Mikey wrote:Trying to decide between a Lightspeed PFX or Zulu 2. Don't know anyone with a PFX and as they're still quite new I'm a bit cautious to be a £600 guinea pig (USA prices). Has anyone lived with the PFX for a bit and got any feedback? I seem to recall the reviews around launch time were good.
There's not a huge price difference between the two sets, about an hours rental. They're both excellent, but I went for the PFX as it can be flashed with new firmware. Some was released just today but I've not looked into it yet. In theory, this makes the PFX more future proof, but only so long as the updated firmware doesn't overload the hardware.
The big functional difference is that the PFX has so many features that you can end up flying the headset as much as the plane if you want to. Works best if you fly with an Apple device as this gives you in flight access to all the headset toys. Of course, you don't have to, but it's nice to be able to do it if you want to. But you definitely need to read the manual and understand it before you leave the ground.
EdH's PFX review last year was pretty well spot on. It's a great headset, best option out there if you like your toys.