Goliathan
NES Member
I recently picked up a pair of Walker's Razor Digital earmuffs from the BP and I have to say I am pretty displeased with them. First off, the left ear is noticeably louder and more clear than the right ear... and yes, it moves to the other side when I flip them around backward, so save your earwax jokes!
Bigger than that, even, is the way the amp seems to work. Previous active earmuffs I've had "clip off" the louder sounds, so nothing above a certain level gets through, but I can still hear the lower sounds around me. Just sort of compresses and cuts off off the peaks.
These new ones, however, completely shut off the incoming sound, so when a shot goes off they instantly become passive earmuffs. Can't hear ANYthing. That's annoying by itself, but these are also atrociously slow at recovering, sometimes taking two or three seconds after a shot before turning back on at all and when it does the levels are often uneven. On an active range I might as well be wearing foam earplugs... the amp actually never turns itself back on after responding to a shot.
Not thrilled at all, and frankly a little surprised that a name like Walker's would charge $80 for something as junky as this. I reached out to their support people in case there is something I can do to fix it, but I'd be surprised if they bother to respond. I don't have the packaging so returning them to the BP is out. I'm going to have to eat the money, I'm sure.
Anybody else have issues like this? And can anybody suggest an actual decent set of phones?
Bigger than that, even, is the way the amp seems to work. Previous active earmuffs I've had "clip off" the louder sounds, so nothing above a certain level gets through, but I can still hear the lower sounds around me. Just sort of compresses and cuts off off the peaks.
These new ones, however, completely shut off the incoming sound, so when a shot goes off they instantly become passive earmuffs. Can't hear ANYthing. That's annoying by itself, but these are also atrociously slow at recovering, sometimes taking two or three seconds after a shot before turning back on at all and when it does the levels are often uneven. On an active range I might as well be wearing foam earplugs... the amp actually never turns itself back on after responding to a shot.
Not thrilled at all, and frankly a little surprised that a name like Walker's would charge $80 for something as junky as this. I reached out to their support people in case there is something I can do to fix it, but I'd be surprised if they bother to respond. I don't have the packaging so returning them to the BP is out. I'm going to have to eat the money, I'm sure.
Anybody else have issues like this? And can anybody suggest an actual decent set of phones?
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