Logitech G435 LIGHTSPEED and Bluetooth Wireless Gaming Headset – Lightweight over-ear headphones, built-in mics, 18h battery, compatible with Dolby…

Date of Purchase: 08/05/22
Purchase Total: $60.05
Primary Use: Work | Zoom, WebX, Teams, Discord | Music | Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify
Primary OS: MacOS
Tested on: Mac Mini, Macbook Pro (2019 ish model), iPhone 13, Windows 11, Windows 10, *Ubuntu
Not tested on: Android, or any other flavor of linux besides Ubuntu

*only tested with Bluetooth

Overall 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 design
2. 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 4.0
CONS:
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 9.5
I 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 3.9
The 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.

The sound quality is not amazing but for the sheer distance at $30, this is worth it to me. I’ve walked between several walls and even went downstairs for chores and I could still hear everything happening. Sometimes there was static, especially when my hair was in the way, but the experience is 1000% better than any Bluetooth product I’ve tried. The mic ain’t amazing though and you can’t switch between mics from the headset if you wander away from your main one. The buttons lack a lot of functionality compared to some cheaper models, so you can only power on/off, turn the volume up/down, and mute the native mic (as far as I can tell). I also took these to a hospital shortly after buying them and it completely canceled out the static of the old TVs they have there while letting me hear human speech clearly. But if you’re wanting actual noise cancellation then look for something else.

O som é muito bom a bateria dura 24 horas usando direto vc só sabe que esta com fone de ouvido por causa do som é muito leve.
O microfone poderia ser melhor no computador fica com o som baixo mas no vídeo game fica bom.

What you need to know: this headset represents excellent value with some caveats.

First, the earcups will not extend far enough to fit people with very large heads. I have a large head, and fully extended these headphones will BARELY, comfortably fit me. This is not a problem I have ever come across with more expensive sets, so please keep this in mind. Regardless, they are comfortable to wear due to being so lightweight, which leads me to my next point.

The build on the G435 feels CHEAP. They are extremely lightweight with fully plastic construction. If someone ever sits on these or steps on them, they are toast. Being so lightweight, they might survive a fall on tile flooring, but I wouldn’t chance it. The long-term durability will certainly come into question.

Battery life is good, but not great, and connectivity shares the same sentiment. I had no problem connecting this headset to any of my devices: desktop PC, laptop, Galaxy S21, iPad 9th gen, and Nintendo Switch. They are good enough for my needs, but if in need of industry leading battery life and range, I would look elsewhere.

Sound quality is excellent for the price. I own multiple headphones/headsets in the $300+ range, and these do not compete with those. However, they sound vastly improved over my old Razer Kraken V2 USB headset other than the microphone. The lack of a boom extension means there is a lot more background noise bleed. Therefore, if these are needed for making calls in a noisy environment, look elsewhere. I cannot understate how great these sound when comparing against other products in this price-range. Soundstage is better than expected, with decent stereo imaging for games and music. Typical V-shaped sound curve with boosted, but reasonable lows, clear highs, and slightly veiled midrange. I find myself enjoying listening to music on these headphones, which is more than I can say about most <$100 headphones.

I highly recommend the Logitech G435 as wireless headphones, or general use headset in relatively quiet environments for careful kids and adults that don’t have very large heads.