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That aside, I found that construction earmuff is quite good for blocking sound and gain focus — with just about 5% price of top noise canceling headphone in the
by raindropm 8y ago
That aside, I found that construction earmuff is quite good for blocking sound and gain focus — with just about 5% price of top noise canceling headphone in the market. It took a bit getting used to though(and took quite some times to 'stretch' the earmuff in order to make it not clamp too tight to your head, but it works quite well and very cheap alternative.
It looks derpy though so I can't wear it in the office — where I want to use it the most. :(
- jlebar 8y agoHeh, most people think mine are headphones. The derp factor only occurs once they figure out that they're not. :)
- KozmoNau7 8y agoYou can get earmuffs that are also headphones. I know Sennheiser collaborated with Peltor on some, a couple of years ago.
- peatmoss 8y agoYou can sometimes pair a decent in-ear pair of headphones with shooting / construction earmuffs, depending on the clearances. That’s the best of both worlds IMO. Also, don’t worry about looking derpy; I give you blanket permission to not care :-)
- nordsieck 8y agoA great alternative to your setup is a set of plugfones [0]. They're an earbud that's an earplug first and a speaker second, which means they have an NRR rating and are generally pretty good earplugs. [0] https://www.plugfones.com/ https://www.plugfones.com/
- ketralnis 8y agoI've tried these for motorcycling and have found that the foam style is enormous and won't fit in my normal-sized ears :( (They also have a baffled style that won't stay put while I put on my helmet but of course that won't affect you in an office)
- esturk 8y agoYou mean having construction muffs over earphones? Professional gamers have been doing that for years in 1v1 matches.
- finnthehuman 8y agoIt looks derpy though so I can't wear it in the office You'll be fine. A guy in our office wears some, it's no big deal.
- mlevental 8y agothe problem with these is that the tension on the spring (necessarily) is very high and they're painful to wear after a couple of hours.
- raindropm 8y agoI stretch it out quite a lot since I bought it. It's much better than the one that not stretched, though I admittedly have to take it off after a couple of hours like you said. My work focus is lost by then anyway, so it's a good time for a little break. I found the tradeoff for the silence you got and its uncomfortable-ness is okay for its small pricetag though. :)
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y agoWearing it in the office - if you can get away with it - would also be a good way to make a point that the office environment is too damn loud to think.
- xab9 8y agoThis sounds great - can you wear glasses with it?
- raindropm 8y agoI can, but it's certainly better not wearing glasses, because at the end of the day, it's an earmuff that designed to clamp your head quite tightly. Also, the cushion on these earmuffs isn't the most comfortable cushion in the world, compared to high-end headphone. Well, it's built for construction worker after all...
- pragmatic 8y agoDon't ruin your hearing. You can't listen to music in headphones all day without damaging your hearing. The open pit coding fad is causing an epidemic of hearing damage.