Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First things first. Plug these into a computer and UPDATE the firmware. Okay, let's go from there. These are comfortable, at least for the first 3 to 4 hours and probably longer for most. I have a bigish head (hat size 7 1/2)and these are pretty nice. There's plenty of room for an even bigger head and they spread out nicely too. They'll fit around a gallon sized paint can, lol! As you pull them farther apart they don't get, like, super tight. They stay loose(ish). Well, not loose. It's just that they don't pinch the head. Plenty of cushion for the top of your head, too. These are the MOST convenient gaming headphones I've EVER used. Because these have an internal, rechargeable battery, there are NO CORDS whatsoever. NONE. Completely wireless! You can just grab your headphones, power them on and chat and play. Nuthin' gets plugged into nuthin'! I LOVE THAT. If you forget to charge the battery when it's low you CAN definitely play while charging and in that case there would be a wire. But only then. I usually plug them in, every other gaming session, when I'm done for the night and let them charge. They're micro USB. I also have not had any connection issues to the XBOX whatsoever. I haven't tried using the Bluetooth feature yet. Mainly because when I'm gaming a couple times a week at night the only people that would call me are already online with me. The chat volume and game volume work well independently of each other. In other turtle beach's if I turned up the game the chat would get louder too and vice versa but seemingly not with these. The superhuman feature does seem to work pretty well. In the predator mission in Wildlands I could totally hear where on the map the predator was and that's fun. You mute the mic, so nobody can hear you, by flipping it up. My friends can hear when I mute it, too though. If you wanted total privacy when muting just be aware that apparently there's a little noise of some kind and they would know they were being muted. So far everything seems pretty great. Why 3 stars? Here's my main problem and it bugs me EVERY SINGLE TIME I USE these. It's the mic or maybe the mic monitoring. The microphone activates when you start to talk, otherwise it's, kinda like, in an off position. I think it might be noise canceling for the people online with me? Anyway, every time I start to talk, and the mic "activates" or "comes on" there is a noticeable delay before I hear myself in the headphones and it is ABSOLUTELY annoying. I hear myself "in the room" probably 2 or 3 tenths of a second before I hear myself in the headphones. Once I'm into the sentence I'm speaking they're fine (actually I'd like to be able to hear myself as loud as I hear my teammates but that's never been the case with Turtle Beach) and when I'm done speaking I don't notice the mic "shut off" so to speak. But, soon as I say something else there's that delay AGAIN. GRRRRR. I used to have the X32 from TB and those were glorious. The mic thing that I'm talking about didn't exist. It was just always on. Never a lag or delay. I hope I've been clear with what my problem is. It's hard to explain by writing about it, you almost have to use them in person to know what I mean. It's a really big deal for me and that's why 3 stars. There's so much to like about these, that's why not less than 3 stars. I would say that if these didn't have the mic issue (for me) they would be THE BEST Gaming headset I've ever used and 5 STARS ALL DAY. If my problem with them doesn't, or wouldn't, bother you I'd say buy these immediately! P.S. The charging cable included with these is the coolest little micro USB I've ever seen. It's contoured to your fingers to more easily pull it out of the headset. I love it. UPDATE!!: Wait a minute! WAIT A MINUTE!!!! I posted this review and 10 minutes later I decided to read the top review for this headset (by J Dog) and he FIXED MY PROBLEM! You go into the Stealth 700 settings when plugged into your computer after downloading the software and follow J Dog's settings guide. Basically, all I had to do was turn OFF the mic gate setting. NO MORE DELAY. Wow. Ok, so now I stand by what I said at the end of this review. This is the best gaming headset I've ever owned. LOVE THEM now!! THANK YOU J Dog!! This is a link to his review. If this doesn't come through just search for the top review of this headset. https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2170K58ZP2S1Q/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_btm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B072M6WZSY#wasThisHelpful