LIGHTSPEED Zulu 3 Premium ANR Aviation Headset with Noise Cancelling and Bluetooth (GA Dual Plugs)

Comfy and very well made and clear GA headset.

Excellent headset for the price. Bluetooth and an app compatible for recording urself. Comfortable to wear for over 2hrs hobbs hrs flt. Beat Bose for the price. Great quality as well.

This headsets noise cancelling feature is the best! It site in my head very comfortably and the sound quality it perfect. If this headset ever gets old, I am definitely coming back to lightspeed!

So far I’m only 2 flights in with it, but wow!! So far it checks all the boxes! I didn't want o spend $1400 for Bose A30s, or $1200 for the Lightspeed deltas. II’ve read reviews Bose is not supporting the A20s anymore so this seemed like a great option. Honestly I couldn't be happier! The noise canceling is amazing, headset is nice and loud, Kevlar wrapped cord seems great, and overall build quality feels nice and solid. Only worry I have is seems the ANR control box seems a little flimsy. Overall I’m super happy with this purchase and after using the loaners from my flight school this is a serious upgrade!

Great headset, comfortable, noise canceling is awesome....only minor complaint is at this price point $899)...why not include a premium name brand set of batteries. I just chuckled as I opened the packaging and found this premium headset with a set of batteries that were "lacking in premium stature" only thing I could see that would improve this purchase process. Seems silly I know.....but gosh...$900 for a headset with a set of 25 cent batteries...just made me chuckle a bit.

I had the Bose A20s before and had to send them back after 2 years due to a noise when I turned them on. I went with the light speeds because they were 200$ cheaper. So far I honestly like them better than the Bose.

Great product. Very comfortable and sound really good.

I own a 182A and a turbo PA-30 and fly with students on occasion for over 20 years. Only 2 of my 3 Bose X headsets still work but are so obsolete Bose won't repair them after about 20 years of ownership. They still function reasonably well, but are starting to crackle a little and I've had to replace the ear cup pivots with 3D printed parts that work well enough so it's time to shelve them as backup or loaner pairs. I initially bought them because my old Lightspeed 30 3G just went insane with the ANR when taking off in a Turbo Aztec I owned but the Bose could handle it without missing a beat. So I'm skipping generations and giving this much touted Lightspeed Zulu 3 a head to head test against the new Bose A30 since I'm in the market and the A30 are like 50% more expensive. Needless to say the Zulu 3 couldn't quite handle my 182A takeoff which isn't even that loud and occasionally emitted a loud skull penetrating mid range feedback tone. Maybe I had a dud, but the A30 I tested was remarkably similar to my old Bose X and handled it just fine.I didn't test the bluetooth capability of either headset since I run bluetooth capable intercoms which I prefer, but if you are in a rental situation or have an old avionics panel, those capabilities may be of interest and I can't comment since I'll likely never turn it on.The Zulu 3 dip switches are freaking micro and I wouldn't want to muck with them more than once. The Bose are super easy to identify with separate labels per switch and are much easier to see and adjust with say your multitool. The Bose can be reverted to shutdown it's complex bluetooth stack as well if it starts going crazy from a software defect or you just don't want to deal with the complex software sucking your batteries down as hard.The Zulu 3 battery compartment was much tighter to the point I was afraid I would break something. The A30 improved over the old X with a flexible attachment like the Zulu 3 instead of old fragile plastic interlock and felt much more durable and was easy to put batteries in relative to the Zulu 3. This matters as you'll put batteries in dozens and dozens of times. I wouldn't want to do that for 10+ years to the Zulu 3.The Zulu 3 volume controls were much easier to bump, unlike the A30. The strain reliefs were ridiculously stiff while the cordage was so light it would kink and twist. The A30 folds up tighter thanks to more flexible strain reliefs and the cord is more stout so doesn't kink easily, much appreciated when jamming excess cables into pockets, bags, etc.The Zulu 3 mic was more sensitive than the A30 which was annoyingly not working in a silent hangar, but in flight they both ran the intercom perfectly. The Zulu 3 won in max volume which is important for listening to music or audio book in flight on long cross countries since my intercom does not run the aux sound up very loud. The extra gain may be important in your environment but I found the A30 an improvement over the old Bose X and so am happy with it. I also like the A30 boom can be easily swapped (I'll never do it) and also there is a white dot for the mouth facing aspect. The Zulu 3 has no obvious mark to orient the boom but in practice they both worked just fine and it would be nearly impossible to screw this up. The A30 has a huge white L if the left ear cup and and huge white R on the right so putting them on backward should be a non-event unlike the old Bose X or perhaps even the Zulu 3.The Zulu 3 ear cups seal a bit better than the A30 which may contribute to a slightly improved sound quality and volume, but at the cost of significantly higher clamping force. Maybe that's ok if you are on a short flight, but when flying for many hours straight, I've found the low clamp of the Bose X and now the A30 to be a lot easier to take. Also the A30 spreads the weight out a bit better on top of your head with it's wider headband pads than the X. I don't feel much weight at all with the Zulu 3 on the headband pads thanks to the increased ear clamp which I do not prefer. If you don't mind old school David Clarks or even more mild head clamping, you may be fine with the Zulu 3, but I prefer to have the forces spread out between the headband and the ear clamp to reduce pressure points.So the folded size of the Zulu 3s is old school HUGE compared to the slim Bose X and now A30, and the flight bags reflect this. The Zulu 3 flight bag is nearly twice the size of the A30, even bigger than my old 30 3G. The Zulu 3 bag is much more rigid if you are throwing your headset across the room but who's doing that? The Zulu 3 flight bag is pretty rounded and wants to tip over and has a separate strap that flops down. The A30, like the old X, is rectangular enough it is super stable sitting upright with the handle strap right there to grab, or lies on it's side or back just fine. It's soft enough that it'll easily squeeze into a flight bag with other gear. That being said, I only use them for shelf storage. I can easily pop a couple of the A30s or my old Xs into my small flight bag since it folds to a point and is narrow, the Zulu 3 will go but it isn't a one handed operation. A30 wins hands down for packability.The Zulu 3 is also noticeably heavier than the A30 which is perhaps slightly heavier than my old Bose X. I'm not a fan of weight on my head so the Bose wins here as well.Yeah, the Zulu 3 will probably get the job done and in general the sound is good 99% of the time, but when it comes to all of the finishing touches I pay most attention to after flying for decades, the Bose A30 spanked it at everything but max volume by perhaps a perceived 10% more for the Zulu 3.My experience is that, despite Bose having a shorter 3 year warranty vs 5 year I think for Lightspeed, Bose has supported their headsets for 10+ years and they sell so many that aftermarket parts even become available. Bose will charge you almost as much as a new headset to repair the darn things at say year 10, but that's cheaper than buying a new set if they aren't obsolete yet and I've only had to do it once on headsets that lasted well over a decade past the warranty. Arguably the Zulu 3 is at a much more affordable price point, which is why I tested them. If you are willing to pay more for higher performance and don't like disposable, make sure to test these like I did against other headsets and make sure they will work in your noise environment. They didn't quite cut it for me so I'm sticking with Bose and hoping the A30 proves to be as durable as the old Bose X were.