Best Mac Accessories
From the biggest booms to the quietest whispers, you'll experience every detail of your favorite games in stunning high fidelity 7.1 virtual surround sound via the PlayStation.4/PlayStation.3/PlayStation. A Headset for Gamers: Experience everything from the big booms to whisper-quiet warnings in stunning 7.1 virtual surround sound and chat with friends through the hidden noise cancelling microphone.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"No longer do I wake up at 2am from the sound of a hooker's final scream or a tractor trailer truck exploding."
"TL:DR If you don't have a PS4 compatible headset(except that crappy one ear thing my dogs immediately ate) then yes, totally get these. I thought it was too good to be true but went ahead and purchased these based on reviews from many sources. My first impression was, "Whoa..." I've been using a Bluetooth headset with regular surround sound. I plugged the dongle to these in and it immediately synced up and integrated into the PS4 popup menu(battery, mic, headset, surround sound icons). Pros: Wireless. 6+hour battery life. Can use while charging. 7.1 Surround sound. Downloadable sound profiles(PS4). Dedicated controls for volume, game/chat volume, surround on/off, mute, two sound profiles via switch. Can use with PC. Good mic. Large cups fit over large ears. Comfortable with bulky plastic glasses on. The completely drown out your gf/bf husband/wife. You can pretend they are a tiny person giving you the hugs you missed as a child. Less than 100 bucks. Cons: They are a little bit heavy/clumsy and can slide around your head but I quickly got used to them. The cups tend to get hot after a while so remember to adjust them once in a while to avoid swamp ear. The construction feels cheap but I suppose they had to cut corners somewhere. They wont lend you money(like ever). Regarding the headset problems I mentioned earlier: I ran into the snap crackle stutter problem some people have complained about on the internet on my PC. I almost returned these immediately after unboxing(some weirdos call this "opening") them and I am so glad that I did a little troubleshooting instead. No solution, Turns out the culprit was GameScannerService.exe which is a useless piece of bloatware that everyone who has installed Razer software on their PC has running."
"I don't play with the sound settings very often, but they do provide good surround sound on the default settings for games like Call of Duty or Overwatch."
"The mic on this product is not good but to me it is not an issue as I don't do much online gaming, I just like to immerse myself in high quality campaigns such as Far Cry 4, GTA, and Telltale Episodic Adventures. To me I don't care if I look like a drunken Mickey Mouse wearing them - others might - but i am ok with sacrificing aesthetics for comfort and function."
"I purchased this headset about 6 months ago, and have used it probably once or twice a week since then. I take great care of my stuff, and had read all of the negative reviews about the hinge supports breaking, and I chalked it up to "those people" actually being bad at taking care of their things. Literally no idea how, but it is quite obvious that the material used to make this headset is sub-par at best."
Advantage: 1.【Comfortable feeling】High grade wearable TPE, soft texture, delicate and comfortable touch,it has an elegant appearance. There is a choice "PERIPHERAL MACHINES", choose it and then choose "ADJUST SOUND AND DEVICES", next choose "Output to the headphones", then change it to "All audio" Notes: 1.Extra Microsoft adapter (Not Included) is needed when connect with old version Xbox One controller. 2.1-to-2 3.5mm jack splitter cable (Not Included) is needed when you connect with PC if you want to use headphone and microphone at the same time. 【NOISE ISOLATING MICROPHONE】Headset integrated onmi-directional microphone can transmits high quality communication with its premium noise-concellng feature, can pick up sounds with great sensitivity and remove the noise, which enables you clearly deliver or receive messages while you are in a game.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Clean deep bass. •CONS: 1. made completely of plastic. 2. small bit of static if you use them for recording. 3. super sensitive mic (this may not be a con). 4. the usb and 3.5mm jack are in the EXACT same place (meaning you can't power the lights and use the set at the same time unless you have another power source such as a small power stick if you plan on using it with xbox one or ps4). •VERDICT: if you're a regular person like me with a family and responsibilities, on a budget, or or looking to get into online gaming then by all means get them. Ignore all the bad reviews and try them for yourself, they sound good, comfortable, and if they break the company has some good customer service and are willing to try and resolve your issue (I tested this personally) even if you're out of warranty."
"I've been gaming all my life, and yet here I am as some twenty something and I have yet to purchase gaming headsets for a surround sound advantage to help immerse myself in games."
