I’m trying to find a decent wireless headset for day-to-day use. It’d be for a lot of teleconferencing as well as some gaming, music, and other normal stuff. In particular, I’m looking for a pair of over-ears, since wearing on-ears or in-ears for longer periods is uncomfortable (esspecially with glasses), want something with a fold-up or removeable microphone to prevent damage, and have a pretty limited budget: $200CAD, equivalent to about $100USD.
My standards aren’t that high for general quality, but I wasn’t finding much that met my criteria. As-is I was debating between the Logitech Vibe 100 (Seemed like it was decent all-around, and it comes in white or pink, which is a bonus) or the Corsair Void RGB Elite (mainly for the large ear cups). I know both these options are pretty gamer-y, which is usually bad, and the Corsair headset is ancient, but I haven’t really found anything that looks better. Does anyone have any better options?
Edit: The Logitech G733 also looks promising.
I have both the Steelseries Arctis 1 & 7 headsets. I’d happily recommend either of them, though 7 might be out of your budget.
The 1 is my office pair. It has long battery life, the wireless range is decent, and the usb c dongle means you can use them with a cell. The sound insulation is good considering it uses mesh pads and as a glasses wearer they’re pretty comfortable.
The audio quality isn’t amazing, it’s a bit boomy for my tastes. There is also a physical mute button on the back of the cup that sometimes gets knocked to mute when I put them down which is a bit embarrassing in calls. Otherwise I haven’t had any issues with them.
I gotta disagree with you. I’ve tried the Arctis 1, 5, and 7 and they were all trash at audio conferencing - lots of complaints of static and audio cutting out from my clients. When I contacted their support they said that their headsets aren’t meant to be “business quality” and only to be used for gaming. I returned them and went Logitech.
Sounds like there was something wrong with your audio jack. I’ve had stellar comments about all of my Steelseries.
They’re wireless, so no, it’s not an audio jack issue lol. Other brands worked fine. Steelseries used to be godly in the 2000s but they’re trash now.
I was a big Arctis 7 stan two years ago. I had three pairs at one point
But then they started pushing Steelseries GG and the experience just deteriorated from there. The new Arctis models are just awful, it’s like they didn’t understand why people liked chat mix