Monday, February 2, 2009

BLUETOOTH YOUR HEARING PROTECTORS


Hearing protection is always a must when operating power tools, but makes listening to a radio or iPod difficult. Peltor solved part of this problem by offering a hearing protector with an AM/FM radio. Naturally, soon after I bought one of these headsets, they came out with a version that included an iPod hookup integral to the sound protection. This was a huge improvement to my "listening pleasure", but it soon became obvious that the iPod chord was going to be problematic, constantly getting caught on things around the shop. The final straw was when I snagged the chord so hard, I broke one of the internal wires. There had to be a better way.

Bluetooth headsets are rapidly coming on the market (I even have one built into my ski helmet), but no one has taken the "hint" on sound protection headphones. However, the solution was as simple by adding a Bluetooth receiver to the hearing protectors. -Read More

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