The biggest problem with a game ear is this. If you wear one and turn it up so that one ear can hear significantly better than your other ear, you loose the ability to determine the direction from which the sounds are coming from. Oh sure, you can hear lots of sounds that you can' t with out one, BUT, do you really want the breeze to sound like a tornado is coming, do you really want to hear that squrrel that is digging for nuts 150 yrds. away, do you really want to hear every crow that is in your county? Spend your money on something that will help ya, not hinder ya!!!!! I give the Game ear, two thumbs down, can ya tell? Although it does work well as far as hearing protection for gun blasts, but that is the only good thing about it.