How strong are your earmuffs?

[RNewms27]

Excuse my ignorance. I have never seen a BLD solve or done one. Why do you need earmuffs?

Solvers are distracted by background noise in a competition.

 

[insane569]

I don't use them. Over time I just got used to doing BLD. Once I did a BLD solve in school while everyone in the class talked and a girl drawing on my back while I was memoing and solving. But I might consider getting some earmuffs now.

 

[cmhardw]

My earplugs say they provide 32 dB reduction, and my earmuffs say 30 dB reduction. From the link posted earlier I guess I am probably receiving approximately 35 dB reduction in total when I wear both.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

My natural muffs are pretty strong actually *giggle* I need reverse plugs to hear

 

[Goosly]

Excuse my ignorance. I have never seen a BLD solve or done one. Why do you need earmuffs?

When you hear people talking on the background, memorization is more difficult then in complete silence.
You can compare it to students in a library... Those study rooms are kept silent

 

[Mikel]

I just use ear plugs that I get from my work. I find that no protection at a competition is distracting, but complete and utter silence is just as distracting as I can hear myself breathe.

 

[alexw]

Hi all

If I want to block out as much talking as possible - do I want to go higher or lower with the db? The higher the better, or the lower the better?

Thanks

 

[HEART]

I want to get a pair of earmuffs, are 24db good enough? I feel like after looking at the poll that 30 is better, but 24 is the highest i can get in my area it seems for a decent price.

Would 24db be suitable for something like a competition? I dont' want 100% silence obviously, just enough to dull everything.

 

[HelpCube]

http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/sensgard/Detail?no=6

These are actually really good, they don't look like they do much but they work reallly well. I use them for shooting too.

 

[Stefan]

but 24 is the highest i can get in my area it seems for a decent price.

What kind of area is that, and what do you call a decent price?

 

[Ickathu]

Hi all

If I want to block out as much talking as possible - do I want to go higher or lower with the db? The higher the better, or the lower the better?

Thanks

higher dB = more dB blocked

I want to get a pair of earmuffs, are 24db good enough? I feel like after looking at the poll that 30 is better, but 24 is the highest i can get in my area it seems for a decent price.

Would 24db be suitable for something like a competition? I dont' want 100% silence obviously, just enough to dull everything.

I've got 23dB (iirc) and I used them at CSP on saturday. It dulled out sounds, but not people talking right nearby. They were fine though.

 

[Noahaha]

I have 25 decibels and they're pretty good. A little bit if background noise always relieves some pressure anyway. My worst performances have always been in silent back-rooms like multi at Harvard Spring 2012 and 4BLD at SJC.

 

[HEART]

How db works :
say for example your home noise level is 40 db, and your earmuffs have 25db reduction. That means your house hold noise level will now be 15db to your ears. (40 is about average for a home, and around 110~ are airplanes iirc)