Great tip thank you. I've been using the Ropeman 1 for a couple of years but don't like the noise it makes sometimes and I just don't trust my life to a mechanical tool.

Thanks for the warning as I was close to buying the wrong pair. Actually both these headsets offer passive ear protection (noise reduction) and thus they do this similarly with or without batteries. Both might be improved with more inside padding (see another shooter's YT on this) and adjusting how you wear them. The marketing implies that there's magic going on but neither pair is noise cancelling if such a thing exists in this arena. The damage to hearing discussed is exaggerated in that the amplification in these headsets isn't going to hit say, 180dB.

This is why I don’t buy on Amazon. Too many knockoffs.

The weird thing is with your Real Pair, is the battery compartment is still Different to mine that i purchased from my military base. The Copper Leaf Springs are smaller in mine, and the sticker is much different. The headband is also glossier on yours and the overall material looks a bit shinier in appearance than mine. The one on the right is yes a dead give away it is fake. The color, the battery tray and sticker. Pretty sure the fake one didn’t come with a manual either. Edit: yes after checking and etc, Amazon are still selling the FAKE ONES, ALBEIT Better Quality FAKES

Thanks! Just wanted to confirm I got the real deal from Amazon- luckily I did!!

You posted this on Amazon too didn't you? I do the same thing. I appreciate the information. Edit: I'm curious since this video is now 5 years old of Chinesium manufacturing now has copied these details. It never ceases to amaze me the lengths Chinese companies will go to knock off products. Especially ones that aren't even that expensive. A $40 pair of ear protection is being knocked off... insane.

EBAY and AMAZON BOTH SUCK !!!! They are both 110% FULLY AWARE that Fake / knock-off, BOOTLEG Shit is being sold on their websites, yet neither of them could care less! To them it's ALL ABOUT making money at the expense, well-being and safety of the American people and people all over the world for that Matter. It's a DISGRACE that eBay and Amazon ALLOW the COUNTERFEIT SELLERS to make money. It's a CRIME!! - and in the case of Hearing protection, just think how many people are going to do permanent damage to their ears and hearing ALL BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINALS NAMED eBAY, Jeff BOZO and AMAZON!!!! It's VERY SAD PEOPLE!!! And we cannot do a thing about it. Just like Hillary Clinton, Andrew McCabe, James Clapper, Jim Comey and the rest of the Left-Wing CROOKS!! It's NOT Justice for all in America. America is in a RAPID DECLINE !!!

Hi Rob I got permanent hearing damage ( tinnitus ) from a pair of these i purchased in 2014 ( lol, from a friend's recommendation ) to this day i still have ringing in my ears i would like jeff bezos to give me some compensation for these piece of shit fakes i bought from amazon. Anyone else out there get tinnitus from Honeywell Howard Leight Impact Sport fakes bought off amazon?

This is genius. Thanks for the tip!

Спасибо, друг!

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Lol, I have one as well and it still works now. In 2021.

My sister and I had this :)

Thanks for the video. Just found a pair at Goodwill lying next to a toaster oven and an old clock radio. Must've been my lucky day, because they actually turned out to be the real McCoy!

Thank you for the information I just ordered some on eBay

Excellent info. Also I'm curious of the embossed headband ,wether it says the sane thing as the true pair. It's also easy to notice that the windscreen on the mic is recessed and the knock off isn't. Great video. Thanks.

Under $50 on Amazon or Ebay... FAKE!

Would me mighty nice, if you could open them and compare the insides.. Its not hard to open them. At the end, only critical difference that you managed to notice (and not prove!) is the different plastic used. At least, visually inspect circuit board if its the same. If Chinese only took savings on "leather" and a button, then its not really that bad..

luckily I got a real pair. Thanks for bringing this up

Also ended up buying fakes off Amazon. Sigh...

Even the real ones are worthless.

I have the legit ones but the decibel shutout doesn’t work. Learned the hard way. Also not sure what the jack is for. I plugged in my cell phone for mowing thinking it would shut off the outside sound to listen to music. Nope. I still use them on the range but just have the sound on for listening to instructions and conversation

Appreciate the video

I use the walker razors around jet engines. But you don’t ever want to forget double ear pro

I thought for sure mine were fake because they don't work worth shit, but I guess they are real. How do these have such high praise? Shooting my AR with these seriously hurts my ears. I paid $15 at an indoor range yesterday and left within 5 minutes because I just couldn't take the noise from my glock 43 indoors.

I just checked the ones I got new on ebay a week ago. They are the real deal and I only paid 32 total. Good vid

When I walked by two nights before this video they were working on the same ship.

This happened to me and I have damage. I was only able to get them refunded by pp.

Thanks for the warning!

JeeZ My question is obviously, putting one pair on after the other, what difference was there in what your gun sounded like? If you get all wound up, just purchase the much cheaper Caldwell Electronic Muffs. Caldwells all have a red status L.E.D. which lights up when they are on. I have one pair of each, and the Leights are only very marginally better. This recall is only a C.Y.A. move by that company's lawyers. Both Leights and Caldwells can be wore backwards, so you can hear what's going on behind you. There won't be any warranties on the fakes, but I bet you will be stuck for shipping them back. I noted that they aren't offering a genuine pair of Leights, in trade for the knock offs. So its just a lawyers' thing.

Hahahahah how random, I just found mine, it still works too.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AMIGOS!

I was there. LOUDEST THING ON EARTH!!! My insides hurt from that one. lol

Wow, that is quite the unique sound for the CF18, more drawn out than I've heard before.

I just found one in my barn and it still works, 4/29/12 wow!

@mrcpu hey good deal. I have the 160 channel with alpha tag one, nice radio :) glad you got it working

@n8mrc n8mrc... when I finally got the programming cable I discovered the one channel programmed was out of band. I programmed in all ham band channels and it worked fine! Thanks for the help! mrcpu 1 second ago

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