Review on ASA HS-1 Aviation Headset: Elevating Communication and Safety in the Skies by Jacob Guerrero

I fly Cessna 150, 172 and 182 so it's quite noisy in the cockpit (for me). For the past year, I've only used my Lightspeed Sierra headset while flying, but I didn't want to spend more than $600 on additional headsets. I didn't want to spend a lot of money so I decided to give it a try. I have now bought them for passenger use as I fly with other people more often. I was really impressed with them considering their price! Now for the rating: Noise Cancellation: 4.5 stars. They don't match my Lightspeed, but for 1/6 the price they're really good. Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooiii Ich fliege fast immer tagsüber und trage eine Sonnenbrille, daher ist es ärgerlich, da ich die Sonnenbrille so kippen musste, dass meine Hände über den Muffen waren. It's fine if your plane has good sun visors and you don't need sunglasses, but I certainly thought it was worth mentioning. I bought a $320 David Clark headset that was similar to this ASA headset (PNR, no frills) but was returned. This after only 2 flights. This ASA headset is much better at a third of the price. Sound quality: These things are impressive! Very impressive. For $115 I am shocked by the sound quality. They sound as good if not better than my Lightspeeds (perhaps due to Lightspeed's ANR/negative noise). But with this headset everything is crystal clear, even music playing over the dashboard. Microphone: 5 stars Really impressive here too. The headset I received is actually the "HS-1a" as shown in the photo (it has a flexible boom arm). I installed the foam microphone cover (included). This mic is better than the Lightspeed mic! It turns on when I start speaking, stops when I speak, and doesn't miss a thing. This actually leads me to believe that something is wrong with my Lightspeed because the ASA mic works so flawlessly while my LS mic sometimes doesn't pick up/transmit what I'm saying. But there are no complaints about the ASA microphone. Comfort: 4.5 stars. After reading everything on the other reviews before buying, I was concerned that the clamping force is too much since my head is a bit big. After unwrapping the headset, I put it on and then stretched it out about an inch wider than either of my ears and held it there for a few seconds. It only took a minute and definitely eliminated the excessive clamping force of the headset. If you have a large dome like me, I highly recommend stretching the headset a bit beforehand. The top cover is good. I'm bald so I don't have hair to soften the top of the headset so I can feel the difference between the top pad and my LSs. But to be honest it wasn't even noticeable after the first 5 minutes or so. It's not plush like the LS, but comfortable enough. My longest flight to date with this product is just over 2 hours and I haven't had any problems or pain. on the. Independent controls are good, although I don't need/prefer different volume levels in my headset. The length of the cord - seemed quite short at first, but turned out to be quite long once I got on the plane. I suspect that my LS only has a very long cable. Space for a flight bag - This headset doesn't pack as easily as my LS, but that's to be expected. All I had to do was remove the Velcro divider from the case, rotate the headphones 90* and pack them up. No big deal, just add a few seconds before and after the flight. Appearance - This headset looks great. I really like the all black look. I'm aware that this is a budget headset, but none of my passengers can say so. So for the price, this headset really can't be beat. I just ordered 2 more so I finally have a full set of 4 headphones. These things put David Clarke to shame.