Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Overall this is a pretty good headset for the money. The industry has come a long way in the past 5 years. Wireless headsets (especially ones that had 5.1 or -gasp- 7.1 sound) used to be two or three hundred dollars for the nice stuff. Mass production and the popularity of pc gaming these days benefits us all with cheap products. PROS: - decent sound. Unless supported by your system and soundcard these will operate as normal stereo headphones (i.e. you're not getting surround sound, and certainly not 7.1). For me stereo (2.1) sound is fine. - build quality seems pretty high. They feel good in the hands. There appears to be a metal frame inside the band, unlike some other plastic-only headsets. Good build quality. I like the feel of them. - design aesthetic is appealing. People love colored lights on gaming hardware, and these have colored lights. They are made of black plastic. Again, fairly appealing. - software generally supports the hardware well. Installation was quick and I was able to get them working in just a few minutes. volume control, mic settings, etc. are readily available. Now to the cons - top heavy (the headband will rest on the top of your skull). I've owned higher end wireless gaming headsets in the past, and also owned decent OTE (over the ear) headphones, and the weight of the headset should be distributed around your entire head. These just kind of hang, there's no 'clamping' tension keeping them pressed to the sides of your head. For this reason, after about 20-30 minutes they are mildly uncomfortable. This also affects the next issue: - physically does not cover the ear completely as designed. Because they have zero "clamping" tension or force, and they just kind of hang off the top of your head, the lower portion of each earcup isn't physically touching my head below the ear. So there's a gap. Thus, sound quality suffers because it lets in outside noise. - Out of the box, the default configuration is to commence auto-shutdown after......5 minutes. Yes I'm serious. So during the first day or two gaming with these things, I'm gaming and then suddenly I'm frantically trying to click any button with my finger after the voice tells me they're shutting down....like Aaarrgh wtf trying not to die in a game and my headset is trying it's best to turn off. How does that make any sense? So I hunted through the settings and there is the ability to turn this feature off or extend the time. But 5 minutes guys, by default. It's crazy. - Corsair's iCue software will do things you don't ask it to do. For example, I have a H80i liquid CPU cooler. I've had it for like three years. Never had a complaint, operated well. The minute I installed the iCue software and started to game, my H80 fans start blowing like jet engines. I checked the device settings within the iCue software, and wouldn't you just know it "H80i has no settings". So am I stuck with jet-engine cpu fans now? I guess only time will tell. Given there are plenty of manufacturers out there, I'd probably not buy these if I could go back in time. I don't recommend this headset.