[LouAvul]

wear ear plugs with a 30+ db reduction, and ear muffs, with another 23 db of reduction.

You do realize you're not getting 53dB reduction? You take the higher of the two (30dB) and then add 5. You're getting 35dB NRR.

[ConservativeMind]

I didn’t realize it was that limited an extra protection, but I can say it works great, for several reasons.

1) If I have to take off my ear muffs, I’m still protected.

2) When both are on, I hear people talking, along with other sounds, even better, because the total noise reduction for shots is great, while I’m hearing everything else, because I have the volume up on the internal ear muff speakers enough to get the sounds I do want through my ear plugs.

It’s a win-win. I can’t say I’m hearing whispers the best, but for everything else, I, and my wife, are fully covered.