"These headphones make a great first impression with their stunning appearance and nice blue lights. These headphones give the clear sound needed for getting the slightest edge while gaming. The well-defined sound coupled with amazing isolation lets you hear in-game footsteps or objectives better than you ever could have with cheap earphones or speakers. The headphone’s comfort, fit, flexibility, durability is suitable for long gaming sessions. The mic will pick up your voice very well at any angle so you can clearly give instructions and objectives to your teammates. The only thing I found negative about these headphones were the fact you need both the USB and sound 3.5mm plug. The powerful sound drivers are spacious and can give you a nice punch that will make you feel like you are within the game itself. Along with the volume dial on the headphone cable, you also have a microphone mute near the same place."
"Ear fit is a little uncomfortable & you have to adjust sounds on the console to a high setting to hear for a theatre experience."
"For a novice gamer that just wants a functional headset its hard to beat theae for the price."
"My son's review... "Works great" ...."
"Whoever designed that must have been a professional...unless you get an adapter or if you use these on a laptop...consider the cool lights a no go."
"It was on my grandsons Christmas list."
Intelligent Power-Saving Mode Stage 1: The wireless mouse will auto sleep within 3 seconds of inactivity. Simply move the mouse to wake it up; Stage 2: The wireless mouse will deeply sleep within 10 seconds of inactivity. Simply move the mouse to wake it up; Stage 3: The wireless mouse will auto shut off within 30 minutes of inactivity. Package Included: User Manual x 1. Wireless Mouse x 1. Nano Receiver x 1(stored under the back of the mouse). The Nano receiver can be stored in the back of mouse when not in use. Streamline design wireless mouse offers your hand maximum support for lasting comfort. Quiet clicks free your worry about bothering others and keep you stay focused while working.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"When I recently bought another laptop from Amazon, an HP Stream (which I use primarily for writing), I was using an older MS 1850 mouse that has a higher profile, and which hurts my arthritic hand."
"turns off the mouse."
"On the other mouse, there's zero friction holding it in, falls right out if turned upside down w/ the batter cover off...meaning it will eventually get lost."
"My Microsoft arc touch blew up."
"The wireless signal picks up, it stays charged, and it moves the cursor around the screen."
"I was about to send it back after trying three batteries until I saw the pointer on the screen move and the red lamp was still off."
"I accidentally purchased two but because I love this mouse so much I decided to keep the extra."
"For the first five minutes I liked this, then it started causing big trouble with my computer."
Best Mac Game Controllers
Edition: Controller. The Steam Controller lets you play your entire collection of Steam games on your TV-even the ones designed without controller support in mind.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"* Program any button to any xbox 360, keyboard, or mouse functions (including multiple, e.g. Alt+Tab). * Program independent (horizontal / vertical) (sensitivity / axis inversion). * Select commonly used community created layouts for Steam Games (and tweak them yourself!). * Configure your controller for non-Steam games. * Grab buttons (Ring Finger / Pinky Finger). * 2 Touchpads (can be mouse, joystick, anything in between, as well as DPads, WASD / other key configurations, screen area selection (e.g. minimap), hotkeys (up to a 4x4 grid, I believe), /and more/! * Standard xbox-feeling layout (left / right movement, joystick below, grips, and gyro may take some learning, and ABXY buttons are considered small by many). * Haptics! Want to make that gyro function control a mouse? Or, the right trigger soft pull change your mouse sensitivity to low while changing your scope button to your fire button, while enabling gyro and turning the mouse trackpad into a dpad on full pull, with your melee button becoming a quick unscope button... Or however you'd like. You can make any button on the controller switch the mode of the trackpad to the hotkey selection. The possibilities are endless, and all you need is to program it once in Big Picture; no, you don't have to use big picture to play your games, only to program the controller. Well, the Gyro function, the Hotkey Trackpad function, and the Area Selection function... Those are all new in the last update from a few days ago."
"What an incredibly versatile controller! -Those wacky buttons on the bottom of the controller. I honestly have been hoping controllers from every console would implement snappy paddles for a long time. ("Dual-Stage Triggers"). The Game-cube controller was the best feeling triggers before the Steam controller because of this feature. The Steam Controller has really, really clean and snappy feeling triggers. I just discovered today that you can assign haptic feeling to the triggers too, so if you just bind a button or a key to a soft-pull, you can have the whole controller 'thunk' when you pull it in slightly. In Counter-Strike, I do most of my aiming with the touch-pad because it feels intuitive, but when I want to aim just a tad right, I just keep my finger on the touch-pad, and move my controller a smidge towards the right. The gyro controls are so accurate and intuitive, I can control my automatic fire-spread, which is a level of precision that I can't achieve with anything else other than a mouse. The controller gives me tactile feedback on how much I'm adjusting my aim using the gyro controls. You're going to have to get used to it, just like any other controller. Or, if you're playing a flight game, you can set the gyro controls to pitch/yaw/roll control your plane while based tilt the controller (if you want). Summary: It takes getting used to, but after day five, you'll be complaining about how the Xbox controller has soggy-feeling triggers and doesn't let you aim right. I was vexxed at first by my thumbs going to the wrong place thanks to using an xbox controller, I was concerned by how different the inputs felt, but after going though the menus and making my own controller configurations for games, I don't think I can go back to any other controller. After I get a game all set up, I finally feel like I can forget that I'm using a controller, and really play the game, not fight with the controls."
