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Broken plastic headband-facade-thingy. Company will not / can not repair.
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Lightspeed 15XL
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Wait till they have a "trade in day" and get what you can.
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Lightspeed used to do the trade-ins, but the 15XL saw it's day about ten or twelve years ago.
When you say the company won't repair it, have you spoken with their customer service about the repair? I had a lightspeed some years ago that broke apart while climbing out of Lake City one day. I overnighted the headset to them, they returned it a day later completely overhauled, new cord, and all.
Failing that, you might consider some plastic epoxy and a different headband to cover it.
When you say the company won't repair it, have you spoken with their customer service about the repair? I had a lightspeed some years ago that broke apart while climbing out of Lake City one day. I overnighted the headset to them, they returned it a day later completely overhauled, new cord, and all.
Failing that, you might consider some plastic epoxy and a different headband to cover it.
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Doug they will only offer 200$ towards an upgrade, they don't have the parts anymore. Thanks.
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That's too bad that they don't have the parts. I think I've got a 15 at home that needs work, somewhere.
The Aircraft Spruce headbands won't really work on the Lightspeed headsets. When mine broke, I was just climbing out (in a PB4Y, a B24, lots of vibration and shaking going on), and the headset simply failed. The band over the top popped, letting the earcup fall off one side, and the rest of the headset fall off the other.
I had a roll of electrical tape in my flight suit. I taped the headband back together and sent it to Lightspeed shortly thereafter, as previously described.
Mostly now I use a Bose QC-15 for the headset portion, and a U-fly-mic for the microphone. It folds up, doesn't take much room in the flight bag, and I can use it for lots of other things (like travel) with a little MP3 player. It's got excellent accoustics, and has the same electronics as the A20 (so far as the ears portion goes...the mic is different, of course). I'm getting set to order another as a spare.
The Aircraft Spruce headbands won't really work on the Lightspeed headsets. When mine broke, I was just climbing out (in a PB4Y, a B24, lots of vibration and shaking going on), and the headset simply failed. The band over the top popped, letting the earcup fall off one side, and the rest of the headset fall off the other.
I had a roll of electrical tape in my flight suit. I taped the headband back together and sent it to Lightspeed shortly thereafter, as previously described.
Mostly now I use a Bose QC-15 for the headset portion, and a U-fly-mic for the microphone. It folds up, doesn't take much room in the flight bag, and I can use it for lots of other things (like travel) with a little MP3 player. It's got excellent accoustics, and has the same electronics as the A20 (so far as the ears portion goes...the mic is different, of course). I'm getting set to order another as a spare.