@brydan I have a lower end set of walkers that the battery is usually dead in. I have worn them hunting. They do help me to hear stuff but not so much where the sound is coming from. I even borrowed a higher end pair with dual mics and speakers that were supposed to help with the directional part but they still left me spinning like a ballerina trying to find the source of sounds. I’m considering the in ear style but I’ve never tried them.
Done my fair share of ballerina spinning too
. I've found higher volume makes it worse.
Edit....I bought a pair of Walker x-trn's at Sam's yesterday for my range bag but used them in the woods this morning...holy smokes the sound quality is trash! I'm sure it'll be fine at the range but in the woods it sounded like I had my head inside a metal pipe
After 4 hours I was starting to sense some directionally but that was the first and last time I'll use those in the woods. I've gone through a couple pairs of the Howard Leights and the sound quality is quite a bit better. Still a budget emuff so there's times where it's difficult to tell where the sound's coming from but not as frequent