Which Radio?

[Fordy Bob]

Peltor's for me,probably a bit more costly but well worth it.Who cares what you look like when you know whats happening at the Porsche curves when your in the Dunlop grandstand and once you have the active ambient sound sorted out and you share the Porsche curves info with your mate you dont sound like Dom Jolly.

[DubaiMike]

I have some Peltor radio headphones. I wouldn't go without them now, for comfort & convenience, and if I look like a knob wearing them, then so does everyone else wearing the same thing - they aren't that rare!

[James_N]

Any ideas where to get these Peltor radio jobbies on the cheap

[Panclan]

Take a look at Claus Ohlson http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Radio-Ear-Defenders/P...

[FraMac]

James_N said:

Any ideas where to get these Peltor radio jobbies on the cheap

I got mine via the bay of e from the US of A.

[gt6]

Panclan said:

Take a look at Claus Ohlson http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Radio-Ear-Defenders/P...

just ordered one used discount code clas26422 for £18.44 delivered so will let you know what they are like after silverstone

[Craikeybaby]

I've just ordered a Sony SRF-59 from Amazon, I'm not sure I'd want to wear a pair of those Peltors all weekend and travelling in the MR2 I need everything I'm taking to be as compact as possible!

[anonymous-user]

Craikeybaby said:

I've just ordered a Sony SRF-59 from Amazon, I'm not sure I'd want to wear a pair of those Peltors all weekend and travelling in the MR2 I need everything I'm taking to be as compact as possible!

I bought one of these last year and it was really good no probs with the tuning and good sound for the price

[The Leaper]

I think that the in ear type of phones you are considering are likely to be disappointing due the ambient noise of all the cars. I use a similar pocket FM radio (an old Aiwa) plus Sony MCR-V300 with fold away ear sections and this combo works very well.

R.

[Craikeybaby]

The plan is to try them out at Silverstone on the 20th, so will have time to sort for Le Mans if needed.

[OvalOwl]

Craikeybaby said:

I'm not sure I'd want to wear a pair of those Peltors all weekend...

I found the ear defenders no problem at all from a comfort point of view, extended wear wasn't a problem. The only down side is that if you have a "dumb" pair they make conversation more difficult. It is far too easy to retreat into your own little world listening to Radio LM and ignore your companions.

[Jenx]

I bought these...excellent outdoors

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270908738171?ssPageName=...

[gt6]

gt6 said:

Panclan said:

Take a look at Claus Ohlson http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Radio-Ear-Defenders/P...

just ordered one used discount code clas26422 for £18.44 delivered so will let you know what they are like after silverstone

Well they arrived and work fine, block out surrounding noise well and picked up radio 2 and classic fm so should be good for RLM, bargain for fraction of the price of peltor ones

[eps]

Good to hear.

Have just ordered a couple for the boys..

Used a new code, as the other one had expired.

CLAS29888

Think it's valid until the 9th of this month.

[lucky b]

Just ordered a pair for junior to test at Silverstone. Needed another radio for her at Le Mans anyway. Got to be worth a try at that price. Cheers for the info.

[24lemons]

Any feedback on radios from those who bought them for silverstone WEC? I'm back on the idea of getting ear defender radios !

[Craikeybaby]

24lemons said:

Any feedback on radios from those who bought them for silverstone WEC? I'm back on the idea of getting ear defender radios !

Yes, I bought the ones in my previous post, but returned them, as I was expecting in ear earphones, rather than over the ear ones.

Craikeybaby said:

I've just ordered a Sony SRF-59 from Amazon, I'm not sure I'd want to wear a pair of those Peltors all weekend and travelling in the MR2 I need everything I'm taking to be as compact as possible!

I looked at all the options again and settled on the same Sony one, but with in ear earphone, bought from eBay in the end. When I got it, it was bigger than I expected, but all the other options looked to be the same size, so I stuck with it.

Layered up at Silverstone I didn't notice I was wearing it, other than that I could hear the commentary clearly! There were a few times were the reception dropped out, usually trigger by me moving. I'm not sure if it was the tuning wheel getting knocked, or a dodgy connection to the aerial in the earphone lead - will put a multi meter on it before Le Mans to check.

For £16 delivered it does the job and I'll be taking it to Le Mans.

[BigDaveTheMighty]

Another vote for the Sony radio Craikeybaby linked to. I have the same model and it's seen me through seven Le Mans, three Silverstone 1000s and a DTM.

Think I've only had to change the battery in it a couple of times in all that use too.

It is worth using with better earphones though.

[lucky b]

The clas Olson ones are OK but for radio Silverstone at 87.7 they don't quite tune down low enough in the band so were next to useless while there.
Roberts 996 and cheap Tesco radios with in ear phones worked brilliantly though!

[Craikeybaby]

BigDaveTheMighty said:

Another vote for the Sony radio Craikeybaby linked to. I have the same model and it's seen me through seven Le Mans, three Silverstone 1000s and a DTM.

Think I've only had to change the battery in it a couple of times in all that use too.

It is worth using with better earphones though.

Which earphones did you use? My understanding is that the fm aerial is up the earphone lead.