aftCG wrote:This subject has been on my mind for a while now, so I finally did something about it.

For those of you who want a back country helmet and you want a good one but don't have a million dollars, here's what I just put together.



This is a Team Wendy Exfil SAR Tactical, with the Peltor adapters.

I've been a user of Peltor headsets for over 25 years. I know they look goofy and cheap but they are hands down the best passive noise reduction headsets ever, and they're more comfortable than almost everything else after a long day of flying.

I didn't want to chop up the matched pair I have in my Citabria so I looked online where you can find them cheap. In my case, eBay for $75. These were white so I ordered the white helmet shell from Team Wendy.

Peltor got out of the aviation business a long time ago apparently but they're still an industry go to supplier for passive noise protection. The black sleeves used for adjusting the head band are not compatible with the older aviation headsets but they slide off and you can use the old ones.

No tools, no butchering of anything but the old head band to get the wire out. I've got a giant head so I didn't even need to use the foam padding kit.



Once these pass a flight test I will be ordering the kit to convert them to ANR. That kit includes new gel seals and mic muff.

I've never been a fan of ANR only headsets, an opinion recently reinforced on a cross country, scud running when the batteries in a set of Bose went dead and I "sort of" wanted to hear.

Airdave100 wrote:I’ve been flying with the Team Wendy for about a year with Bose headset...very happy with the set up except the tinted visor...seems to reflect to much light and distort forward viz...if buying again I’d like pass on that option....