Personally I am very dissapointed with Bose.
Though they are terrific when they work, but the quality of their materials is lousy.
A friend bought 4 for his helicopter. Very low use over 3 years - less than 150 hrs, 2 of them have less than 50 hrs on them - earcups falling off, 3 of the 4 mics had to be replaced. Leather on the earcups is fizzling off - you have black ears after you use them
Also when you run out of battery, their performance is really bad.
I am in a tropical environment, but for the price of a Bose this shouldn't matter.
Most around here are going for the Lightspeed Thirty 3G.
Another option is Headset Inc.,
http://www.headsetsinc.com/
If you are around a big place, there should be plenty of scrap-headsets around - buy a kit and build your own, it is very easy. Use David Clark hardware...
Or buy they ready to go headset.
Very good noise cancelling, if the batteries go, you are back to regular DC-quality, still a lot better than Bose without power...
Not really bashing Bose, as long as they last they are great, but Quality, Endurance and price don't match up nor to they match Lightspeed, DC, HeadsetInc. in the same department....
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