Logitech G733 Wireless Gaming Headset – Black

***Update: I had originally given these 3 stars per below, but after more time I’ve updated it to 5… The battery life and wireless range is phenomenal, both are so much better than my previous Corsairs! I was charging those daily, after only about 4-5 hours I’d get low battery warnings, but I almost never have to charge these, it’s insane how long they last… and the range is almost twice what I got from the Corsairs, I can roam all over and never lose sound! So just be sure to tweak the sound a bit as I noted before, and maybe about $15 of the price is simply for the brand name, but I’m liking these more and more with time!

Initial Review:

Ok, I’m really torn on these… First things first: myself, along with many others, think the sound quality is horrible out of the box! People that say they sound great I don’t think have experience with more expensive headphones and are probably moving up from $30 cheapos…

First thing: After scouring Reddit and some trial and error, turn off all the special sound settings (like DTS and advanced settings) and move the bass to +7 and the treble to +4. After I made this change, the quality was much much better!

I previously had Corsair HS70s for two years and HS80s for two years, but I hate the iCue software Corsair uses, it’s a ridiculous resource hog and constantly has issues. So for me this is actually a mild downgrade price-wise as you read my pros and cons, they’re primarily vs my Corsairs:

Pros: Incredibly lightweight and very comfortable. Battery lasts absolutely forever (I had to charge my Corsairs daily; the Logitech can go for days!). Sound is adequate once tweaked. Volume tops off at a low level but as a 45-year-old who is a huge music fan I can tell my ears aren’t what they once were, so they’re doing this for your protection. Software is “light-weight” and unobtrusive.

Cons: If you’re mainly listening to music, spend a bit more on Corsair or Steelseries or even a purely audiophile set. You’ll be disappointed with these. They’re lightweight but as a downer feel a bit flimsy. As I said, sound is terrible out of the box imo.

I really struggled with the number of stars to give! For the money, if you know you’re getting a lightweight pair of headphones with great battery and no hassle, they’re not bad at all. If you want more quality to your sound, go elsewhere however. A little bit more money can get you a way better sound.

As for Logitech in general, I was tired of having three different programs (keyboard, mouse, headphones) so also got a Logitech mouse after remembering one I loved years back. The brand does feel overpriced for the quality they provide, as a general rule, as if they’re capitalizing off their brand. I’m ok with both these and the mouse, they’re fine, but for just $20-40 more each I’d say try one of the newer brands if you haven’t before. The Logitech stuff just feels cheaper overall than the price would suggest but they get the job done!

Decidí comprarlos luego de probar unos de la marca Sony con los cuales estaba insatisfecha. El sonido es muy bueno, el micrófono es bastante decente y la diadema es muy cómoda y liviana, además de que el diseño es bonito. Se siente de muy buena calidad y la batería dura bastante. Los recomiendo.

I bought this after my 10+ year old PDP headset finally bit the dust. It was a great headset, but the battery life had something left to be desired, needing a recharge about every week (roughly 8 hours battery life).

This one advertised as having 20(?) hours of battery life, and it appears to be true. But I haven’t timed it. I can go about 2 weeks between charges or sometimes a little bit longer.

It’s also very comfortable even though the bands are not adjustable (in anyway I can find). Sometimes it feels like I’m not even wearing it. The sound for gaming, music, or videos is crisp and clean. It also works very well with my other Logitech peripherals, and the GHub is simple and easy to use.

I highly recommend this product for its price, quality, and design.