Best Mac Gaming Keyboards
Use Logitech Gaming Software to customize RGB lighting and F1-F12 key macros. Customizable RGB Lighting: Match your system's look and personalize individual key lighting from a spectrum of 16.8 million colors.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"- Get the Brown if you like that light typewriting feedback. - Get the G810 Logitech Romer-G if you prefer more of a stiffer feedback (solid spacebar) and want RGB lighting. So the layout for the G610 is exactly the same as the G810, except it lacks the RGB color lighting (it's just plain white) and it uses a different switch for the keys. If you're unfamiliar with mechanical keyboards, there are different types of switches that they use that provide different feedback response/sound etc, and what the most popular types are referred to them as MX Red, Brown, Blue switches. If you really like that clicky noisey typewriter-like feedback feeling, then you'll want to go with the Blue switches (G710) - what I believe to be a true mechanical satisfying feeling, BUT it is NOISY. The Red switches are a significant different feeling experience where it's made for speed because it responds without having to press the switch all the way down for a "click" feeling; it has a mushy feeling, so if you're not a fan of that, it may not be for you."
"In practical terms, what you'll notice is that these keys have a shorter keystroke than most mechanical keyboards, they are MUCH quieter, and they just simply feel crisper and more response -- almost like there is less rattle in the keys (notwithstanding the extraordinarily hard use my old G710+ saw). Now for compatibility issues: ' As I said in my title, this keyboard *works* with the Mac but is not YET *compatible. This means that if you plug this keyboard into your Mac, it will work exactly like it's supposed to. Every single key works across platforms because of the way they are programmed, and Macs are designed to work with this standard programming. '. I mean that Logitech has not yet released software specifically for this Keyboard that makes it compatible with the Mac. Second, because I think Logitech will release Mac compatibility updates in due course. When I first received it, the G710+ was not Mac compatible -- there was no software for Mac, and I could not customize keys. But, within several months, Logitech released an update for Mac compatibility, I was able to customize keys, and basically I gained full compatibility with the keyboard as if I was using a PC. I suspect the exact same thing will happen with this keyboard and that Mac users will find before long that it's fully compatible. UPDATE (4-21-2016): Today I received an automated update from Logitech that makes this keyboard FULLY COMPATIBLE with the Mac 10.11.4 OS."
Best Mac Gaming Mice
Surface tuning calibration: Easily calibrate the optical sensor to get best tracking performance for your specific mouse pad surface Weight and balance tuning: Adjust the weight, center of balance and placement of weights for personalized feel and performance 11 programmable buttons: Set up one-button triggers to execute any command or macro at lightning speed On-the-fly DPI: Quickly switch through up to 5 DPI settings (200-12,000) or temporarily downshift DPI for sniping. Surface tuning calibration: Easily calibrate the optical sensor to get best tracking performance for your specific mouse pad surface.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The round-ish shape of the mx518 makes it more resistant to shock than the angular protruded shape of the main buttons on this one."
"It is also technically longer than the G9, but most the extra length is due to the longer main 2 left/right mouse buttons. This ends up also making no difference on my clawgrip style because I am still able to click those 2 main mouse buttons closer to the palmrest side of the mouse. - Buttons - You get 11 programmable buttons with the G502 vs 9 programmable buttons with the G9. The 2 additional buttons are defaulted to "DPI shift" located at the tip of where your thumb lies, and the "profile switch" button located south of the mouse wheel. The 2 DPI up/down buttons are moved to left of the left mouse button. Switch to go free scrolling is now located on the front of the mouse just south of the mousewheel which is much better (and makes it used more) as I don't have to look down and turn over the mouse to switch modes. Middle mouse button still stiffer than I'd like but much improved over the G9. This makes the G502's middle mouse button actually usable for me. Logitech does not market the G502 as the successor to the G9/G9X, but the form factor, weight tuning, buttons, mousewheel, and sensor all certainly have the feel of the G9/G9X. I get 3 extra buttons with the G502 (counting the middle mouse as an extra button as I could never use the G9's because it was so stiff). Again, I think it would be great for larger hands as well due to the longer main left/right mouse buttons accommodating a range of hand sizes, but I'll defer that to other reviewers with larger hands."
"Best mouse i've ever used even after 2.5 years of use. My thumbs are a bit on the wider side and this mostly happens if i'm caught off guard in a game and I kind of jump with my hand. This is a great mouse that's held up over the years."
