Today I want to take a look at the U Youse gaming headset that I found at my local Five Below for $5 (surprise, surprise). These have come through Five Below on multiple occasions (which is extremely rare), and I thought it was about time I find out for myself whether or not these are worth being restocked.
First off, I want to point out that these are hands down the most comfortable headphones that I’ve ever bought from Five Below. The bulk of the headphones I’ve bought there have large pads that crush my ears, while these are true over-the-ear closed-back headphones (my favorite style BTW). Of course, the padding does feel a little bit cheap despite being comfy.
As for the audio quality, I’d have to say that it’s some of the best that I’ve heard out of a set of $5 headphones. It has a good amount of bass (though it does sound artificially boosted), and the treble avoids sounding tinny. I can’t ask for much more for $5.
Another feature that I’m really happy this headset has is a in-line volume control. I know it might not sound that impressive to most people, but back in the day I would go out of my way to find headphones with this feature. Fortunately the volume control on this headset works properly, because all of the headphones I bought in the past (for more than $5 each mind you) would have one or both cups cut out as I adjusted the volume.
U Youse actually did something that I wish Bass Jaxx would do. Both brands typically use a combo jack on their headphones that include microphones, but only U Youse was kind enough to include an adapter that splits the single combo jack to two stereo jacks (well, the mic is mono over stereo). Not only is that great attention to detail, it also made my life easier since I could properly test the headset’s mic without having to order an adapter online.
Speaking of the mic, I have to say that it’s actually not half bad. It’s nowhere near being the best mic in the world, but I’ve definitely heard worse audio coming from more expensive name brand headsets. If you want to hear what the mic actually sounds like, I did a proper mic test in the second half of the above video. I even ran the audio through an audio spectrum analyzer so that I could give you a better idea on the sound profile this mic had.
So, over all I have to say that this is a pretty great headset for $5. It’s comfy, the audio is decent, it has an in-line volume control, and the mic is pretty nice. Heck, I’d even say that the mic included on the headset would be a decent upgrade for podcasters and vloggers that are using the internal mic on their phones and/or laptops.
