Youth Headsets

[74657]

Any recommendations? 

2 year old daughter, 1 month old son.  When my daughter was a baby we used ear plugs which we will do with my son.  I saw some models made by SoftCom, David Clark and Sigtronics.

I just ordered my wife a QT set, no more crabbing about messed up hair!!!

[GeorgePerry]

When you flying with young kids...something miraculous happens.  They don't talk!  The trip is peacefull and quite.  The noise of the engine and the views seem to put kids in a trance.

I use the peltor jr passive eaf muffs for the young ones and a Lightspeed ANR headset for the wife.  This set up seems to work well.

[Amelia]

No dice on the ear plugs, nothin' doin' with the regular headset, but then I got a set of hot-pink Peltor earmuffs (on sale because of the garish color, no doubt) for my 3y/o granddaughter- she was thrilled! Pink did the trick- she now wears them proudly. Another kid trick: cartoons downloaded onto a thumb-drive for the little netbook computer. Tom and Jerry don't need audio to appeal to a toddler, the battery life on those wee computers is measured in days I think, and that keeps things calm until she drifts off to sleep.

[carusoam]

Headsets for kids?  a nice set of sound reducing muffs from Craftsman (for lawn mowing) protects their ears and mine at the same time.....

The light weight of passive sound reduction helps them stay in place.  (adding ear plugs to the mix would probably help).

Like George pointed out, they say nothing for the entire trip, until descent to the traffic pattern.....

Pencils and paper in the back can keep budding artists occupied for hours.

-a-

[Ron McBride]

When i took my 3 year old Grand Daughter flying this summer for the first time. She used my David Clarks. All heard was "Grampa Can you hear me?" over and over. I finally hit the Isolate button. Since these were local flights, I kept the power down also. She never went to sleep for us, but the ride back to the house, typical kid, out in 30 seconds.

I think that I saw that Aircraft Spruce had kids headsets, various colors and that some could be converted later for aduslts. It has been awhile since I looked.

I will be watching this thread for my own info also.

There was a thread here or MAPA that discussed special harnesses for seat belts when the kids get a little bigger also.

Enjoy your new plane, and the family must enjoy it also.

Ron

[mjc]

My daughter is nearly two. From ages six weeks to around one year, she wore a pair of Peltor earmuffs. For the next few months, she refused to wear the ear protection for very long. Our pediatrician said it wasn't a big deal on flights less than a couple of hours long once or twice a month. The Pilot Avionics kids' headset is basically the adult model with a smaller headband and mike boom. I already had an adult Pilot set, so I ordered the smaller headband and installed it, and she wore that for a month or two, but decided she hated the clamping pressure ("tight, tight"). So I offered her a choice between my wife's Bose and my old passive David Clarks. She used the David Clarks with a thick headpad from 18 months until recently. She was much happier using a headset that she got to choose. We acquired a Zulu, and she claimed that headset as hers. She does sometimes forget that we can hear her, so she'll start saying "Daddy, Mommy," but she calms down when she hears our voices. It helps to take a couple of headsets home, let her connect them to the portable intercom I used when I was renting, and talk to each other.

[peter]

I've used a set of Peltor Junior ear defenders for my boy since he was 10 mo old.  22 dB NRR.

http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/ear-muffs-for-children.html?CMP=google5&KW=(keyword)&gclid=CNvk-Ivk0KQCFQgKKgodsiF1DQ

 

 

[Mckipper]

I use the SoftComm C-45-10 "Child Prince" Headset my boys really like the idea of having their own headsets, and the smaller ear cups, strap,boom and light weight are just right for them, - no problems on flights up to 3 hours so far.  They also have a jack for their PSP / IPOD / DVD player, which helps on the longer flights.