Our best wireless gaming headset is down to $139, which is a pittance to pay for a truly humongous 300-hour battery life
HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless| 15 Hz — 21,000 Hz | Wireless | 300 hr battery | $199.99$139 at Amazon (save $60.99)
300 hours? Yep, I wouldn't blame you for double-checking our numbers here. But this HyperX headset has a battery life that long outlasts all others, and that's not the only trick up its sleeve. It's fantastically comfy, sounds great, and looks good too. Shame the mic isn't wonderful, but it's a perfectly serviceable unit on what is otherwise a truly great gaming headset.
Price check: Best Buy $179.99
If there's one thing that might hold you back from your next headset purchase being cable-free, then it's likely to be the battery life. While a good wireless gaming headset unchains you from your desk, it does mean keeping an eye on the battery indicator and rummaging around for charging cables on occasion.
Well, rejoice, because our best wireless gaming headset has a truly monstrous 300-hour battery life, meaning those visits to the wall plug will be much less frequent. I've found the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless for $139 at Amazon, and at that price, it's an even more obvious pick for cable-free gaming audio.
It's not just that battery life worth shouting about, either. With a set of 50mm dynamic drivers, the Cloud Alpha Wireless offers a powerful, rich, and well-balanced audio experience, perfectly suited to gaming audio and more than capable of delivering your tunes with gusto as well, as we found in our review.
And while those red accents might look a bit out-there in photos, seeing one in person reveals that it's a bit more refined. Sure, there's a little bit of gamer aesthetic going on here, but it's not outlandish enough to make you look like too much of a dork in a meeting or professional scenario.
Plus, it's properly comfortable, thanks to some thick padding under the headband and some pleasingly squishy earpads designed to hold the set onto your skull, and over your ears, with aplomb.
Not only that, but they deliver a meaningful amount of passive
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