The Rig 800 is still the most comfortable wireless gaming headset I’ve tried
In 2018, in a bout of curiosity, I decided to review every single wireless gaming headset on the market: 32 pairs to be exact. None of them were anywhere near as comfortable as the Plantronics Rig 800. “The only one so lightweight, so comfortable, I sometimes forgot I was wearing it,” I wrote for CNET.
Four years later, I’m happy to say that feeling hasn’t changed.
Plantronics no longer exists, after merging with Polycom to become “Poly” and then selling itself to HP. But the Rig 800 is alive and well at French gaming company Nacon. I’ve been trying the 2022 “Pro” model for the past couple of weeks, and it’s hard for me to imagine a more comfortable headset.
It still uses the same exact design with a spring-loaded inner headstrap that automatically adjusts tension to the size of your skull, rather than pinching the sides of your head by a fixed amount. That, combined with its unique modular headband that lets you snap the earcups into three distinct positions for small, medium, and large heads, makes it even more comfortable than SteelSeries’ lauded Arctis headsets, at least in my book. (The 10.9oz weight and super soft earcups also don’t hurt.)
Plus, the $150 headset looks like it might eliminate one of my biggest frustrations with headsets like these: the battery. Not only does the new Rig 800 appear to have even more battery life than the original — I measured 38 hours at 50 percent volume this weekend, which is 14 hours more than Nacon quotes! — but also it now comes with a magnetic docking station so you can charge it just by setting it down. While it sometimes requires a firm press to get the contacts seated, it totally works, and I love having one less charge to worry about.
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