Instruction: Assess the user's sentiment in the provided review and select the appropriate sentiment option from the list as the answer.

Input:
I'm writing this before I've actually used the earmuffs. Had to buy four AAA batteries, which are installed by popping off the plastic pads. Had quite a struggle to get the pads to snap back onto the muffs. Not something I would want to have to do in the field or under time constraints. Kyle Lamb recommended these as what he wears for tactical uses, saying he preferred push-button controls to knobs for on/off and volume controls. Turns out these use knobs, too. NRR is only 20 dB, quite a bit less protection than my Howard Leight's. If they don't give superb performance when I do get to use them, they will be going back.

Options:
A: very positive
B: positive
C: neutral
D: negative
E: very negative
Answer: C: neutral