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Canada
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DO NOT BUY
November 24, 2023

I received a pair of Arctis 7+ Wireless headphones for my birthday last year. They cost $248.56 after taxes. I had been using them for just under a year and they have started deteriorating. The plastic covering the cord for the mic is splitting and there are now sound quality issues. I contacted the company to discuss replacing them as I was unsatisfied. A headset that costs $250 ought to last more than a year, no? They said that the issue was regular wear and tear and that they would not replace them. For the record, I take very good care of my equipment as I rely heavily on it for streaming. The best they could do was offer me a 15% off coupon to repurchase them. I went to try and use the coupon on their website and it doesn't even work. So, if you want to buy a headset that costs a pretty penny and not be able to use them in a year then this headset and company are suited for you. If you want a headset that is going to last and uphold its advertised quality and performance look elsewhere!

Date of experience: November 24, 2023
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Broken Mouse
July 1, 2021

Bought a wireless nose, and it was not even out of warranty for a month, not to mention their warranty is only one year anyway. They refused to warranty the mouse and ignored further emails requesting to speak with someone when I condemned their bad business practices.

Date of experience: July 1, 2021
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I purchased 2 Rival 300 mice that were supposed to be the same; however, the boxes showed different specs. I contacted them weeks before Christmas. They occasionally sent me an email to say they were looking into it and then nothing. January 4th, they contacted me to say I needed to open a new support RMA. Seriously? This site is too unreliable. Buy your products somewhere else.

Date of experience: January 4, 2016
Florida
1 review
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I purchased the arctis 9 headphones for my son and within a few months, they weren't working properly. I contacted customer service, who asked me for an excessive amount of information and wanted me to jump through hoops just to get them replaced when they were supposed to be under warranty. Needless to say, I never received a replacement and now I'm just out the $250 I spent. Horrible service

Date of experience: October 24, 2022
Indiana
1 review
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Pricing Issue
June 22, 2021

Don't get me wrong I love my steel series headset. I hate the chat mix dial that came with it. My dog chewed the cord. Went to purchase a new one and it said 17.99! Perfect member price! Go to purchase it and in cart it's back to regular price. They have online chat to talk to support but he couldn't help me. He said make a ticket. So I followed his instructions exactly and it wouldn't let me place the ticket. I'm upset because I don't want to pay 12 extra dollars for a cord. And best part is now that I told them there was an issue they fixed the price on the site. I want the product for what they were advertising.

Date of experience: June 22, 2021
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bought Arctis Pro Wireless. For this hefty price you should expect them to be flawless but that's not the case, or at least for me. I don't know if I got faulty item but I've been expreriencing some awful bass distortion only on the lowest notes around 20Hz. Especially noticable when watching movies. Also there's constant hissing in the background which gets louder if you turn off the volume limiter. For this price that's a big issue. Please tell me if someone else has this problem and if there's any solution!

Date of experience: September 21, 2021
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Steelseries Arctis Pro
February 27, 2022

Best headset I ever had, you can hear the game absolutely amazingly. And from my friends and twitch followers ttv-optionz on twitch, said that they can hear EVERYTHING. Very comfortable headset as well.

Date of experience: February 26, 2022
Singapore
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Steelseries devices became my choice for work & fun a long time ago. These are always made very solid and stylish together which is also a valuable point for me. Reliability and durability are very high too - I use the mouse for a year already and it still looks like its new! Totally worth the money!

Date of experience: April 5, 2017
Belgium
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a Set of Headsets and needed to cancel the order - impossible to speak to them. They respond to a ticket after 5 days to say we need to refuse the pack when it arrives, but the pack arrived 2 days before their response and was left with a neighbour anyway! Absolutely atrocious in this day and age.

Date of experience: December 3, 2020
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Support is terrible -
January 12, 2022

Ordered direct from steelseries for Christmas present, the headphones are faulty and 2 weeks in still being provided with Windows 10 instructions even I've clearly mentioned PS4 numerous times.

