Any one use active in-ear ear plugs?

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It's hot in Florida and after an hour or less my ears are soaked from sweat while shooting sporting clays. Plus after awhile with wearing glasses and a hat it gets uncomfortable, after 3 or 4 hours its a relief to take them off. Active in ear setup seems like it would work better, but it's quite a price change to go from some decent active ear muffs to some active in ear plugs. Looked at the Walker ones which are about $150. Looking for anyone with experience
 
Plugs and muffs are all that can be recommended unless using suppressed firearms.

I have active ear plugs, but the NRR just isn't as good as good old NRR 30 foamies. If I want to hear what's going on around me I use my Howard Leight low profile electronic muffs over foam plugs. Yeah, they can get sweaty, but I won't trade what hearing I have left for comfort.
 
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I use sonic plugs exclusively and have for about thirty years (or so). They seem to work very well for me as long as they are properly installed - meaning that my canals are completely sealed during the insert process. However if someone close has a muzzle brake, I add muffs over the plugs as I find brakes to be unnerving. In the absence of brakes at the range, the sonic plugs work just fine.
 
I got a set of custom silicone plugs made. Much more comfortable and sweaty-ear-cup free if muffs aren’t needed/wanted at the range. When they are needed, the muffs fit over them with zero issues.

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I use these for hunting. You can hear whats going on in the woods. And they block the gun shot sound pretty good. The loudest gun i would shoot in the woods. Would be my 44 mag. They don't work enough for shooting under a roof at range on anything over 9mm hand gun or 223 rifle. Out side shooting clays they would be fine. I used them the few times i shot skeet.
Surefire Sonic Defender EP3, Filtered Earplugs, 1 Pair - Walmart.com - Walmart.com
 
I am testing Walker’s Rope, which advertises NRR 29. 1st use yesterday at 6 lane indoor range. Not as effective as my usual passive plugs under a cheap active muff. The 10mm in the next lane was pretty loud but not horrible. Next time I will compare with a new Howard Leight Impact Pro muff. I suspect the Rope will be better for outdoor use, and the Impact Pro muffs for indoors.
As a cheap type, note that each one these units is under $70, compared to over $200 for the fancier Walker’s linked above.
Next week I will, test both outdoors.
 
I have had the Walkers Silencer R600 for a couple years and use them 2-4 times a month. I see they have a newer version of something similar. I did not pay the $250 price on their site. I saw them on sale somewhere for <$150. They advertise NRR 26. They seem as good as my muffs I was using before, but maybe not as good as the foam plugs fit well, and not as good as doubling up with foams and muffs. Whatever you get will only work as well as the fit into your ear. I have to sometimes fiddle with them to get a good fit.

I'm happy enough with them. I'd probably not pay full price for them.

-Jeff
 
I’ve had the walkers game ears for a couple years now. Really like them, just wish the battery would last longer when streaming music at work. If only used for active sound suppression I suspect they’d last more than four hours.
 
I am testing Walker’s Rope, which advertises NRR 29. 1st use yesterday at 6 lane indoor range. Not as effective as my usual passive plugs under a cheap active muff. The 10mm in the next lane was pretty loud but not horrible. Next time I will compare with a new Howard Leight Impact Pro muff.
After initial tests indoors and outdoors, I will stick with passive plugs under electronic muffs at indoor ranges and continue testing the active Rope plugs outdoors. In the range the electronic plugs were only OK, but not as comfortably protective as passive plugs plus muffs. Outdoors the electronic plugs seemed to be pretty good, and physically more comfortable than muffs, but I was the only one shooting. Next visit to an active outdoor range with multiple shooters I will compare both options.
 
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I have a set of Walker razor xv. They work well enough for hunting but they are starting to show wear after a court years of hard use. The right side won't transmit sound if the cord is pulled all the way out and the left one is noticably quieter than my wife's pair that has seen about half the use of my pair. For indoor rifle ond certain handguns they don't really cut it so I'll put muffs on, a full day of clays they did very well. Once this next pair gives up the ghost I'll be looking at the bone conduction ones listed above or some custom fit ear pro at a much much higher price point.
 
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