headsets

" gdbutler at bellsouth.net wrote in message
news
I am a student pilot, and am about to buy a headset. I am thinking about
probably getting a David Clark, they seem to be pretty good quality,
however, i don't want to spend more on my headset than on my training.
Anyone have any suggestions as to good brands that are not outrageoulsy
expensive. Thanks


In 7 years and 1600 hours, my 13.4's have been squashed, dropped, rained on.
They've been exposed to twenty below winters and 105+ F summers. They've
spent 3 seasons getting knocked around in banner planes, down low in salt
air over the beach. They show some wear, scuffs and such from general
abuse, and some slight surface rust on one of the metal straps, but they've
never missed a beat, and by my own admission, they were treated with
anything but kid gloves.

As far as comfort and noise attenuation? Well, I've got a fairly large
head, and I never had a problem with them. Some weekends we'd spend 11+
hours in the plane, a day. I'm talking a Super Cub running open stacks and
stripped bare; no doors, windows, mufflers, nothing. Now my rear end and
back might have been sore, and my legs stiff, and I might have needed a shoe
horn to get out at the end of the day. But I never noticed the headset.
(BTW- a set of cloth ear seal covers do WONDERS for comfort; earmuffs on
cold days, and they wisk the sweat away on hot ones)

" gdbutler at bellsouth.net wrote in message
news
I am a student pilot, and am about to buy a headset. I am thinking about
probably getting a David Clark, they seem to be pretty good quality,
however, i don't want to spend more on my headset than on my training.
Anyone have any suggestions as to good brands that are not outrageoulsy
expensive. Thanks



Rental headsets Yuck!!!!!! It's like wearing somone elses hat and using
their mouth guard. Buy yourself a decent well built headset, I don't think
you will spend more on a headset than your training it will be a very minor
cost that will last you a long time.

Ask yourself how much is your hearing worth to you? How much is comfort
worth? Do you want to get sick?

Yes, Bad germs live on mike muffs and people put them to their lips and spit
when they talk. They also sweat on the ear seals. Hell if someone has head
head bugs "lice" the rental headpad is a breeding ground for that.

" gdbutler at bellsouth.net wrote in message
news
I am a student pilot, and am about to buy a headset. I am thinking about
probably getting a David Clark, they seem to be pretty good quality,
however, i don't want to spend more on my headset than on my training.
Anyone have any suggestions as to good brands that are not outrageoulsy
expensive. Thanks



Rental headsets Yuck!!!!!! It's like wearing somone elses hat and using
their mouth guard. Buy yourself a decent well built headset, I don't think
you will spend more on a headset than your training it will be a very minor
cost that will last you a long time.

Ask yourself how much is your hearing worth to you? How much is comfort
worth? Do you want to get sick?

Yes, Bad germs live on mike muffs and people put them to their lips and spit
when they talk. They also sweat on the ear seals. Hell if someone has head
head bugs "lice" the rental headpad is a breeding ground for that.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
John,

Given the low quality of LightSpeeds


I have broken my thirty-3g's four times they have more factory return time
than actual useage time returned them to factory and bought ANR DC's and my
DC's still going strong worth the extra money for the quality materials.



which is very much open to debate. I think the quality of the DC is
abysmal - something offering that little comfort should never have made
it to market.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
John,

Given the low quality of LightSpeeds


I have broken my thirty-3g's four times they have more factory return time
than actual useage time returned them to factory and bought ANR DC's and my
DC's still going strong worth the extra money for the quality materials.



which is very much open to debate. I think the quality of the DC is
abysmal - something offering that little comfort should never have made
it to market.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Greg,

ANR does sound good, is there much difference between an entry level ANR and
a $1000 set?


In a word: Yes. Can you get similar-to-1000-$ performance for a little more
than half that money? IMHO, yes, absolutely. Can you get it for a quarter or a
third of the money? Not really.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Greg,

ANR does sound good, is there much difference between an entry level ANR and
a $1000 set?


In a word: Yes. Can you get similar-to-1000-$ performance for a little more
than half that money? IMHO, yes, absolutely. Can you get it for a quarter or a
third of the money? Not really.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Dave,

If you can't afford to own a quality headset don't knock it.


I can. I own a Lightspeed. Proudly.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Dave,

If you can't afford to own a quality headset don't knock it.


I can. I own a Lightspeed. Proudly.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I had the old cloth covers and took my headset to a DC booth at OSH a
few years ago to inquire about the new cloth covers.
The DC rep looked at my covers and asked,
"Have you ever thought about washing them?"
When I got home... I did.

Mike O'Malley wrote:
(BTW- a set of cloth ear seal covers do WONDERS for comfort; earmuffs on
cold days, and they wisk the sweat away on hot ones)