Just hit 200 hours on my new Kirby Morgan hat and the comms are still crystal clear

After my last helmet had constant static after about 80 hours, I was expecting the same. Has anyone else gotten way more life out of a new comms system than they thought they would?

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4 Comments

blake_owens1mo ago

Honestly, maybe it's less about the hours and more about what you're doing in it. A helmet getting banged around in a service truck twice a day for 80 hours is taking more of a beating than one that lives on a clean boat and gets used for two long projects a year. The wear isn't always just on a timer.

barbaradavis15d ago

My 80 hours of static was actually my own fault. I left it on the roof of my truck and drove off. It bounced down the highway at 60 mph, so I figure that counts as a pretty aggressive use case. But yeah, I agree it's more about the beating than the clock. I had a buddy who kept his in a padded case and only used it for weekend dives, and his set lasted like three seasons before any issues. Meanwhile I'm over here treating gear like it's made of rubber.

lucashenderson1mo ago

Yeah I was just reading a forum thread about this last week. Somebody said they got like 300 hours out of a set before any real drop in quality. Makes me wonder if the older batches just had worse wiring or something. I mean, 80 hours with static sounds rough, so hitting 200 clear is a solid win. Maybe they finally fixed that issue.

ward.tara1mo ago

Doubt it's a batch issue at all. Blake_owens has a point about how you use the gear being the real factor here. People just love finding patterns where there aren't any, don't they?