We will be flying Iceland Air this fall to France. for their Saga Premium class, they indicate there is an amenity bag, including headphones. Anyone used these lately? How well do they work to block out plane noise for sleeping?
Posted by
PA
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I have not done this, but I would expect that their disposable phones will be a very cheap pair of earbuds which will never block out noise.
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
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Somewhat dumbfounded about previous post. I have flown Saga Class before and the provided headphones are pretty much on par with the Bose noise cancelling I used to have. Noise cancelling really means noise reducing. They are not cheap earbuds, but they are not going to drown out all noise.
Posted by
Maryland
866 posts
How well will they work to block out noise for sleeping versus helping you listen to a movie better depends on how easily you sleep on a plane, but the two kinds of applications require tech that is designed to do different things. Three options: 1) Take a chance; 2) get a really comfortable (!!!) set of over the ear premium headphones that will block out outside noise with any kind of white noise generator, (classical string ensembles for example), but they are bulky; 3) My wife just discovered that there are now bluetooth audio adaptors that can be plugged into airplane headphone sockets that will connect with AirPods - which are themselves very good at noise suppression.