These carbon fiber headsets sets a new standard in communications headsets. Indeed, they’re only half the weight of standard steel and plastic headsets but with twice the class and comfort.
- Ultra-lightweight, weighs just 9 oz. (255 grams)
- Genuine Carbon Fiber construction
- 3, 4 and 5 pin XLR cable ready, use SBJ Series Cords
- Faux leather ear cushions, foam, gel and gel + foam options available.
- Low-profile volume control knob
- Noise-cenceling Dynamic microphone
Product Datasheet
Carbon fiber is, as Popular Mechanics says, “The Miracle Material”. No doubt you’ve seen many high end applications like the exceptionally expensive Lamborghini and other masterpiece concept cars. Carbon fiber has a number of impressive physical properties. It’s not just about its brilliant luster like the gemstone tiger’s eye, Boeing airliners are made with the stuff. In fact, carbon fiber turns out to be stronger than steel. It’s a whole lot lighter too. Other properties include resistance to fatigue and corrosion, non-toxicity to humans, a low coefficient of thermal expansion (it doesn’t expand as much as other things when it gets hot), it’s X-ray permeable and not flammable.
Why not use magnesium? Looking at a magnesium flame will cause permanent damage to your vision. In the event one’s aircraft was downed, if one was careful to look away while lighting such a headset on fire, it may be possible to use the headset as a flare. However, there exists no such possibility with a carbon fiber headset. It would have to suffice for one to look fashionable, with comfortably warm ears, while being rescued.
What about other ‘metal alloys’? Metal alloys are not bad. However, ‘metal alloys’ is a category and includes cheap waste metal mixes that are lightweight but very poor quality.
Why do we use carbon fiber in headsets?
The circum-aural headset is a headset with a cup around the ear. It was first made to solve the problem of communicating in a noisy environment. It also works out well for protecting your hearing. The original headsets issued to military and industrial uses were steel and plastic. That’s because the form of the headset followed it’s function. The headsets held up well but weren’t necessarily that comfortable or light. In fact, it is possible to still buy headsets like the David Clark headsets that continue to be made of steel and plastic and are still made in exactly the same form they were made in since the 1970’s. Read more…
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