Backlog of Power Up! episodes, this catches us up to current with my friend’s works.

Backlog of Power Up! episodes from a friend of mine.

I made a recent Woot.com purchase of this headset simply for the fact that it was a Xbox 360  accessory and it was very, very inexpensive.  It was so cheap, at a price of $3.99, that I felt the need to buy two just to justify the $5.00 shipping.  I don’t think I even stopped to really read the description or even the picture.

I eventually received both headsets, or this article obviously would not exist and you would not be reading it.  Upon opening the box I became like a kid at the candy store at Christmas time in Disney Land/World.  I lifted the hefty packages out of the box, I do mean hefty as these seem to be very durable, and proceeded to parade my goodies around the house whenever a room-mate arrived home.

Note: If I had actually researched the product before buying, I would have discovered that these are made to replicate the feel of being on the sidelines of an official NFL Football game.  Do I care though?  No!  Although I do enjoy watching football, I do enjoy playing the official NFL video game also known as Madden.   I am in fact liable to de-brand the headset of its NFL and EA Sports stickers because I certainly don’t want to be in THAT game.

So the headset itself is durable feeling as it is very well built.  The earpiece cups the ear providing an exceptional feel.  The top and side padding are also very comfortable.  I myself did not feel like the headset was too tight, but I have now seen Amazon reviews of those who did.

The big question, How well does it work?  Exceptionally Well, Thank you for asking.  The headset seems to be powered, seeing that it plugs into the 360 controller via a blade connectors, and had a quick switch for the mute and nice volume control.  This does make the headset have a wide range of volume and to be honest, I did not have to crank mine to max what-so-ever.  The cupping of the headset provides less audio leakage and provides more of it directly into my ear which also may attribute to the excellent volume control.

The audio cable that plugs into the blade dongle may occasionally start to come loose, as I have also found on regular headsets, and may crackle when rotate as lots of other things do.  An additional item to note is that during my research (admittedly after my purchase) I found that the mic seems to be noise canceling.  Needless to say, BONUS!

This was a great headset purchase and can still be found for cheap around the ‘net if you’d like one yourself.  My final words are “A+++ Purchase, Would buy again!”

My friend put up another episode of Power Up!.

I’m not sure why everyone is so impressed by Reach, but I’ll do my best to cover it fairly.

Controls:

The controls are very simplified for this.  However I had major difficulty controlling it with my left hand.  I would zig zag all over the place and miss my intended target.  My solution to this was to use only my right hand.  This made me steadier and precise. Keeping a firm grip seems to be the key to success with this.

Appearance:

I have to admit that fresh out of the case, it looks very, very shiny.  However, the colors seem a little drab.  The edges are nice and rounded out though to give a great overall effect.  I could use something with a little more color to it though, they really stayed with some basics on this one.

Performance:

This is a sleek and well designed product.  The people that made this really know the right angles to get things done.  Overall, it’s hard to find something that really fits the niche that this was designed for.  It’s nice that I control how fast it goes.  Really, all the performance depends on me.  One quick note here, you do have to have the proper accessories for this to really work.  A quick trip back to the store will set you right.