Rated 3.09523809524/5
based on 63 customer reviews
Product description:
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Using a cell phone in your aircraft can be difficult at best, and even unsafe without the proper equipment. Sporty’s new Headset Companion solves these problems, allowing you to talk on your cell phone or listen to music while still enjoying the noise canceling capabilities of your headset. No need to worry about missing ATC—plugging in the adapter will not block radio transmissions.
Great for pilots:
•Pick up IFR clearances or cancel flight plans on the ground
•Receive audio alerts from portable GPS units
•Get weather briefings from FSS
•Check in with family or friends
Great for passengers:
•Listen to a portable CD player, MP3 player or XM Radio
•Call family or friends to update ETAs
•Conduct business on the ground
•Listen to a portable DVD player or gaming system
Slim, lightweight design makes it inconspicuous in the cockpit. The Headset Companion is very easy to use—simply connect your phone, headset and intercom and turn it on. It works with any headset and most 2.5mm phones (Nokia phones may require an adapter). Uses one AAA battery (included).
New Low Price!
Using a cell phone in your aircraft can be difficult at best, and even unsafe without the proper equipment. Sporty’s new Headset Companion solves these problems, allowing you to talk on your cell phone or listen to music while still enjoying the noise canceling capabilities of your headset. No need to worry about missing ATC—plugging in the adapter will not block radio transmissions.
Great for pilots:
•Pick up IFR clearances or cancel flight plans on the ground
•Receive audio alerts from portable GPS units
•Get weather briefings from FSS
•Check in with family or friends
Great for passengers:
•Listen to a portable CD player, MP3 player or XM Radio
•Call family or friends to update ETAs
•Conduct business on the ground
•Listen to a portable DVD player or gaming system
Slim, lightweight design makes it inconspicuous in the cockpit. The Headset Companion is very easy to use—simply connect your phone, headset and intercom and turn it on. It works with any headset and most 2.5mm phones (Nokia phones may require an adapter). Uses one AAA battery (included).
I am very disappointed that you are selling a product that is made in China.
Date - 5-17-2011
Pilot Rating - ATP
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended No
Pros
Works only at very low ambient noise levels.
Transmit/recieve non-canceling not an issue, since the volume of the music is so low anyway
Otherwise, none
Cons
A light-duty unit, that is almost unusable at the volume levels of an actual airplane.
Does not interrupt when the radio is transmitting or recieving
General Comments
Probably will have to go another way here, or be satisfied listening to music ONLY while taxiing!
Date - 4-22-2011
Pilot Rating - Private
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
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General Comments
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Date - 4-6-2011
Pilot Rating - Commercial
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
Easy to set up and use.
Cons
( No Cons Listed From Reviewer )
General Comments
Very good product to use cell phone through your headset.
Date - 4-5-2011
Pilot Rating - Commercial
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
Works good for playing music to my headset. People who I've talked to on the phone said that it sounds good.
Cons
Mic does not work stand-alone. A little pricey for what it really is.
General Comments
The first airplane that I was flying did not have a radio and I could not get the phone to work right with it. I could hear the person at the other end but they could not hear me. I called Sporty's and then the company who makes it and explained my situation. It was first thought that I received the wrong interface wire to go to the phone. The company sent me a new one and it still did not work. After further investigation it was discovered that in order for my mic to work, it needed voltage to it. Since I was not plugging into a radio it would not work. I subsequently tried it in a plane with a radio and the mic/phone worked fine.
Date - 11-15-2010
Pilot Rating - Commercial
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended No
well, it needs a maybe cloth zippered pouch. There are two cables... one for cellphone one for mp3... and it has two pigtails... so without a pouch, i fear that the pieces will get misplaced.
General Comments
handy in the flight bag if you lose coms.
or to call someone to meet you at the airport, etc
Sent it back unused. Did not like how wires & jacks were arranged- not in line. No way to secure or fasten it out of the way( clips, velcro, etc.). Too much additional "cockpit clutter".
Date - 8-11-2010
Pilot Rating - Private
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
EASY TO USE, WORKS AS ADVERTISED. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO MUSIC ON THOSE LONG FLIGHTS AND STILL HEAR ATC CALLS CLEARLY. CELL PHONE CALLS ARE MADE WITHOUT ENGINE BACKGROUND NOISE.
Cons
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General Comments
I OWN 2 OF THESE.
Date - 7-7-2010
Pilot Rating - Private
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
Clean audio to my HD video camera. Worked with my cell phone while on the ground, engine "NOT RUNNING"
Cons
Can't use in the air. Audio from ipod low. No instruction on how wires provided, hook up to what end. Both male ends are different. Way over priced.
General Comments
I got this to tie my ATC audio into the videos I shoot while flying. For that, it gets the job done well with clean audio. What it won't do is make a clean call while engine is running or in flight. You can hear the caller, but they can't hear you. This unit should be sold under 30 dollars.
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
Works as advertised.
Cons
It comes with two cables, one for music and one for phone. The phone cable is only compatible with standard 2.5mm jacks. I have several phones in my home and only the oldest and cheapest of them has a 2.5mm. I had to buy the adapter cable and pay extra shipping.
The instructions are cryptic at best and arrive on a horribly photocopied wad of paper.
General Comments
If you call someone and they can't hear you, but you can hear them... you need to buy the adapter cable.
Their should be an option of which cables come with the unit. I feel like I was misled by the way the adapter is advertised as being for specific models, when it is really just a standard 3.5mm cable for many, many phones. I have no use for the cables that were thrown in the box, and the correct cable could have just as easily been included. I am satisfied with the product, but not it's presentation in the catalog.
Date - 4-19-2010
Pilot Rating - Instrument
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
works great for picking up ifr clearences on the ground
Cons
no volume switch. recievimg audio in headset volume is low.
General Comments
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Date - 3-23-2010
Pilot Rating - Instrument
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
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Date - 3-18-2010
Pilot Rating - Private
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
works for me
Cons
had to buy plugins from phone company
General Comments
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Date - 3-7-2010
Pilot Rating - Private
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
Allows you to connect your mobile phone dirrectly in-line with your headset allowing you to make calls to open/close flight plans and update friends of new ETA's if they have changed at all. It also comes with a variety of phone adapters for an almost every phone.
Cons
None that I can truely think of yet.
General Comments
If you have ever tried to use a mobile phone while in a plane, then this is definitely a must have necesity.
Date - 3-1-2010
Pilot Rating - ATP
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
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Cons
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General Comments
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Date - 1-29-2010
Pilot Rating - Instrument
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended No
Pros
Works independent of Com and Intercom, plugged into Headset circuit. Small size, single battery power. System worked fine to integrate with XM radio off my Garmin 496.
Cons
Does not include any guidance to obtaining the necessary adapters for telephones, and its not clear whether the VOX mic on the headset will work with the phone. If the phone and adapter are not completely integrated, usage of the phone is unpredictable. More guidance on compatible phones and adapters required would be helpful, even if not practical. Should function, with proper phone and adapter, like any other hands-free headset!
General Comments
Initially picked up engine noise on the ground, which appeared to disappear in flight. Might require filters.
Date - 1-11-2010
Overall Durability Reliability Value Usability Expected
Recommended Yes
Pros
Simple enough to use.
Cons
Volume when attacht o a cell phone is extremly low in headset. No way to adjust it.
General Comments
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