Closer Examination, Build Quality and Comfort

The design of the Logitech G Pro Gaming Headset is as simple as they come. Logitech went with an understated black-on-back color scheme and used plastic on top of a stainless steel inner frame to make it as light as possible. The plastic feels exceptionally sturdy on even the more delicate parts of the headset, such as the joints of the ear cups.


The ear cups themselves have a rubber-like finish that makes them very smooth and pleasant to touch. This finish also improves grip, which you'll appreciate every time you put the headset on or take it off. It's not prone to collecting fingerprints, so the G Pro Gaming Headset will look clean even after you've been using it for a while.


The joints are smooth and practically immune to creaking. They allow you to rotate the ear cups by 90°, which is good for a couple of reasons. Firstly, this level of flexibility regularly results in great wearing comfort because the ear cups can easily adjust to various head shapes and sizes. Just as importantly, it's more intuitive to rest the headset on top of the table, which will be welcomed by anyone not using a headphone stand/hanger.


The inner side of the headband is covered in foam and protected with pleather. It puts no pressure on the top of the head after even several hours of non-stop gaming. The same can be said for the ear cushions. They completely surround the ears and press against the sides of the head with a carefully adjusted clamping force. Both supplied pairs of ear pads are padded well. All of that results in an exceptionally comfortable gaming headset, one that will be very suitable even for those "blessed" with a very large head.


The Logitech G Pro Gaming Headset comes with two pairs of ear pads. They differ in terms of materials used to make them. One pair is covered in pleather, while the other is made of microsuede. Both pairs of ear pads utilize a suede-like material on the part that comes into direct contact with the head. The idea behind the secondary, microsuede pair of ear pads is to make the ear cups more "breathable". This can be important for users that live in countries with very hot weather, or anyone else whose ears are prone to sweating while being fully encapsulated by "standard" pleather ear cups. Since the microsuede ear cups have a slightly weaker passive noise isolation, you'll hear your own voice better, which will in turn make you less likely to talk louder than necessary or sounding nasal. It's by no means a replacement for proper microphone monitoring, a feature offered by more advanced sound cards, but it can indeed help reduce the feeling of pressure in the ears, which some users of closed-back headsets find bothersome.


The ear pads are somewhat annoying to install because there's no refined way to do it; you simply have to pull them on to the plastic holders. This isn't a process you'll want to repeat often.


The left ear cup has a microphone hole and an audio cable hole, which means both the microphone and the cable are fully detachable. I wouldn't expect anything else from a gaming headset that was built according to the demands of eSports pros.


The metal arm of the microphone can be bent in any direction and will stay in that position even if you shake your head vigorously. It's a well-known design that simply works, so it comes as no surprise that many other headset manufacturers use it as well. The microphone capsule is covered with a foam windscreen, which is a nice touch as it makes it look more "serious", protects it from dirt and spit, and helps reduce or completely remove such noises as heavy breathing.


The in-line remote control, located 35 centimeters down the braided cable, is equipped with a clothes clip, an accurate volume dial that's just stiff enough to eliminate the possibility of rotating it by accident, and a microphone mute switch. The switch produces a distinctive "click" whenever it's moved from one position to the other, but it should have a longer range of motion, as most of the time, you won't be able to hear it click since you'll likely be wearing the headset and playing a game.


The "main" 2-meter long, braided cable terminates in a 3.5-mm 4-pole (TRRS) plug, which can be used to connect the G Pro Gaming Headset to consoles, most laptops, and mobile devices. When you're connecting it to a sound card that uses a separate microphone input and headphone output (pretty much all integrated, as well as most dedicated sound cards), you'll use the supplied TRRS-to-dual TRS adapter.


The adapter itself extends the cable length by an additional 20 centimeters.