Tritton Kunai Pro Dirac USB Gaming Headset Review

At $50 USD, the Tritton Kunai Pro Dirac USB Gaming Headset enters a sea of relatively expensive headsets. With similar offerings from Corsair and Razer coming in between $80 and $100 USD respectively, how can the Kunai Pro offer a similar feature set but at almost half the cost? With seemingly “compromised” hardware, is the Kunai Pro even a viable contender with offerings from competitors?

Let’s find out, in this review.

A hardware sample was provided by Tritton to Culture of Gaming for the express purpose of this review.

Other Little Things

There are no major things to complain about regarding the Kunai Pro. Most of the complaints stem from tinier things regarding the overall experience.

To start, while the microphone is very good and clear sounding, as well as being physically flexible so you can position it at the corner of your mouth (the optimal position for headset microphones), I ended up with a better sound by actually having the microphone itself facing out and away from my mouth. The thin plastic shell around the mic acting as a sort of filter. Save that, I would recommend getting a tiny foam filter to put over the mic. However, even without a foam filter, there are no clarity issues to be reported with the mic, and it stacks up there with other more expensive headsets.

The in-line controller is nice to have, and as aforementioned, is very convenient for turning audio processing on and off, as well as quick muting and unmuting the microphone. It is on the more awkward side in terms of handling and feel, but is positioned in a good spot on the cable.

In terms of comfort, the Kunai Pro isn’t the most comfortable headset I’ve ever worn but isn’t painful either. My ears are somewhat wide and tall, and despite the ear cups on the headset being a sort of elongated rectangle in shape, they didn’t quite fully fit over my ears, but the foam is padded enough that it didn’t create any discomfort.

The last piece of minor critique comes from the experience of going to Tritton’s website to get the drivers. The site defaults to Mandarin Chinese. While there is a quaint language selector located in the upper right, and you can easily change the language to English, it would add all the more polish to the overall user experience to have it default to English if being accessed from an English speaking country.

Verdict

The Kunai Pro is a fantastic offering. I’m happy to report that their design philosophy of strong software powering just adequate hardware is valid, and it results in a gaming headset that you can’t really go wrong with.

It’s not the greatest gaming headset out there, but it doesn’t, need to be. At $50 USD, the Kunai Pro offers the most competent experience at the sub $100 USD range. If you’re on a budget and need a good headset, this is the choice for you.