Razer Kraken Kitty

If you already have a Kraken, don't upgrade to this – So I already had purchased the Kraken in the color rose quartz (https://www.razer.com/Gaming-Audio/Razer-Kraken/p/RZ04-02830300-R3M1), and of course, once I saw that I could get one with kitty ears that light up, I was pretty excited to buy it. In this review, I will be comparing the new Kitty Edition Kraken headset to the original Kraken headset.

Unlike the regular Kraken, the Kitty Edition Kraken has a much shorter and overall bulkier cord. If you're familiar with Razer's mouse cords, that is actually exactly how bulky it is- and actually that is probably the same length it is as well. The bulkiness of the cord, along with the material that it is made out of, cause the cord to twist and tangle often, despite my best efforts to keep it neatly untangled with the help of the Razer Base Station. The cord on the Kitty Kraken is much, much, MUCH shorter than the original Kraken. The cord is so short, that it actually cannot even plug in directly to my computer. If I didn't have the Razer Base Station, I would not be able to use this headset AT ALL. I'm sure that's why they have the base station, but still, this is absolutely ridiculous! No headset cord should ever be THIS short.

Secondly, on the regular Kraken, there was a sort of volume control along the cord of the headset- to my dismay, they removed this from the cord and instead placed this feature on the left side of the headset on one of the earphones. I find this extremely inconvenient, as the whereabouts of this feature before were in the perfect place for my hands to get to and from quickly. A second con about this feature, not only was it moved, but how it functions seems to have also changed. So if I am listening to something like Spotify, it will only control the volume of my music, and not my entire volume of everything as a whole. I'm sure there's a way around this... but I'm not exactly experienced enough in this department to figure out how to change this feature...

Really, the only pro to this headset compared to the original Kraken, is that the ears on this headset light up, and that's cute. And/or, if you're a cosplayer, you could use this headset in a cosplay outside and the ears will light up, as long as you're able to have it plugged into a portable charger.

TL;DR - with a $70 price difference, this Kitty Edition Kraken is not worth more than it's original counterpart. Unless you really want light up cat ears. Then by all means, spend that extra money.