Often when we get to cruise, I'll take them off and use the speaker. They are comfortable enough that you can leave them on all day and never really notice them. Or just pull off one ear so you can still hear ATC in the other.

I bought mine using my tax return last year. Let me justify the spending a little, but after using them, I'm mad I didn't get them earlier.

Also, usually they have a deal that you get a free gift if you look in Aviation Magazines. I know they had a handheld Garmin GPS and a pair of Bose QC2's offered last year. (There was none when I ordered mine, and a month later you got the free GPS...)