Don’t pretend you don’t do it. I hear you whispering about me behind my back all the time. At least some of you are kind about it…saying that I’m probably super smart or something. “It’s where all of his wisdom goes.” But you others… those mean comments… calling me an alien. I can’t help that my head is so BIG. You all are just jealous, jealous I say!
My life is kind of like the gamer equivalent of a Basketball player. Those guys have gigantic tootsies, as well they should. You don’t grow to 6’7 without having a pair clown feet grow along with you. Shoe shopping must be the worst. For me, it’s headsets. I’ve a found a number of headsets over the years that suit me just fine, but on average, that isn’t the case. As for the Cruiser P3210… well, let’s start from the beginning.
The Cruiser P3210 looks pretty standard for a headset. It’s got a shiny black finish with rounded on-ear speakers. On the outside of each speaker is a circular silver grate encircled with a blue ring. Alongside its “standard fair” visuals, the comfort is pretty average as well. It’s not inherently uncomfortable, but prolonged sessions saw me take it off repeatedly due to symptoms which include sore skull. The speakers don’t quite fit around your whole ear, so parts of them will be squished in awkward ways. Luckily, the soft padding more than made up for this. The real problem concerning the Cruisers comfort is the bridge across the top. It feels fine at first, but will quickly ware on you. There is little foam, and what foam there is isn’t particularly soft. Now of course, I did mention I had a big head (I had them expanded as far as they could go) so it’s likely that was some of the issue.
For use on PS3, these babies sound great. The Cruiser P3210 boasts dual sound drivers which are some of the biggest, if not the biggest in the headset market. And at a price tag of around $70, this is an impressive feat. Heavy bass and a dongle that allows you to adjust the volume for your game sound, bass, and incoming chat independently further pile onto the value of this headset for an audiophile’s perspective. Its use on PC doesn’t differ much, but, I found the sound quality dipped a little when it wasn’t set as the primary audio device. For anyone who uses both a headset and speakers, it can be a bit of a pain to consistently switch devices back and forth. That said, the quality change isn’t so drastic that messing with the audio settings isn’t required.
One of the more interesting features that the Cruiser P3210 boasts is audio feed back. Whatever you say will not just be transmitted to whomever you’re talking to, but also back to yourself. This is incredibly useful while playing intense multiplayer matches with others online, and you need to be able to hear yourself over the noise around you. Of course, hearing yourself play it can have the opposite effect when playing alone. Thankfully GamesterGear had the foresight to make the Mic completely detachable for just those occasions!
All in all, the Cruiser P3210 isn’t a bad headset, but it isn’t without its flaws. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better sounding set without entering much higher price brackets, but it’s drawbacks in the comfort department make this a headset best used for smaller game-o-thons.
