Hello folks, I'm about to purchase my first own headset for GA propeller flying, I set my budget to about €300 - I was looking at the Sennheiser Range, someone recommended the HME 100 to me, now I noticed that they introduced a HME 110 as well (failed to spot the difference though except the colour). Which headsets can you recommend? I used the (€100) AirClassics HS-1 during my flight training which started to hurt after an hour or so - really uncomfortable...

Thanks a lot in advance,
STBYRUD

I'd put this in the Private Flying Forum rather than here, should get more responses there. :)

I'd be looking for an used Denali headset, like this one: Flightcom Denali Noise Cancelling Head Set:eBay Motors (item 330365480203 end time Oct-14-09 12:32:20 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Flightcom-Denali-Noise-Cancelling-Head-Set_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4ceb512d0bQQitemZ330365480203QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear)

Depending on how loud the aircraft is going to be which you will be flying, I'd recommend getting a higher budget and maybe looking at an active noise reduction headset.

Some I hear come with lifetime warranty and while the price to get one is quite steep, it should be worth your while as loss of hearing over the years due to a cheap headset in a loud tube is not nice I bet. :oh:

Hi STBYRUD.

have a look at Aviation (http://www.beyerdynamic.de/aviation/aviation.html)

You can customise your own headset. I used HS 300 Individual as flight
instructor for some time.No pain at all even after long days.


Lg aus Deutschland,
Andi

hope link works,otherwise google

"Beyerdynamic"

Try lightspeed

Another venerable brand of comms headsets:

Telex aviation headsets (http://www.telex.com/aircraft/)

FWIW, Beyer and Sennheiser, too, have a reputation for being purveyors of quality pairs o' cans.

But keep in mind that choice of headset is a very personal matter indeed. One man's preferred headset might be another man's most loathed torture instrument. You don't know until you've been wearing it for a day.

I'll stick to my AKG, but then I'm in a different line of work.

Thanks folks, I tried a couple in a shop the other day, now I own a nice pair of Sennheiser cans (HME110) - Very quiet in a C172, and surprisingly very good sound when connected to Hifi equipment ;) And 10 year warranty, not to forget.