Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30400 in Home Improvement
• Color: Yellow/Black
• Brand: AO Safety
• Model: 90545
• Number of items: 1

Features

• Protective ear muffs with radio
• AM/FM stereo replaces noise pollution
• 22 decibels earmuff for optimal hearing protection
• Lightweight for enhanced comfort
• Maximum stereo volume level of 82 decibels

Amazon.com Product Description
Protect your hearing and listen to music at the same time. Whether you are at the job site, in the workshop, or mowing the lawn, you may be putting your hearing at risk, or at the very least putting up with irritating noise. Regular earplugs are uncomfortable and prevent you from listening to music while you work. WorkTunes' hearing protectors offer a high level of hearing defense as well as let you replace the irritating noise with your favorite AM or FM radio station. And while many stereo headsets have volume levels that can damage hearing, this set has a maximum volume level of 85 decibels, lower than the threshold of danger.

From the Manufacturer
Whether you are a construction worker on the job, a person in the workshop or a homeowner mowing the lawn, you may be putting your hearing at risk. And chances are, you are also putting up with some irritating noise. To protect hearing, tune out irritating noise while you enjoy your favorite music station, you need AOSafety WorkTunes. WorkTunes is the first of its kind, offering optimum hearing protection and both AM and FM stereo radio. In the past, people who wanted to listen to the radio while completing noisy tasks cranked up the volume on their stereo headsets. Traditional stereo headsets offer no hearing protection and have volume levels that can exceed 115 decibels (the threshold of pain). The result? The too high volume causes hearing damage, although noise induced hearing loss is 100 percent preventable. WorkTunes offers hearing protection with a volume control limit of 82 decibels.

From the Manufacturer
Tune out ear-damaging noise and tune into your favorite music station at the same time with Peltor's WorkTunes hearing protector and AM/FM stereo. The first of its kind, WorkTunes offers optimum hearing protection and radio reception--in stereo--for jamming out on the job. A volume control limit of 82 decibels protects the ears from loud music and louder commercials (no sense in protecting your ear drums from the backhoe's din while blasting them to oblivion with music). Lightweight for enhanced comfort, the earmuffs reduce work noise to a reasonable 22 decibels.

Customer Reviews

Great product, but not perfect
I originally became interested in these ear muffs for my wood shop after seeing nearly every landscaper in the world wearing them. Pros - Excellent noise protection, good sound, very comfortable, easy to use, great battery life, good construction. Cons - No markings on radio dial, reception could be a tad bit better.

As for the cons, the lack of markings actually isn't that big of a deal after a few minutes of use. You simply start at one end of the dial and finding your favorite stations becomes easy. I quickly developed a feel for how far to turn the dial to my favorite AM or FM stations. Another reviewer mentioned that these muffs don't receive FM stereo. They certainly do, but only if the station is strong enough and tuned in.

My other ear protection setup is a Sangean AM/FM/TV/Weather pocket radio or a scanner, and a $... set of professional grade David Clark earmuffs with speakers. Keeping in mind that this is about a $... setup, I still prefer the DC muffs for race tracks. However, the cord can get in the way while working in the shop or in the yard, and the radio needs to go somewhere. The Peltor does an excellent job, considering it's 1/3 of the price. As for blocking external noise, the Peltor muffs are as good as the David Clark units.

Overall this unit is comfortable enough for all-day use, I now wear them while mowing and snowblowing, as well as in the shop. I am happy enough with mine that I bought a pair for my father-in law. Over the six months I've had mine, they've been dropped, wet, frozen and heated, and they have held up well. We use non-radio equipped Peltor muffs where I work, they have proven to be very durable over the years.

Wait for a better product
This would seem like an easy thing to make....
This unit was feable straight from the box only one side/speaker worked the other was about 1/4 the volume and there's no balance adjustment.
It didn't pull in FM stations as well as my other radios
The company web site is lacking and support is canned i.e. go visit a dealer for info.
Wait until someone builds a better one.
Or use small earbud phones w/an iPod or whatever and wear a regular headset over it to keep out the noise.
I returned the one I bought.

Does what it's supposed to
They say that the best hearing protector is the one that you wear. This is a wearable hearing protector. It really does cut the sound down 25dB and the radio works fine. In fact, the radio has better selectivity and sound than does a Sony headset radio (without hearing protection) that I bought a few years ago. At least as important, the thing is comfortable.

I use it while mowing and running a very noisy chipper-shredder. Being able to listen to Click and Clack makes the job much more tolerable. My only complaint is that after after an hour or so your ears get hot, sweaty, and itchy. But there's no way out of that problem with a hearing protector that works by forming a nearly airtight seal around your ears. Some day when I'm rich I'll by a more comfortable, noise cancelling headset but for now they cost a lot more than $...