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Boom Cannulas: Easy Retrofit

That’s the $149.95 Aerox Boom Cannula fitted to the right earcup of a Bose A20 headset. The ball-and-socket mount sits on a 3D-manufactured plate that replaces the headset’s configuration jumper cover.

Ballcap, eyeglasses, headset and oxygen cannula. That’s a mess of accessories on a pilot’s and passenger’s heads. And it’s that head clutter that might make lots of us skip the use of supplemental O2 simply to avoid a nose cannula, even at the price of hypoxia. 

About the only other thing you can do shy of buying a pressurized airplane is trying a headset boom cannula. I tried three of them—one from Aerox, another from Aithre and the one from O2 system veteran Mountain High. I think they’re all OK and a better option than anchoring the O2 supply line over the ears.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.