Turtle Beach Recon Chat Headset - PS4, PS5 & Xbox One

I normally don't write reviews but felt that the negative reviews did the product a serious injustice.It is a cheap product but does not feel cheap.Got it on sale, from the bad reviews I was thinking it is less than £5 so at worst I can use it as parts.It fits over the ear, so no pressure and discomfort on your ear, and you can hear the game sound from the TV perfectly.I did heat the plastic headband with almost boiling water to bend it into the shape I thought it should have been. That is the only negative for me, the packaging. it feels like the headset was jammed into a box that was a little too small for it, but that does not impact performance.Despite the negative reviews the headset is actually comfortable, so comfortable that after 5-10 minutes of gameplay I forget it is on. People complain about the foam, it is not the mesh foam, but then again the foam they have used here does not soak up sweat, which is a real plus and an issue I have had with the mesh foam headsets in the past. The foam is hard but comfortable.The only tweak I would suggest is a bit more volume. I have the headset volume on the PS4 outputs set to max for chat and max on the headset but it sounds a little quiet still. But then again it could be the volume on the mic from others.If you need a chat headset you cannot go wrong with this. And at £5 on sale it is a bargain. Thinking of buying a second as a spare.

Great quality. As described. Arrived on time.

Most headsets these days are stereo with game audio and voice Comms, making it really hard to find ones for just voice Comms.Fortunately Turtle Beach still have this headset which gives crystal clear voice Comms both one the mic and the ear piece. As it's open it's breath able which is appreciated in the hot weather. It looks a little uncomfortable, and it can be, but equally it's possible to get it in a very comfortable position.Also appreciate the fact it can be worn with glasses which is not something I had thought about when I ordered.One down side is the 3.5mm jack plug is not gold plated and oxidizes easily meaning if you leave is a while you'll not get a connection when plugging it in to a ps5 controller. Easily remedied though.

It's a great headset, I prefer it to the standard one that comes with the xbox. When I opened it, there was minor assembling needed (slot the loop into the headset, easy, too easy...) What's it like to use you ask? The headphone actually doesn't rest on your ear, the 'cup' rests above and below, suspending the speaker off your ear instead. t'is comfortable indeed, but a little more cushion on the non speaker end would be good. It doesn't dig in, it'd just be nice, don't be tight TB. Also it's lined with holes so you can hear what's going on around you better, which is great if you're like me and prefer your surround sound, or you need to hear something in one ear other than the mad gibber jabber of your party. On that note, the sound of the gibber jabber is of a good quality, nice and clear as you'd expect from TB. I was surprised at how light the headset is for its size (I guess from the holes) but it's nice and sturdy. Survived an 8ft drop onto tiles no problem, I'll tell you later. The mic seems bit short but it picks up my voice no problem and its bendy, so you can switch between left and right ears, heck, put it on your forehead. The speaker will go loud enough for you to hear it. So. All in all it's a good headset, lightweight, comfortable and definitely worth buying if you need to replace your xbox headset with something similar.

In Short:Don't waste your money,Looks cheap/feels cheap, performs cheap with added buzz and strange treble/equalization.Oh, and a short micI'd had my old Turtle Beach Earforce P4C for roughly 3 years and the connector had started to fray at the end exposing the wires - still works fine though. The P4C was a little quiet but did the job, felt decent and other people in chat could hear me clearly.Anyway i had a look to see if anything had replaced it yet and the Recon Chat was listed as the replacement and it was due out on the 14th (it was the 13th so i pre-ordered it, great timing!Then it arrives, Oh Dear!The box/packaging looks great! unfortunately that's the best bit.You get a couple of bags inside, one is for the top plastic band and the other has the ear-cup/mic.There is a hole in the back of the ear-cup for the band to slot into - easy enough but damn this thing just feels cheap. The ear-cup itself doesn't have foam/padding going all the way around it, just has a strip at the top and bottom and inside there is no padding covering the speaker. The top band also has less padding than the P4C aswell. The mic is also on a lot smaller flex than the P4C and can't be rotated up like the old one.Is it as comfy as the P4C? - No, but it would have just been ok as a £15 headset if it worked like the old one didInto the PS4 controller it goes, straight forward, P4C out, Recon Chat in - nothing to change, check the mic in settings and it sounds ok and clear but it's like they've forgot to equalize it and whacked the treble up to full.Now into party chat to give this a whirl and immediately notice the treble like problem, people are clear but it just sounds strange like an equalizer issue - then i ask the important question...how do i sound?........the answer: buzzy! I'm apparently clear but everything i say is surrounded with a buzzing like sound (i don't get any of this in the playstation device testing bit, sounded fine to me)Tried the old headset just to make sure, yep no problems, new one in..buzzing :(Back it goes for a refund. I'll try something else.

Received few days ago does the job works fine just one of most uncomfortable headsets padding around ear is horrible and feels weird and head set feels tight but for money can't complain much