Logitech G435 Lightspeed & Bluetooth Wireless Gaming Headset with 05 Lightspeed Wireless Mouse - White & Lilac | PC, PS5, Xbox Gaming Headphones for Streaming & Esports | 12K Hero Sensor Mouse for Pro Gamers

Date of Purchase: 08/05/22Purchase Total: $60.05Primary Use: Work | Zoom, WebX, Teams, Discord | Music | Apple Music, YouTube, SpotifyPrimary OS: MacOSTested on: Mac Mini, Macbook Pro (2019 ish model), iPhone 13, Windows 11, Windows 10, *UbuntuNot tested on: Android, or any other flavor of linux besides Ubuntu*only tested with BluetoothOverall Score: 5.58 / 7(Scoring Scale used below is based on a 1/10 model)Summary: This headset is my favorite wireless headset to date. If you're looking for a lightweight comfortable headset that has above average / relatively good sound quality with excellent noise cancellation and suppression: this one's for you.TLDR;PROS:1. Comfortable and lightweight 9.5: Above and beyond comfort and feather-light design2. Affordable 10/10 (discount price due to sale at time of purchase, see above)3. Battery life 8.67: amazing battery life, all day lifespan (8+hr daily usage)4. Mic Quality 4.0CONS:1. Audio Quality 3.9: absent or low-quality base/lows | See below for more details (don't buy these if you're an audiophile looking for some lightweight on-the-go headphones/headset or if you're expecting to hear every tone of an explosion gaming.2. Controls and Interface 2.5: mute and current status of mute or mode is needing work. You cannot tell when muted easily.3. Size 3.0: If you have a large head, do not buy this headset.Pros:Comfortable and lightweight 9.5I use this headset primarily for work and subsequently wear it for about 8-10 hours a day. With other headsets, after a few hours there is some fatigue on my ears, and head. If you use a headset regularly you know what I mean. There is absolutely no fatigue that I've experienced in the ~month that I've had the headset. I don't have a scale to weigh this accurately, the reported weight by amazon is 165 g. It is not necessarily the _actual_ weight that defines the way this headset's weight is perceived on your head. Let me explain:Logitech has brilliantly designed the load-distribution on this headset. It seems to utilize the natural shape of your face/head and uses them in a way that feels like nothing is on at all, without sacrificing audio quality. You know it's there, but, it's almost a part of you that you grow accustom to faster than you would expect; It's quite comfortable - the ear cuff material is a soft/smooth polyester that is similar to a Steel Series headset, but with a slightly more smooth/sheen texture. It is a unique material and feels high quality and durable. It has a hex pattern stitched within the same which should additionally increase the lifespan of this cuff. The padding is not very firm, nor thick. This usually causes a little bit of audio seal loss and sometimes audio quality. Logitech has achieved a Goldie-locks situation here and my figurative and literal hat is off to them.The lessened pressure towards your face has enabled me to use this headset for extended periods of time: I wear glasses and most headsets will apply pressure to the top of my ear, or just above the ear, which after time will become very uncomfortable as the plastic or metal is driven to your skull. This is not an issue with this headset. You are provided a full day's worth of gaming, or in my case, meetings - without much discomfort if any at all. Additionally, I am obsessed with hats and wear one even indoors every day. If you are like me and enjoy a cold-ass work environment, you may also enjoy wearing a beanie. Regardless, if you like to wear hats and over the hear or on the ear headsets usually cause added discomfort when wearing a hat; fear no such thing on this headset. Again i wear this for at least 8 hours a day, if not more and have experienced no discomfort or fatigue.* Affordable 10: I am fairly certain it was on sale at time of purchase. I would wait for a sale as the headset is, in my opinion, worth almost exactly what I paid, $55-65. If it is currently listed for more money at the time you are reading this, I would suggest waiting or using a discount extension like honey. This headset is not worth more than $65.