It’s still a solid, simple wireless option, but as it stands, it’s no better for kids than any other lightweight gaming headset. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that there’s no environmental cost to producing this headset, but through the use of recycled plastic in its construction and the use of wood from FSC-certified responsibly managed forests in its packaging, the damage is minimized. While the audio was just okay, the lack of any perceptible latency was impressive, as was the solid connection using both the Logitech Lightspeed dongle and Bluetooth. Battery performance like this isn’t the very best you can find in a gaming headset, but it’s not far off.

Getting Started - G435 Gaming Headset - Logitech Support

The G435’s external functions are limited to a power button, volume toggle, and mute button, all housed above a USB-C charging port on the left ear cup.

Tom's Hardware is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. If you like the idea of a gaming headset that doesn’t need software to be good, the HyperX Cloud Flight S has a bunch of features and they’re all loaded onto the headset, plus it sounds good, feels good, and has great battery life. The headset uses two embedded beamforming mics to simulate a boom microphone experience, and the results are pretty good. Logitech says the G435 is optimized for smaller head sizes, but I have a rather large head (I use the last two notches on an adjustable cap) and I found the G435 fit my head well with the headband fully extended.

Logitech G435 Lightspeed review - SoundGuys Logitech G435 Lightspeed review - SoundGuys

Gamers looking for something lightweight they can use all day can wear this for hours without feeling a thing. Something about the cheap-feeling plastic doesn’t appear to keep sound out very well, though it’s unclear if that’s the real cause or the rather porous, lightweight ear pads. This gaming headset has scant few controls, but a decent number of additional features, and it doesn’t use Logitech’s G Hub companion app. However, in our testing, we found that while the volume limit works, it doesn’t work as well as it should.The absence of any surround sound options didn’t ruin most experiences; while I wasn’t always able to pinpoint the direction of an approaching Xenomorph in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, the game was still somewhat immersive sound-wise.