3M WorkTunes

I run a woodsplitter for three to four hours at a time and mowing my lawn takes an hour and a half. In the past, would use corded earbuds and place hearing protection earmuffs over them, but what would happen over the duration is the buds work themselves out of your ear, and you have to reset them occasionally. Not a big deal, but it gets annoying. So I set out to find something that combines sound and hearing protection simultaneously, and these are it! I like quality sound when I can get it, but lets face it; anyone reading this knows that the moment you need hearing protection in a loud working environment, you aren't going to get an audiophiles experience in any headphone setup! So to get to the meat and potatoes of this product. You are reading reviews because you want to know if they are the ones to buy. In my opinion, they are! • Hearing protection is adequate. While they don't drown out noise as well as some of the other earmuff hearing protection out there (24db vs 30db only hearing protection, no speakers inside), they reduce outside sound levels adequately even when no music is playing. • Sound quality is very good. These are not made by Bose. Don't expect audiophile quality sound here, but do expect very good sound. I saw sound quality complaints in other reviews. I was like, for the price, I'm gonna judge for myself and if they suck, I'll send it back. I still have them, and I feel the sound quality is very good. Again, these are not Bose or Harmon Kardon, if you want that kind of quality sound, spend the money and sit in your living room and hire someone else do the yard work. • Attainable volume is very good. These offer plenty of volume to drown out any ambient sound that may remain. However, you don't really need to turn these up to full blast. After awhile, your ears get used to and adjust to louder sound levels, making you think you need to turn it up more. Remember this when you are using them for long periods of time. These are designed to offer private entertainment within your loud working environment, and if you are cranking the tunes, you kind of defeat the purpose to protect your hearing. • Comfort is good. One thing I noticed and worth mentioning is the headband that rests upon your head may cause a little discomfort over long periods of use. The pad is kind of open and after long term use can press on your scalp. I have shorter hair, so I noticed this. When working in colder weather with a hat, I didn't notice it. • Battery life per use is good. I have never run out of battery and I have run them for 5 hours. By the end of 5 hours of outdoor yardwork and activity, I am spent, so these basically outlast me when started with a full charge. • Bluetooth connectivity is good. I never had a connection issue with these. I use an iPhone 6 that is attached to my belt with a holder. This device never disconnected. So there you have it. For me, this was a good purchase, and I'm glad I got them. I think you will find that too. They do everything that the task requires. As mentioned, the only small gripe, if any, is the headband comfort over the top of my head. I wanted to review this in a way that was realistic and right to the point, and I hope it helps your decision! Now get back to work! :)

