Frag Out! Magazine
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Fortunately, the times when you went to the shoot- ing range just as you stood, without any special preparation, and it had no meaning if it was an open or closed shooting range, a civilian or "uniformed" one are gone. Now, protecting your eye and hearing is a standard and an obligation – human organs are good, but they have a disadvantage that they do not regrow… Sometimes you can still see attempts to bypass these requirements (for instance, putting the hearing protectors on the helmet, not under it – (you can find such photos), but these are rare cases and generally rather strongly stigmatized. Sometimes, on this occasion an economic argument is mentioned, but it is totally baseless. That is true, that you can purchase active hearing protectors with a connection to two radios for more than $1000 each and $200 goggles, but it is equally possible to spend one hundred or less, if you make some efforts, for the eye and hearing protection (effective!). Let's have a look at the hearing protectors which are available in the market – it is not a test, but only the first part of the overview of the available solutions. The tests will be performed later. ;) One more note – in the case of the in-ear hearing protectors, the individual traits are very important. I know people who can wear the in-ear hearing pro- tectors for many hours, but the others began to freak out after wearing it in their ears for 15 minutes. This is life, and everybody must check it up by himself what is not tolerated by his organism. All in-ear hearing protectors have one, common ad- vantage – they do not interfere in any manner with the protective goggles. Unfortunately, a part of them (these more complex) also has one, common disad- vantage – they may whistle in the wind what can be annoying. Let's start. www.fragoutmag.com