Go to a Bose store and try on the QC2's. Very lightweight and comfortable as well as havin excellent ANR. If you like them, get them and a UFlyMike. I have been using one for 3 months now and love it. No headaches after a long day like I had with my Telex Digital ANRs. (Clamp style headset, heavy) The battery issue is a non issue on the QC2s. One AAA battery. I use one a month and that includes using them to watch movies and listen to music on my airline legs and downtime on the job. Yes, I am a frac guy and have 4-6 of those a month. Most ANR headsets use a battery for the ANR and you go through those faster than you do on the QC2. If you use the QC2 for more than the 10 hours after the red light flashes and, heaven forbid the battery dies, every airplane I have flown has this neat speaker overhead that sound comes out of when you push a button. Takes 2 seconds. Problem solved. UFlyMike also makes a TSO earbud mod for the paranoid. Thing is, these are the most comfortable quality headset I have found. You owe yourself the effort to check them out.