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Unfortunately for all of us, the good stuff comes in the $200-$400 range -_-
Nacre quietpro - $200-$300 plus cable mods if necessary
Iasus NT3 black ops 2 - $170 range
Sordins - $350ish, depending what accessories you get
Honeywell QP400 - fuck you, only I am allowed to have one =p
There's a range of speaker/boom mic, silicone earpiece/boom mic options that are decent that other people will recommend as well
Apart from the stigma surrounding the iasus NT3, they actually work VERY well, when they do work.
If you have too much muscle mass on your neck, apparently they don't work well. But when they do work they are crazy clear even when whispering. The silicone earbud is so comfortable I could wear mine for 24hrs straight, didn't affect hearing too badly either.
Just pair them with a good radio. I paired mine with a GP68 and it wrecked the ptt. That in turn wrecked my next GP68.
The $30 throat mics are actually decent, surprisingly enough. Again, if you have a compatible throat lol
Downside to really GOOD comms, is they're often listen-thru hearing-amp type comms. And that is annoying in itself. It's great if you're constantly getting thunder Bs thrown at you though.
Boom mics work for some, I always find myself yelling at people because I can't understand them on the radio. Either their mic is too far away from their mouth, they're chewing on it, it's picking up a shitload of ambient noise, they're crazy loud because they don't have the right impedance on the mic, or it just plain doesn't work well.
Bone conduction is fantastic, but I looked at 2 dozen units and they all looked like crap for $200 or less, and I wasn't going to drop $600 on the good ones. The cheaper ones are often bone conduction speakers, and boom mics.
I've spend about $1200 on comms so far and all I have to show for it is a wouxun dual channel radio and a honeywell QP400 headset -_-
So take my advice and buying something really high quality now, and save a LOT of money down the road lol
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