Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 Review

Turtle Beach has revamped its Stealth 600 wireless gaming headset with the new Stealth 600 Gen 2 for PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. This headset features a light design, strong sound quality, and easy wireless connectivity to your console of choice, for $99.99. The Stealth 600 Gen 2 feels a bit stiff, and its mic could be cleaner, but it’s a simple, reliable way to enjoy wireless audio and voice chat with your console.Design Both Stealth 600 headsets are physically identical, available in black or white for either the Xbox One or PlayStation 4. Both are light headsets made of matte plastic, with a flip-down hard plastic boom mic built into the side of the left earcup. That same earcup contains all of the headset’s controls and connections, including a USB-C port for charging, power and audio mode buttons, and microphone monitoring and volume wheels (both mechanical, functioning separately from the connected device's volume setting). The Xbox One version has an additional pairing butto...

The Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 is an easy-to-use, good-sounding wireless gaming headset with dedicated versions for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Easy to set up; Strong, well-balanced sound; Lightweight body

Slightly stiff padding; Mediocre mic; Relatively weak bass

Turtle Beach Stealth 600P Gen 2 Gaming Headset - Black TBEARS600PG2 review

Despite being a little too overloaded with plastic, we can't fault the sound quality of Turtle Beach's Stealth 600P gaming headset, and the battery life is solid too. For the $99/£89 end of the console headset market, this is a strong choice overall.

Truly wonderful sound; Improved comfort; Tidy flip-to-mute mic; 15 hours of battery

Heavy on the cheap plastic; Mic isn’t the best

Turtle Beach Stealth 600P Gen 2 review

Despite being a little too overloaded with plastic, we can't fault the sound quality of Turtle Beach's Stealth 600P gaming headset, and the battery life is solid too. For the $99/£89 end of the console headset market, this is a strong choice overall.

Truly wonderful sound; Improved comfort; Tidy flip-to-mute mic; 15 hours of battery;

Heavy on the cheap plastic; Mic isn’t the best

Turtle Beach Stealth 600P Gen 2 Gaming Headset - Black TBEARS600PG2 review

The Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 is a simple, affordable wireless gaming headset with great battery life, great audio, and a stellar microphone. It doesn't have many frills, but far more expensive gaming headsets don't nail the fundamentals this well.

Great Microphone; Accurate sound; Price; Compatible with upcoming platforms

Isolation; Fewer features on PS4; due to planned PS5 compatibility

Turtle Beach Stealth 600P Gen 2 Gaming Headset - Black TBEARS600PG2 review

Turtle Beach has released a new iteration of the popular gaming headset Stealth 600, and the Gen 2 comes with many improvements.

Turtle Beach Stealth 600P Gen 2 Gaming Headset - Black TBEARS600PG2 review

The Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 are adequate for wireless gaming. They have a pretty comfortable fit, so they shouldn't cause a lot of fatigue during long gaming sessions. We tested the PS4 variant, but you can buy an Xbox One variant too.

Decent mic recording quality; Long continuous battery life; Comfortable fit for most; PS4 and Xbox One variants available.

Fair amount of latency; Lacks sub-bass.