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Pilot gear

Here, pilot equipment is tested and compared from the cockpit, not from copied product sheets. Headsets, GPS, watches, flight bags, tablets: reviews written by Fabian Voncken, airline pilot (ATPL) and former nurse. Verified data, classified by actual use, total transparency on affiliate links.

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I test equipment in real conditions and rank it by use, never by commission. Specifications are verified at the source, no rating is invented, and affiliate links are disclosed with total transparency; they don't change my recommendations.

Our methodology

A retailer for what Amazon doesn't sell. Several items recommended in this section are not sold on Amazon. Some are sold by OpaleAero, a French aviation retailer, where the code LABODUPILOTE gives 2.5% off the entire catalogue, to be entered in the "Bons de réduction" (discount vouchers) field of the basket. Prices and shipping are from France. Outside the EU, customs and shipping may exceed the discount. Visit the OpaleAero shop.

Transparency: this page and the reviews in this section contain commercial links (Amazon, OpaleAero). If you buy through these links, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you, it does not change anything to my reviews: I compare by actual use, not by commission. And when a model isn't distributed where I can link it, I say so rather than redirect you to something else.

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