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Keith B wrote: You need to be able to hear everything that is happening if you are dealing with someone in your house; that means footsteps, creaks in doors, etc. Having gun muffs would not give you the best hearing coverage. Even the electronic ones can distort natural sounds (unless you have really high-end ones) and you might mistake one sound for another. Best to take you chances on hearing damage if you do have to shoot. Better a chance of some hearing loss than loss of your or someone in your family's life.

Excaliber wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

Excaliber wrote: A better way to address your concerns for home defense might be to pick up a couple of sets of quality electronic hearing protectors. They do not change the configuration of your gun, they allow you to hear what's going on around you, and they protect your hearing as well.

Harbor Freight sells their "electronic hearing protector" for $15 in the store and $12 on-line. A guy had a pair at our little range last Sunday and they actually worked wih .45acp reports. It was kinda' spooky.

OF course, at that price, the required two AA batteries are sold separately.

There are two technologies used in these devices. The link I provided has access to detailed information, but here's the short version:

The less expensive one works by cutting off sound that exceeds a certain threshold, but you also lose any sounds immediately around that event. The other compresses the sound and allows continuous hearing.

There are also differences in the basic sound attenuation provided by the muffs themselves.

There are many offerings from several main manufacturers. As usual, you get what you pay for.

Excaliber wrote: A better way to address your concerns for home defense might be to pick up a couple of sets of quality electronic hearing protectors. They do not change the configuration of your gun, they allow you to hear what's going on around you, and they protect your hearing as well.