* Battery life 8.67: So far this has worked as advertised, I get about 16 - 19 hours of use, depending on the mode. Bluetooth will consume more battery life than the wireless so keep this in mind when taking the battery life into consideration. Additionally, this is at the time of writing. Batteries will naturally deteriorate over-time. More on this topic at a later date. Time of writing: 08/27/22.Mic Quality 4.0 : I have had no complaints from colleagues or clients - and have had an opportunity to listen to myself via Zoom recording. It is nothing super special to write about, but it equally well above average. It is especially impressive given there is no mic arm, the noise suppression is achieved flawlessly and you cannot hear my fan, mouse/keyboard, nor any other background noise. I have been unable to thoroughly test this with varying levels of Decibels, however, it is very impressive nonetheless. There are two microphones on this headset to help achieve both the noise cancellation and the noise suppression. If you didn't already know, both of these methodologies (in simple terms) use a microphone and some fancy alg to produce an equal but opposite sound wave to cancel the other. The secondary microphone is placed just above the primary and is a vertically oriented, relative to the upright position of the headset, and of linear design. This produces high quality noise cancel/supp.Let's talk Cons:*Audio Quality 3.9The audio quality on calls, meetings, voice-chat is flawless. This headset produces fairly accurate Highs and mids - you will not be disappointed with these EQs, however, the base and lows are either weak, or missing entirely. This headset was designed with comfort and weight in mind, naturally, the drivers take a hit here. You will not hear any thumping bases, or sometimes, not even any lows. If you are an audiophile and looking for some music headphones, these are NOT for you. If you are a gamer, or looking for a zoom/webx/insert-your-meeting-software-here headset, then you're in the right place.* Controls and Interface 2.5 : My least favorite part of this headset, has to be the controls. The Bluetooth to wireless mode switch is on the bottom of the headset. It will play different tones based on what mode you change it to, and the light will be either blue for Bluetooth or teal for wireless. This is handy, but you can't see this at all, nor can you tell if it is in pairing mode, without taking it off and checking. The pairing mode does not tell you audibly if it is in pairing or not. which is frustrating and confusing. The power button will not directly turn your headset back on, immediately after you power it off. i.e if you're having some issue and you want to power-cycle the device, tapping power right after it goes off will not power it on. You must power it off, wait.... then press & hold the button. I don't think it's a HUGE deal, but it is annoying.The mute button plays an easy to understand tone in your ear, an enable tone, and a disable. This is great, however, this tone will duck the rest of your sound, which can lead to miscommunication on a call. I've had to mute for random coughs, or maybe my dog is doing something, etc. Everyone needs to mute on the fly - however - i do not appreciate that during such, you cannot hear what someone may have said.Lastly, other than the tone of the headset when it's muted, there is no visual or easy way to determine if it is muted unless you take it off. This headset does not interface with Logitech's G-hub and so if you're hoping to have additional controls over the headset, such as EQ or the like, there will be no such success. The hub will literally say "no need for this" and that will be the end. @Logitech - a suggestion I might have would be either an OSD of a simple mute/off-mute graphic, or a phone/watch app of the same. There are also APIs that could be taken advantage of that would sync with zoom or other meeting room software - I don't see how this couldn't be easily accomplished via software/firmware update. It is frustrating to have to un-mute then re-mute just to verify you're muted (without taking the headset off, subsequently missing more information). This causes triple (or more) the audio ducks aforementioned which is how you end up missing chunks of info. I feel that