Best Mac Accessories
【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."
"Great headset for the price."
"Great product perfect sound and not bulky excellent thing very satisfied!"
"Very comfortable and seems pretty solid for the price."
"Customer support is great!"
TeckNet Classic Wireless Mouse: Enjoy all the reliability and accuracy of a corded mouse and the freedom and comfort of a wireless with the amazing TeckNet Classic M002. This simple mouse is designed with reliability, ease-of-use and user comfort in mind. Wireless Gaming Technology: You get the reliability of a cord with cordless convenience and freedom - fast data transmission and virtually no delays or dropouts from up to 33' (15M) away. 18-Month Long Battery Life: With Auto power-off function, On/Off switch, Smart sleep mode and battery life indicator, you might just forget this mouse runs on batteries. Features a battery level indicator: Never be surprised by low battery power again.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I decided to give a wireless mouse a try, despite having mixed experiences with them in the past. I chose the TeckNet wireless mouse due to the long battery life claim and the curved left side for the thumb. This mouse also offers 3 DPI settings, which basically changes how quickly the cursor moves across your screen."
"I'm not sure what happened to this mouse."
"The one additional thing I wish they would add is a little sheet of stick on colored dots for those of us that have a lot of these so they can easily be paired with the transmitter."
"Some users may find this a little aggravating, because you have to push the button on the top to turn the mouse back on - it's possible to think that the mouse isn't working until you get used to the battery saving feature."
"I do not notice signal interference with this thing, especially compared to microsoft's wireless (logitech is better than microsoft in the budget wireless mouse realm, but this Tecket guy is the top dog and the cheapest)."
"They offered me a full refund for the mouse with the broken receiver. Instead, they just agreed to send me a whole new mouse and receiver!"
"Bought this to use with my Chromebook but it keeps dropping connection."
"There is a huge problem with the mouse I received, it cuts out sporadically. Beyond that the mouse itself is not bad. The mouse is smooth for the most part except for that one problem with the random loss of connection."
7.1 Virtual Surround Sound: Experience rich, highly positional virtual surround sound powered by revolutionary 3D audio technology.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Going to compare the Astro A50 to the PS4 Platinum headset since the Astro A50 was my main gaming headset prior to purchasing the PS4 Platinum Headset. --Sound Quality: Astro A50s have better sound quality. Both Astro A50 and PS4 Platinum you are able to hear what's going on around you (not top/bottom with non-3d audio compatible games for Sony Plat) but Sony Platinum does a better job. --Visual aesthetic: Exception of the metal band on top the PS4 Platinum looks very bland. A50 has a lot of going on especially with the spiral cords on the side of the headset. --Compatibility: Right off the bat, if you want surround sound on the PS4 Platinum headset, it ONLY works on the PS4/PS4 Pro. Astro A50 uses a mix amp while the Sony Platinum uses a USB dongle. With the Astro A50 there's more wiring as you have to connect it the PS4 via wired USB and an optical cable. Sony Platinum is more portable in this sense as if you want to bring the Astro A50 out in public you have to connect the mix amp via power bank and deal with two separate wires. Both have custom software, but the PS4 Platinum is easily accessible via PS4 app if you play on the PS4. It's easier to mute chat volume with Astro A50 as you just have to lift up the boom mic as i find that much faster than reaching back and hitting a dedicated mute button on the Sony Platinum. --Battery Life: PS4 platinum has 2-3 times more battery than the Astro A50s depending on volume and chat settings. --Summary: For the price I'd say the PS4 Platinum is a good value if you're on a budget (only if you play it on the PS4 as the surround sound doesn't work on any other devices) as the Astro A50 you'll be paying $100+ more depending on where you purchase it. It's easier to access buttons with the Astro A50s even if you build muscle memory on the PS4 Platinum as the locations and tactile feedback of the buttons on the Astro A50s are more intuitive. Battery life on the PS4 Platinum is way better."
"My daughter has the Gold set while I just got the Platinum. The platinum is a great improvement."
"Pros: -connection is solid (within 20 feet line of sight). -volume is loud, both game sound and chat. -microphone appears to be clear. If a troll comes along and starts blasting their mic, its quicker to rip off your headset. But to market these as the top of the line Platinum headsets, it makes me wonder why I spent the extra $80 over the Golds. Upon re-entering the connection zone, it reconnects and no input is required from the user. The USB dongle has a blue light that shines solid when connection is acquired."
"Other wireless headset has to plug in usb, optical, then output to amplifier to get surround sound. It's not bad but the frequency can't output as low as other premium headset."
"Just bundled w new PS4 Pro and it’s the ultimate headset for the platform."