Llevo más de un mes con ellos y ha sido una de mis mejoras compras.
Quiero comenzar diciendo que el sonido es muy bueno para detectar pasos de los enemigos al momento de jugar, yo juego shoters y han sido una maravilla, eso si, como observación no tengo activado el sonido envolvente, debido a que a mi parecer el sonido se vuelve con más eco y muy ruidoso al jugar.
El sonido envolvente lo ocupo para cuando estoy escuchando música o viendo alguna película, en este caso, no serán lo mejor porque tengo que incluso bajarle un poco de volumen para evitar las distorsiones.
El micrófono es super bueno, mis amigos me escuchan muy bien y sin tanto ruido de fondo, es más ha llegado aveces que estoy comiendo algo, y no lo notan. Me fascina la facilidad con que me puedo mutear, esto ayuda mucho al momento de jugar o incluso cuando estoy en una videollamada de trabajo. Adicionalmente su micrófono se puede desprender por si no lo estas usando, y también es algo flexible, para moverlo más cerca de tu boca o alejarlo.
La comodidad, es otro de los puntos buenos de estos audífonos ya que suelo llevarlos por largas horas (entre 6-8 horas) y no me llegan a molestar .
La duración de la batería es maravillosa, por lo menos llego a usarlas por dos días seguidos (en total como 16-20 horas) sin que se apaguen, eso sí, cuando se usan las luces llega a perder batería más rápido. Y la carga de batería al 100% tarda más o menos como una 1 hr.
La conexión lightspeed, es super rápida que no tiene ni delay ni nada que afecte en tiempo real y además tiene un largo alcance, es decir que puedes pararte de lugar y distanciarte y seguiras escuchando.
El software que tiene logitech te permite un sin fin de configuraciones, como sonido, microfono, perfiles, luces, etc… creo que es muy bueno, aunque aveces cuando se debería de cambiar de perfil en automático no llega a realizarlo, pero solo basta con volver a cambiar de ventana y se soluciona.
Para terminar, y fallos que he notado en mi uso de este mes, es que aveces no cargan los audifonos con otro cable tipo c, si no es el que trae por caja. También llega a tener un “bug” (me ha pasado 1 vez) que a pesar de dejarlo +1hr cargándolo el software de la pc, te detecta que “no se cargo” o más bien como que se estanca en el porcentaje de batería que lo dejaste, la solución a esto y que logre encontrar fue desinstalar el driver en la pc y dejar que se instale nuevamente, para que de este modo se “resetee”. Aunque en mi búsqueda también observe que existe la posibilidad de que los audífonos no quieran prender por “falta de batería” pero si están cargados, entonces ahí la solución es quitar la almohadilla izquierda donde va el micrófono y apretar el botón de reset.

En conclusión, estos audífonos son lo mejor, si el uso que le darás son para jugar, de lo contrario no te los recomiendo.

I’ve owned a bunch of gaming headsets over the past 15-20 years, but they were all wired once as I never trusted a wireless headset and was skeptical when it came to mic quality as well as not willing to constantly going through the charging process, but I’ve finally decided to give wireless headsets a go and am glad I did with this particular headset. I’ve looked into a few, some of which were “Logitech G PRO X Gaming Headset (2nd Generation)” and “HyperX HX-HSCF-BK/AM Cloud Flight Wireless”, but in the end had decided to give this “Logitech G733 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset” a try. I am somewhat peaky when it comes to headsets and so I was kind of surprised I liked it. My favourite thing is that they are so light, that you likely won’t feel them over your head once you get used to them. They are also a good choice for those wearing glasses. They are only 287 grams, which is nothing in comparison to most of those other gaming headsets these days. The build quality could at first seem poor, but in reality it’s not. It is obviously plastic, but a solid one, bendable. I play competitive shooters with buddies as well as solo and they all confirmed being able to hear well and that the mic is clear as day, so the mic is fine. No static, no noise, nice and clear, so I think you should have no issues with its quality unless you are even peakier than I am then maybe you’d find it not good enough, but I doubt it. It is decent enough to not worry bout it. You will have Logitech G Hub software where you can customize your sound and mic to sound the way you want it to sound. I am very bad at customizing and I like things to work out of box, but thankfully I did not have to do much for this headset. All I had to do for it to work the way I wanted was to enable BlueVoice and select a Bass Boost preset and I was all set, but ya, once you get them, just make sure you play around in G HUB to customize it a slight bit to get the most out of it and you’ll be fine. The battery does last around 25 hours as advertised. If yours doesn’t keep charge it might be a faulty one and you might want to return/replace it, but after two-three weeks of use I can say that it does keep the charge very well. I sometimes wear them for a day forgetting to check the charge and thinking there would probably be about 20-30% of charge left, only then to realize there was still above 60% of charge left. It also charges fairly quickly, so not an issue. Not without its flaws though. I wear glasses and so as others correctly pointed out this headset’s front lights will reflect in your monitor as a result of your glasses’ lenses, which is really annoying. Thankfully I couldn’t care less for the lights, so I turned them off completely via G HUB, so not an issue for me anymore. Note that even if the lights show turned off in the hub, there are instances where you might have some game that would still trigger those lights to come on even though they’d show OFF in G HUB and that’s cause you have to turn them off in a different G HUB menu called Games and Applications if i’m not mistaken, there are two places where you might have to change that setting to off, but you can easily google it and find the answer like I did, so not an issue. Lastly what I actually did not like was the fact that ear caps are not wide enough. Your ears will fit, but they do touch the speakers’ plastic that is actually covered by special material for you to feel comfy, but you might still feel some discomfort at least in the beginning. I am kind of used to that now and don’t even realize my ears somewhat touch the sides, but ya, im used to that now, but it would surely be better to have more space on the inside for your ears to feel free in there, but sadly not the case with this headset. I actually find this to be a major flaw, but is something that would likely not bother many and you’d likely get used to that over time. As a matter of fact the best Logitech headset that does have enough room for your ears is “Logitech G332”. I actually own that one as well. It’s one of the cheapest once, but is one of the best once to date in terms of sound quality for music and gaming straight out of box with mic being nice and clear out of box. It doesn’t have G HUB though, but it does a good enough balanced job when it comes to playing games, listening to music etc. That one does have enough room for your ears, so if you’re on a budget and don’t mind a wired headset I’d even recommend you try a “Logitech G332 Wired Gaming Headset” – the red one. As i’m writing this another flaw came to mind and that’s the fact that the mic itself is a plugin one, which bugs me. I constantly have to plug the mic in to game, and have to then take it out when i’m done gaming and want to chill and listen to music or watch videos etc as having this mic constantly plugged in isn’t convenient, so I don’t like it at all. The manufacturer should come up with a mic that you can just slide up and down without a need of plugging/unplugging it from the headset. Besides that this “Logitech G733 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset” is a decent headset choice that would likely be a good fit for most people that I’d recommend you try. There are lots of benefits having a wireless headset as oppose to a wired one that did not even come to mind when I first considered trying them. I can turn my favourite podcast on and walk around the house while listening to it without worrying about stepping over its wire. I can go to the kitchen and cook while having this headset on and listening to music or what not instead of having my TV on full blast and/or listening to music off of my cellphone for that matter. As for its wireless connection – I had no issues with connection itself. My modem is close by, so they never disconnected, PC is close by as well, so ya, I think you should give this particular wireless headset a try. Is the sound quality really that good? Nah, not really, this isn’t a studio quality headset, not meant to be, but it’s still a decent choice. Maybe watch some YouTube reviews first for a better breakdown, but then do give it a try as you can always return it if it’s not to your liking, but i’m pretty sure that 90% of people who buys this one will actually like it.

