Peltor ComTac VIII Active Earmuffs

Top-of-the-line active hearing protection for professional military and law enforcement use, and for hobbyists who want to offer their ears the best you can get. These electronic earmuffs adapt to the noise level, improving situational awareness and communication in a challenging environment. They are very comfortable, even with a ballistic helmet and glasses. The earcups, headband, and microphone mount have been redesigned to provide you with improved attenuation, comfort, and overall ease of use.

•  Environmental listening for auditory situational awareness
• Advanced listening mode featuring Mission Audio Profiles (MAP) to maximize audibility based on the acoustical environment
• Shell profile widened and deepened to accommodate improved environmental microphones with stable wind protection.
• Adjustable low-profile headband can be worn under a military helmet
• Ear cup compatible even with mid and low-cut ballistic helmets
• Push buttons are easy to use even with gloves on 
• Low profile, yet plenty of space for ears 
• Can be combined with Peltor E-A-R classic earbuds to give you dual protection in a helluva ruckus 
• Earplug mode helps maintain auditory situational awareness when these are used with earplugs
• Made in Sweden

Features 

Auditory Situational Awareness

The environmental listening feature, also known as "talkthrough," allows safe audio sounds to bypass the individual hearing protection electronically while still helping protect against harmful noises. A microphone transmits the sounds to a speaker inside the headset. The level-dependent digital audio circuit senses noise levels above the desired threshold and compresses them to a safe decibel level or amplifies weak sounds to an audible level.

Mission Audio Profiles (MAP)

Traditionally, a headset has a set frequency response, and you can only increase or decrease the volume. The MAP function provides new advanced ambient/environmental listening modes that allow access to a variety of gain settings, but with frequency shaping, to enhance auditory performance in five conditions. The MAP Profiles have been designed with a variety of combat and combat support operations in mind.

Dual hearing protection with earplugs

In critical situations, noise levels can be so high that they cause immediate, permanent damage to your hearing if you don’t use dual hearing protection. The earplug mode enables you to use this headset in combination with passive earplugs while maintaining a degree of auditory situational awareness. Environmental listening, radio volume, and voice prompts are boosted to help compensate for the additional attenuation provided by the earplug.

Mission-Critical Communications

Communications play a vital role in modern tactical operations. ComTac™ VIII features soundscape to help promote speech intelligibility in noise. Soundscape enables automatic changes to product settings dependent on the user environment. External communications and environmental listening functions are independent of Rx/Tx fail-safe; in the event of electronic failure or battery depletion, external device communications will continue to function.