The best thing since sliced bread
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ChasenSFO
hen teaser
I might invest in the fancy Zulus, especially with sunglasses under my headset, my ears start to hurt something terrible right around an hour or so.
Context.
Do it. I've never had a problem even flying 10+ hour days with them. Plus you can jam out to music if that kind of thing wasn't incredibly frowned upon and something I would never do.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
I've never done it either. Because I'm too poor to afford a headset that can. But once I can, I will, dangerously.
KKochan
Well-Known Member
I've used the Pro-Xs in 172s and now 207. Works fine for those. I'm sure they're better in quieter planes! I had one of the sides pop off once, luckily I happened to find the e-clip and stuck it back on. They've been durable otherwise.
Only complaint is the auto music cutoff absolutely sucks compared to lightspeed. Takes too long to come back on and reduces the volume to almost nothing, so it's not a smooth transition. You can turn this feature off so it continues to play during transmissions.
Battery life is also poor, especially on Bluetooth, but I use rechargeables.
Only complaint is the auto music cutoff absolutely sucks compared to lightspeed. Takes too long to come back on and reduces the volume to almost nothing, so it's not a smooth transition. You can turn this feature off so it continues to play during transmissions.
Battery life is also poor, especially on Bluetooth, but I use rechargeables.
Nark
Macho Superpilot
I had a look at the lounge. Wide open concept. Didn't kick my feet up, since I raced to catch a flight back home.
So funny story. I originally was planning on going to MSP to grab them. Flew to DTW instead (obviously...). When I poked my head up into the cockpit to say hello, it was a dude I interacted with in the Corps.
He's a hornet guy, and I played around hornets.
He was doing IOE and we talked about Marine stuff.
Funny how things turn out at the drop of a hat. And I drop a lot of hats in life.
So funny story. I originally was planning on going to MSP to grab them. Flew to DTW instead (obviously...). When I poked my head up into the cockpit to say hello, it was a dude I interacted with in the Corps.
He's a hornet guy, and I played around hornets.
He was doing IOE and we talked about Marine stuff.
Funny how things turn out at the drop of a hat. And I drop a lot of hats in life.
Odd, I'm still on my first set of batteries.
KKochan
Well-Known Member
I've had my set for at least 6 months now so they may have updated it? Battery life was a common complaint on reviews. Battery life was significantly better on the Lightspeed Sierras I had, but they were junk in other ways. Zulus are by all means great though.
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Adler
Guest
This question again...
I've been using Clarity Aloft for about 4 years. I love the headset, so quiet, so light; but it also seems pretty finicky and breaks about every year. Luckily customer service is phenomenal, and they quickly send me a new replacement. I'm tired of having to go through the process though. 2 months with a new replacement CA, and the left ear stopped working the other day. I'm pretty tempted by the DC's.
March 20th or such until May 15th the first set of batteries lasted.
However, I'll generally pull them off in the flight levels if the other pilot doesn't want to stay on the intercom so I'd call it "moderate use".
Still, after two months, best pair of headsets I've ever owned.
It's literally a sensory deprivation chamber. All I feel during takeoff is the occasional thump of the centerline lights and the 'click' 'click' of the thrust detents during spoolup.
However, I'll generally pull them off in the flight levels if the other pilot doesn't want to stay on the intercom so I'd call it "moderate use".
Still, after two months, best pair of headsets I've ever owned.
It's literally a sensory deprivation chamber. All I feel during takeoff is the occasional thump of the centerline lights and the 'click' 'click' of the thrust detents during spoolup.
How does it do blocking out the fire warning bells? Heard those are annoying as all hell.......
Nick
Well-Known Member
Particularly when they're the type of warning bell that could wake someone up from a ten year coma.
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Adler
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Nick
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ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
The bus is much quieter than the 737 because... Well, I'm not sure why. Because Boeing can't figure out how to use curved glass? Because Boeing can't park windshield wipers vertically? Because it's easier to resurrect the 707 cockpit without bothering to reengineer anything? Anyway. The 737 is noisy and requires high end noise attenuation whether it be active or passive.
