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What is the primary importance of head phones? Being able to hear faint signals or just isolating yourself while hunting?
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They will increase battery life so you can hunt longer and eliminate a lot of background noise to help hear those signals.
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And you don't draw a lot of attention.
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As Bob & Bill said, headphones do a few things:
1) Draw less power than the interal speaker resulting in longer battery life
2) Bock out outside noise so you do not miss a signal (but when you are hunting with a detector that runs silient and beeps with a set sound over a target that is not so much an issue any more)
3) Allows you to stop answering "What did you find" for the 1,345th time!
4) Allows you to hunt with others without driving each other crazy
Prices range from $15 to $150+. Paying more does not always mean better. I know several people that use $20 Koss phones from one of the Mart stores that serve them just fine. They may not be as robust as the expensive, made-for-detecting phones but for hunting the local park once or twice a week, they fit the bill.
The other thing is that you need to find one that sounds and feels good to you. What one person loves and raves about on the forums, you might hate and if you just spent $100+ for a set, it will be a bit painful. Nothing wrong with bringing your detector to the local dealer or club meeting and trying as many different models as you can.
Hope this helps.
Andy
1) Draw less power than the interal speaker resulting in longer battery life
2) Bock out outside noise so you do not miss a signal (but when you are hunting with a detector that runs silient and beeps with a set sound over a target that is not so much an issue any more)
3) Allows you to stop answering "What did you find" for the 1,345th time!
4) Allows you to hunt with others without driving each other crazy
Prices range from $15 to $150+. Paying more does not always mean better. I know several people that use $20 Koss phones from one of the Mart stores that serve them just fine. They may not be as robust as the expensive, made-for-detecting phones but for hunting the local park once or twice a week, they fit the bill.
The other thing is that you need to find one that sounds and feels good to you. What one person loves and raves about on the forums, you might hate and if you just spent $100+ for a set, it will be a bit painful. Nothing wrong with bringing your detector to the local dealer or club meeting and trying as many different models as you can.
Hope this helps.
Andy
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Hey Andy you forgot one!
For us yankees they keep your ears warm on those crip mornings! <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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For us yankees they keep your ears warm on those crip mornings! <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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I think the fellows covered it quite well and have to agree with Andy my $25.00 Calrads were made for detecting and serve me quite well even on $1000.00 units.In rattlesnake country or varmit country, human and otherwise they make one with just one earphone which I would suggest..Yep always carry a spare but been using this last pair for 6 years..Now thats getting your moneys worth..Have several detectors worth some big bucks but my low priced Calrads work well on any of them..We all have our likes and dislikes so shop around as there are a lots of good ones out there. Matter of fact if I left my headphones home would not hunt..
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yea dan i use the detector pro uniprobe complete headphones and if the battery dies or i forget them o go out of my way to get them or get them working i feel naked without them. the uniprobes are heavy but comfortable they really make you focus lol
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That is so true. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">
Bill
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I agree with all the responses. The main argument for the more expensive phones is that they allow you to hear soft, deep signals that others may not. This could well depend on the state of your own hearing as well. I would like to see an objective test on this. I am certain that I hear some signals that I would miss under the same conditions and location if I were using the speaker. Phones that fit well, block out external sounds really make you feel as one with the detector - I haven't tried to check any weak signal with the speaker after hearing it in the phones - should do that I guess. LOL
Barber Bill
Barber Bill