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Originally Posted by 908/930

I ordered a pair of 3M X4a they have 27DB attenuation, very comfortable and light and work well for chop saw use, I normally leave then on the handle of the saw. They have different levels of attenuation X1 at 22DB to X5 at 31DB.

since each 3dB cuts the sound level in half, that's a bunch. And in my experience, the chop/mitre saw and the table saw are the loudest tools in the shop/garage.