Ear defenders for children

[Rob.]

Have started to take my 4-year old son to some trackdays and plan to attend other track/car events this summer and beyond with him. Whilst he liked seeing the cars the noise was too much for him on some of the cars and I don`t want this to put him off going again. Now, I have seen kid specific ear defenders made by a company called "Peltor" and did`nt know if any of you had any experience of these or could suggest/recommend anything similar.

Thanks in advance.

[anniesdad]

Rob. said:

Have started to take my 4-year old son to some trackdays and plan to attend other track/car events this summer and beyond with him. Whilst he liked seeing the cars the noise was too much for him on some of the cars and I don`t want this to put him off going again. Now, I have seen kid specific ear defenders made by a company called "Peltor" and did`nt know if any of you had any experience of these or could suggest/recommend anything similar.

Thanks in advance.

I had a similar experience with Annie after taking her to the LMS race at Donington in '06. She would only come to the subsequent races (no problems getting her to do the camping!) if I promised to buy her some ear defenders, so I got her some of the pink Peltor ones. She let her cousins try them on then promptly forgot that she had them!

S

edited: The Peltor defenders are the best ones for kids AFAIC.

[alcad]

Another thumbs up for the Peltor ones.

We have 2 pairs, One for our 2 year old and the other pair is for our next child who isn't due until July.

[Moose.]

Peltor also make aviation headsets, so I'm sure their eardefenders will be fine

[Rob.]

Thanks chaps, Peltor it is then. Not the pink though although might tell him they are to tease him.

[Emsman]

Look at a few shooting shops before you purchase them- they are often far cheaper than a motorsports place.

And peltor are the best by far

[Rob.]

I was looking on Ebay and other safety suppliers, although will look at shooting shops online too now, thanks.

[Fuchs]

I bought a pink pair my my little un for when we go to Monaco for the F1 - got them from Amazon.

[Jon C]

I use Draper ones, ten quid from Screwfix, meet all ISO industrial standards and allow normal conversation as two Top Fuel cars burnout past you as they filter out the top and bottom end so effectively

[Rob.]

Just ordered a pair of these online and got them for £9.99 delivered. Thought I`d pass this on incase anyone else was after a pair and wanted to avoid paying the £15-£20 that so many places were charging. Every little helps and all that!

[Strike_J]

No experience with the kids one, as far as I know I don't have any kids. Peltor on the whole however make superb ear defenders that are very comfortable and do an excellent job at keeping your ears safe. Easy enough to get the sponges out and give them a clean aswell.

[Coco H]

I was going to say my son has been coming to our events since birth (he's 2 1/2 now) and we have some very loud cars at some things - one was unsilenced special and he has never had any problems even with the loudest. Perhaps he's deaf!

[Piglet]

Coco H said:

I was going to say my son has been coming to our events since birth (he's 2 1/2 now) and we have some very loud cars at some things - one was unsilenced special and he has never had any problems even with the loudest. Perhaps he's deaf!

...or will be soon. Kid's hearing is easily damaged. One of my pet hates as a marshal is seeing kids on the bank without ear protection and worse kids with their fingers in their ears because the know it's noisy but their parents don't even get them ear plugs.

[Coco H]

Piglet said:

Coco H said:

I was going to say my son has been coming to our events since birth (he's 2 1/2 now) and we have some very loud cars at some things - one was unsilenced special and he has never had any problems even with the loudest. Perhaps he's deaf!

...or will be soon. Kid's hearing is easily damaged. One of my pet hates as a marshal is seeing kids on the bank without ear protection and worse kids with their fingers in their ears because the know it's noisy but their parents don't even get them ear plugs.

Maybe but our Gp told me they were a fashion accessory and he reckons its a myth about kids hearing being damaged! Mind you I am not sure how up to date he is!

[Moose.]

Coco H said:

Maybe but our Gp told me they were a fashion accessory and he reckons its a myth about kids hearing being damaged! Mind you I am not sure how up to date he is!

That's terrible advice!! Google for Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) for more details and please make your children wear ear defenders if they're going to be exposed to high noise levels. They'll thank you for it later in life

[bigbubba]

Coco H said:

I was going to say my son has been coming to our events since birth (he's 2 1/2 now) and we have some very loud cars at some things - one was unsilenced special and he has never had any problems even with the loudest. Perhaps he's deaf!

All I can say is "You tt". It ok fking your own hearing up, but a 2 1/2 year olds? - wker.

I hope you are proud of yourself.

Bubba

Edited by bigbubba on Wednesday 8th April 09:57

[Rob.]

Bit harsh isn`t it?

[Coco H]

bigbubba said:

Coco H said:

I was going to say my son has been coming to our events since birth (he's 2 1/2 now) and we have some very loud cars at some things - one was unsilenced special and he has never had any problems even with the loudest. Perhaps he's deaf!

All I can say is "You tt". It ok fking your own hearing up, but a 2 1/2 year olds? - wker.

I hope you are proud of yourself.

Bubba

Edited by bigbubba on Wednesday 8th April 09:57

Thank you. My aren't you clever with your imaginative language. I am sure my children would love to hear such poetry if of course, they could hear.

I am so pleased that you are astute enough to know exactly where my child has been allowed to stand at motorsports events. And of course, which events we have been to and how long he has been exposed to them for and of course whether it has been on purpose. Actually, I have tried to repeated deafen him by taking him to runways and sitting under the planes as they take off.
Perhaps you could give me the winning lottery numbers for next week. Now that would be helpful.

I should be most obliged if you would go back to your hole, put your tin foil hat on and judge the next person you don't know anything about without actually engaging your brain. Perfect Labour polictician material.

[anniesdad]

Bloody hell, how can such an innocent thread end up this way?! PH hey...

Maybe I should add that prior to buying the ear defenders I encouraged Annie to wear earplugs but they kept coming out. I would definitely get the ear defenders as they are for all intents and purposes fit and forget.

[jeff m]

Ear thingies for shooting are designed to protect against impact noises and will pass regular sound.
The industrial type are usually for continuous noise.