Peltor M2RX7A Alert AM/FM Radio Headset
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Peltor M2RX7A Alert AM/FM Radio Headset
Customer Review: At last!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love to listen to radio but maintaining a farm and airstrip meant too much noise for the earbuds, headphones, and other hearing devices that are normally available. I spend hours each week mowing, trimming, cutting brush, working with a tractor, doing carpentery work, among other thing that make too much noise to allow radio listening. I tried the "Work Tunes" available from Lowes and Northern Tool but they were grossly inadequate. I went through three sets before giving up.
My search engine spat out "Peltor" as a maker of such headsets and, since the name was familiar to me as a maker of good aviation headsets, decided to try them. They were a bit pricey for my taste but I ordered a pair and find them to be everything the others were not. The radio itself is of excellent quality and has clear reception from end to end of both bands. The controls are of good quality and easy to access. I don't have to remove the set from my head in order to actually see how to operate them. The suppression of exterior noise is excellent and I haven't found any machine noise that can penetrate enough to make listening difficult. In fact, somtimes it suppresses TOO much noise and I don't hear machines laboring or making other sounds that I need to hear. The set has exterior microphones that allow exterior sounds to be heard at whatever level I choose but I seldom make use of this feature.
One reviewer mentioned the set as being direction sensitive, and they are. However, this is an inherent characteristic of radio and has to with antenna orientation. This is a problem with AM only. The tuning knob isn't marked with frequency or even high or low ends of the band but this hasn't been a problem for me.
Overall quality appears to be good and it has proven rugged enough to weather a couple of rain showers and a few hard knocks. If the electronics prove durable I think this thing should be good for years.
Customer Review: Best thing since sliced bread!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a pair of these to use while mowing the grass. The noise reduction quality is fantastic, super quiet. The FM radio reception works great, no issue. The AM radio reception is positional but acceptable. Now the neighbors won't have to listen to me singing at the top of my lungs while I am on the tractor! I would buy this item again and I highly recomend them.Customer Review: Better than expected
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this set to be very impressive. The noise blocking is outstanding to say the least. Along with the built in radio sure makes yard work a pleasure while running landscaping equipment a couple hours per week.
What I found very impressive is the active surround sound. When turned off, you are completely isolated from all sounds around you. When you turn on the surround sound, you actually hear everything as if you were not wearing this unit and actually louder as it will amplify slightly, but you you have full volume control for that as well.
I find the radio to perform very well. I believe those that complained in other reviews around the web were probably in areas with a lot of buildings or structures which would tend to cause that. Out in the open, I never experience static once a station is tuned in.
Now If radio commercials drive you mad, then here's a simple fix. I purchased the audio cable that allows attachment of other audio devices such as a scanner or external mp3 player, etc and I also purchased a Create Labs Stone mp3 player. this is a very tiny mp3 player which holds 2 gig of data. I then took some velcro and attached it to the outside of these ear protectors over the battery cover.
Since the player is only 2 inches long and .5 inches wide and weighs just over 1/2 ounce, its not intrusive at all. The cable can then be bundled up and out of the way.
I highly recommend this headset. Even if you don't run power equipment much or work in a noisy environment that long, they are still a pleasure to wear just for the radio (and mp3 player attached)
Just a side note: This does not come with the audio cable (FL6N) I purchased mine from [...] for the best pricing I could find, $[...] at the time I write this.
UPDATE:
I ordered the FL6N audio cable in order to use my mp3 player. This worked fine but the plug on the headset didn't seem to provide a solid connection. With no way to avoid the static and interruption due to the poor connection, I requested a replacement and hope it was a simple defect on this particular item. I will update my findings when I receive the replacement.
Replacement Received:
Just got the replacement from Amazon. Outstanding customer support to say the least. Anyway, this copy has no issues with the external audio jack connection and all is wonderful!
Customer Review: Better than the basic
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking at hearing protection and decided on these. I had a pair of the basic am/fm headset last year and by the end of the summer they stopped working. I figured i would step it up a notch and see what crazy thngs were available.
I am in landscaping and run power equipment almost all day long. The last pair i had made work more enjoyable, but these are a lot better. They seem to come in better and there is hardly any static between stations. The sound alert is better than i thought it would be. I can hear better with them on! Its almost weird at first..The antenna is a little shorter which is better and the maroon color looks better than yellow.
My only problem is that they are a little big and there are small microphone heads on each and im not sure how the whole setup will hold up to even light rain. The price was also a slight factor.. If they make working more safe and enjoyable, they are a good envestment!
Customer Review: Can you hear me now? Yes, because I've got microphones!
Summary: 5 Stars
*****July 5, 2008*****
These babies are fantastic. I use them while I'm working on projects and when I'm doing yard work. They are comfortable, not too hot, strong, and resistant to rain (so far). The sound quality is excellent, too.
Also, the surround microphones cut out when sound is greater than 85 dB (peaking), while the radio stays on.
Volume knob for surround microphones
Volume knob for radio
Tuning knob for radio stations
Toggle switch for AM/FM (this switch is inset, so as not to bump it easily)
*****December 17, 2008*****
I have a few more things to add.
Being that each speaker is isolated from the other, the stereo in these is amazing--a much-intensified listening experience.
Also, I will say that these are a little difficult to fit under my Skull Bucket full brim hard had. Luckily, though, I can get a comfortable, tight fit out of my hard had with these ear protectors on underneath of it. I advise using caution at heights, though, as there is a higher potential for the hard had to fall off with these on under it.
I've been using these every so often since the summer, and still have yet to change the batteries!