UPDATE 3 MONTHS LATER: I am really frustrated that after initially giving this headset and its mic a positive 5 star review I am now forced to change it to not more than 2 to 3 stars. The reason being is the mic had completely stopped working 2 weeks ago and I’ve only had the headset for about 3 months and it’s got no more support for it, meaning I wouldn’t even be able to return/replace it. I have spent the past two weeks searching the net and troubleshooting. I am somewhat tech-savvy, so when I say I’ve tried everything and done all the basic and non basic troubleshooting with the headset as well as computer itself along with testings – I know the issue is the headset. I even purchased a replacement mic here on Amazon for this exact headset called “G733 Replacement Microphone”, hoping that it was just the piece itself, but it wasn’t, so it looks like something had broken the mic’s mechanism on the inside of headset itself. I have some other headsets and their mics work fine on the same PC. I was actually surprised that when I googled “Logitech G733 mic stopped working” I found lots of people reporting similar issues with the mic, wish I did my research prior my $170 CAD purchase. It should be a given that if a headset costs that much it literally cannot have any issues for years to come. Not a single one of my other headsets had ever had its mic stop working, period.

Besides the mic not working I still love the headset for all the rest hence the reason i’m still keeping my rating at three stars even though I really wanted to change it from five to one, so everything I said in my original review before the update remains accurate. I enjoy the ability to walk around the house away from PC doing home activities with them on and I still use them to play single player games, listen to music, watch youtube etc, it’s just that I can no longer communicate with my buddies playing competitive games and have to connect my other headset in order to be able to use the mic. That said, you might be a lucky one who’d have no issues since majority of the reviews are positive for it, but thought I’d edit this review to make people aware of such scenario being a realistic possibility.

UPDATE 6 MONTHS LATER:

So, I went from giving this product a 5 star review to 3 star review to now back to 5 star review.

Initially 3 months after running into an issue with the mic completely stop working it has just started working again on its ow again. As mentioned above I initially did all the troubleshooting possible including buying a brand new mic, but to no avail, and so 3 months later I had decided to plug it in one more time to see if anything’s changed, and it’s back to working again. I’ve no clue what the issue was, but I have a feeling it could be something related to Windows 11 and a conflict between it and Logitech, maybe some updates or what not, but in the end it’s all back to working again just out of nowhere. I’ve no clue how long its going to last for, but hopefully it’s back for good this time around. This is still my favourite wireless headset that I’ve been wearing on a daily basis, and now that the mic is back in business I’m happy 🙂