Clarity Aloft Aviation Headset.

[Tomo]

Has anyone here had anything to do with these?

 

They certainly sound and look very good. Reading the Testimonials and everyone seems very impressed with them.

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

It all depends on if you can stand having what feel like earplugs in for hours on end.

 

If you can, they should be superb!

 

 

[Guest Gomer]

I looked a similar product very seriously before buying a 'normal' headset. I talked to the designer about the issues of itchy ears and tinnitus (sadly, both afflictions of mine). His suggestion was to go the the pharmacy and purchase a set of compressible earplugs and wear them around the house.

 

I could only tolerate them for about half an hour, so no Clarity Aloft for me.

 

 

[Guest skyspud]

Yes I have some.

 

Quality of sound is some what better, be it that the sound is being injected into your eardrum, also is much lighter than wearing a headset. After a couple of hours they started to ache a bit as you have them jammed inti your ears tight for best results. It defeats the purpose if they're loose and you can still hear a lot of aircraft noise. Ultimately I prefer my trusty old H10-13.4. I also have them for my AG helmut which is very uncomfortable, so I choose not to use them much at all. A headset is always easy to pull off and slap back on and easy to slip a finger in to scratch your ear. On the other hand it does get a bit hot and sweaty under the earcups of headsets.

 

Definitely would come down to user preference, I would recommend them for quality but as I said I'll stick with my old headset.

 

skyspud

 

Go fast and take chances

 

 

[skybum]

I had a bit to do with bulldozers pushing seismic lines a while back. Anyone that has driven one can tell you a non-SALT tracked D8 can be rather unpleasant in a very short time without good ear protection. The forman used to spend big dollars on the best earmuffs you could get, Peltors were his favourite..only see them on rifle ranges and shotgun events not on bulldozers..anyway, in the heat and the dust of western Q, you could imagine things do get uncomfortable. Enter the super cheap E-A-R plug. sceptiscism at first then when we tried them...un-bloody-believeable. End of the day just throw them away and break out a new set in the morning and heaps better attenuation than the Peltors. Years later I had the misfortune of doing a charter for a heavy metal band up to Townsville. LOUD! I asked the drummer how the hell he didn't suffer from industrial deafness...he just showed me his ear...the entire band had ear plugs!

 

Haven't tried those earsets Tommo. However, by my experince from going from earmuffs all day to earplugs all day, I think I will have to have a closer look. Mind you my cheapo Altronics stand up pretty well to the noise of these old GA clunkers. Wearing a hat and sunnies can be uncomfortable with 'em on after a while so another bonus for earplug based headsets.

 

Edit to add a link-Clarity Aloft

 

 

[Tomo]

Thanks for all the information, very very helpful, thanks! :thumb_up:

 

I'm used to wearing earplugs, so I guess that won't be a problem. And I do tend to get sweaty ears pretty quick with earmuffs, and find they aren't as good as plugs, in sound deadening.

 

So Im a thinking I might try them. Will fit inside a helmet which will be nice for a bit of universality.

 

Plus I can wear a brim hat!

 

Ps. When I'm on old dozer's (open cabin) I wear plugs and muffs!

 

 

[dunlopdangler]

Personally, I prefer lightweight headsets with gel muffs with the cotton covers (which are washed regulary, so no sweaty ears) less irritating than "in ear" and when the mobile rings I just slip it in between muff and ear and works perfectly well. :big_grin:

 

 

[Tomo]

Yes true... Mmm wonder which way I should go? Both! i_dunno

 

 

[Guest Gomer]

Have a look at Halo too. Make sure you check out the 'simulator' button near the top right of the home page.

 

 

[Thx1137]

The simulator is interesting. To me, my Pilot PA 18-50 ANRs sound just a little louder than the "Quiet Technologies Passive in-the-ear - triple flange rubber ear inserts " sound, I think. I have used a non-ANR headset a couple of times in the last few months, shocking levels of noise!

 

The attenuation with the "highest attenuation" headset sounded pretty good.

 

Steven.