Telex 850 vs Bose (Keep beating the dead horse!)

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Atooraya

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I know this subject about headsets has been beaten to death, but my old david clarks make my ears hurt so bad, i have to consistently take off my headsets because of the pain.

I'm just fighting between the two, but the telex 850 seems so much smaller, so much ligther, and seems to have great ANR. Why does the Bose cost more than twice as much with something that requires batteries?

The size, lack of batteries and weight makes me want to buy the 850's right now, but is there something i'm missing here?

Also, the Lightspeed LightFlight Mach 1's seem very appealing as well.

Btw, i've worn the david clarks for 5 years, and now i'm in the embraer. Flying for 7 or 8 hours a day really takes takes a beating on the ears
 
Depends on what you are going to be flying. Even in the Citation the Bose wins hands down over something like the Telex. The full ear coverage cuts out so much more noise and allows the ANR to really shine. If you were going to be flying something that had a fairly quiet cockpit and just wanted to get rid of that "whiney" wind noise, then the Telex is a good bet.

The think with the Bose is it can be used from jet to prop, the telex may only work in one type of airplane.
 
Why does it cost so much? It says Bose on the side.

Seriously, I had a student that had two sets of Bose headsets in his Bonanza, and I couldn't tell the difference b/w the Bose and my DCs with noise cancelling.
 
now here's the conflicting again. are you paying for the name? or the quality?

I wish there was a way to test drive them both for 30 days a piece :o
 
You may not notice a difference in ANR, but you will notice a major difference in comfort. Almost zero weight, and just as little clamping force. They make a HUGE difference on longer flights.

If you plan on spending any significant time flying, buy the Bose. You will NOT be disappointed.
 
bLizZuE said:
You may not notice a difference in ANR, but you will notice a major difference in comfort. Almost zero weight, and just as little clamping force. They make a HUGE difference on longer flights.

If you plan on spending any significant time flying, buy the Bose. You will NOT be disappointed.
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So which one is better for comfort?

Telex wins hands down over the bose in comfort. Used them both, have them both.

Telex Airman 850's will not disappoint.
 
If you buy Bose, you will be paying for the name.

Get the Telex 850's.

I don't care how good the headset is... if it gives you a massage, does all your fuel planning, provides you with personal concierge services... it still doesn't justify the $1000 price!
 
bLizZuE said:
You may not notice a difference in ANR, but you will notice a major difference in comfort. Almost zero weight, and just as little clamping force. They make a HUGE difference on longer flights.

If you plan on spending any significant time flying, buy the Bose. You will NOT be disappointed.
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Are you saying that the Bose weighs less and has less clamping force than the Telex 850?
 
Atooraya said:
The size, lack of batteries and weight makes me want to buy the 850's right now, but is there something i'm missing here?
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I don't have a bose or DC but I can say the battery pack on mine really isn't a big issue. I thought it might get in the way too but it really doesn't but it has a stupid feature of turning off the noise canceling every 5 minutes so you have to find the damn thing on the cord to turn it back on I wouldn't buy a headset with that feature again.
 
If it is for the EMB-145, I recommend one of two things:

Telex 850, foam earplugs underneath.

Telex 750, foam earplugs underneath.

I use the latter, and there are times when I can't hear the flight attendant "ding-dong" call because it cuts out so much noise. You just need to turn up the audio panel to hear radio communications clearly, so it's not a big deal.

I tried DCs, Flightcom, Telex 500, Telex 750, and the Bose in the EMB-145... the Telex 750 won out for price and comfort. The DCs and Bose were nice, but both would get heavy after a while.
 
The big difference between the Bose and the DC you'll only notice when the Bose's battery dies and you realize it's got zero passive noise attenuation.
 
bLizZuE said:
If you plan on spending any significant time flying, buy the Bose. You will NOT be disappointed.
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I don't know. I kinda though Arlington, TX to Scottsdale, AZ in a Bonanza was long enough to try it. Maybe I've just got a weird shaped head, but the DCs don't "clamp" me like everyone else. Moot point now since I sold them and got the Telex 750s. Gonna go with the 850s when I can afford it, though.
 
bLizZuE said:
You may not notice a difference in ANR, but you will notice a major difference in comfort. Almost zero weight, and just as little clamping force. They make a HUGE difference on longer flights.

If you plan on spending any significant time flying, buy the Bose. You will NOT be disappointed.
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If you plan on spending $1000 on ANR that needs battery replacement every other flight and absolutely zero passive reduction in outside noise and you want to look cool while you're practicing your turns around a point, sure, knock yourself out.
 
TopperHarley said:
If you plan on spending $1000 on ANR that needs battery replacement every other flight and absolutely zero passive reduction in outside noise and you want to look cool while you're practicing your turns around a point, sure, knock yourself out.
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