Originally Posted by
HeyOneTaco
To redeem myself from my earlier dumb question I'll chime in here. Gotta end on a good note.
I use the 850 and so far have no complaints. They are quiet enough and not overkill like the Bose's, which I also have a set of. 850s take up less room in my flight case and IMO the 200 cockpit isn't that loud. Also after 5 legs I don't like my head to be in a vice grip with a bulky around ear headset.
I use 850's with ear plugs. I find without ear plugs my ears get very sore after a long day of flying and the pressure sitting there all day. With plugs in the headset actually presses more on the plugs and not on my ears. Plus it makes for a VERY quiet setup as far as external noise getting through. In fact the only downside is I can't really hear a jumpseater talking unless I pull the headset off my ear. You'll just need to set the hi/low volume to hi and probably adjust the intercom/radio volume higher than normal in order to hear clearly.