Zulu 3 Premium ANR Aviation Headset with Noise Cancelling and Bluetooth (GA Dual Plugs)

Why did you pick this product vs others?: I give this headset 5 start. The noise canceling quality is excellent. Fits great on my large head. Mid weight but much lighter and more durable than my old headset. Comes with a hard carry bag which is nice. Headset has braided Kevlar cord which doesn’t kink and increased strength and flexibility vs standard cord Functionality: Great, does exactly what is needed Sound quality: excellent sound quality Weight: medium Value for money: good value Size: fits large head

Price is very high, but it’s worth it. Very comfortable to wear a lot. Premium quality. The mic is great.

Excellent headphones really good noise canceling this is my 3rd pair and most likely the best of the 3. Improved non kinking cord. Sound quality is as good as the Bowes set I bought a few months back. I bought this set of light speed for my lovely wife who likes flying with me.

Student pilot. The school provides some dinky el-cheapo passive headsets with their rental fleet. The school's headsets work but they clamp way too hard (hurts my ears) and are not durable (always falling apart). Had to buy a real headset to keep my sanity. The Zulu 3's are not cheap but they are well-constructed. They are incredibly light and you can barely feel them once you have them on. No idea how well the ANR stacks up to the competition but the cockpit of my SportCruiser was quiet and peaceful enough for me while wearing these. ATC and I can hear each other very well, no issues. My cockpit partner says I sound great as well. One negative I would say is that Bluetooth music sounds washed out but I didn't really buy these as audiophile headphones so I'm not going to dock any points. You should be more worried about your surroundings and flying the airplane than how well Taylor Swift sounds while you're on your XC.

If you are in the market for a top of the line General Aviation headset, the Lightspeed Zulu 3 deserves your consideration. The performance of this headset is superb and the company backs up the product with warranty, customer support, repairs, wear item replacement (at cost), and more. The only other headset in the same ballpark is the Bose and they are even more expensive. Has Bluetooth connection plus auxiliary cable connection so you can use your phone or listen to music, with options for priorty of incoming calls or headset activity. ANR sound attenuation is startling in effectiveness. Mic bias/gain is adjustable. Earpads quite large, soft, comfortable, superb quality materials. Interchangeable top head strap cushions for different head sizes or clearance issues with cockpit headroom. The volume/control pod is well made, works well and is well designed. It even has an option to reduce the brightness of the LED indicators for night time use. The Zulu 3 is a pleasure to use in every way and makes flying - even in loud GA aircraft - a pleasure. The one downside to this kind of quality is the price. To be honest, it should not be priced as high as it is, but it is hard to argue with how well it performs...

My husband always swore by David Clark headsets, but when I started flying with him, the pressure from the David Clarks would give me a headache within 10 minutes, which made me feel so nauseated. After much research, we found that the Lightspeed Zulu's had the least pressure on the head. I am extremely happy with my headset (actually the Zulu 2) and have been using it for over 5 years (longest flight 2.5 hours with no issues). When my husband flies without me, he found he preferred to use my headset! So this pair he purchased for himself and is very happy. The only difference I can tell between the Zulu 2 and 3 is that the cable in the 3 is nylon braided and more flexible (no big deal for me). I'm sure there are other upgrades which you can research for yourself. The battery life is excellent. The only negative I can think of (and I'm reaching, I still think it's a 5 star headset) is that since the headset is so light on the ears, that the "seal" is broken easily. So wearing chunky sunglasses that pushes the ear cushions out do interfere with sound quality, even yawning big disrupts the seal momentarily. Sometimes when we are taxiing with the windows down, the wind/air pressure difference causes the seal to not be ideal. However, we are still able to communicate without difficulty during these times. Seems to me, it's a trade off - I require the very light pressure on my head (as opposed to a headset with more pressure where the seal would not be broken), and we are definitely Zulu customers for life!

I bought a PFX previously and had to return it because of the problematic noise cancellation. The Zulu 3 retains the same high quality workmanship that I liked in the PFX, but the noise cancellation works fine. The cancellation does not seem to be as aggressive as the PFX. I am using these in a Van's RV-6. My cockpit is very loud with both low frequency engine noise plus high frequency wind sound. The Z3 does a very good job. The clamping force seems a fair amount higher than the Bose, and these headsets feel heavier than Bose. Neither is remotely objectionable. The higher clamping force is better, I think, for the higher noise environment. The ear cup is the largest I have personally used. My ears are pretty big, yet there is ample room. The headsets also work fine for music listening. I would not mistake them for even moderate quality audiophile headsets, but for listening to music while flying along, they are fine -- noticeably better than most. I did not do an A-B immediate comparison, but my perception is they sound a modest amount better than Bose. At this point, I have flown 10 hours with these headsets. Definitely happy with them. In contrast I have flown 500 hours with Bose headsets over the years. Bose are fine headsets, no question. I got the Lightspeeds instead of Bose because I think they are better for a really high noise environment, and the Lightspeed seems sturdier. For a quieter cockpit, I might get the Bose instead because of the lighter weight and lower clamping force. I am saying both those qualities without double checking the measured values for the two. That is just my subjective perception.

Great headset, comfortable, noise canceling is awesome....only minor complaint is at this price point $899)...why not include a premium name brand set of batteries. I just chuckled as I opened the packaging and found this premium headset with a set of batteries that were "lacking in premium stature" only thing I could see that would improve this purchase process. Seems silly I know.....but gosh...$900 for a headset with a set of 25 cent batteries...just made me chuckle a bit.

BUENA CANCELACION DE RUIDO. LA CALIDAD DE BOSE EN SONIDO ES MEJOR PERO EL COSTO ES MAS BAJO. MEJORES MATERIALES. MUEVA VERSION DE BOSE MEJORA MATERIALES. PERO AUMENTA EN COSTO.

Perfekter Sound und lange Haltbarkeit. Ich habe nicht einen Kritikpunkt. Selbst die Batterien halten ewig.

Compre mis audifonos, me los entregaron con unos dias de atraso, pero ese no el el problema, el dia 19 de julio, mis audifonos cumplieron el periodo maximo para la devolucion, y el dia de hoy en un vuelo, empezaron con problemas. El audifono izquierdo empieza a hacer ruidos de estatica, tanto cuando esta activo como cuando esta en standby. Estoy muy enojado que me saleron asi. De haber sabido, hubiera optado por unos Bose A30

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