CLARITY ALOFT HEADSET
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PRICE £350
YOU don’t get much for £350 when you buy the Clarity Aloft headset – but that’s the point. It’s the headset for minimalists. Just a wire frame which fits around the back of head and over the ears with a lightweight mike boom and ear plugs.
It took a while to put the headset on properly the first time but weighing next to nothing, the only reminders that the headset is there are the ear plugs.
The ear plugs are hard plastic units with soft foam tips. These expand to fit your ear (and are replaceable – spares come with the set) and theoretically block out ambient noise.
Phil O'Donoghue testing the headset
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The mike is a high-quality noise-cancelling Electret unit, with low
volume voice activation.
It's claimed to have the lowest distortion in an aviation microphone.
The manufacturer says all components are to the highest spec and the headset is used in military helos.
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That’s the claim, but while I found the headset very comfortable on a
four-hour flight from Cannes to Cambridge recently, it was not the
quietest set I’ve ever used.
We were flying a Diamond Twin and the drone from the outboard engine made its way through and was quite intrusive. It didn’t interfere with hearing what ATC was saying, or others in the cockpit, but I’d rather having been wearing a top-notch ANR set such as Bose or David Clark. Apparently, aerobatic pilots love the Clarity Aloft because of the unit’s low weight and simplicity.
W: www.clarityaloft.com
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