[sillerdu44]

Thanks for any help!!

 

[GreatDane]

I would use IEMs to help block the noise.

 

[Rednamalas1]

^ X2, but if you insist on full size headphones, Audiotechnica ANC7 isn't too bad for blocking noise, although it wouldn't completely block it out.

 

[hanalei mike]

I use shure, it blocks mower noise allowing for lower listening levels, and they are light, and they stay in your ears even when doing the hedges.

 

[shellylh]

Sennheiser HD 25-I II (used will be in your price range) if you don't want to do IEMs. They block noise better than any other closed headphone I have tried. I use them for all my lawn work and they are wonderful (you can also adjust the headband so that it wouldn't come off in a hurricane).

I haven't tried the Sennheiser HD 25-SP II but I would guess they would also do a good job isolating (while having the cheaper pricetag of their older brother) but would not have the SQ of the HD 25-I. The HD-SP II does not have the split headband.

 

[Dash]

prob UM1.

 

[Peter Pinna]

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Originally Posted by sillerdu44 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for any help!!

I suggest you don't use headphones when cutting the lawn because you would need to have the volume turned up too loud to cover the sound of your lawn mower's motor and this could be bad for your hearing.
Actually, the only way I would advocate that someone wear headphones while they are cutting the grass is IF they have a specific type of "grass cutter". And that specific type of "grass cutter" is a GOAT!
Goats, are generally quiet except for an occasional "B-aa-aa-aa" so you wouldn't need to have the volume on your headphones turned up too high to cover the sound.

 

[andychen]

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Originally Posted by Peter Pinna /img/forum/go_quote.gif Actually, the only way I would advocate that someone wear headphones while they are cutting the grass is IF they have a specific type of "grass cutter". And that specific type of "grass cutter" is a GOAT! Goats, are generally quiet except for an occasional "B-aa-aa-aa" so you wouldn't need to have the volume on your headphones turned up too high to cover the sound.

lol!

 

[scompton]

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Originally Posted by Dash /img/forum/go_quote.gif prob UM1.

By itself the UM1 only blocks about 20dB which isn't enough for mowing the lawn. It's barely enough for my mass transit commute. I use my UM1 and 30dB ear muffs. I can barely hear the lawn mower. It's great. Almost everyone in my neighborhood uses ear muffs when mowing, so here it's not even geeky looking.

 

[Dash]

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Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif By itself the UM1 only blocks about 20dB which isn't enough for mowing the lawn. It's barely enough for my mass transit commute. I use my UM1 and 30dB ear muffs. I can barely hear the lawn mower. It's great. Almost everyone in my neighborhood uses ear muffs when mowing, so here it's not even geeky looking.

Good to know. I was thinking highly regarded IEMs in that price range. I know that the Shure Olive tips block quite a bit, Ive had several pair of SE series Shures for outdoor stuff. So, in that case how bout a SE210?

 

[scompton]

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Originally Posted by Dash /img/forum/go_quote.gif Good to know. I was thinking highly regarded IEMs in that price range. I know that the Shure Olive tips block quite a bit, Ive had several pair of SE series Shures for outdoor stuff. So, in that case how bout a SE210?

If the SE210 is the equivalent of the E3c, which I think it is, it will isolate better than the UM1. I use large black olives with my UM1. The problem is that they just fit in the outer part of my ear canal. Basically, the farther into you ear that the IEM goes, the better it isolates.

I'd personally use the ear muffs no matter what IEM I use. You can't have too much hearing protection

 

[apostate]

Use to use UM1s with the long comply tips with a gas rotary mower. I was able to keep the volume where I normally listen and still hear the song but the mower noise did drown out softer passages. Nowadays I use Koss KSC-75s and a reel mower with not much problem at all.

Ant

 

[scompton]

The long tips didn't work for me at all. With my ear geometry, the tips of the tips got pinched shut, so no music at all

 

[ecclesand]

I would recommend using a lawn mower to mow the lawn. There are gas and electric models. Headphones...aka Cans...are good for listening to music, not mowing the lawn.

 

[Nocturnal310]

Getting a new modern Silent Lawn Mower will cost u much much less than a great pair of Noise Cancelling headphones.

but ya...where's the fun then?