Ear protection

Fri Sep 25 20:59:29 UTC 2015

On 23/09/2015 10:34, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> What are people using for ear protection for datacenters these days? 

Summarising, people seem to use a wide variety of kit:

Ear muffs:
	- 3M Peltor Shotgunner Hearing Protector
	- 3M Peltor Optime

Acoustic headsets:
	- 3M Peltor WS100
	- Howard Leight Thunder 29
	- Sennheiser HD-380 / HD-380

Noise cancellation headsets:

	- "Bose noise-cancellation headsets"
	- Bose QuietComfort 15

Acoustic ear plugs:
	- Shure SE215 / Shure 425 (isolating earphones)
	- V-MODA Faders VIP Tuned Metal Earplugs
	- Westone Custom ES10

non-foam ear plugs:
	- 3M Peltor Combat / Arms Earplugs
	- Sonic Defender EP3, EP4, EP5, EP7
	- Westone DefendEar
	- Etymotic Research ER20 Earplugs

foam ear plugs:
	- Moldex pura-fit
	- Howard Leight Laser Lite
	- Flents "Quiet Please"
	- 3M E-A-R Classic earplugs

thanks to all those who contributed + particularly for the discussion on
acoustic measurement and analysis.

Nick