I'd get it, just so I could walk around doing stuff without cables fucking me up
I don't recommend it, I've got this pair myself and they make a horrendous beeping noise every time they disconnect from the base.
Happens often when on low battery. It can't recharge properly when low on juice either. Steer clear, the final nail in the coffin is the horrendous white noise when not playing any audio. :doubt:
Man, 2 words in the same line that are just shit, 'Wireless' and 'Gaming', because we all know everything that has Gaming in it is super good for Gaming and totally not overpriced because buzzword for simpler people.
And Wireless because Wireless mostly anything.
"Gaming Headsets" are such gimmicks.
[QUOTE=Zelle;51992763]"Gaming Headsets" are such gimmicks.[/QUOTE]
sure they are, but try to find a wireless headset with a mic that doesn't suck and isn't over 150€
"Wireless gaming headset"
You never ever wanna see those three words anywhere near each other
[QUOTE=Xyrec;51992857]"Wireless gaming headset"
You never ever wanna see those three words anywhere near each other[/QUOTE]
You don't even want to see them used period
with the exception of wireless being used for controllers always and keyboards/mice occasionally
I had a pair of these, lasted for about 7 months before the microphone stopped working completely.
Also, as Warborq mentioned, they have trouble charging when at low power, and every time they get cut off (be it power-cycling or loosing connection with the wireless adapter) they emit an [URL="http://invalidvertex.com/snd/logitech_beep.mp3"]annoyingly loud beep[/URL] which is routed through the microphone for whatever reason. So if you're on skype/discord and they power-cycle, everyone in the call will hear it.
[QUOTE=Warborq;51992526] It can't recharge properly when low on juice either. [/QUOTE]
Wut
Or you could get a Corsair Wireless Void and get an actually decent headset that doesn't a fortune.
I can see the benefit in a wireless headset but I would never get one personally.
It will eventually die in annoying situations and then you have to fiddle with getting the cord in.
Had enough experience with people having those problems.
i bought one of these in 2014 and it broke in a few weeks out of nowhere, no drops or water damage or anything it just refused to power on, logitech and amazon both refused to refund me the £100 i'd paid for it so i said fuck it and haven't touched a wireless/gaming headset ever since
audio-technica ath-m50x + usb mic for life to be honest. the quality on gaming headsets are always so garbage it's soo worth the money to spend an extra £50+ on some real quality headphones.
There's a lot of talk about Wireless headsets being terrible in this thread, i wouldn't call the experience a total waste. There's probably a headset out there that actually works connection wise.
Even with this garbage headset i can use it to walk around the garden listening to music without it disconnecting from a pretty long radius, it feels great walking around cordless while doing housework.
Makes for pretty chill sessions while cooking talking to peeps on Skype, if there was a decent headset out there with the option to switch from cord to wireless. I surely wouldn't complain about it.
I had a set of these with zero issues but I broke the USB dongle. I loved the ability to walk around the house while listening to music and being able to control it. The media keys and volume on the ear was the best feature.
Mine has range issues but I'm not faulting it for not being able to cast through walls and flooring.
As someone who really enjoys the convenience of wireless headphones, I cannot recommend avoiding these enough. I had a pair of wireless headphones that worked great but just weren't much for quality or comfort, and while these solved the comfort problems anywhere other than a wood home in a forest they fell apart completely. I knew a guy who lived in an apartment building and got a pair and he returned them within 3 hours of purchase, their signal quality is just abysmal and they disconnect constantly. I've heard rarely that some people don't have problems but way more often than not I hear about people trying them and having enormous issues, and that doesn't even cover all the weird technical problems.
As a side note, they're hideously overpriced for their quality ofc but the steelseries h wireless are quite good. They have hot-swappable batteries that I can easily manage without taking the headset off in a few seconds, have never once lost connection, and have significantly better sound (though of course, it's still not going to match up to a real high quality set of headphones)
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I'd rather have a plain old refurbished log.
oh yeah you need to make absolutely sure that you're on a specific driver version for this headset otherwise you're fucked. 8.35.18 is the one I'm using.
[QUOTE=Warborq;51993828]There's a lot of talk about Wireless headsets being terrible in this thread, i wouldn't call the experience a total waste. There's probably a headset out there that actually works connection wise.
Even with this garbage headset i can use it to walk around the garden listening to music without it disconnecting from a pretty long radius, it feels great walking around cordless while doing housework.
Makes for pretty chill sessions while cooking talking to peeps on Skype, if there was a decent headset out there with the option to switch from cord to wireless. I surely wouldn't complain about it.[/QUOTE]
The issue isn't that wireless = bad, its that the only genuinely good wireless headset would be a very very expensive one.
You need a very not-shitty connection for not-shitty low lag sound
This headset is what convinced me to stop using "Gaming" headsets. I've since switched to the Snowball and regular old headphones and it's the best experience I've had.
Hey, I had these!
Three separate times.
They kept breaking every single fucking time within a year or even less.
And when I got the wired version because it was cheaper, the quality was inexplicably far worse!
Wowee
If you want a convenience experience, get a good wired headset + an extension cable.
EDIT: Oh, yeah, and the beeping thing sucked shit. I couldn't figure out how to explain it each time the headphones 'reset' mid-conversation. My friends started calling the metaphorical entity responsible for it 'Banjo Tim', due to its similarity to some sort of banjo twang.
[QUOTE=Vitisus;51997044]Hey, I had these!
Three separate times.
They kept breaking every single fucking time within a year or even less.
And when I got the wired version because it was cheaper, the quality was inexplicably far worse!
Wowee
If you want a convenience experience, get a good wired headset + an extension cable.
EDIT: Oh, yeah, and the beeping thing sucked shit. I couldn't figure out how to explain it each time the headphones 'reset' mid-conversation. My friends started calling the metaphorical entity responsible for it 'Banjo Tim', due to its similarity to some sort of banjo twang.[/QUOTE]
If someone wants a wireless headset they want a wireless headset, a wired one + extension isn't really a good fit. Feel free to warn them about the tradeoffs (lower quality for the price, risk of interference) but you shouldn't recommend someone a different type of product than they're looking for
I want to love this headset, it's the only headset I've used for the past five years, but I've gone through three pairs. Sooner or later always end up with syncing problems and software issues. if you're looking for a wireless headset invest in something else.
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