At only about $5 more than the Microsoft headphones, these are a huge upgrade. I received this product discounted in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. Replaying lower levels with your juiced up team doesnt feel like youve accomplished anything since when you acquire all of your skills, youre still dependent on that dumb ISO-8 system to make your team even remotely competitive. Good headset for the price. But theyre fine to keep as an extra pair in your backpack, glove compartment, or wherever you might suddenly need to plug in and tune out the world. You’ll probably need to wear a nude strapless bra unless you have the palest nipples in the world or are just not shy at all LOL. I bought these specifically for work where I hate wearing socks and have to have closed toe shoes. At the height of my laziness, I literally hung this thing up by positioning the command strip I already had up in the middle of the holder and using thumb tacks in the holes where screws would go to secure it. Flimsy! I solved this by using short appliance extension cords as needed.