FireMax muffs solve all the pain points for hearing protection, and now they also allow communication with your pals in the field.
FireMax Muffs
Hearing damage never heals, so it’s essential to protect what you have. Trouble is, protecting your hearing necessarily means you can’t hear anything. There are excellent electronic solutions, like Walker’s Razor muffs, which have mics and speakers built-in to amplify ambient sounds. But if you left them turned on last time you went to the range, the batteries are now dead, and you can’t hear again.
Walker’s new FIreMax are their top-of-the-line muffs to mitigate the problem. They protect your hearing and help you work effectively. They have a 20-23 decibel Noise Reduction Rating plus sound-activated compression to keep you safe, and they have a 200-hour rechargeable battery so you don’t have the annoyance and cost of dead batteries.
FireMax’s thick gel-filled muffs seal completely but comfortably keep you cool so you don’t get “muff ear” after a long session at the range. They also have a 3.5mm headphone input and a sport-style headband to reduce heat retention so you can use them mowing the lawn, too.
The entire outer surface is rubber-sprayed for toughness, and the digital audio controls are manipulated with silent soft-touch buttons. What makes these muffs unique is that they have 4 modes to utilize their active microphone and bring the ambient sounds into your ears.
- Universal Mode: Standard, brings in all sounds
- Clear Voice Mode: Reduces high- and low- frequency sounds to clarify mid-range, where voices are heard
- High Frequency Boost Mode: Increases sensitivity to high pitch sounds, like brass tinkling on the ground, steel target ringing, brush rustling, birds flushing, etc.
- Power Boost Mode: This gives you super hearing and could be compared to what hearing aids do
One of the coolest things about FireMax, though, is that there is now a walkie talkie attachment to keep you connected with your buddies while in the field.
FireMax Walkie Talkie
This walkie Talkie module plugs into the FireMax muffs and uses the muff’s battery to power it. The muff battery life will be reduced but should still offer about 150 hours before recharging. The walkie talkie uses the FRS frequencies commonly found on all radios that don’t require a license.
They have buttons, but can also be voice-activated so you can talk with friends while hunting. At the range, it’ll be cool to hang targets and talk with the guys back at the bench (“Bring more staples out!”). Imagine how handy it could be when shooting long-range, too, to communicate easily and hands-free.
The FireMax muffs and walkie talkie are available now from Walker’s. The muffs MSRP is $199, and you can add the walkie talkie for $59.
I would like to have something like this for me and all my grand kids but there are lots of questions to be answered.
Interesting but no where in your review or on product website does it provide the number of mics. The Walker Quad, some Razors and Walker stalker 360 have 4 Omni Directional Microphones. Assume these only have 2?
How much does it weigh – same as battery (more/less) – and after adding walkie talkie?
How does it perform when shouldering a scoped rifle?
What’s the real world range/distance of walkie talkie? You mention how cool it is for longrange shooting but what’s the real world effective range – 880 yards/1760 yards/more? If using while hunting what’s the effective range of walkie/talkie in woods/mountains (I know it’s less)?
Amazon has them for $140 from Walker Store and walkie talkie for $28. Need more – and better – reviews before I’ll purchase
Those are great questions that we will address if we do a hands-on review. This is just an introduction of a new product we saw at the show this week. If we do a review, we’ll address all those. Thanks for your input!