rj headsets again

[LearLove]

I'll sound like an a-hole for saying this but...

buying a $1000 headset on 25K/year??

suck it up and use a DC H10-30 like the rest of us did years ago. Mine is 20 years old, lasted from solo to cfiing and 135 cargo to commuters and still going strong in my aerobat today.

as for the mic and speaker - it still amazes me the amount of guys (commuter and mainline - newhire to 20 plus year vet) that can't figure out how to use the mic/speaker without making it squeal.

 

[MACH-TUCK]

I'll sound like an a-hole for saying this but...

buying a $1000 headset on 25K/year??

suck it up and use a DC H10-30 like the rest of us did years ago. Mine is 20 years old, lasted from solo to cfiing and 135 cargo to commuters and still going strong in my aerobat today.

as for the mic and speaker - it still amazes me the amount of guys (commuter and mainline - newhire to 20 plus year vet) that can't figure out how to use the mic/speaker without making it squeal.

I agree, I used my green muffs for five yrs at the airlines before I broke down and spent 45 bucks on a pair if Telex 750's on eBay...

 

[Seahawker01]

my two cents...
I just bought the hmc-26 and it’s a great headset except for one small detail- after about two hours of use my ears start to hurt and the headband starts to dig in. Truthfully I would not recommend them.
I have used the 750’s in the CRJ, a little on the loud side during decent. Some people stuck earplugs in for the decent but it never bothered me that much. I’m sure the 850 would be nice and most likely will be my next purchase.
Bose is just too much money for me except for the new QC/uflymike. Some faa guys have a hard on for them but the cockpit speakers on the CRJ and the other regional’s I have flown are fully certified so a TSO headset is not a requirement, just the requirement for a boom mic. Although it seems some companies mandate a tso’d headset, mine does not and the people I have flown with love them.
Lightspeed Zulus are great in the B24 that I fly and I love them. I tried them in a SAAB and the ambient sound was very awkward. Not sure the reason but it turned me off from them.

 

[kmox29]

Not a "headset" as required by:
FAR, 21.305, 25.1457, TSO-C57a Headsets and Speakers, 121.359(g)
Do your own research. Even check the uFlymike website, not TSO'd
PBR

Wrong, mblackey is correct. Please reference the Legal Interpretation to Mr. Whatley from Ms. MacPherson, dated October 12, 2007.

http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...interpretations/data/interps/2007/Whatley.pdf

 

[silver02ex]

I just got the QC2 and Uflymike set and I will not trade them for anything. Sitting in a relatively quiet room and turning them on does not do them justice. you have to try them on a plane. The bose seems to take both the painful highs and lows out of sound. The bose X are good but ugly and expensive. The Heisenbergerstiens or whatever are good and more rugged than the QC2s but heavier, bulky and give about the same performance. I didn't even mention batteries. The QC2 uses one AAA and it's in one earphone not inline on the cord.

The problem with the QC2 is if the battery dies, the whole headset dies, unlike the Bose X. Which goes to a passive headset when the battery dies. I know I know. Keep an extra battery handy right? In 5 years, there's been a few trips I forgot to carry extra battery, so it's easier said than done. If it dies in flight, then what?

 

[BoilerUP]

Keep an extra battery handy right? In 5 years, there's been a few trips I forgot to carry extra battery, so it's easier said than done.

I never used the QC2, but I had a Sennheiser 25KA with battery pack.

I kept a small, collapsible Energizer quick charger and 4 rechargeable AAs in my flight bag. Charge them on a RON, throw the whole thing in your bag and you're good to go; also charged them many times in the CRJ-200 galley with no ill effects.

Or, buy a pack of alkalines, put them in your bag, and be done with it.

Might be easier said than done, but it ain't THAT hard...

 

[CA1900]

...I forgot to carry extra battery... If it dies in flight, then what?

Uhhh... turn up the speaker and press on?

I've had conventional headsets break three times. I've been surprised by running out of juice in my QC exactly zero times.

 

[Ralph Cramden]

Anyone using any of the newer headsets available that can recommend one that is comfortable for long days(lightweight, and not too bulky), and does a good job of keeping down the noise?

After 30+ years of flying, DC 3s to G 450s and with my deafness increasing by the day I finally splurged on the Lightspeed Zulu 2 headset.

Kinda big if you are used to the Telex 750s, but the quietness is amazing. It is also much more comfortable than the green monsters. I will even slip it on at cruise on a transcon in the A320 if the conversation lulls.

I've been told the bluetooth works great to pipe your favorite tunes from your ipod, cell or laptop, with ATC always muting the music, never miss a call. Of course I would never try that, being a professional and all

Batteries last about a month of up to 18 and down, it still works in passive mode if the batts fail but with the ANR off it has a kind of pressure warble that is not so much fun. Pricy for sure, but maybe if I had bought something similar years ago I wouldn't be asking my F/Os to shout so much!

Protect your hearing boys and girls, it is cheap at any price. That dang J41 killed my hearing more than the DC3 did!

 

[Jackie Moon]

Has anyone at asa ever had a problem using the ufly mike? If I get it do I need to go through the whole process of sending in my QC15's and buying the ear buds?

 

[248to2.8]

I bought the QC-2 off craigslist, and the ufly mike. Loved em till the bose broke, but I took em to a bose store and they gave me an out of warranty replacement. for $95 I traded em in and got the newest QC model. Works great! Just make sure you have a real Bose QC headset before trying to trade it in. A buddy tried it to and found out he had an imitation Bose headset.

 

[fischman]

The problem with the QC2 is if the battery dies, the whole headset dies, unlike the Bose X. Which goes to a passive headset when the battery dies. I know I know. Keep an extra battery handy right? In 5 years, there's been a few trips I forgot to carry extra battery, so it's easier said than done. If it dies in flight, then what?

You have got to be the biggest idiot in history to run out of power in the QC15. It starts blinking when you have 4 hours of power left. If you can't make it to your flight bag in 4 hours to get a new battery, you are simply lazy. And who carries just 1 battery? Buy a pack of batteries and put them in your flight bag. AAA's don't weigh much. If you use the last one that day, buy another pack at the hotel for replacement. This isn't rocket science. If you aren't responsible enough to follow these simple steps (which I have been doing successfully for close to 5 years now), the QC15/uflymike is not for you.

I have NEVER seen someone run out of power in the QC15. This argument is moot.

 

[epic!]

So in order for QC/mike to be TSO'd you have to send it in and get the ear buds? What exactly do they do when you send it in?

 

[Jackie Moon]

They said they mark the whole set up as tso'd. Don't know if it is a sticker or what but they told me they need my headphones. 75 bucks for the earbuds so I want to skip it if possible.

 

[mblackey]

They said they mark the whole set up as tso'd. Don't know if it is a sticker or what but they told me they need my headphones. 75 bucks for the earbuds so I want to skip it if possible.

To meet the FAA's requirement that the headset continue to operate if the ANR is inoperative, the earbuds are required. Also, the FAA requires that every component: the QCs, the UFM, and the earbuds have TSO labels on them. It's totally ignorant, but that's what they want. When you send in the QCs, we inspect them, the UFM, and the earbuds; then we do a functional check to make sure everything works, the we put a label on each component plus a 4th label on the UFM signifying that the entire setup is a TSO'd headset.

We sell the earbuds at our cost instead of the retail $109 to try and ease the pain.

Also, FYI, there is no difference between a TSO'd UFM and one that isn't, other than the label.

Mike
UFlyMike LLC