UFQ ANR L2 Hi-Lite in Ear Aviation Headset-Compare to XXXX Proxxxxxt with Great Active Noise Reduction Performance, Ultra Light Weight only 175g,Clear Communication,Comfortable,Durable

An awesome headset with little to complain about
I bought this as a replacement for my ASA PNR headset I’ve been using as a student pilot. I was sick of having a clamping headset and as a relatively tall person I’d often hit the top of my headset against the ceiling of the plane. (PA-28-140) I had a choice between these and the clarity aloft, but I have smaller ear canals and didnt want to rely on solely PNR anymore, especially when sticking long foam tips into my ear canals.I was pleasantly surprised with how well the ANR works in this headset and how the fit is around the head and in the ears. The eartips come in 3 sizes, and come with both foam and silicone tips. Although, I do wish the “wing” on the earbuds also came in different sizes, akin to what you would see on the Samsung IconX or Galaxy Buds. It does help to keep the earbuds in place, but having the little silicone ring pushing against my ear for a while can be a bit annoying, but at least not painful. I use the small foam tips, they seem to work well. I’ll probably be buying tips from comply once I’ve run the packaged ones down. As a side note: the tip/flange of the earbuds where the eartip sits is not circular, but rather oblong. So make sure to position the earbuds correctly or they could feel uncomfortable otherwise. It also makes find replacement tips a but more troublesome.As for audio clarity and noise reduction, I have no issues hearing radio transmissions or talking to the others in the plane, but I did have to turn the squelch up a bit as compared to my old headset. Maybe this mic isn’t as sensitive, but with the adjustment it works well. The PNR only is alright, and will work without battery power. But the headset really shines with the ANR activated. It’s easily twice as quiet as my old headset. I still hear just enough of the engine to be aware if something isn’t going right, but even at full power it’s amazing how quiet these really are. The ANR does act a bit odd when the windows are open as the pressure and sounds are different, and that’s not at fault to them I don’t believe. But it normalizes after a few moments and keeps doing well otherwise.The only minor complaint I may have is set up. Getting everything out of the case without ripping out the earbuds and positioning the mic to where it stays can be a challenge. I had to bend the ear frames a bit inwards to keep enough pressure on my head so the mic boom doesn’t move around whenever I look a different direction. And there is a wire clip to clip onto a seatbelt or shirt to help keep slack on the wire and prevent your headset from getting yanked off your head. Not enough to mark down a star as it’s a common characteristic in this design of headset, just something to keep in mind. Overall, I recommend this so far, but I would be careful to keep the cords from being yanked on. I’m not sure how durable the tiny cables going to the earbuds are going to end up being.

Best value and best performing headset ever!
Bottom line, this is #1 in aviation headsets.Why? I’ve tried them all, bose, lightspeed, cheap $60 headsets etc…..I’m flying in a gyrocopter (Cavalon 914 Turbo) and the ANR on this is mind blowingly amazing! I’ve also compared with the Bose A20 and this destroys it.You forget this headset is on, your ears don’t ache, with the microphone in the open wind it doesn’t even pick up and when I speak that’s all you can hear. When I turn off the ANR everything gets loud, pull out one of the earbuds and it’s uncomfortably loud.What I don’t like about the traditional aviation headsets is they clamp over your head and yes they quiet things a little bit but you end up covered in sweat no matter how good the earpiece is, they can only block so much ambient noise passively but earbuds are like earplugs and will always block out more noise naturally.The other more expensive traditional headsets always sounded “tingy” or without bottom end…like a mid-range speaker without a housing. Voice comes through hurt fine… music, forget it…sounds like an old AM radio. Not the UFQ…you hear all you need to, atc, other passengers etc. I actually had to turn my ATC radio down once the ANR was turned on the UFQ because of how much it eliminated engine/ambient noise.This thing is amazing, if you don’t like it you can always send it back, you’ve got nothing to lose. Plus you can buy three of these for the price of one of those other headsets. This will save your hearing, make it safer to fly when you need to hear radio calls with crystal clarity.

Noise cancellation is good and very happy with the headset. Although in the product specifications it says it has bluetooth but mine definitely doesn’t have bluetooth. Not a big deal for me as the headset quality is good.

Poor service – the ear pieces non silicon are impossible to get on