The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless is a more affordable variant of the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, quite possibly the best gaming headset currently on the market. That's the shortest way to summarize it and the quickest explanation of why it deserves our "Highly Recommended" award badge, which I decided to give it. While you're not getting the active noise cancellation feature of the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, its transparency mode, or the elaborate wireless base station with an integrated battery charging dock, everything else is here for exactly half the price.

In every aspect other than the bass, the two headsets sound almost the same. The Arctis Nova 7 Wireless has a much stronger boost in the low bass region, which is going to make its default sound profile more likeable to most users. Thanks to a parametric equalizer offered within the SteelSeries GG software suite, the overall tonality of the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless is entirely up to you. The integrated speaker drivers respond well to equalization, effectively giving you a massive playground to have fun on.

Both headsets use an identical microphone, and they're also equally comfortable, despite the difference in their ear pads, which are made of cloth and memory foam in the case of the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless, as opposed to the vegan leather used on the Nova Pro Wireless. The Arctis Nova 7 Wireless does use less luxurious (non-metal) materials on some of its parts, like the ear plates, but it's still a sturdy device, one that won't break while getting tossed around your backpack or if it accidentally ends up on the floor.

The simultaneous wireless and Bluetooth connectivity gives it a lot of versatility in everyday usage, and the very existence of Bluetooth also makes the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless an interesting choice if you're looking for a wireless headset that you can also bring along when you're leaving your house. The supplied USB-C wireless dongle easily attaches to any USB-C device, including smartphones, too, so you can certainly use the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless for lag-free mobile gaming, which has huge benefits over using Bluetooth.

The integrated battery can keep the Arctis 7 Nova Wireless going for over 40 hours. At that point, it stops being something you worry about, as there's basically no way to drain it in a single gaming session. Most users won't have to charge it more than once or twice per week. The headset also supports fast charging, so a quick 15-minute top-up gives it enough juice to run for another couple of hours.

To wrap it all up, the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless is another successful product in the SteelSeries' gaming headset portfolio and, in many ways, is the most complete wireless gaming headset currently on the market – at least when looking at models that most normal human beings can comfortably afford.