Solid headphones, with a decent microphone jack, but the durability seems pretty terrible. My experience may not be entirely representative, but when they arrived, it felt like there was more sound coming out of the right ear than the left. Not a huge problem, but much worse, however, is that at the first possible moment, the 3.5mm audio jack bent almost 25 degrees off, and the audio has been non functional. Broken less than one day after receiving them, after buying them at a full $80 price point.

With some fanaggling the audio jack started working again, but I don't know how long that'll last. I can't say I'm entirely pleased with the product, but the audio quality is solid, as long as you're super careful with them.

-When I put it on it almost doesn't touch my ears at all, which makes wearing them for a long period easier, just gets a little warm after a while (as do most headsets I'm sure), also they are a little too large to wear around the neck.
-The mic is great quality, I use it to game and I recommend it if you frequent a mumble/ventrilo etc and I love the fact that the mic retracts, makes eating at my desk that much easier!
-The wire is super long so if you have a PC that's far away it's perfect for you, if you have a laptop it's also great because you can just unhook the extension cord.
-I've had this headset for about a year now and they are still going strong!
-The only downside I see here is that they don't have much bass. Not a huge deal though since I use it for gaming as was advertised. So no star deduction.

Overall/TL:DR

8.5/10 - For comfortability - Gets a bit warm when wearing them for a while
9.2/10 - For sound (I.E Footsteps in a game) - I seem to hear what others sometimes cannot
5.5/10 - For bass - Like I said, wasn't really intended for playing music
10 /10 - For durability - Mine hasn't broken yet, and I've had them for a year and dropped them a few times

Overall: 9/10 - Great gaming headset for the price glad I bought it.

All 3 of my boys now own a pair of these headphones. So I had to check them out. I hate having headphones or anything of that sort over my ears but I was extremely surprised at how comfortable these were. The fit on my head very nicely extremely comfortable especially considering I do not like headphones like these. Then came the sound wow I was super surprised how good they sounded. I told my kids if a cricket farted in the game I could hear it. The mic is pretty cool also. I especially like the fact that it pulls out so if you are not using it its not in the way. The mic seemed very clear no one had any problems with hearing me they said everything sounded clear. It even comes with an extra set of wires incase you need them longer. I will say these are much better than a certain name brand and will now be my go to when my kids need a pair of head phones cause lets face it even though they seem extremely durable boys will be boys.

Excellent microphone, Retractable Microphone, On/Off switch for microphone and here is my first gripe. There is no indicator to let you know if the mic is on or not. And just looking closely at the switch is not a good enough method to be certain you are indeed muted.

The cord is long enough and can be split, so you can remove the extension cord if its not needed.
Another downside, the cord that goes to the headphones can not be replaced, if you break it you will need a technician to fix any loose or broken cables.

** UPDATE **

After 11.5 months the head band metal cables that hold the head band in place broke, it was to late to return them in time to get a warranty replacement. The head phones are still usable but its no longer worthy of 4 stars. Also I would have had to pay about $13-$15 USD shipping to send it back to get a replacement and spend another $15-$20 USD to get their updated version of this head set since they no longer offer this item for sale on SteelSeries website.

I'm very disappointed and will never buy a product from SteelSeries again.
I can wear these head phones all day either for gaming or watching movies. They have acceptable bass but I've heard better bass response from less costly units.

Over all I am satisfied with the product and would recommend it to a person responsible enough to protect the delicate cords.

I ordered these for video games on my computer, and I've had a number of different headsets in the past. I've typically stuck to cheaper models from various brands just because I was a broke college student. I went with these because they looked nice and had reasonably high reviews. I was leery of the microphone having the retractable feature, I figured it would be easy to break. It's not, I've dropped them once or twice already and they seem to hold up fine. The wire that the headband uses to secure to the actual headset is a steel cable, the picture makes it relatively hard to tell so it's put together very well. The USB plugin is nice for my computer, as usb is not going to be going anywhere soon. When I purchased these I was only playing computer games at the time, but they are also great for listening to music or watching movies on my pc. They are a gaming headset after all, so expect them to meet that need perfectly. I'd recommend getting a hook from the hardware store, I got one of those 3M sticky "command hook" things which is nice to have on the wall next to my PC. I just hang them up when I'm not using them.
The only cons to these things are as follows: They are NOT ps4 compatible. This is stated in the product description, I bought them for PC gaming...but I have a ps4 now that I got for an early christmas gift and I cant use these with it, which is what it is but it'd be nice. Also, the software you use for setting the headset up is downloaded from the website. Which isn't a big deal in itself but the software is only usable on an operating system windows 7 or newer...I've got vista so I can't use it. Other than that, the headset is a great buy...I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase.

I play a lot of FPS games as well as league of legends and a few other steam games, this headset is perfect for FPS's. The mic is very clear, the people I play with immediately noticed the difference from my last headset (plantronics ~30$ model) and said I sound completely different. I'd highly recommend these if you're into PC games-especially first person shooters.