this needs to be customizable in software so that I can reduce the attenuation that is performed.Size 3.0: If you have a large head, do not buy this headset. I was surprised with how small this headset is and how little you can adjust the sliding cuffs. I have an small to average size head, for reference I wear the small/med size of the "one size fits all" hats and they fit perfectly. I don't know what size it actually is and don't plan to measure nor provide that information online :) however - I can say with certainty - if you have a large head or face, these may not even make it to your ears and/or will not be comfortable. This is a non-issue for me and as such I love this headset, but would not recommend it to those who have larger heads/builds. IN fact, I'm not sure if a human with long hair, or a lot of it, would be able to make it work either. The problem is the cuffs have to be extended to full length to cover my ears, which is never a problem for me since I have a small/medium sized head/face. I will note, however, I have my ears gauged to 1/2" and this headset does not cause issues with that.First use. Just cracked these bad boys open today after losing my beloved second pair of Logitech H600s. Haven't really gamed on them yet, but I watched a show and that was okay. The noise cancelling wasn't that great, because it had trouble with voices. I got a lot of white noise garbage 'slurry' sounds when a lot of sounds overlap with dialogue.Then it's on to some music. For that, I of course listened to music I'm used to hearing (Earl Sweatshirt, the best rapper ever), so I know how it's *supposed* to sound (my other pair of headphones are flat/neutral studio monitors) These Logitechs exaggerate the bass, but it doesn't sound like it's "struggling" like a lot of cheaper headphones do. But a lot of the subtle nuance I expect is still there. The bass isn't muddy, either. It basically gives you the hint of what the studio probably sounded like, but without the intense resonance you'd get from a set of reference monitors that pick up everything.Keep in mind, as I have, that these are marketed towards gaming. Not music, or movies. I'm personally going to use them for work. This is the BEST headset I can find for the money. Old Logitech H600's now retail for $70 and they are NOT worth that. They are going on some sites for $100. The reasons I compare them to these is because they are the only BUDGET headset on the market that is WIFI (not bluetooth), have TWO earbuds and not just one like a telemarketer's headset, cover the entire ear (the H600's don't but that's kinda a bonus, since in an office setting you need to be able to hear your surroundings - Boss might be coming!), and have a MUTE button, which for me is vital since I'm NEVER at my desk.So many bad headsets out there without physical mute buttons and are bluetooth only and leave you beholden to whatever chip was soldered on your device's motherboard. Usually it will be a cheap, bottom-of-the-barrel chip that splits the audio so you can't even hear others talking while you are talking, so any noise that hits your mic will prevent you from hearing a conversation. It's really annoying.Dedicated USB is usually found only on high-end sets and will prevent this. When I go in to work, I will test how it works in a conference. It can't be worse than using a bluetooth set, even a "high-end" one. I will try these with bluetooth and the dongle and see how it holds up, then update this review.So far, this one is okay, but it does a little too much for my needs. I expect gaming to be good with them though, judging by the music tests so far.Edit:Editing this to add the things learned so far (~1 month in)I've used these daily for the past month or so and they are worth every bit. The old H600s were prefect, and these are near that, if a big more complicated.The Pros:I sleep with these things and so far they've held up remarkably.The bluetooth still sucks, but it's better than all other bluetooth headsets I've used, including $100+ units. These were half that much and sound way better than those other "under water" headsets. They are totally usable in a meeting. In fact, I forgot my USB dongle and had to use the bluetooth one day. It was fine. Other headsets were almost unusable.Gaming