Sunday, April 06, 2008
Works well, but not with glasses/sunglasses
by A Customer from Santa Monica, CA 
Pros: Light, sexy, COMFORTABLE, easy "flip up" for transitioning to VFR
Cons: expensive, doesn't work with glasses.
Review: These are light, compact, but best of all--COMFORTABLE. Bottom line: buy them if you don't wear glasses. If you wear classes, go with the hood.

Sunday, February 17, 2008
When you need an IR hood, this is the one you get
by milan from SALT LAKE CITY, UT 
Pros: Small, Comfortable, High Quality
Cons: Expensive
Review: Looking at hoods in general there is a wide range available on the market at the moment, most of them are oversized and look incredibly stupid, it might also be in your way. The jeppshade is one of the more expensive ones but it is the smallest one out there, not much larger than a pair of sunglasses, comes in a nice case and is easy to put on regardless of head size, both directly on your head or even on the outside your headset. If you do not mind the few extra dollars, go with this one, it is comfortable and you can flip the front part of it up if you suddenly need to look out.

Thursday, September 06, 2007
I found less useful than foggles or hood
by Howard from Santa Cruz, Ca 
Pros: Fits comfortably over headset
Cons: Not designed for use with glasses, allows peripheral cues
Review: First - Not until I opened the package did I learn from insert that the product is not designed to be used with glasses. So if you wear glasses while flying this is not for you.
Second - I have used a cheap plastic ifr hood and foggles. I prefer the hood for limiting peripheral cues but it is hard to remove when wearing a headset. The foggles bow does not fit well under or over a headset. Otherwise foggles seem to work pretty well.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Jury is still out.....
by A Customer from Gaithersburg, MD 
Pros: Very comfortable
Cons: Does not limit your view as much as Foggles or a hood
Review: I did my entire instrument rating and most of my subsequent recurrent training with Foggles. My only complaint about Foggles is that they hurt my ears after being worn with any of my headsets for any longer than 30-45 minutes. When they broke I decided I needed a more comforable option, which led me to a basic hood or the Jepp product. The hood seemed like a pain to store, so I went with the Jepp product. It is far more comfortable than Foggles. It does not however limit your view as much as Foggles or a hood, so I'm not sure I'm getting the most out of my training. The flip up feature sounds cool, but requires two hands to operate....does anyone else think taking both hands off the airplane on short final on an ILS is a bad idea? So, the jury is still out on this product.

Friday, July 23, 2004
by A Customer from Decatur GA 
Review: Excellent !