Headset

[polaris900]

Hey guys, planning on getting my first headset sometime within the next month.  I have been comparing the Lightspeed, Bose and the new David Clark.  I figure i better get some advice from the people who have used them.  Any information and input would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

[Rotorhead]

Bose obviously has a good reputation. My good friend just got a pair of Zulu's and says they are amazing. He uses them for an airplane though. I have heard that ANR doesn't work as good in helicopters because of the high pitch noises and the constant variations in the noise. I don't have any experience with them though. My first headset was the David Clark h10-13.4's. They were a great first headset and I still use them when I'm not wearing my helmet. In my helmet I got a CEP kit. They are earplugs with speakers in them. If you are going to be flying for long periods of time I would highly recommend them. They shut out noise along the whole spectrum of noise better than ANR. I was going to put an ANR kit in my helmet, but decided to go with the earplugs and I think it was a good choice.

[chrisbb_13]

I have the Bose headset X, I have nothing to compare it against since it's the only one I've used. The active noise cancelling on it works well though, at least compared to it's passive noise cancellation. They are comfortable and light weight too but as I'm sure you know they are also expensive. Most students/instructors at the school I go to have the Bose headset.

[polaris900]

thanks for the input. i think i am going to go with the Bose because i will be using it to get all of my ratings and my license.  However those earplugs in the helmet sound very cool too, and comfortable.

[WikiRFM]

I second the earplug concept. There are 2 options that I know of for helicopters, the Clarity Aloft and the QT Halo (http://www.anr-headsets.com/Html_folder/QT-HLO.html). I have that one, and like it. Much more comfortable and better than my DC ANR headset. They are also very reasonable priced relative to other ANRs and the Bose system.