Headsets

[Flybyjim]

I am going to,order a new head set, either Bose or Zulu what are your thoughts. I flew with John this summer and his Bose were very very nice.

[cap01]

Zulus are light and comfortable and seem to work well . I just have a problem spending 1k for something made in china . I'm just going staying with my green ones for now and see how the new dc anr works out .

[SS7Flyer]

I upgraded my DC to ANR using the $169 kit from Headsets Inc http://www.headsetsinc.com/ANR_kits.html

It's no Bose or Zulu but I could fly a whole lotta hours on 1K worth of fuel.

[cap01]

I also have been flying with a dc that I've upgraded with the same anr kit . has been working pretty good . had a problem with one of the ear pieces and had to replace it . for the price it's certainly worth it . I opted to buy the power supply and made mine a panel power supply , don't have to worry about batteries giving up and scaring the crap out of you when all the noise starts.

[airlina]

Same deal here, Had a hard time spending 1000 bucks times 2 , then I found a nice headset at a great price from DRE. Not advertised alot but I got 2 ANR headsets for less than the price of one of the fancy ones. I was just on their website and they are $399 for the 6001b , or the 6001t . Mine have worked great for 10 years and the only concession I made was to connect them to ships power instead of batteries. Bruce N199CL

[Av8r_Sed]

I'm really enjoying my Zulu 2's. They're very comfortable and link nicely to my iPad via BlueTooth for music and aural runway warnings from Foreflight. I wasn't so impressed with their newest model since the controller dongle is pretty massive.

[Gawilkie]

I have the Zulu 2 and love it. I still have sennheiser passive and they are good but the Zulu is much more comfortable.Spruce has both Bose and Zulu refurbished models for about half of the new cost.

[Av8r3400]

I fly with a David Clark passive headset and am okay with it.

If I were to pony up the coin for an ANR headset, I wouldn't settle for anything less than the Bose. My plane came with a Zulu ANR headset. I traded it for a spare DC passive set. The Zulu was total plastic junk. Huge cups that were bulky and uncomfortable and the passive DCs were quieter to me.

I've tried the QC-15 with the U-FlyMike. As a second choice (for half the price) that would be a good one, IMO.