On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:10:56 +0800, Old Nick
wrote:

When you wear a pair of decent muffs, IME you realise that the "mask
and muff set" ones are not as good as you might think.

Some of them even cut the noise down, but I'd still prefer to skip the
sweaty ears and the head-vice effect.

3M are making some _really_ comfortable earmuffs these days.