Rechargeable Headset Batteries?

[RockinRob]

The only info I could find on this was a thread from way back in 2010. That is lightyears in some areas of the technology industry.

 

I am curious if anyone has had luck using rechargeable batteries with an ANR headset? If so what brand?

 

I have the PFX, I think it's a great headset performance wise, but I am disgruntled with how quickly it churns through batteries. It has added a decent cost to my work expenses when flying large survey contracts.

 

Thanks

[avbug]

I don't use rechargables with headsets, but you could try them.

 

Battery life isn't an issue with the bose. You might want to try a different headset.

[Guest pokey]

I don't use rechargables with headsets, but you could try them.

 

 

 

i guess that all but answers that !

[Azhigher]

I think you might save some money going with rechargeables but it does send up a red flag that you're so concerned with the cost of batteries. Amazon sells 100 AA's for $20, grab 2 of those and they should last you 1000 hours in the PFX. (They say 4 AA's will last 20 hours) Is $40 a year too much to spend on batteries in your situation? Just seems like you're splitting hairs.

[Wally]

Use rechargeable in all my flashlights. Fresh set in the charger or in my flight bag all the time. Read the specs of the device carefully, some rechargeable throw a lot more current and generate a lot of heat in doing so.

[A-aron]

I used rechargeable energizer batteries in my Lightspeed Zulu 2s and I am pretty sure all the instructors used some sort of rechargeable batteries too. I had 2 in my headset, and then typically another 2 in my headset bag and 4 non rechargeable in the bag too. I tried to change the batteries once a week and I think I only ran into an issue twice and found out the hard way that ANR without batteries sucks... I never noticed any difference when using rechargeable batteries.

[RockinRob]

Azhigher,

 

Thanks for the tip on the cheap amazon batteries. Hadn't thought of that for some reason. Was paying much more for copper tops previously. Ordered a bunch.

 

Thanks again