Best Gaming Headsets Under £150 for PC and Console

A spread of the under-£150 headsets I've been living with for this round-up.

There has never been a better time to buy a gaming headset that doesn't make your wallet weep. The £50-to-£150 bracket has quietly become the sweet spot for most people — within that range you'll find plenty of solid choices with good sound, comfortable designs, and the basics covered, like a reliable mic and, for the wireless models, genuinely decent battery life. Spend more and you're chasing marginal gains; spend much less and you start sacrificing the things you'll actually notice day to day.

I've spent weeks swapping between six of the most consistently recommended headsets at this price point, jumping between a PC, a PS5, an Xbox Series X and the odd Switch session to see which ones genuinely play nicely across platforms — and which ones quietly fall apart the moment you unplug them from a PC. The aim here isn't to crown a single winner and walk off; it's to help you match the right headset to the way you game.

Below you'll find the full line-up, the specs that matter, head-to-head comparisons, and honest notes on where each one stumbles. Let's get into it.

How I Tested These Headsets

Three things separate a good gaming headset from a forgettable one: how it feels after a three-hour session, how your teammates hear you, and how well it copes when you carry it from your PC to your console and back. So those are the three pillars I leaned on hardest.

For comfort, I wore each headset for extended play and noted clamp force, weight distribution and how warm my ears got. For mic quality, I recorded the same passage of speech through every boom and listened back blind, plus pulled in feedback from squadmates over voice chat. And for cross-platform use, I checked exactly which connections each headset offers and which platforms it actually behaves on — because "works on PC" and "works everywhere" are very different claims.

The Six Headsets at a Glance

These are the six models that show up again and again across the major review outlets in the under-£150 bracket. Two are wired, four are wireless, and between them they cover just about every type of player.

Razer BlackShark V3 — The All-Rounder

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The Razer BlackShark V3 — the wireless headset I reach for most often.

If you forced me to pick one headset off this list and never look back, it would be the BlackShark V3. It's the model reviewers describe as "the gaming headset we recommend time and time again," and after weeks of use I get exactly why. Launched in July 2025, it nails the trifecta of comfort, sound and connectivity in a way few rivals manage.

It runs 50mm TriForce Titanium drivers with a generous 12–28,000 Hz frequency response, and the soundstage is wide and confident — footsteps and directional cues land cleanly, which is the whole point of a closed-back competitive headset. THX Spatial Audio 7.1.4 handles the surround duties on PC, and the five out-of-the-box EQ presets (Default, Game, Movie, Music and Esports 1) mean you can tune to taste without diving deep into software.

The headline trick is connectivity. Via HyperSpeed Gen-2 you can hit latency as low as 10ms, and even the standard HyperSpeed connection sits around 25ms — both perfectly quick for competitive play. Cleverer still, you can mix 2.4GHz and Bluetooth audio simultaneously across two devices, so your game audio and a Discord call (or your phone) can coexist. Or you can simply stay plugged in over USB Type-A. That flexibility is exactly what you want from a cross-platform headset.

Comfort is excellent too. The hybrid fabric-leatherette memory-foam ear cushions breathe easily, seal in sound, and mould to your head, and at 270g it never feels like a burden during long stints. When the battery does dip, Razer reckons 15 minutes of charging gets you six hours of play — a genuinely useful fast-charge figure.

HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless — The Marathon Champion

If your gaming sessions stretch into "where did the weekend go" territory, the Cloud Alpha Wireless is almost comically over-specced for the job. Its standout feature is a massive 300-hour battery life — you'll be gaming for a long, long time before you need to dig out the charging cable. To put that into perspective, that's the kind of figure where you genuinely forget the thing needs charging at all.

300 hours of battery means the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless practically never asks to be plugged in.

It carries over HyperX's excellent dual-chamber driver system, which tunes the mids and highs separately from the bass-heavy lows, giving a clean, well-separated sound with a 15Hz–21kHz frequency response. DTS Headphone:X spatial audio handles precise sound localisation and immersive surround. The durable aluminium frame feels reassuringly sturdy, and the detachable noise-cancelling microphone keeps your voice clear without a wall of background hiss.

At 335g with the mic attached it's slightly heavier than the BlackShark, and you do notice it after a few hours, but the aluminium frame and comfortable cushioning spread the load well enough that it never becomes a chore. HyperX's NGENUITY software lets you keep an eye on that enormous battery and fine-tune the experience.

