Review on Razer Kraken Ultralight Gaming Headset by Christie Santos

(Don't worry if this review seems too long, I've added TLTR (Too Long to Read) below to summarize it all without further ado). I'm writing this review 3 months after owning this headset with the hope that everyone who reads this will find it useful. I ordered this when my previous headset broke (which I later found out was planned and guaranteed by the company that made this model). This headset surprised me more than anything when I first opened it. Let's start with a massive amount of bass. Shots are more like shots from a gun. The music I listen to has a much broader basis. My old headset might not have had much more bass than headphones, but this headset is pretty good for its bass. There are even settings to boost the bass! However, I sincerely wish there were software options to reduce the bass as sometimes it is too much and your normal use may seem too loud or cause ear pain. It might be possible to turn down the bass in some games, but I wish it could be done with a headset. I found the sound quality (perhaps because of the bass) simply great. Music that I once thought was the normal norm has become tearful and chilled. The games couldn't have sounded better. The noise cancellation is insane and frankly too much for me. It's situational, but my family has to yell a little louder to invite me to dinner. However, if you need noise cancellation, this headset is the best! It's like entering a portal, but for your ears every time you put them on! The outside world ceases to exist briefly and your games come to life with a whole new level of immersion. Due to the tight fit of this headset on the headphones, there are often complaints about hot ears, as the heat has nowhere to escape from these almost airy tight housings. But that's why Razer has coolant options at a higher price point, which frankly fits well. The headset I had before had 3 customizable buttons on the side and an auto-mute mic (backlit so you know when it's muted) that mutes when you pick it up. It doesn't have both. You need to mute the mic here, and that's fine. As for the mic, it's amazing quality, too good for me to be honest. Instead of having a radius that picks up less sound as you walk further, it seems to have a set radius where it picks up sound too well before having a sort of "wall" where it can barely pick up sound . Said radius is quite large, so even moving the mic away from my face still lifts me up. That's good for obvious reasons, but a bit useless when it captures EVERY sound you make. Yes, you can individually lower the level/sensitivity in your computer's microphone settings as well as in the software, and finding the right levels isn't difficult, but it's too much to start with. However, what really made me write this review and why I said the attached photos is a big (or possibly minor, depending on how you use it) design flaw with this headset: the plastic "band", That goes around your head, it's not reinforced very well, especially the parts above where the pillow and "side plastic" meet. It's not a joint, just a round piece of plastic. I used to take the headset off by pushing my ears away from me and extending the headset as the other headset I was looking at worked fine. Although this headset is not. The parts I described on both sides are delicate and after only 3 months one of them broke and failed. I had to reinforce it with vinyl tape and a thin piece of metal to give it the right shape, but it doesn't matter what broke it. I feel this can be worked on, although I suggest YOU see this as long as the customer sees this. To remove this headset, either rotate it backwards to remove it from the back, or rotate it forwards to remove it that way. Judging by how long mine lasted, separating your ears from your head proved to be a watershed for design flaws. There is nothing wrong with this headset as all technologies have their issues like game bugs, just make sure you take good care of it. TLTR: Sound quality, noise reduction, bass, microphone all work significantly. Your ears can get hot, but this isn't the right ball. The only real issue is the physical stress of the whole structure. Just make sure you take it off without stretching it sideways, but instead twist it front or back so you don't break the top and get a replacement or padding/modification like I did (which is pretty good worked to make it last longer).