was great. Basically work like headphones, and the sounds are as good as any other headset if not better.The cons:It will shut off/disconnect after a certain period of inactivity. I have to check my connectivity periodically so I don't miss calls.There is an issue with them being too quiet, due to some "feature" that sets the sound output to 85%. I haven't quite explored this too much, but I think it is simple to "fix," an annoyance at worst.Over-all I'm happy with my purchase. Not ideal, but then again, this market doesn't cater to people like me. Until something better comes along at this price point. I would recommend them for people who want to work, game and listen on one device and don't want to spend a bunch for features they don't need/want.O fone é bem leve e também é confortável, porém deixa muito a desejar. O volume máximo do fone é muito baixo, da pra escutar tudo do lado de fora, o microfone também não tem muita qualidade. Por ser bem leve também passa uma impressão de ser meio frágil. Levando em consideração que o fone custa cerca de R$ 600,00, definitivamente não vale a pena. Comprei por ver alguma avaliações aqui na amazon e no youtube, mas percebi que as do Youtube são todas de parceria, por isso a avaliação ok. Se eu pudesse colocar preço no fone, não pagaria mais que R$ 200,00.Tenho um JBL Tune 510 BT que da de mil a zero nesse, o JBL se encontra na faixa de R$ 250,00 e só comprei o Logitech achando que seria superior. Infelizmente, foi uma grande decepção, chegou ontem pra mim, se fosse possível eu devolveria o produto.Gostei bastante, realmente bom para quem quer se livrar dos fios. E sem muita enrolação vou para os pros e contras.Pros: - Confortável (não cansa e nem machuca a orelha); - Leve; - 2 modos sem fio para uso (Buetooth e Wireless com sticker usb); - Carregar não impede o uso (ele só funciona no modo sem fio, o cabo é só para carregar mesmo); - Qualidade de áudio muito boa; - Volume alto e claro (Linux fica baixo mas dá para contornar); - Microfone ok para um headset; - Bom ajuste a cabeça; - Espumas são de fácil remoção caso necessite trocar ou lavar.Contras: - Construção maior pate em plástico ABS e deixando a impressão de fragilidade; - O que segura as conças parece que é muito frágil.Não acho que é um dos melhores custo beneficio pois achei que a fragilidade dele deixou a desejar, mas creio que com bom cuidado esse headset dura muito tempo e se paga por sua boa qualidade e os demais pontos positivos.Não me arrependo da compra e indico para todos que querem algo bom e leve que não necessita de fio.O fone em si é muito bom. Um detalhe que eu gostei muito é que ele é EXTREMAMENTE leve: comparei lado a lado com um G733 da logitech e nem se compara em como o G435 é leve.Meus únicos pontos negativos:1) O volume do som é um pouco baixo e "abafado" em algumas vídeos/músicas. Testei com o G733 e realmente ele parece ter o volume um pouco mais baixo e sempre tem que usar o áudio em torno de 70-80. Nesse caso eu tô comparando 2 fones de preços bem extremos (um de R$ 1,200 e outro de R$ 600...), então vc quem decide o que achar.2) Ele não tem indicador de bateria, então vc precisa fazer um truque que vem no manual para saber se ele tá acima de 30%, o que é bem ruim e ta conectado com outro problema:3) NÃO TEM como usar enquanto carregaO microfone é bom, mas também não é mil maravilhas. Ele funciona bem pra se comunicar e ninguém teve problema para me ouvir nas reuniões. Ele faz um leve eco quando começa a falar e a voz não é 100% fiel, mas ainda assim achei bom para um fone que tem microfone embutido.Em relação ao custo benefício, eu acho que ele podia ser 100 reais mais barato. Comprei por R$ 539,90 em 18/05/22. Ele foi entregue aqui em Recife no dia 20/05/22.O fone é simplesmente maravilhoso, um dos melhores fones que já utilizei na categoria "sem fio". Mas como tudo na vida, ele ainda possui alguns problemas. Sendo eles:Som meio abafado - por conta da compressão feita pelo lightspeed, o som chega meio abafado e em 100% do volume o fone apresenta ruído perceptível - a qualidade e o volume do som é melhor por bluetooth do que pelo dongle usb.Problema com carregamento - a primeira unidade que comprei desse fone veio com um sério problema de carregamento, deixar 12h ou mais carregando, não passar