Throat Mics and Whispers

[shadow1911]

Originally Posted by Slick

Your seriously suggesting that someone has to spend 400 bucks to get a good throat mic. I paid 50 dollars for mine and Ive never had to repeat myself over the radio.

Here try this. Works great and wont cost you a pay check.
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tech...ox/index.shtml

where can in get a few of those badboys and will they work with a cobra frs radio

[Kane]

Originally Posted by Slick

Your seriously suggesting that someone has to spend 400 bucks to get a good throat mic. I paid 50 dollars for mine and Ive never had to repeat myself over the radio.

Here try this. Works great and wont cost you a pay check.
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tech...ox/index.shtml

You figure I was kidding, huh? I paid well into $1500 for my UHF setup; headgear costing $700+ and I'm not the only one! A lot of people spend that and more on good comms. Once you do, you'll never go back to the cheap garbage stuff everyone tries to sell you at Radio Shack and Future Shop. But it comes down to whether you can afford the cost...

[shadow1911]

Originally Posted by Kane

You figure I was kidding, huh? I paid well into $1500 for my UHF setup; headgear costing $700+ and I'm not the only one! A lot of people spend that and more on good comms. Once you do, you'll never go back to the cheap garbage stuff everyone tries to sell you at Radio Shack and Future Shop. But it comes down to whether you can afford the cost...

yes you get what you pay for but if your going to nput a radio mic threw hell to the point where it would brake those 1500 doller ones like one a game lets say are you realy going to spend 1500 a game or would you rather get some shitty thing that works well but is going to die after a few games any way

[Slick]

Originally Posted by Griffon

That's cheap enough for me not to care if it doesn't work. The commando edition even has the clear ear piece.

Ive been told by people who have used the clear ear piece that it acts as an ear plug. I guess because you have to stuff it onto your ear. I think it would be better to get a ear piece that lets other sounds get through as well.

Well I hope it works out good for you. Maybe get back here and let other people know what you think of it after you get a chance to try it out at a game.

[ILLusion]

Originally Posted by shadow1911

yes you get what you pay for but if your going to nput a radio mic threw hell to the point where it would brake those 1500 doller ones like one a game lets say are you realy going to spend 1500 a game or would you rather get some shitty thing that works well but is going to die after a few games any way

There's a strong difference between good comms and cheap comms.

For example, good equipment can last through the most extreme temperatures and weather conditions. You obviously haven't used, handled or even seen one of these units before. I suggest you don't make any more assumptions and comments on them until you do.


$400 LASH units are used by many firefighters... who go through some of the hottest and wettest environments in any profession, yet their equipment continues to keep working.

Think about it.

[Red Ghost]

I also have the Motorola Earpiece/Boom setup. It is VERY reliable in terms of clarity. However, it does like to slip off my ear on me. Some guys on my team get an elastic strap dealie to hold it there, but i'm looking for a less retarded-looking solution.

For 30 dollars though, There isn't really a lot to lose.

[Griffon]

Originally Posted by Slick

Ive been told by people who have used the clear ear piece that it acts as an ear plug. I guess because you have to stuff it onto your ear. I think it would be better to get a ear piece that lets other sounds get through as well.

Well I hope it works out good for you. Maybe get back here and let other people know what you think of it after you get a chance to try it out at a game.

There are some addons for the ear set. If I really don't like it for $50 I can always make $30 of that back and buy something like this.

[Kane]

Illusion said it. TCI and other companies build comms for elite units, soldiers and the like, and they're built to withstand pretty much anything. I have NO worries about breaking my headset at all!

[shadow1911]

i have utterly destroyed a soldiers headset for a seal team in all about 10 minutes of having it

that includes radio throat mic and in sound headphones(head phones that plug in ear design that if no sound is being emitted you hear the world as if they where not there

and all i did was jump from tree to tree
not one peace worked after i was done

Originally Posted by shadow1911

i have utterly destroyed a soldiers headset for a seal team in all about 10 minutes of having it

that includes radio throat mic and in sound headphones(head phones that plug in ear design that if no sound is being emitted you hear the world as if they where not there

and all i did was jump from tree to tree
not one peace worked after i was done

If your headset was truly made for a "Seal Team", it would be something like a TCI or Peltor Comtac setup. If all you did was "jump from tree to tree" and the unit broke, your unit was either defective, you had it on wrong, or you were testing the solidity of the tree with your headset components.

I own a Peltor Comtac set tied into a Y-cable and chest PTT wired to my Kenwood UHF set. The same set used by special operators around the world, and it's literally fucking bulletproof.

If you buy cheap comms, EXPECT them to behave like cheap comms. I just got tired or buying more cheap shit over and over and being dissapointed with the results, so I put down some serious coin on some serious comms. The result is unparalleled; I have clear communications at all times, with no impediment to my hearing. In fact, with the volume cranked up on my Peltor's pickups I can hear BETTER sa it amplifies the surroundings while cancelling or limiting dangerous decibal levels. I've worn them in the pouring rain, -30 degree weather (they make nice earmuffs too), while driving...you name it. They are, simply put, the BEST piece of equipment I've ever purchased.

I'm running a flexi-boom mic on my peltors. If I were to purchase a throat mic of any kind, it would be the MT90 also from Peltor.

As always, you get what you pay for.

[shadow1911]

Originally Posted by MadMorbius

If your headset was truly made for a "Seal Team", it would be something like a TCI or Peltor Comtac setup. If all you did was "jump from tree to tree" and the unit broke, your unit was either defective, you had it on wrong, or you were testing the solidity of the tree with your headset components.

I own a Peltor Comtac set tied into a Y-cable and chest PTT wired to my Kenwood UHF set. The same set used by special operators around the world, and it's literally fucking bulletproof.

If you buy cheap comms, EXPECT them to behave like cheap comms. I just got tired or buying more cheap shit over and over and being dissapointed with the results, so I put down some serious coin on some serious comms. The result is unparalleled; I have clear communications at all times, with no impediment to my hearing. In fact, with the volume cranked up on my Peltor's pickups I can hear BETTER sa it amplifies the surroundings while cancelling or limiting dangerous decibal levels. I've worn them in the pouring rain, -30 degree weather (they make nice earmuffs too), while driving...you name it. They are, simply put, the BEST piece of equipment I've ever purchased.

I'm running a flexi-boom mic on my peltors. If I were to purchase a throat mic of any kind, it would be the MT90 also from Peltor.

As always, you get what you pay for.

it was non defective it fell hard the wire riped and snaped as the radio was more or less plumited hit the tree and hit pavement

in more news my dads co found it funny that a 10 year old was able to destroy a radio that bad

they were able to fix the radio but the headset wall thats a difrent story how ya fix wires that are ripped and frayed

The radio fell out of your grasp, or wasn't secured, and it fell from a height and smashed on pavement? That's not the same as "jumping from tree to tree" and damage ensued.

And frayed wires are hardly impossible to repair. If the headset was as high quality as you're suggesting, it would be worth repairing some damaged wired as opposed to replacing the entire unit.

Anyways.....Iasus sucks ass.