I have used the Ufly mike set up IT IS BY FAR THE BEST HEADSET OUT THERE. It is a QC2 with a fully TSO'd mike attached to it. SEE the uflymike website for details. For me the bose 10 is to big and too bulky where as the QC2 is lighter and less bulky. It has great noise cancelling ability and is light on the head. plus for commuting its great in the back for just getting some quiet or listining to music. check out the web site and look IT is GREAT!!!

Pilot wood,

Try Headsetservices.com at Shoreham Airport...I've had one of their Airbus Adapters for the last 5 years and it has worked faultlessly.

Cost was around £35 pounds when I bought it, maybe a bit more now.

I think Transair sell one too, but I recall they charged substantially more for it.

Used a Bose X for 2 years now on jet, turboprop and some piston singles. Though I first thought it was overkill on the Boeing, I would not go without it now. Adaptersto XLR5 single plug: Bought one from my local pilot shop, I think it was built by Pilot Avionics), lost it and got another one that actually came from Sennheiser. They have them for their HMEC 45's, but they work fine with the Bose.

For a cheaper and just as effective an option - get some custom-made earplugs with filters built in. I got a pair of Specsavers with 25dB filters for £99 from their hearing centres - get a free audiogram from it too, you can get ones at a higher price with variable filters as well.

But I just wear a standard ANR headset on top (HNC-46 I think) and can hardly hear a thing, except the guy next door. This is on a 737 Classic and NG. Makes the walkaround easy too!

BOSE :-)
 

hello

I am using the Bose headset now since 4 years on the CRJ, as it has a quite noisy flightdeck..., I won´t miss it anymore.

pro: excellent noise reduction, taxman refunded 50% of costs, light weight
excellent maint. service, changed parts after warranty period for free, no shipment costs! very good.

con: no squelch control on my aircraft, only adjustment via volume control, sometimes U need to turn volume down, to stop whistling noise from collegue´s headset.


I sometimes still use the telex750 with additional earplugs and I had a couple of flights with the new telex850ANR, but I was not impressed so much.

silent flights
welle

This thing has been mentioned a few times in this thread now.

Be careful if you decide to go this route. When the batteries run out, you don't only lose your ANR but your normal audio as well.

Ps: if it is so quiet, WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

FlyerGuy

Thanks for confirming that.

So, after reading your reply, let me rephrase my previous response:

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!! (yes, I am shouting on purpose)

They are inherently unsafe and an accident waiting to happen.

If I paid that much for a headset I'd expect them to last. What happened?

My little bit of experience, I have used both Bose X and the light speed zulus.

Both are excellent, I have used the Bose on the Cl-605 which has a quiet cockpit (I think). The cockpit with the bose on almost becomes "too quiet". One downside is when the flighty come and talks to you, you usually wont notice they are there until you get a tap on the shoulder - are you listening !.

Light speed zulu in my opinion are a little quieter than the bose head set. The bonus with the Zulus is you can plug a MP3 player into the headset controller and listen to music - much more comfortable than sticking earbuds under you headset. The 80% automatic volume reduction of music whenever a radio call or just chating is very handy.

The other great feature is the bluetooth function to join your mobile to your headset.

The only negative of the Zulus is perhaps slighty greater clamping pressure - hardly anything.

I bought the Zulus, I was almost ready to by bose but the extra features and being slightly quieter won me over on the Zulus.

IRRenewal,

Hope you have someone watching your fuel, oil and oxygen for you.

Point-of-order: the TSO'd configuration includes an earbud which provides audio independently of the QC2 for those that can't manage finite resources.

I tried the Uflymike on the bose II headsets this last December. I was flying with an individual who owned one, and he let me try it for part of the flight. I was quite impressed with it.