Peltor ANR Headset deepsixed

I'm at the end of my rope for these headsets. I bought them about 5
years ago and they worked pretty well. I particularly liked the
workmanship and the way they folded up. 9v battery in the ear cup was
nice too.

This it the second time I've sent one of the them in when the ANR
function just stopped working. This time both are on the blink. First
time they fixed it and billed me something much less than $100. This
time $714 for the pair.

I think not.

Interestingly, the radio shop who sold them to me, commented that my
experience seemed to be typical and he was sorry he sold them (I owe him
on that one).

I'm in the market for a pair of ANRs and busily searching the archives
for past discussions.....

Thank the aviation gods who allowed my Maule's previous owner to
bequeath a pair of non-ANR DCs to me. They work like a charm, have
traveled in the Maule's bilge for 7+ years, and been used by every
less-than-desirable passenger I've taken for a ride.

So why am I looking for another brand?

I can't imagine why you're looking for another brand. I went from DC
10-20's to DC anr's about two years ago. The anr's are great. Some
complain about comfort but I don't have any problems. Mine are the
newer models with the 9v battery packs. I really need to get the panel
mounted power supplies installed.

Dave
68 7ECA

Maule Driver wrote:
I'm at the end of my rope for these headsets. I bought them about 5
years ago and they worked pretty well. I particularly liked the
workmanship and the way they folded up. 9v battery in the ear cup was
nice too.

This it the second time I've sent one of the them in when the ANR
function just stopped working. This time both are on the blink. First
time they fixed it and billed me something much less than $100. This
time $714 for the pair.

I think not.

Interestingly, the radio shop who sold them to me, commented that my
experience seemed to be typical and he was sorry he sold them (I owe him
on that one).

I'm in the market for a pair of ANRs and busily searching the archives
for past discussions.....

Thank the aviation gods who allowed my Maule's previous owner to
bequeath a pair of non-ANR DCs to me. They work like a charm, have
traveled in the Maule's bilge for 7+ years, and been used by every
less-than-desirable passenger I've taken for a ride.

So why am I looking for another brand?

"Maule Driver" wrote:

So why am I looking for another brand?

Because DC's hurt, that's why.

My experiences:

o DC - extremely durable, extremely painful. Haven't tried their ANR's.

o Lightspeed 25- *very* comfortable, quiet, easy on batteries, not a great
microphone, great customer service (which is nice because mine needs it
often).

o Telex ANR-1D- comfortable, quiet, hard on batteries, good microphone,
sensitive to any seal leak due to glasses, fair customer service (needed it
once).

o Bose X - superb in every way, absurdly expensive.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

My experiences:

o Bose X - superb in every way, absurdly expensive.

Agreed. One more -
o Sennheiser - nearly as good as the Bose. Costs about 60% as much.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

I don't hear a great deal about Sennheiser. Will have to pay attention.

George Patterson wrote:
Dan Luke wrote:
o Bose X - superb in every way, absurdly expensive.

Agreed. One more -
o Sennheiser - nearly as good as the Bose. Costs about 60% as much.

Dan, you need to check the TELEX 50D ANR headset.
Best all round.

"john smith" wrote:

Dan, you need to check the TELEX 50D ANR headset.
Best all round.

Hah! Like I need another headset!

Seriously, the Bose is so wonderful I'm not even curious, thanks anyway.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" writes:

o Bose X - superb in every way, absurdly expensive.

....unless of course you buy some Peltor headsets that crap out
on you and cost over $700 to repair. If your time is worth
anything then they start to look like quite a bargain.

--kyler

"Kyler Laird" wrote:

o Bose X - superb in every way, absurdly expensive.

...unless of course you buy some Peltor headsets that crap out
on you and cost over $700 to repair. If your time is worth
anything then they start to look like quite a bargain.

You don't have to sell me; I don't regret paying the price one bit. This is
a fabulous headset.

As to reliability, I haven't had it long enough to know. Haven't heard any
squawks in the newsgroups, though.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" writes:

As to reliability, I haven't had it long enough to know. Haven't heard any
squawks in the newsgroups, though.

I bought two early Bose X headsets. My wife's had a problem when they were
upgraded but Bose eventually solved it. Mine just got upgraded and are
sitting in a box in front of me. I've flown a few hundred hours with them
and they've never been a problem. Especially on 11+ hour days I'd be hard-
pressed to use anything else. (I have Sennheiser, Lightspeed and DC
headsets in the plane too.)

--kyler