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The Howard Leight Impact Sport and the Walker's Razor Slim are the two most commonly compared entry-level electronic shooting earmuffs on the market. Both sit in the same price band, both deliver 4x ambient sound amplification with automatic suppression of harmful impulse noise, and both carry NRR…

Electronic and passive ear muffs protect against the same noise — the difference is whether you can still hear. Electronic (level-dependent) muffs use microphones to amplify speech and ambient sound, then cut the volume the instant a loud impulse hits, so you hear range commands or a co-worker…