HyperX - Cloud II Core (Wireless)
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Last updated: Aug 12, 2025 Scoring
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"The pinpoint accuracy is insane. ... I played Valorant on PS5, xDefiant and Warzone. ... I started to watch out at angles I wouldn't watch with the others because some audio cue made me suspect a door and ... it was 100% right all the time. I could tell where they were with excellent accuracy, both horizontal and vertical. ... there was a scene where I heard steps coming from a wall and I thought "there must be a room here" so I went around in silence and killed the guy with high precision, it was incredible and 100% thanks to the headset."
"if he plays shooting games, particularly games like COD, Rainbow Six Siege, Counter Strike or Valorant then I highly suggest the 'HyperX Cloud II' ... Theyre usually around $50-$70 and are considered the best headset for shooting games under $100. ... I play a lot of Rainbow Six Siege and they are the preferred headset of many professional players."
"they're also extremely crystal clear probably because of the 53mm drivers. ... I could feel everything, even just reloading a gun, I could hear all those metal parts moving. This was not even noticeable in any of the other headsets. ... The bigger magnets provide better sound separation and you can hear bullets and footsteps even when everything is messy."
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"the microphone was my biggest surprise. ... the Cloud II's microphone sounded the best, the clearer on every single audio device I've tested. ... Crystal clear microphone, picks up everything and has good cancelling, if you have an average voice it should sound better than most headsets. ... the microphone is one of the best I've used. Even when I talk quietly at night everyone can clearly understand every word I say. ... It's one of the best microphones i've used. Your voice sounds crisp and clear even if you're speaking lower. ... Also the higher pitch microphone will allow your teammates to hear you will even in loud situations."
"This headset has microphone and its is a loooot better than my laptops mic."
"I use the hyper x cloud 2 and Corsair virtuoso, both work great and I never get complaints about background noise..and there is quite a bit of it here"
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"Battery lasts for, i kid you not, like 6-10 months."
"INSANE battery life. ... I'll go like three days of not charging it and be like "Oh I should probably charge it now", only to look in the app and it's still at like 75%."
"Battery life is great."
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2
"But tbh the comfort, completeness and the easy of use from my HyperX can't be beat by those."
"they are way more comfortable"
"My comfortable as fuck wireless hyperX ... I would much rather spend $150 on an all in one gaming headset thats super comfortable"
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"I've replaced both the Ear Cushions and the Top Leather and they're basically brand new. ... I've had mine for the similar amount of time and have to say they're the best headset i've ever had."
"I have owned HyperX cloud wireless over 3yrs and they still look the same as when I purchased them."
"my 9 year old Hyper X Cloud 2 is still going strong"
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"The headset does shut off if there's no sound coming in for a prolonged period of time ... can also be annoying sometimes because it doesn't turn on by itself when you do play a sound again, so you have to manually turn it on again. ... I've had so many moments where I had to rewind the last 5 seconds of a stream or Youtube video, simply because I didn't realize my headset was off, and I had to turn it on again."
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"Mic is.... "eh". ... It's insanely quiet. ... I had to download a program just to boost the mic audio, and I have to boost it by quite a lot. ... I find it unusable without this program. ... it's unbelievable how quiet it was ... I *did* really try a LOT to fix it. And nada."
"I've noticed the same thing regarding the mic. ... people were saying my voice was very metallic with even the lowest of boosts from Peace. ... It didn't matter if the booster was 5 or 10, the effect was the same. ... I ended up going back to sonar from SteelSeries. I guess it is what it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I'll be looking into getting a separate mic."
"everyone would tell me to move the mic closer to my mouth even though I was practically chewing on it"
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"mine fkn broke in only 7 months of using it"
"my problems was always the mic. It would stop working"
"Mine only lasted a year almost to the dot on all 3."
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"I have a Hyper X Cloud 2 and it seriously hurts my ears with extended use. Not my ear drums, but my ears themselves. I hate it so much."
"Pretty uncomfy, though? ... It's mostly on the earpads, as if the earpad areas were too heavy/pushing down on my ears too much."
"uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time"
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"everything I've tried so far is too "inside your head" to be convincing in immersive games. ... The soundstage of most headphones is too narrow"
"7.1 sound is shenanigans, the best way to use them is without 7.1 and with the PS5 3D Sound enabled."
"I can tell you there’s no advantage of hearing footsteps further away out of the 3 I have."
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