Modifying the New Klein Tools Situational Awareness Earmuffs for Hard Hat Use

Klein Tools recently came out with an impressive addition to their line of hearing protection, a pair of Bluetooth-enabled Situational Awareness Earmuffs (AESEM1S). These are amazing and have a ton of useful applications on noisy job sites, but what I wondered is, why can't we modify these for use on hard hats? Klein already has a cap style Hard Hat Earmuff (60532), but the features on the new Situational Awareness hearing protection can't be beat, so I decided to make a few modifications in the shop and adapt the product for a hard hat.
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[@einondarkblade]

So how well do they function with outside noise now that you’ve had them for a while?

[@TalkingHandsTools]

They work pretty well. It seems like the loud noises get canceled. That being said, you still can hear them if you have the volume low. It seems as you turn up the volume to hear voices, the loud noises start to cancel as they essentially overdrive the system. Hopefully, that makes sense. I will say you can't play music super loud with these, and phone calls aren't bad, but they aren't crystal clear. I've not tried a phone call in a loud environment they may or may not do well with that.