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I've had my Peltors and Walkers in the rain lots of times and they are fine. Even the Caldwells I loan to guests and students seem to do OK in the wet.The game changes if you start wearing hearing aids. So earbud types are out for me.
I've got several pair of non-electronic muffs which can be worn over my hearing aids. I've also got an electronic pair, they say Zohan on them, from Amazon. But I've seen others like them with different brand names, apparently all made in same factory. They work well enough. I can wear them with or without hearing aids.
I like the newer Zohans over a previous pair I had that got ruined in the rain. I don't remember the brand of those but they might've been Peltor. That older pair didn't seem to give me the same hearing protection as what I have now.
Oddly enough, even without hearing aids, there is some enhancement to my hearing while wearing electronic muffs Which I've noticed with the previous brand of electronic muffs that I had. And now I'm wondering if this same effect is gotten with hearing protection buds..
Some years ago, I had a non-electric pair with the crossover wire behind the head for wearing with hats. It was a good concept, but I found that with certain head or neck movement, the wire would bang into my collar or hat brim, which set off a corresponding noise that was telegraphed to the head pieces. There's always a downside to everything.