I've had my Bose for a little over a year now and love them. Whoever said their passive protection sucks is right. That is why i always carry plenty of batteries. I've never had to do extended flying with dead batteries. The price tag is high but I used Bose's interest free payment plan. 12 months @ 82 bucks a month. They just charge your credit card every month. If you pay it off every month then you're golden. Worked out well for me. My biggest complaint is they have no aux input like the Lightspeed headsets. Why they don't? I have no idea, seems like it would be pretty easy for the Bose company to add something like that.