Insignia™ - On-Ear Stereo Headset - Black

Earbuds won't stay in my ears so I was looking to purchase an inexpensive wired headset with a mic that I could use with all my devices (iPhone, mp3 player, laptop, and desktop) and use anywhere, including on a plane. I was pleasantly surprised by the Insignia On-Ear Stereo Headset. The headset's fidelity and volume are far better than I expected for an inexpensive headset and remarkably quiet on-board a plane. You can use the Insignia headset with devices that contain a single port or devices with separate mic and headphone jacks. The headset is both light weight and comfortable. Expecting the worse, I purchased an expensive headset at the same time I purchased the Insignia headset, but after using the Insignia headset, I returned the more expensive headset for a refund. I'm very happy with this product.

I purchased this headset to complete an interview for an online teaching position. I wanted a decent headset and microphone but did not want to invest a lot in equipment until I actually got the job...I figured something like this would get me through the interview then if I got hired I could always upgrade. After using this headset for a few weeks, I absolutely love it. The noise cancelling feature works well and I am able to hear my students even over my 16 month old fussing in the background, and the microphone also never picks any background noise up for the listener on the other end. This is an outstanding product for a great price, and I have already recommended it to so many other teachers coming into our agency looking for good headsets/microphones.

I tried it based on reviews here. If it works well for you for the price. Then try it. But the mic sounds really bad. But it is clear enough. The ear cups are surprisingly comfortable despite not fitting over your entire ear. The plastic isn't the best. But not really cheap either. It's solid enough. It should last if you take care of it. The mic is adjustable up and down but otherwise doesn't flex. The headset sound is very bass heavy. It lacks dynamic range. Otherwise it worked fine with my MacBook Pro Retina I got from Best Buy into the single audio jack that passes the mic and headphone audio. I ended up buying the Turtle Beach Call of Duty for PS4 on sale for the same price! I got lucky. They only sold it for $19.99 for a couple days. Even so I would have kept the Call of Duty's. I use them for voice overs in iMovie and Skype. I use SONY Studio monitor headphones for movies and music.

Does what I need, and in fact I find the sound not too bad when listening to music. I wouldn't recommend as a music headset, but often I'll listen while at work and they aren't bad! For calls they work great, I can clearly hear the conversation, they block out quite a bit of ambient noise and people say they can hear me just fine. I like the regular headphone jack (its why i chose these over a USB set) because I can use them with my cellphone as well. Only complaint really is that they are awkward to carry in a backpack - they don't fold up in any way. I thought I would take them with me when I travel (which is a lot), but they take up too much room and I leave them in the office.

Bought two of these when they were on sale: one for me to use on the many conference and sales calls I do, and one for my son to use when he plays his games. Used mine twice and got feedback that it was hard to hear me. I could hear people fine, but they couldn't hear me. The mic and/or noise cancellation isn't that great, so I stopped using it after only two days. Would've taken it back, but my other son decided to use it instead. It's fine for their gaming needs, but not great for work. Giving it 4 stars instead of 3 because the price was really good and it worked okay. Just know you get what you pay for and if this is for work, spend a little more for better quality.

It works as advertised: microphone is fairly clear, the headphone aspect sounds fine (I've used it for online coursework, so mainly just talk, not music). However, they are incredibly uncomfortable. The small width (distance between the phones) creates intense pressure on my ears/head no matter how far I expand the band, and the unpadded band hurts a lot on the top of my head. And this is from someone with a fairly small head - I buy women's S/M size helmets. I have to take these off after an hour, and wear a cap underneath, to alleviate some of the pain. Spend $5 more for something better - that offers

I bought this to do some screen capture recording on my computer and didn't want to invest a lot of money because I only use it a few hours a month. For the price, it works great. The sound quality of the recordings is good. As far as the noise canceling mic, I have used it with the TV running at normal volume or people talking in the room I'm in an it didn't pick up the outside noises, although it did pick up my dog barking. To be fair, it was pretty loud because he was only a few feet away when it happened, so I guess that is to be expected. The headset it reasonably comfortable, but I only use it for about 30-40 minutes at the time.

My kids pressured me into purchasing them a replacement microphone/headphone headset. They play online games with their friends. While doing so so they usually are chatting up a storm. The common complaint is that someones microphone is "too weak". This set donned the "works perfectly status and I subsequently had to buy 2 more. They sound really good and the microphone actually has a really accurate input sensitivity. Didn't give it a 5 star because it didn't have what I would call premium hardware (primarily the cable). If the headset survives a year of use, I would give it a 5.