Logitech G321 Lightspeed Headset - Review

Logitech are known for their various mice, keyboards and webcams, but they do have their gaming arm. Logitech G is well known amongst gaming circles, but it is a brand I have never put my time into, as I am not swayed by marketing terms. So does the G321 Lightspeed deliver a proper gaming experience, or is it just more fancy words and nothing more?

Taking the headset out the box, the first thing I noted was just how light it was. Now this had to be a mistake, there had to be some extra weights or cables that I had left inside of it, but nope, the entire headset came out in one piece and it was just that light. The rest of the box just contained the charging cable and PC adapter, which was it, there was nothing else beyond that. With no real weight to the headset, I was curious to see how heavy it was, Logitech state that it’s 210g, but in my own tests it came in at 206g, which is just a shave under. Now my normal go to headset for quite a while now has been the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5, which weighs in at 265g, not an enormous difference, but that extra 60g does feel a lot when you compare the two.

With the headset being that light, there had to be something missing from it and there is, from a certain point of view. The lacking element is the battery life as Logitech only promise 20 hours, and again comparing to my Arctis Nova 5 and its 60 hours, it seems like a lot less. Of course, the Arctis Nova 5 has that extra weight to allow for the bigger battery, so it is a trade of you will need to consider. But at 20 hours, I was able to get through a day’s work and then some gaming, without issue before the headset gave me those delightful warning beeps. As far as functions go, there really isn’t a lot to talk about, everything is on the left earcup. Here is where you flick the switch to turn it on, change between the modes and adjust the volume. While I am not a fan of the buttons for the volume, it does work.

All of that is about just how crazy light the headset is, but how does it feel to wear it, as if you can’t actually do that, then the weight is not important at all. If I am to be honest, it is one of the comfiest headsets I have ever worn. The earcups are larger than most, to the point that I have space at the top of my ears still, they are also soft as heck. This point is good as it if they were too firm, earcups can often feel like they are pushing down against your head, these don’t do that. The headband is the weakest part of the overall headset, if only because there is not a lot of padding there. I am someone who prefers a well-padded headband and while this has a decent amount, I would always be happier with more. What the issue is, is simply that the padding does not extend to match under all the hard plastic that the band is made out of, leaving you a good 5mm of missing padding. This is not an issue so much once you have it on, but if you tend to drag your headsets into place, you might notice the harder edge.

With the headset being insanely light and comfy to wear, there has to be an issue with the sound quality right, something just had to give somewhere and nope, it’s great. From playing music to games, the quality of the audio was great and while I am sure audio professionals might say otherwise, for me it delivered exactly what I needed it to. In each earcup is a 40mm driver, which is pretty standard for most headsets. So if you are coming from something like the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3, you might have some concerns, but from the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5, you will be fine. When I played some music and cranked the bass, I was honestly surprised at how rich it sounded. With a number of headsets, when I up the bass, I am given that fake bass effect and it does the job somewhat, but you know it is fake. Like one someone gives you a banana flavoured food, it tastes ok, but actual banana is better.

On the gaming side of things, you know the entire reason the Logitech G range exists, things were good. My usual array of titles went through the tests, DOOM 2016 tore up some great sounds, Spider-Man thwiped some amazing swinging sounds and even some BALLxPIT was a blast. The headset also supports Bluetooth, so I had to connect it to both my Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 and it sounded great on the latter, not so on the former. This was not the headsets fault, but everything sounded quiet and that was simply due to the Switch 2 having a headset output limit on, taking that off fixed the issue.

I did use the headset for some calls for work and chats with friends via Discord and the included microphone does the job. By that I mean I was able to be heard and it was clear enough. Now in my own tests where I recorded myself reading some of my reviews and playing them back, I did notice that things sounded like I was speaking in a large room. Now no one complained about that when I was speaking to them, so it could just be a by product of speaking to myself without any background noise. If you need the mic on the headset, it will do the job, but I would not put this down as the reason to buy.

While the headset has not convinced me that adding gaming to the name makes things better for gaming, I am convinced that the headset itself is beyond amazing. The biggest selling point is just how light it is, which means you can wear it for as long as you want and not get any fatigue from that. The audio quality both via their dongle or Bluetooth are amazing and for once the bass feels like proper bass. The biggest issue for the headset is the battery life, there are just too many headset that offer more, but when you look at the price point, there are no other wireless headsets that match the price. If you have been looking for a headset to deliver great sound, extreme comfort and not weigh you down, then get ready to jump to lightspeed.

The Score

9.5

Review unit provided by Logitech

The Pros

The quality of the audio is great, with bass that feels like proper bass, either via their dongle or Bluetooth

The headset is crazy light, so much so that you honestly won’t believe it at first...

The Cons

… but that weight comes at the cost of a bigger battery, which might be a deal breaker