I'm an IT professional and know what I'm doing with headphones - I am just looking to get a refund. Wish me luck

Date of experience: January 12, 2022
New Jersey
1 review
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Don't buy this products!
February 16, 2023

The worst customer service for return products to many step for return and you send it and they ask for more prove and we purchase guarantee and also is not working this is email email and more DONT SPEND YOUR MONEY AND THIS COMPANY!

Date of experience: February 16, 2023
GB
1 review
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Avoid like the plague
April 22, 2021

Bought a headset from them last year (<12months, so still in warranty), unfortunately the microphone has stopped working. Tried contacting them for a replacement however they are of of stock (as has been the case for several months) and they refuse to process any return till its back in stock and cannot issue a refund. I have been in the return process with them for several weeks now and it is very tiring. I have been appalled with the quality of their customer service which has been less than useless in helping resolve this issue. Being a business owner myself, I understand stock shortages are an issue however in situations like this the right thing to do is apologise and just issue a refund. I urge you to avoid them like the plague and look for companies more deserving and appreciative of your custom.

Date of experience: April 22, 2021
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Wonderful Experience!
April 11, 2022

I went a little nuts and bought an entire setup from SteelSeries after seeing all the awesome awards and reviews on Amazon and Best Buy.

The keyboard Apex 7 and headset Arctis 7+ are absolutely AWESOME. Customize them on their own software pretty easily. Decently user-intuitive but not completely.

I had an issue with the mouse - and within 1 week got the issue resolved and completed the warranty process.

I personally recommend!

Date of experience: April 11, 2022
Hungary
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They can't help with design flaw issues, then I buy their replacement cable for 5+13€ shipping(?!) and in 10 days it's still in "preparing for shipping"
I sent a ticket 5 days after the order, and in 5 business days they couldn't answer.
"0/24 support chat" yeah, not avaiable for eu countries.

Date of experience: November 28, 2021
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Steelseries not on time!
December 3, 2020

Company is lying about delivery time. No customer support...

I've ordered my stuff 26th of Nov. On site it says that order will be around 1-2 of Dec. Its 3rd today - order still preparing for shipment. No answer for my ticket from the support...

Date of experience: December 3, 2020
Indiana
1 review
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Microphone disconnects constantly, customer service is impossible to get ahold of. Tried to get a warranty replacement, but they took 3 months to respond(15+ emails to get to the actual point of a replacement) and I was out of warranty. Will not be buying from this company again.

Date of experience: January 26, 2022
Slovakia
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Sh*tseries
August 22, 2022

This brand can be called Sh*tseries, I had too many kinzu mouses from them coz I loved how they fit my hand, all was broken after some time. Now, I bought aerox3, it worked for 2 months, then, I clicked few times on the button that changes sensitivity and it's totally broken, it randomly changes sensitivity now and also randomly changes colors, doesn't go smoothly. Broken brand these misfits

Date of experience: August 22, 2022
Florida
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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You live and learn I spent over 1k to find out their support and product care is the worse and I will do all I can to help people save the aggravation to deal with this bunch of liars stay away put your money into a company that has your back not one that turns their back on customers

Date of experience: April 1, 2021
Texas
1 review
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If the mic doesn't work, or if it just isn't compatible with Discord, that should be one of the first things you say on your 350 dollar speakers.

Date of experience: August 4, 2023
Indiana
1 review
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I purchased my arctis 9x in October of 2020. In early march of 2021, it began to just fall apart. Pieces of plastic began to snap off until both ear muffs fell off and the headset became unusable. I contacted support that very day, and completed the rma process. I never got received another headset and to this day they continue to say that the have no record of it and just tell me to do the rma again even though they know damn well that it's now been over a year which means it's past warrantee. Terrible customer support. Possibly the worst I've ever experienced. There isn't even a way to call them either. Just utterly awful. Don't buy from this company.

Date of experience: February 13, 2022

Overview

SteelSeries has a rating of 1.6 stars from 66 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SteelSeries most frequently mention and customer service. SteelSeries ranks 61st among Video Game Accessories sites.

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