Choosing THE BEST Tactical Ear pro/Comms 

Thanks for watching! Must be a huge difference coming from earplugs. ;-) | Instinct

Well said! Exactly how we think about it. 👍 I Viper

So should I buy the 3M Peltor Sporttac ?

I mean, to play airsoft you really only need face protection, a gun, a magazine, a battery, a charger and bbs.

Nice! 👍 | Viper

Thanks and you're welcome!

Yeah they do indeed get expensive but they are in our eyes more than worth the money. We actually overpaid ours back in the day, by a lot, but we're still happy with the products. But this of course made us dedicate to make them available with the right prices and good service. | Instinct

Thanks for watching! | Instinct

I had earmors, only lasted two airsoft games before I had to send them back. Then did reading up and saw all the issues. So I bit the bullet and went for 3M’s and they are worlds apart. I got second hand to make it a bit better but they are so much better!

@@qwerty123il I think I may have gotten lucky with my Earmor's lasting so long, maybe newer versions quality have dropped off a lot? But same as you will be looking for a nice 2nd hand set of 3M's. :)

Max Steele yeah maybe! I got mine Christmas last year. When they work they are more than adequate for airsoft for sure. The problem is that, having them consistently working. Mine used to deactivate the active side of the hearing protection every time they received a comms signal... not much use! But yes do it you won’t regret it

A piece of plastic that costs $20 to replace breaks so you decide Earmor are shit so you want to spend $500 to replace them? there is literally no need to be spending so much money on real steel gear for airsoft it's just kinda dumb if the mount has broken you should perhaps look at a better set of mounts, not just buy expensive headsets that do the exact same job because some dude on youtube told you to!

@@i-_-am-_-g1467 Your making a lot of assumptions there pal... Oh, I never said Earmor were shit...why am I still using them then after 3 years. Yes I could replace the mounts easily...but I quite fancy sourcing a 2nd hand set of Comtacs to use and I don't need some pissy American telling me what I can and cannot do. Have a great day mate. I may buy two actually now. :)

You can do both, but wearing it over the boonie won't provide the best sealing and it won't be easy to put the headset on your head either. Anyhow you wear them, if they are on your ears they will amplify, only blocking sound properly can be a problem. I Viper

@@ReconBrothers Ok. thanks for the answer!

@@ReconBrothers do you guys have any earpro comms setups that might be good for use with a boonie? I was looking into the Silynx Clarus XPR Headset System but have seen some mixed reviews on it thanks for all the great videos!

Well that is not our part of the market so I can't really recommend anything. However there were some guys commenting about such headsets on sites like wish I think. Maybe have a look over there. I Instinct

Good to know, thanks for the input. I Viper

This one was from Crye Precision which are very hard to get. We now mostly use the clothing from Spar-Tac or Direct Action. If you're interested in those you can have a look at our shop. (At the moment Spar-Tac is unavailable and should be available again in February.) shop.reconbrothers.com/spar-tac/ shop.reconbrothers.com/direct-action/ I Instinct

You get what you pay . If you want cheap stuff in war conditions will betray you

@@Greekmilsim Makes sense! 😄

As for the situational awareness, what active ear pro did you use? With ours we can clearly tell what the direction of the sound comes from. Did it have 1 or 2 external mics? We don't mention Baofeng since they are mostly illegal in the EU when it comes to their specs (Unless you have a license for them, which most people don't have). I Instinct

Depends on the earpro. Many have stereo mics and work wuite well. The cheaper ones will be mono and agree they are for hard parking larpers.

That's right i used M30 earmor headsets in military and i couldn't understand where the sounds coming from . They comfuse you

It's the Tasmanian Tiger Plate Carrier QR LC. We sell these as well through: shop.reconbrothers.com/product/tasmanian-tiger-plate-carrier-qr-lc/ The full set as you can see in the vid is this one. We sell this entire pack with a discount: shop.reconbrothers.com/product/reconbrothers-plate-carrier-setup-2020/ | Viper

Both a 3M PELTOR COMTAC XPI (= discontinued & now ComTac VII or VIII) & a SORDIN SUPREME MIL CC SLIM.

thanks @@ReconBrothers

No these can't be used on a computer. We had some people ask us already if it was possible to convert the cable to a 3.5mm one but apparently this isn't so easy. You can use a Sordin Supreme Pro-X for your computer, this one comes with a 3.5mm cable but you can't use it to speak. I Instinct

We only have experience with ear pro & comms, so the solution with your phone is something to find out for yourself. It also depends on whether you need ear pro. Do you guys get to deal with any sort of explosions? If not, I wouldn't aim for a full ear pro headset since the decent ones are expensive. In such a case, just going for a two-way radio gets the job already done. Just mount it on your shoulder or chest (very similar to what patrol policemen do) and set the volume so it doesn't reach out far but just enough for you to hear it. We've ran our comms that way for about a year and it works great. If you need ear pro then don't bother going for the cheap/repro/airsoft versions, because 90% of the people we know that have them only experienced problems with those. The phone solution you mentioned could be a good alternative as well, so it might be worth a try. I Viper

Don't use discord bro. They snarf your personal information.

No experience ourselves, but we've come across a whole bunch of guys that used them. None of them were positive about Earmor products. A good thing to know about hearing protection is that you can only go two ways, either cheap junk or expensive stuff that does work. There's no middleway in that market, especially when it involves comms.

@@ReconBrothers so i have to buy peltors which are combat proven

@@Greekmilsim You can also go for Sordin, Opscore & Invisio. All well-known brands in the industry. However the Ops-core AMPs did have issues, but we don't know if that's still the case. We both offer Peltor and Sordin through our shop. The latest versions of Peltor are the Comtac VII and VIII which are in our opinion the leading products in the market today.

@@ReconBrothers thanks

Hi, I don't know about your local rules but we're allowed to use bang devices that can go up to 120-140 dB. And with those ear protection is something you best have. And since we're also intending to do milsim events in the future and want to do firearm range shooting and training courses it's a good and logic investment to go for reliable products. Regarding your situation: We have known a guy that had a headset that only amplified everything (don't know what it was tho), but I would be really carefull with those because if someone for example shoots a loud HPA/GBBR gun next to you, you could get ear damage as well. I know how it can suck to throw a €70 product into the garbage. But sadly that is just the reality of these cheap/repro airsoft type of products. We experienced this years ago and basically threw a whole kit of €1000 per person into the bin to start all over again after realizing how this stuff couldn't keep up with what we are doing and require. That's in fact one of the main reasons why we started our channel to make people aware of all this. Sometimes it's just saving up and biting the bullet, but you'll have a product that highly probably will do you a lifetime. We'd rather have it this way than keep complaining about things that don't work properly. Anyway, hope you'll find something that suits you. ✌ | Viper

i went half-deaf for a full hour when a dude threw a pyro at my feet, and i'll be using ear pro ever since. i like my hearing. besides, the noise 'amplification' helps maintain your awareness while otherwise being required to cover your ears for long-range comms which imo is the best part about owning a headset. obviously, these methods aren't for everybody, so i think if it doesn't work out for you (or you don't need it), maybe try playing without a headset?

what ,why?