Hearing Protection compatible with iphone 7

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Shann

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I do several hours of mowing\yard work a week. In order to pass the time and also not go deaf from the mowers and weed whackers, I wear some cheapish Howard Leight ear muffs that have a standard jack for plugging into my iphone 4. I download podcasts or listen to music.

My phone is dying, only get about a half day on a full charge now and the apps are increasingly glitchy. So I'm in the market for a new phone.

I was planning on just getting the latest and greatest iPhone because I'm already familiar with its operation and since I keep my phones so long I was going to get the newest to delay being out dated for as long as I can. But the new iPhone 7 doesn't have a jack.

Probably the last thing I need to worry about getting a new phone, but honestly its a big deal for me. I need to wear hearing protection and like the easy plug and play of the passive ear muffs (no batteries, just passive speakers).

Are there real hearing protection ear muffs that are compatible with an iPhone 7?

Or should I just get a 6? Might be a little cheaper now too.
 
I bought some Bluetooth in ear headphones that do a pretty good job of sealing out a lot of the ambient noise as well. That's what I wear when mowing and in the shop. I had an iPhone go down within 30 minutes of being in my shop grinding knives. The metal dust is attracted by the magnets in the speakers. Not good.

The blue tooth makes things a lot easier and gets past getting the cord caught on equipment as I move around. Killed several pairs of wired headphones that way. Not cheap but have been very worth it for me.
 
The 7 does have a Lightening adapter. Comes with it, and is $9 separately. So unless you're trying to charge and listen through headphones (which I doubt you're doing while shooting), you'll have no problems running an Aux cable from the ear pro to the phone.

If you must have a jack, the 6s (what I've got) is a legitimate improvement over the 6, and doesn't give up much to the 7 with the new iOS 10 update. I'll be paying off the 6s and upgrading to a 7 just because I want the 7, but honestly, iOS 10 rejuvenated the 6s for me. It makes a lot of use of some of the 6s's features that previously didn't make much difference over the 6. It's got 3D touch, some sensors the 6 doesn't for smaller features, etc. It'll be able to integrate more OS updates for the next few years than the 6 can right now.

So, the 7 can use wired headphones fine, but if you're still going with something older, the 6s is the only way to go.
 
Thanks for all the info. Probably leaning towards the 6s because I don't really want to have to buy new headphones and the 6s will be a little cheaper. Between having to buy the new phone and new headphones that is probably an appreciable difference.

I have enough trouble remembering to recharge my phone so I like the convenience of having the wired muffs that can just be left on the shelf in the barn or under the seat of my truck. (They aren't the nice high tech ones for shooting that let you hear people talk but kick on for a loud noise-just the old passive ones). The wires do get caught once in a while if I get too close to the hedge, etc., but not too often. I don't do much shop work where the wires really could get in the way a lot.

The one thing I read that seemed worth an upgrade to the 7 is the phone is supposed to be a lot better in low light. That is the real problem with the iPhone cameras. They are plenty clear for my general snapshots but terrible unless the light is really good.
 
Shann said:
Thanks for all the info. Probably leaning towards the 6s because I don't really want to have to buy new headphones and the 6s will be a little cheaper. Between having to buy the new phone and new headphones that is probably an appreciable difference.

I have enough trouble remembering to recharge my phone so I like the convenience of having the wired muffs that can just be left on the shelf in the barn or under the seat of my truck. (They aren't the nice high tech ones for shooting that let you hear people talk but kick on for a loud noise-just the old passive ones). The wires do get caught once in a while if I get too close to the hedge, etc., but not too often. I don't do much shop work where the wires really could get in the way a lot.

The one thing I read that seemed worth an upgrade to the 7 is the phone is supposed to be a lot better in low light. That is the real problem with the iPhone cameras. They are plenty clear for my general snapshots but terrible unless the light is really good.
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get the 7
it comes with a 3.5mm to lightning adapter.
plug the adapter into the muffs you have now, and leave it there...
 
Echo63 said:
get the 7
it comes with a 3.5mm to lightning adapter.
plug the adapter into the muffs you have now, and leave it there...
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I don't know what a lightning adapter is but it sounds like what I would want. The adapter doesn't have to be charged? Stupid question I know I guess I should say if you use the adapter you don't have to charge anything but the phone?
 
You can use your headphones with the new 7. It has an adapter that you use and it doesn't have to be charged. If you're investing the money then get the newest one, I don't think that the 6s is very cheap comparatively.
 
Shann said:
I don't know what a lightning adapter is but it sounds like what I would want. The adapter doesn't have to be charged? Stupid question I know I guess I should say if you use the adapter you don't have to charge anything but the phone?
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No, it's just short bit of cord that allows you to connect your regular jack to your iPhone 7's recharge port. Works just like putting it to regular port.. except you just put the small bit in between.
 
Thanks everybody. I finally got it through my thick head how it works and it sounds like it will be fine.
 
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