"I love this headset!"
"Great audio quality and construction, works flawlessly with PS4 and PSVR, even though you do have to plug it using the provided cable to use it with the VR headset and other audio sources."
"I love them!!!!"
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."
"The MX Brown switches are a little bit lighter and easier to press than some of the other switches, so for the first few days I noticed I was "fat-fingering" neighboring keys several times throughout the day."
Best Mac Gaming Mice
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."
"As an aside, I've used one of these on a hard Razer Scarab gaming surface and the other on an iXCC Gaming Mouse Pad."
"The weight cover on the underside is magnetic, so only time will tell how big of a pain it'll become, but if you don't open and close it a lot, maybe it'll last. I like the spin mode of the mouse wheel, but the feel of the normal scroll is a bit too much for my taste. Now I have a mionix and it works great, not dirt, no bad readings."
Best Mac Game Headsets
【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."
"Update: Vendor sent new headset and the mic stopped working within a short period so they refunded my money."
"This seller and their product is top-notch and this headset it's worth more than I paid."
"I have no idea how well the microphone works on the other end, but I know people can hear me."
"These are great for the price!"
Best PC Accessories
Features. Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse 250 hours of non-stop gaming. With up to 250 hours of battery life, G602 redefines the laws of wireless gaming. Key Features Up to 250 hours of battery life 1 Power-saving, high-accuracy Delta Zero sensor technology Lag-free gaming-grade wireless Performance and Endurance modes maximize battery life Long-life buttons rated to 20 million clicks 11 programmable buttons for customized game control 2 On-the-fly adjustable DPI For Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher. Wireless Gaming Technology Cut the cord and get gaming freedom from cables, clutter, and game interference Experience zero delay between your thoughts and actions with gaming-grade 2.4GHz wireless and a 2-millisecond report rate Tiny USB Nano receiver can stay in your computer so your mouse is always ready for action. Programmable Controls Master your favorite games with 11 customizable controls Easily assign any keyboard keystroke or multi-command macro to any button with Logitech Gaming Software Control your game and mouse’s performance right out of the box with pre-configured button settings—no software required. Performance/Endurance Switch Switch between Performance or Endurance modes to save power for when you need it most—in the game Get up to 250 hours of battery life in Performance mode or 1440 hours in Endurance mode. BATTERY LIFE AND WIRELESS. Performance mode: up to 250 hours 1 Endurance mode: up to 1440 hours 1 Wireless range: 3 meters 4. Great value and control for MOBA/RTS games. Full-featured performance for FPS games. Enduring battery life and wireless freedom for PC games. Wireless freedom and wired performance for MMORPG games. Connection Choices. Full-Speed USB Corded. Logitech G19s Gaming Keyboard The G19s Gaming Keyboard features a GamePanel LCD screen and 12 programmable G-keys to take your game to higher levels with advanced technology to light your way forward. Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard The Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard offers 18 programmable G-keys while the GamePanel LCD screen gives a view of vital stats. Lag-free gaming-grade wireless, Performance and Endurance modes maximize battery life.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is my first wireless gaming mouse. For better gaming experience, I bought myself a mechanical gaming keyboard.Gaming Keyboard, UtechSmart Mercury Full Color RGB Backlit Illuminated Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Gaming Keyboard, UtechSmart Mercury Full Color RGB Backlit Illuminated Mechanical Gaming Keyboard."
"As an example, when playing Overwatch I'll set my DPI rather high when using Junkrat but drop it nice and low for Widowmaker. Or, while playing the Witcher 3, I'll adjust my DPI on the fly if I'm fighting, going through conversation options, or navigating my inventory. I've even used it on fabric furniture arms for gaming, which wasn't ideal due to drag... but the mouse tracked perfectly nonetheless. Despite the assertions of many hardcore gamers, they cannot detect lag from a device like this; a wireless mouse is absolutely adequate for gaming. The average human brain has a response ceiling at around 12ms, so claiming one can detect input lag on a 2ms mouse is ludicrous. CONCLUSION: If you want a SOLID gaming mouse that is comfortable, durable, and versatile, that combines outstanding battery life and game-ready performance, I recommend you consider this device."
"The mouse is great, the extra programmable buttons really help reduce the amount of cursor movement around the screen and keyboard shortcuts. To be precise, it didn't quite break, it just stopped working and a DIY fix I found on the internet helped me restore (sort of) the function. I found a YouTube video which shows how to take the receiver apart and fix the problem with a PIECE OF PAPER! Unfortunately, manually disassembling the receiver left it in less than mint condition as I don't have the tools to close the metal casing of the USB plug properly."