Need help in deciding in good headset

karl gruber wrote:

The major problem with the Lightspeeds is they can't be used in the co-pilot
position. So along with being delicate, even a flight instructor would have
to fight the cords.


The Lightspeed QFR can be worn either way.

In article .com,
" wrote:

Dear sir,
I m starting my flight training very soon.

I need some help in deciding a wersatile headset.
my budget is 300 $

Whatever you chose, remember that you can always
upgrade later (retaining your first set for a passenger or
selling it). In other words, don't agonize too much
over the purchase.

Good luck with your training.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

wrote:
Dear sir,
I m starting my flight training very soon.

I need some help in deciding a versatile headset.
my budget is $300

Thank you very much..

Speaking of headsets...

Does anyone here have any experience with the Lightspeed Thirty-3g/p?
That /p at the end means it's the panel powered version. It costs about
a hundred bucks more, but I think it's worth it if it means I don't
have to fuss with batteries. I can't find a review anywhere on the net
comparing the panel version with the non-panel version.

Buttman,

It costs about
a hundred bucks more, but I think it's worth it if it means I don't
have to fuss with batteries.


Please explain, I am genuinely interested: How can changing batteries
every 50 hours of operation be a "fuss" worth 100 $?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Buttman,

It costs about
a hundred bucks more, but I think it's worth it if it means I don't
have to fuss with batteries.


Please explain, I am genuinely interested: How can changing batteries
every 50 hours of operation be a "fuss" worth 100 $?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Well, I have no experience with headphones that use batteries, but I do
have a wireless mouse. It is such a pain to have to change the
batteries, even if it's only every 2 weeks (I use my mouse a lot). They
always seem to go out at the most inopportune times. I'd rather just
not have to worry about it. Plus, I like the all black color of the /p
more than the ugly blue color the regular ones come in ^_^

buttman wrote:


Well, I have no experience with headphones that use batteries, but I do
have a wireless mouse. It is such a pain to have to change the
batteries, even if it's only every 2 weeks (I use my mouse a lot). They
always seem to go out at the most inopportune times. I'd rather just
not have to worry about it.




You bought a wireless mouse that doesn't have rechargeable batteries? I
put my mouse in a cradle about every five days and an hour later we're
good for another five days.

Buttman,

They
always seem to go out at the most inopportune times.


You have a point there. OTOH, two comments:

1. with a headset wired for ship's power, you lose the ability to hop
in a friend's plane and use your own headset.
2. changing batteries in flight takes all of 1 minute.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

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Thomas Borchert wrote:

1. with a headset wired for ship's power, you lose the ability to hop
in a friend's plane and use your own headset.

fyi - my DC ANR headset is panel-powered. However, I also have the
battery pack so I can use the headset in any aircraft.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Thomas Borchert" wrote

1. with a headset wired for ship's power, you lose the ability to hop
in a friend's plane and use your own headset.
2. changing batteries in flight takes all of 1 minute.

Or, you could use rechargeable batteries, keep some on trickle charge, and grab
a fresh set and install them before you take off. Not much effort involved, and
you don't have to change them during flight.
--
Jim in NC

Thomas Borchert wrote:

1. with a headset wired for ship's power, you lose the ability to hop
in a friend's plane and use your own headset.

Wait, what? I thought panel powered just meant it worked just like
normal headsets, just without the batteries... You mean panel powered
headsets are permanently wired into the airplane?