The Best Wired Picks: Cloud Alpha & Arctis Nova 3

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Wireless gets all the headlines, but wired headsets still hold two big advantages: zero latency and, often, the broadest platform support you can buy. If you don't care about cable-free freedom, this is where the real value lives.

HyperX Cloud Alpha (Wired)

The wired Cloud Alpha is described as the best wired gaming headset of 2025, and a large part of its appeal is sheer availability — Razer's BlackShark V2 previously dethroned it but is no longer widely available, which leaves the Cloud Alpha easy to find and frequently discounted. It pairs 50mm dual-chamber neodymium drivers with a 15Hz–21kHz frequency response, and the dual-chamber design is the secret sauce here, keeping bass from muddying the mids.

Build quality punches well above its price, thanks to an aluminium and steel frame, memory-foam leatherette cushions and a detachable cardioid boom mic. At 320g it's solid without being heavy. Crucially, its compatibility is the broadest of the bunch: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and mobile, all via the 3.5mm connection, with a USB adapter included for DTS Headphone:X spatial audio and NGENUITY software support on PC.

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 (Wired)

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The Arctis Nova 3 is a versatile wired headset that's ultimately best for PC gamers. It pairs a capable microphone with the excellent SteelSeries GG software, which makes the whole package noticeably better once you've spent a few minutes dialling things in. Reviewers note it's well worth it for those who are primarily PC gamers but want multiplatform options in their back pocket — so if your main rig is a PC but you dabble on console, it slots in neatly.

Turtle Beach & Corsair: Two More Wireless Options

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The Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3 and Corsair Void Wireless v2 round out the wireless field.

Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3

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The Stealth 600 Gen 3 is a remarkably good gaming headset — an understated, somewhat stylish affair that trades flashy aesthetics for substance. What stood out to me was the combination of a clear mic, an excellent soundstage and superb battery life. That wide soundstage in particular makes it a great pick for atmospheric single-player games as well as competitive shooters, and the restrained looks mean it doesn't scream "gamer" if you wear it around the house.

Corsair Void Wireless v2

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The Void Wireless v2 is the flexible option here. It uses a lightweight plastic frame that keeps weight down, a non-detachable flip-to-mute microphone that's wonderfully convenient (just flip it up to mute, down to talk), and — most importantly — both built-in 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth. That dual-wireless setup means low-latency gaming and phone connectivity in one headset, and the sound is great for both gaming and music, so it doubles up nicely as your everyday pair.

Head-to-Head: The Numbers That Matter

Battery life and weight are two of the easiest specs to compare directly, and they tell you a lot about how a wireless headset will fit into your routine. Here's how the line-up stacks up on stamina — the Cloud Alpha Wireless is in a league of its own.

And on weight, where lighter generally means more comfortable over a long haul:

Comfort & Mic Quality, Examined

Specs only get you so far — these two areas are where you actually feel the difference, session after session.

Comfort

The BlackShark V3 is the comfort benchmark here. Its hybrid fabric-leatherette memory-foam cushions breathe easily, seal in sound and mould to shape, and at 270g it's the lightest wireless option, so it disappears on your head over time. The Corsair Void Wireless v2 leans on a lightweight plastic frame to similar effect. The two HyperX Cloud Alphas are heavier at 320–335g, but their memory-foam leatherette padding and rigid aluminium frames distribute weight sensibly — you'll notice them more than the Razer, but not in an uncomfortable way.

Microphone Quality

Mic performance is genuinely strong across the board. The BlackShark V3's 9.9mm detachable mic uses Super Wideband pickup and came through clear and natural in voice chat. The Cloud Alpha Wireless's detachable noise-cancelling mic does an excellent job of keeping background noise out, and the wired Cloud Alpha's detachable cardioid boom is a known quantity that's earned its reputation. The Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3 impressed with a clear mic despite its lower-key billing, whilst the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 brings a capable microphone that's lifted further by the SteelSeries GG software.

Who Should Buy What

Overall Rating

Pulling everything together, the BlackShark V3 is the headset I'd point most people towards — it's the one that does the most things well without obvious weak spots, which is exactly what you want from a single recommendation in this bracket.

Frequently Asked Questions

My pick of the bunch — but the right headset depends entirely on how and where you play.