Top critical review
2.0 out of 5 starsOkay, but not one of the better all-round gaming headset
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2024
This Gaming Headset was for my 12 years old grandson for his PC, but not being wired, it isn’t suitable for his Xbox – although you could use an adapter. Like most kids, he is often less than careful with his things, and has broken one or two other headsets. With this kind of thing, you do have to try and balance cost with features etc. This does have decent features, but really isn’t as well-made and robust as others, in fact it seems fairly fragile tbh.
The headset does have a major flaw. Unlike other wireless gaming headsets, this DOES NOT have a 3.5mm jack input, allowing you to use wired to an Xbox controller (per comment above). This does mean that it effectively cannot be used with Xbox. It’s good that it is BT and 2.4Ghz RF, with dongle, making it great for PCs and other type of consoles that you can connect via BT / 2.4GHz RF (whichever ones you can?), but NOT Xbox One. I’m not sure about PS.
The Xbox One does not have Bluetooth. Instead, Microsoft uses its own proprietary system: Xbox Wireless, which is incompatible with BT / 2.4GHz RF.
As alluded to above, you can work around by using a small BT transmitter. Since there is no 3.5mm audio jack output on the console itself, you have to plug into the controller. Not ideal, but it does work.
Sound and mic sensitivity is reasonable, but don’t expect Hi-Fi audio quality – it isn’t, lacking the depth of sound of better ones, but it isn’t bad. The headset though is not at all comfortable, since the head band has no proper padding. It’s also very awkward to adjust, and seems quite delicate. the microphone articulates okay, but again, not as good as others.
Overall, this is just about okay, but lacks quality, and of course doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack port to connect to an Xbox One controller. Okay, but not great value, and good for PC only, in reality. And as for describing as a 'professional' gaming headset, well.......!
I hope this has been helpful.