great with pistols, but when shooting long guns they tend to get jostled when trying to get a good cheek weld, which worries me that they'll not be sealed well enough to protect my hearing.Typically I just wear foam earplugs when shooting long guns to ensure my hearing is protected, but I've been looking for a reasonably priced set of electronic ear plugs for a long time. My concerns were that they wouldn't stay in place, they wouldn't offer enough protection and they would be uncomfortable. These earplugs mitigated all these fears.They are no less comfortable than wearing foam earplugs...in fact, the earplug part of these is pretty much the same thing as foam earplugs. I wore them firing everything from a .45acp pistol to a .308 rifle and never had a problem with them staying in place. They never moved or came loose once and the hearing protection provided was adequate for everything I shot up to and including the aforementioned .308.The sound quality is reasonable (not high fidelity, but no trouble distinguishing voices and understanding conversation); the volume control range is very good. I've used several sets of electronic muffs over the years and basically I just turn them up as loud as they go to get decent performance. These I think I had at about midrange and they worked very well. It was definitely possible to turn them up too high.The only minor complaint I have is that there is a bit of hiss, but only with the volume turned up pretty high. I turned the volume down to the point where voices sounded about as loud as a normal conversation and the hiss was pretty much unnoticeable.All in all I'm very satisfied with my purchase and would definitely recommend these to others.

Battery is a PITA. The Zinc Air battery starts dying immediately when the air seal is removed, even while the earpieces are off. Therefore, the installed batteries die in about 2 weeks without even being on. I would have hoped for slightly larger, non-zinc air batteries that stop dying when I turn it off. This means every hunting trip I have to replace batteries that are hard to get, super-tiny, expensive, etc. Yes, they are "common" for hearing aids, but you wear hearing aids non-stop every day so replacing batteries every 2 weeks is a routine. For hunting I want to turn them off and forget about them until the next trip in 2 weeks, 2 months, or next season. The battery is tiny, easy to drop, and I'm still not sure if polarity matters, but I can't tell anyway in hunting conditions where it is dark.As for performance, they do not seem to be much better than the $30 analog behind the ear ones I had for nearly 10 years. I think I replaced the battery in them 3 times? I was hoping for some digital magic to reduce white noise, but the hissing and whooshing is still there when dead calm. An airliner flew over at 30000ft and it sounded really weird. I had to take them out to realize it was an airplane miles away. Birds, leaves, and animals sounded robotic too so I am not impressed with the digital signal processing. I need to look and see if there are any settings other than volume that I have not tried, but default shouldn't be like this regardless.Because they are so expensive I am constantly worried about losing them which makes me paranoid to wear them, defeating the purpose. The foam plugs are also too stiff and uncomfortable. Yes I tried them all. dB noise reduction is also less then it should be at this price point.With the behind the ear Walker ones I had before, I could remove the tube from my ear and hear normally, but leave them on my ear with the tube dangling by my head, ready for quick ear insertion. These stick in your ear (processor and foam) so they are all the way in, hanging around your neck, lost on the ground somewhere, or left in my hunting box because they were dead. There is a skinny neck lanyard between them if you choose to install it but when a shot opportunity arises it takes too long to get them untangled from clothes, oriented, and stuck in the ear. I highly recommend getting some cheap ones to try out your field use case. I hadn't considered any of these points mentioned above until I got these so buyer beware. Seems a little unfair to give them a 1 star because they are what you see so 2 stars it is. I wish Walker made a digital behind the ear hunting version with normal lithium coin batteries for $100-$150 a pair.Update: 3 years later, the lanyard pops out too easily so it is hard to not lose them. The small plastic tube that holds the foam buds broke. Now they are completely worthless. Worst money I've ever spent on an outdoor item.