"I think the most immediately relevant thing to most gamers when it comes to this device is its weight."
"The extra buttons (9 buttons in total) are a nice touch and do not interfere with sensor quality or response time. It takes the strength of 10 men to push that sucker down, but I got used to it after a couple of months and now I think my finger is strong enough to do a 400-kg dead-lift."
Best Mac Game Headsets
Advantage: 1.【Comfortable feeling】High grade wearable TPE, soft texture, delicate and comfortable touch,it has an elegant appearance. There is a choice "PERIPHERAL MACHINES", choose it and then choose "ADJUST SOUND AND DEVICES", next choose "Output to the headphones", then change it to "All audio" Notes: 1.Extra Microsoft adapter (Not Included) is needed when connect with old version Xbox One controller. 2.1-to-2 3.5mm jack splitter cable (Not Included) is needed when you connect with PC if you want to use headphone and microphone at the same time. 【NOISE ISOLATING MICROPHONE】Headset integrated onmi-directional microphone can transmits high quality communication with its premium noise-concellng feature, can pick up sounds with great sensitivity and remove the noise, which enables you clearly deliver or receive messages while you are in a game.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Clean deep bass. •CONS: 1. made completely of plastic. 2. small bit of static if you use them for recording. 3. super sensitive mic (this may not be a con). 4. the usb and 3.5mm jack are in the EXACT same place (meaning you can't power the lights and use the set at the same time unless you have another power source such as a small power stick if you plan on using it with xbox one or ps4). •VERDICT: if you're a regular person like me with a family and responsibilities, on a budget, or or looking to get into online gaming then by all means get them. Ignore all the bad reviews and try them for yourself, they sound good, comfortable, and if they break the company has some good customer service and are willing to try and resolve your issue (I tested this personally) even if you're out of warranty."
"I've been gaming all my life, and yet here I am as some twenty something and I have yet to purchase gaming headsets for a surround sound advantage to help immerse myself in games."
"These headphones make a great first impression with their stunning appearance and nice blue lights. These headphones give the clear sound needed for getting the slightest edge while gaming. The well-defined sound coupled with amazing isolation lets you hear in-game footsteps or objectives better than you ever could have with cheap earphones or speakers. The headphone’s comfort, fit, flexibility, durability is suitable for long gaming sessions. The mic will pick up your voice very well at any angle so you can clearly give instructions and objectives to your teammates. The only thing I found negative about these headphones were the fact you need both the USB and sound 3.5mm plug. The powerful sound drivers are spacious and can give you a nice punch that will make you feel like you are within the game itself. Along with the volume dial on the headphone cable, you also have a microphone mute near the same place."
"Ear fit is a little uncomfortable & you have to adjust sounds on the console to a high setting to hear for a theatre experience."
"The volume control is about ten inches down from the connection to the headset itself, so it's swinging weight is distracting. It'd be better to either have volume adjustment on the earpiece or lower on the cable so it can be rested on something and not swinging with every head turn."
Best PC Accessories
Echo Cancelling via Inline Sound Card.Ambient noise attenuation:approx. TeamSpeak Certified - Voice Chat Optimized.Ambient noise attenuation:approx.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I didn't hear a thing, thanks to my amazing HyperX Cloud 2 headphones."
"The leather pads are soft and conform around your ears well including isolating you from any ambient sounds in your home. Generally, they (feel) very light on your head, and after three or four hours of gaming, your ears are not all sweaty and hot. For you dudes that have large ears or wear earrings, especially those big suckers, you may be out of luck. If there were a lot of problems with this product they’d lose money on a two year warranty. Packaging is top notch, beautiful, well designed and is another clue that you are getting something pretty good. The box is built like Fort Knox and all the doo-dads are packed firmly away in foam. You get a ditty bag for traveling, and adaptors for PC, Mac, and gaming consoles, including controllers. The cord is plenty long enough and the volume control for the mic and headphones is handy."
"They sound great in 7.1 and the mic quality is reasonable for a headset. The control would be better with a dial instead of buttons so the user has some idea how far up or down they go and what their current statis is."
"Full disclosure, I ordered this headset on Black Friday at a >50% discount which might be influencing my perception of value. There is a slight degree of distortion to mid-range sounds in my opinion, but nothing that isn't either easily overlooked, or helped by an equalizer. The adjustable, padded top band sits comfortably, distributing the weight of the headset very evenly."
"These due no such thing, they have cushions against the grating so there's no rubbing, the band is loose but secure which means no more taking off my headphones every hour and a half to let my ears breathe and it comes with two sets of ear pads so you can change whatever your preference may be."