First off, I believe this is the first time I've ever felt it necessary to write a review for a product on Amazon, both because of how impressed I am with the item I received, and because I hope others will read my review either before or after purchasing this product and heed my words of caution involving long term use. I work in a construction field that often sees me operating front end loaders, vibratory compactors, backhoes, jackhammers, etc. almost daily. Some of the machines I use can damage your hearing after just a few seconds of exposure, so a high-quality, reliable hearing protection solution is absolutely necessary. I can say without a single doubt that these are more than adequate for the job. I've had people come up behind me in gator side by side utility carts and I haven't even heard them approaching until they've come into my field of view. They block out a huge amount of noise. In terms of the audio side, the battery life I see out of these is likewise incredibly impressive. If I use them around 4 hours a day, I can see about 5 days before they're dead. Connectivity is fast and reliable, and while the single button control limits your ability to change volume or rewind tracks from the headset, it also reduces the complexity of using the headset, and other people generally won't even realize you've got the option of listening to music because there aren't any obvious controls visible besides the single button. You can still pause/play and skip tracks forward with the single button, and that's been perfect for me so far. Sound quality is likewise very high. Normally, I listen to podcasts, not music, and I've yet to encounter a situation where I couldn't hear what I was listening to, even if I was pounding concrete with a vibratory compactor and the hosts were speaking at normal room face-to-face volume. I've only had them for ~3 months, so I can't really speak to long term build quality yet, but they get tossed into the cab of my truck, are covered in dirt, have a handful of scratches already, have been repeatedly exposed to 120F heat for hours on end, and they still work perfectly fine so they seem to be holding up well under light abuse. I expect they're going to last a while so long as I don't treat them too harshly, and if they do break it'll probably be my fault. As you can see, I really like these things, and I would absolutely buy them again in a heartbeat. All of the above said, there is one significant drawback that I believe everyone should be aware of: they do NOT breathe. This should have been obvious to me due to how effective they are at blocking out noise. If you wear these for a while, you'll take them off and notice there is some condensation inside the ear cups. If you wear them for any length of time in the sun, in July, while doing any physical work, you'll realize that your ears are dripping wet with sweat. The problem here is if you expose your ear canals to such a high level of moisture for a long period of time, you're creating a perfect environment for bacteria, and making yourself a prime candidate for ear infection (I.E.: Swimmer's Ear). I'm just coming off an incredibly painful inner ear infection. I'm fairly certain I can attribute it to my wearing these things for a few 85F days at 6-8 hours straight, in direct sunlight, and sweating like crazy. Going forward, my plan is to either remove them every half hour and get the moisture out, or maybe put a few drops of alcohol in my ear canals at the end of each day to evaporate off any moisture. I won't stop using them however, because they just work too good. Long story short: Great product, does exactly "what it says on the tin", just remember to air them out now and then and keep your ears clean and dry. If you work in a loud environment and can't stand staring at your work in silence, you'll love them.

First off, let's address the elephant in the room - the price. These are VERY expensive considering you can get half decent Bluetooth headphones for about £20 and half decent ear defenders for under a tenner. I actually held off buying these for ages because I was using my half decent headphones under my half decent ear defenders but it was such a faff with the headphones falling out all the time and not particularly comfortable after a while that I finally succumbed and coughed up the dosh. And if you're going to use them often (pretty much every day for me) then these are absolutely worth the investment. I mainly use them to listen to audiobooks and podcasts while using the sander or drill and I have no trouble hearing the audio over either of those tools and it's still passable with much louder tools like circular saws. If you're in a quieter environment, like doing the washing up while the kids argue over the last pack of Doritos, then you can happily tune out all the background noise and listen to your tunes in peace. As long as you're not expecting world class sound quality (and why would you from 3M?) then these headphones are brilliant - battery life lasts hours and hours, range is decent, build quality is spot on so far... The only downside I can see is the price but if you think you'll get your moneys worth then definitely buy a pair

Meet expectations and functions well.

Much better then all others earmuffs

Es una pasada , no conocía esta clase de material, que no oigas ruido y estés recibiendo llamadas o escuchando tu emisora favorita, o música de cualquier clase del móvil por medio del bluetooth. Es una pasada muy bueno y practico. El ruido se oye de fondo que una persona cerca la oyes prestando atención o ruidos muy fuertes te percatas que algo pasa y lo bueno es que son de 3 M Homologados. como dice aceptas llamadas, cuelgas. Cuando te lo quitas notas la sordera de los compañeros. Estoy trabajando en un tren de Pintura imagínate el ruido todo el día. Saludos

Casque qualitatif, un bon complément de son autre version qui fait juste radio/jack mais qui est plus lourd et plus gros car il a une plus grosse réduction -32db contre -24db pour celui ci batterie qui dure assez longtemps je dirai 1 semaine donc pas besoin de le recharger tout le temps, quand la batterie est déchargé on reçoit un message dans le casque. Casque assez confortable pour le porter plus de 8h. Réduction de bruit efficace Seule point faible en fonction du lecteur utilisé youtube/musique/spotify on peut déplorer un réglage de son trop fort même au minimum mais ca arrive rarement Prix 100-120 € ca les vaut largement.