I would go with ESP, buy once, cry once. Give Jack Homa with ESP a call, they have the best customer service of ANY seller I have ever dealt with.

 

Specifically need ear buds? There's a number of electronic ear muff ones for comparatively not that much.


Earbuds tend to fall out of my ears, so I may also be biased

 

Never had a problem with them falling out...I lose them if after I take them out to hear my squad, and I put it down. I guess muffs would sole that problem

 

I highly recommend Pro Ears Stealth HB 28 currently one sale for like $55.00 or so at Amazon. I've had mine since the first introduction and bought spare pairs in July of 22. My audiologist approved of them. I gave up on any of the products that use the little hearing aide batteries in swing out trays. These are easily rechargeable using a USB port. I will say my wife didn't like them because of the way the sit or hang on the back of the neck. It is a woman's hair thing.

All 3 of the pairs I have just keep on ticking. One of those pairs has a blue tooth feature but haven't really found the need of that for my use of them, so far entirely for shooting.

s'f. Steve

 

I have Pro Ears Gold muffs. Love them. Even use them for deer season.
I am completely deaf in one ear. I hear conversations better than all the old deaf guys.
I can't stand anything in my ears.

Jim

 

Jim, I’m in the same boat exactly. A couple of buddies just bought the XCORs, one also has the ESPs. The one that doesn’t have the ESPs likes the XCORs the other likes his ESPs much better but has problems with ear wax and has to send them back for maintenance. I’m trying to decide between Otopro Soundgear and ESP. I spoke to both on the phone and have the most confidence in Jack at ESP, but wow the difference in price is substantial. The thing that bothered me with Soundgear is the ~$70 “concierge” service which brings little value and the high price of repairs if necessary, I think minimum of ~$200 per ear. In the end I will probably go with ESP because it is a known quantity and many shooters are using it. At this point ESPs cost about 25 flats of shells.

 

I really like my ESP Stealths and customer service is terrific.

 

I'm on my second pair of ESPs (in 20 years) and I bought my daughter a pair in 2014. Never had an ear wax problem, tell your buddy Q-Tips are in aisle 10

I highly recommend ESP analog and digital models. I've had both and the analog plugs worked just fine but I have no hearing loss so maybe the upgrade would be more beneficial for others

 

I find the Tetra custom shield to be excellent at both enhancement and protection.

 

I just went to the tetra site...they want $3K+. a little pricey me thinks!

 

If needing both hearing protection and ability to hear, I use EAR inc digital electronic ear plugs. They are similar to ESP and I really like them. Although they are pretty expensive, they are programmed for my hearing loss. They work much like hearing aids with hearing protection built in. I have had them since 2005 and have only had a couple of minor issues. Their customer service is awesome and cost of the repairs were minimal.

 

I bought my EAR digital for about $1000 in 2016 and they're still working great. I wish I had bought them 10 years earlier. We bought my wife a pair, too.

 

CustomShield Alpha 90 from Tetra is $1750. You have to be trying to spend $3k with Tetra.

 

Multi Pursuit Custom Shield re-chargeable & BT...$3599.00...not that hard, but thanks

 

I just looked at the reviews for the walkers on amazon...deleted them from my list.

 

I asked a number of companies if there was a black fri or cyber monday, including Tetra and Pro Ear. Pro ear emailed me back saying their sale stars @ 5pm today until monday. Tetra was more proactive and called me...they got the sale.

 

What was your reasoning behind choosing Tetra over the others? ESP especially?

 

I have the ESP Apex, they cut out wind noise, you can easily have a conversation, they block the noises that they should and none what they shouldn't. I wear them for hunting and clay targets. I have had them since April 2023. No complaints. Yes they were pricey, but no buyer remorse for me. I bought the right hearing protection.