2020’s Best New Gaming Headsets Under $100

Great wired and wireless headsets that won’t break the bank

Alex Rowe
6 min readNov 20, 2020

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With today’s focus on work-from-home strategies to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, the humble gaming headset is no longer a device that’s just for fun. Instead, it can pull double duty as a vital professional meeting tool during the day, and an essential component of safe home entertainment during off hours.

Here are the four best models I’ve tested that released this year, with official web site links for each. You can click away on these links without worrying about giving me a kickback, as I don’t believe in affiliate links.

UPDATE 9/15/23: I’m going through all my articles to make sure they conform to Medium’s current call-to-action guidelines, but I haven’t updated the links in the piece below. They might be broken thanks to the magic of the ever-fluctuating internet.

However, reviewing the content itself, these are all still awesome headsets that I think are just as good to use today!

UPDATE/EDIT: If I had reviewed the Roccat 7.1 Elo Air late last year, it also would have made this list. It’s excellent.

Photo taken by the author.

Razer BlackShark V2 X (MSRP $59, Official Page Here)

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Alex Rowe
Alex Rowe

Written by Alex Rowe

I post commentary about gaming, tech, and sometimes music. I’ve written professionally about games since 2005. Look mom, I’m using my English degree!

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