Customer Reviews

Logitech Clearchat Stereo Headset

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

Had to buy one of these while in Australia. Ended up paying US$25 for it. Guess it's not much more than the regular price on Amazon.

It's lightweight. minimal padding for the ears. Boom mic swings almost 180 degress. Sound is good to excellent with Skype calling. And the headset's cord length is over 6 feet which is nice. The box it came in didn't give the length and you couldn't see it due to the package material hiding it.

edit 2008 - Dec
Sadly, my dog decided they looked tasty enough to eat when I wasn't looking. I mention it only because they were still working fine since I bought them.

Don't know why some people were having trouble with the mic or placement of the mic's swing arm. I write it off as personal opinion and user error.

My version of this headset worked just fine. At a good price, it should be worth the money. The cable is long. You can mute the microphone and adjust the volume directly. The microphone also swivels in/out of the way. I use this regularly with skype and it does the job.

Maybe the bad reviews refer to product problems. Mine works fine.

The sound from the speakers was good and voice recorded through mic was also quite clear.

Therefore, this would be a good product if the microphone had not died about 4 months after buying. I don't know why.

As others have also reported, this product is not durable.

The headset itself has a perfectly decent quality fit and sound. The quality of the outgoing voice from the microphone is also acceptable...when it works.

The "when" is the problem. This headset effectively operates the way a speakerphone does with a noise canceling feature that often cancels out MY voice as I'm trying to speak on the phone. Because the unit provides no feedback when you're talking, you can't tell what has been heard and what hasn't been heard until you figure it out from long pauses when the other party doesn't reply...or when they ask if you're still there.

If it weren't for the poor microphone/noise canceling design, this probably would have been a decent product.

I recently purchased this product for Skype calling. The sound is great on the ear phones. However the microphone is horrible. I basically have to yell for someone to hear me. I have had several other basic(cheap) stand alone microphones which were vastly superior. Just pass on this product.

I have to turn the headset off my ears to put the mic in the proper spot to get a good level. The mic does swivel 180^ up and down, but it dosen't rotate right to left at all. Really crappy.

This is a very solid headset for the price it is offered at. The sound quality is very good, with excellent bass.The only problem was that after a week of use, the microphone inexplicably proceeded to stop working.

Recently picked this up (locally) for about $18 to use with my laptop and was quite pleased by the ease of use, comfort and sound quality. Plugged it in.. did a Skype test with a business partner in London.. flawless and he actually commented on how clear I sounded. Tested with Adobe Soundbooth and recorded awesome narration to a video with just a hint of "S" hiss, that I easily corrected.

At the end of the day.. I've spent much more on headsets of much lower quality.
Very happy with my purchase and I'm hard to impress.

When my old Logitech Premium headset keeled over, I sought a replacement, and came home with these. My old headset was a favorite with good sound and adequate voice capabilities. Though comparably priced, the new Clearchat headset is uncomfortable and though music has good bass response there's no high end. I mean almost none. I'm returning mine. Seems like brand loyalty is just pointless now, with varying product quality.

I bought this today (not from amazon, sorry.) and the icrophone reaches to the corner of my mouth. You would think that would be enough, but as the title says; the microphone is horrible. Even from at hte corner of my mouth it cannot pick up any sound. I have all of my microhpone levels maxed, and people still just hear a faint hum of the microphone transmitting, but no voice. I got this for online gaming, but I cannot say a thing without having to take my hands away from the mouse and keyboard, taking the headset off, and putting the microphone practically in my mouth; but even then it's a very quiet voice that's getting transmitted. However the sound quality I think is great, and even with minimal padding I can wear this headset for quite a while because that headband doesn't have much spring to it, so the pressure is almost non-existant. If you want a cheap headset, mostly for listening and not so much for talking this is a fine one. However if you plan to talk more than... well, at all pretty much, then you should probably look at something with a flexible microphone neck.