G930

I'm a huge fan of wireless products when its comes to my desk space; less cables = less clutter right? But there's always two concerns I have when using wireless products; battery life and quality. How does this headset live up to it?Right off the bat I want to say that I got this headset for a steal at £55, and at that price point this headset amazing. But for a more impartial review I'll review it at the price its being advertised at (£100).The box the headset comes in is very nice. Presentation is well done, and it's easy to open. Comes with minimal instructions/warranty information, basically just comes with a USB cable, a small dock (more on that later), and a USB dongle.The headset is large and comfortable. Definitely feels as though it deserves to be in the price bracket its in thanks to its sleek appearance, moveable microphone and leather earpads. All of the controls for the headset are on the left earpiece, with the right earpiece completely bare. I can wear the headset for hours and it still feels comfortable. Doesn't weigh much either so you may not even notice you're wearing it most of the time.The USB dongle is a bit large by today's standard; think of a normal usb memory stick, but bigger. I would have liked it to have been the same size as the wireless adapter for my Logitech MX pro mouse (or better yet, be able to share the same dongle!) which is a tiny stub and doesn't stick out.The dock is... Well, a dock. You can stick the adapter in it and the usb cable wraps around it so you can extend the range for your headset so it suits you. You'll also need this for when you need to charge your headset, which leads into one of the gripes I have with this headset.In my standards, the battery life of this headset is poor. It's advertised at 10 hours, but that fluctuates depending on what you do with it. I like to listen to music, watch YouTube videos, play games and skype friends thoughout the day for a few hours, and before I'm done it always beeps signalling that it needs to be charged. I used to own a wireless set of headphones (Sennheiser RS170s) and they lasted A LOT longer than this headset does. The most time I've gotten out of these headphones is ~8 hours. Leaving them to charge whenever you're not using them (When you're outside or asleep for example) is definitely recommended.The sound quality of these headphones are actually surprisingly good. I listen to music all the time with these and it sounds great; not too much distortion unless you play it at very high levels of volumes. I use a custom equaliser with these as the default one is pretty bad. Just google "Best EQ Logitech G930" and you should find several threads covering this. Range of the headset works in the advertised range, and the signal has only been disrupted once on my headphones, which was because of a software that managed the sound devices on my pc. When that was uninstalled, it has worked flawlessly since.One of my favourite features of this headset is the software that you can download for it. With it you can customise settings such as button functionality, equaliser settings and firmware updates. One feature, voice avatars, manipulates your voice to sound like random creatures, such as a robot, troll etc. Good for a one off joke but you probably won't use this after the first time. Cool that they included it though!The most useful thing this software does however is changing the functionality of the 3 G buttons on the left earpiece. These can do a lot of functions, ranging from changing a music track to opening an application. Their functionalities can even be changed depending on what game you're playing, which seems like a very useful feature but its one I haven't made use of yet. Other buttons on the headset include a volume wheel which controls the system-wide volume, a power button, a mute button and a dolby digital button.I don't usually use the DD button on this headset because it makes Skype sound horrible, but for games such as Battlefield it sounds amazing; being able to hear where things are coming from is a huge advantage!As with most headsets, this also has a microphone. The quality of which is amazing. Friends can hear me clearly on Skype and say the quality is great. The most useful feature this microphone has though is the mute function when the microphone is tilted up. No longer do I need to open skype to mute my microphone; I can just flip my microphone up at its muted! (Shown by a red light at the end of the microphone)After all is said and done, would I recommend this headset? I guess so. I haven't really researched other headsets in this price point, but I know that Logitech is a reliable brand and this headset is pretty decent. The only time I wouldn't recommend this headset is for someone who would use this as their sole headset for the whole day (it wouldn't last) or if the next one would be coming out soon which would be bound to help with issues such as battery life and connectivity.

Excellent product I've had these a month now and use them between 3h and 11h a day. They have a good build quality overall. The ear cups rotate so it can be stored but this does make me nervous that this will be the way they break after a lot of use. They seem sturdy enough - I just would handle them carefully to get longevity. It reminds me of some of the first twisting screen laptops and those were reknowned to break.Witeless range is good, I can wander downstairs to the kitchen without losing signal. I do find though that walking downstairs and then bending down is too far out of range (I bent down to oven level and lost signal however it restored when I stood up again).I'm not a sound expert by any means but I find the sound quality is okay. There is a switch on the headset to change between stereo and 7:1. I find I have 7:1 all the time. Though I do find this adds a small echo to voices if you watch youtubers or twitch streamers, I have gotten used to it and don't notice it at all any more. But it was a bit weird at the start. I don't know if this is due to the 7:1 attempting to find stuff to do or if it is the encoding of the youtube videos. Regardless, there is a small echo.Some sound does also leak from the headset - so others can hear what you're listening to if they are in the same room as you.There are three programmable keys on the headset. I've not used these but they can be used as anything from changing your voice - helium balloon anyone? - which I thought was an interesting touch. You can set them using the software. Calling an airstrike with one of those I thought could be fun - but like I say, I've not tested the capabiloties of them yet.Mic works well, I believe warcraft streamer Kungen uses these - if you are concerned about mic quality I'd check out one of his vids for an idea. They do the job well for me, the mic can be either horizontal - in use- or vertical - automatically muted - this I find to be a handy tool.there is also a mute button on the headset itself too if you wanted to turn off the auto mute function.I gave it a 4 star rating as I am overall very happy, I prefer no sound leakage in my headset however and I am cautious about the twisting hinges on the ear cups but overall it is a solid product and woth the £90 I paid for them. If they do break 2-3 years down the line, I would buy another set again.