de 60% de bateria e ainda demorar essas 12h pra chegar nisso. Realizei a troca do primeiro e a Amazon foi super atenciosa, mas tive dificuldade em realizar o contato por telefone através do app da Amazon.Problema de incompatibilidade que tive com Windows - se eu conecto o dongle usb no painel traseiro da placa mãe do meu computador desktop, meu microfone condensador que também é usb simplesmente para de funcionar (mas ainda é reconhecido normalmente pelo Windows - apenas para de captar as entradas de áudio). A solução foi conectar no painel frontal o microfone e manter o dongle lightspeed na usb 3.0 da placa mãe. Não cheguei a entrar em contato com a Logitech porque eu sei que o software deles no geral é bem problemático (tenho uma webcam c920s deles e as vezes o Windows 11 não reconhece quando o sistema da boot - quando eu ligo o Pc pela primeira vez no dia - o mesmo acontecia no windows 10).Sobre os pontos positivos, são:Qualidade dos materiais (principalmente das conchas e do arco) - são todos muitos bons! Só o plástico que não me passa muita confiança, mas até agora não tive problemas (3 semanas de uso diário). Como o arco e as conchas são em tecido, você não tem problema com temperatura (seja no calor ou no frio) ou problemas de desgaste (o courino começar a descascar ou esfarelar depois de um período de uso, mesmo com o maior cuidado do mundo). O isolamento acústico é inferior se comparar a fones que estão equipados com conchas em courino, mas nada que me incomodou.Bateria - a bateria realmente dura bastante tempo! Usando no windows 11 com o dongle usb e o volume em 70%, eu consegui facilmente mais de 10h de uso (o que resultou em uns 2 dias de uso, precisando apenas carregar o fone no final do segundo dia; por volta das 22:00~23:00, começando o uso por volta do 12:00~13:00 em cada dia).Peso - o peso do fone é simplesmente excelente!! Esse fone não incomoda na cabeça em momento algum, e seu peso é o principal motivo! Utilizava um HyperX Cloud Alpha S como meu fone principal, até que decidi dar uma chance para o Logitech G435, onde o mesmo virou meu fone principal no mesmo dia em que chegou! Após algumas horas de uso com o HyperX, eu sentia fadiga por conta do peso. Com o Logitech isso não aconteceu em momento algum.Outro ponto positivo - utiliza cabo USB tipo C para carregamento (não é possível fazer a conexão do fone via cabo, apenas pelo dongle usb ou bluetooth).Não farei uma review sobre o áudio, mas sim um breve comparativo com o hyperX Cloud Alpha S - Posso dizer que o hyperX em algumas situações é mais nítido e possui um som mais flat (o que particularmente é mais agradável para várias horas de uso). Já no Logitech você tem graves mais presentes, e comparado ao hyperX, achei mais fácil diferenciar os instrumentos em uma música ou a direção dos passos em um jogo (por exemplo counter strike ou valorant). Se você busca esse fone para ouvir no volume máximo (para quem está afim de ter problemas auditivos) usando o dongle usb, você terá uma decepção bem grande. Infelizmente esse fone entrega ruídos perceptíveis com o volume a 100% no windows pelo dongle usb (light speed). Por bluetooth conectado no celular eu não notei ruído algum (não deve ter uma compressão tão forte - 'se tiver' - comparado ao light speed).Caso você encontre esse fone com preço de uns 500 reais (ou menos - de preferência por menos), é uma ótima opção se busca um fone sem fio que possa ser utilizado por bluetooth e/ou com um dongle usb. O fone possui 2 anos de garantia segundo a Logitech!Recomendo!!!- dei apenas 4 estrelas pelos problemas que tive com esse fone.Headphone bastante leve e confortável. Funcionou no momento em que conectei o adaptador wireless no notebook (Linux) sem necessitar de qualquer configuração ou driver adicional, inclusive foi setado como default pelo discord sem nem mexer. Não perde a conexão com facilidade. Andei pela casa com o mesmo e ele permaneceu conectado. O microfone é razoável, participo de diversas reuniões durante o dia e nenhum colega achou que minha voz estava com qualidade ruim. O som tem um volume razóavel com boa distribuição de graves, porém se você está atrás de algo para escutar músicas com mais fidelidade de áudio ele vai deixar a desejar. Não jogo jogos online para avaliar se o som é bom para a jogatina.