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Had this set for about 4 months of daily pc gaming use. Only put them on and taken them off and laid on desk at night and microphone would work sporadically after the first 6 weeks due to the poor construction of the in-line volume controls. I would have to twist and fool with the wires to get it to work. AT times it was impossible until I tried the next day. I'm an electronics enginner so I took apart the in-line controls and checked the construction and the wires are microscopic that connect to a tiny I mean real tiny pc board. This is where they fray and lose contact. watch out for these because in time the solder contact where the mic is attached on this board will come off the board completely rendering them useless unless you want just headphones. Steer clear and look somewhere else.

I use Team Speak and this set works GREAT! mic is in a good place, team mates tell me i they can hear me much better now (is that a good thing?), head phones sound great! i would recomend these to ANYONE doing any kind of online gaming in use with any team chat software.
GREAT PURCHASE for under $20... retail website has these for $40

I bought this set at Best Buy as well. I'm returning it today. The microphone is horrible on both my laptop and PC. The headphone portion works great, but is a little uncomfortable after 20 or so minutes (I've got a big head).

It should be noted that these are Supra-Aural, so they press on the ears. Also, they are not a very good Closed system; I can still hear my cat walking around the room when I have them on. The sound quality from these headphones is good considering the price, but they are very uncomfortable after a short period of time. After 15 minutes my ears were very hot, and after 30 minutes the pressure on my ears made me switch back to my earbuds.

I don't know how anyone says these are uncomfortable. People must have mutant size ears or a head that never lost its soft spot. I have a fairly large head and these even when worn incorrectly are still comfortable for long periods of time. They adjust to the very smallest head or the very largest. They also can also be worn with the arc of the headset towards the back of your head so it doesn't squash your hair (or if your head is really that huge and you can't get them on properly). The mic is fully adjustable and works fine. You are only supposed to be using it for brief voice communication over games or possibly chat so I'm not sure why people expect it to have 300 dollar studio mic quality. You aren't recording an album with it.