Best Headsets for Plant Tours & Guides in High Noise

Good communication is essential for plant tours to be successful. Oftentimes loud environments make it hard to communicate which means using a plant tour headset for loud noise is required. You need something that will block out loud noise but still allow you to hear and talk within your group.

The options below are some of the best plant tour headsets in high noise. All the headsets featured are hard hat compatible if hard hats are required to follow OSHA protocol.

Below are the top 5 best plant tour headsets.

• 3M Peltor Litecom FRS
• Plant Tours MT-370 Headset
• Waveband Dual Muff Headset
• Team Communications System Headset
• Sensear Smart Group Headset

3M Peltor Litecom FRS

The 3M Peltor Litecom FRS headset is a good headset for large-group plant tours. This dual muff headset has a 23 dB noise reduction rating (for hard hat attachment style) for hearing protection and a noise canceling boom microphone for clear speech.

A nice thing about this headset is it’s headset to headset communication with a  built-in two-way radio meaning you won’t need to buy an external two-way radio. The headset has 22 pre-programmed FRS channels and doesn’t require a license to operate. All users on the same channel will be able to communicate back and forth.

The headset can either be activated via the push to talk button or by using VOX (voice operated transmission) which picks up your voice without pressing any buttons.

Plant Tours MT-370 Headset

Another option for large group plant tour headsets is the MT-250 headset by Plant Tours.com. This dual muff headset is made for high noise environments with a 24 noise reduction rating. 

A cool feature with this headset is the lockable push to talk button that gives you the option to speak without pressing the button and gives your hands and arms free range of motion.

All of Plant-Tour.com headsets only work with their own Plant-Tour.com transceivers (two-way radios). On top of purchasing the headset you’ll also be required to use one of their transceivers. One option is the MT-700 Transceiver which has 15 pre-programmed channels that allow multiple tours and work groups communicate.

Waveband Dual Muff Headset

The Waveband Dual Muff Headset is a good option for plant tours. It has a 23 dB noise reduction rating making it great to use in high noise environments. This headset will require a two-way radio to use and is compatible with most professional two-way radio models. 

The style of this headset is pretty basic. It is a neckband style with an adjustable over the head velcro strap which allows you to resize and wear it with hard hats. The push to talk button is located on the ear cup so you can respond back.

Team Communications System Headset

The Team Communications System Headset is great for small group plant tours connecting up to 8 users with unlimited listen-only users and is full duplex. This means only 8 users can talk simultaneously but you can have as many listen-only users as you want. Full duplex means multiple people can talk at one time which makes it feel more of face to face conversation without pushing a button.

This headset is plug-and-play with no installation making it usable right out of the box. It does not require a two-way radio to use although it does allow you to integrate with portable radios if you want.

This headset has a 23 dB noise reduction rating which is great for protection in high noise areas.

Sensear SmartGroup - Industrial Training SM1P Headset

The Sensear Smart Group Headsets are another viable option for plant tours. You can connect an infinite amount of headsets making it perfect for any size tour group. Each group will have a teacher headset and student headsets. The teacher headset pairs with the student headset via short range of up to 50m or 150 ft.

The student headset comes in two options: student listen and talk or student listen only. Student listen and talk allows the student to transmit and listen while student listen only will just receive audio. Teacher headsets will always be talk only. 

The noise reduction rating is 27 dB with a noise canceling boom mic making it suitable to use in high noise environments to stay heard and protect your hearing. A cool thing with this headset is the Sensear SENS® Technology which stands for Speech Ehnancement Noise Supression, and isolates and enhances speech while also reducing loud background noise so you can hear speech and stay protected.