Overall, I really likethese amplified and Bluetooth earmuffs.
I love the Bluetooth and contrary to other reviews, the sound volume and NOT that bad. You NEED to set up the sound properly in the music app that you're using on your phone, including maxing out the volume and using/setting the sound equalizer. The sound you hear in your earmuffs via Bluetooth is only as good (or bad) as the sound coming from your phone, so get the proper settings on your phone.
For sound volume, turn the media volume all the way up on your phone.
For sound quality, use the equalizer settings for the song App. Instead of using the presets for Rock, Orchestra, Pop, etc., set up a custom where the bass (left side) and treble (right side) settings are maxed out, and the other frequencies (in between) are set so that the resulting layout looks like a "V". Top left of V is max. bass, top right of V is max. treble. Both sides slope to center frequency (V) which is set at or a little above the mid point line. See photos include.
You wouldn't believe how much better the sound quality is!!
And then there are the amplifier mics' volume. The spec. on the Amazon page says 3X amplification and on box they came in, it says 5X. Not sure which it is, but its not nearly as amplified as other muffs (Walkers) I used with the volume all the way up.
Lastly. the "upgrade" in the title is for the gel pads in the muffs. They don't feel like gel, and no different than my Walker regular muffs. They don't feel like "gel" to me, more like a denser foam. The sticker label put on this regular box says it's an upgrade with "gel" pads. That is the only difference, EXCEPT, that to get any muff other than black color, I needed to get the upgraded muffs with the gel so I could get green. The price goes from $60 to $79 for the gel pads. You'd pay about $17 to $19 separately for these gel pads, so that's about right.
I actually paid $71 for these ProHear upgraded muffs because there were two coupons that added up to $8 off!
Not bad, and free 2 day shipping from Amazon!
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