16% of 138 verified Cloud IIIowners don't recommend it — based on real owner comments from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
For balance: 53% recommend it. This page collects the complaints so you know what you're signing up for — read the full owner report for both sides. How we score
“Sound quality trash, straight cheap plastic headphones, and now to top it off they are poisoning you. The only good thing about them is their noise cancelling features work well.”— Booliano on Reddit
“Glad my wire shorted out/broke after 5 months of use, went back to my 7 year old pair of Astro A40’s that I have never had an issue with.”— NoltyCS on Reddit
“I can't pinpoint shit...my friends always giving me crap now cuz they can easily tell where someone is and I'm fking lost sometimes.”— DDay2077 on Reddit
“All these EQs that people are praising saying they're audiophile material just don't sound good to me.”— Der_Kreuzritterr on Reddit
“I've had clouds from the first clouds to the alpha wireless but the quality really has dropped.”— Puzzleheaded_Egg7474 on Reddit
“my 8 year old stinger headset is still better sound than this one. Just returned it.”— phlegmtoad on Reddit
“Return them…..sound quality and mic monitoring is atrocious in comparison to the 2.”— IAMBYN on Reddit
“The cloud 2 worked perfectly but cloud 3 gave him that issue right away”— bryaninoo on Reddit
“I was really disappointed when I struggled to tell general direction”— No_Landscape5447 on Reddit
“I can’t stress how bad these headphones are sound quality wise.”— Aggravating_Mud_6055 on Reddit
“definitely wouldn’t have bought them if I knew this beforehand”— cjfbbdixksndj on Reddit
“Never wearing my Cloud 3 again, seems like a legitmate report.”— Cosmic-blackswan on Reddit
Not complaints — practical notes from owners that didn't affect the score.
“how are these in terms of comfort? i know they’re know to be one of the most comfortable but my ears tend to warm up alot when using over headphones, are these maybe more breathable?”— iamavataraang on Reddit
“Read a lot of good things about this headset, but it also requires EQ settings to be adjusted - Anyone have some presets so that a newb could get started with tinkering around?”— SkimGuy on Reddit
“I got mine a few days ago, may I ask what was/is dangerous about it? I didn't get told anything about it and got it because I had the Cloud II as my previous headset. Thanks!”— Efficient-Energy-175 on Reddit
“You can bypass the purchase of dolby atmos, which I personally found not as crazy as they'd have us believe, by clicking on windows headphones, enhancements, virtualization, concert hall.”— S_u_p_e_r-M_a_n on Reddit
“Does anyone know if these comes with the mesh pads in addition to the leatherette pads? My old cloud 2 came with mesh which was nice since the fake leather pads wear away.”— ldc629 on Reddit
“https://www.reddit.com/r/HyperX/comments/1nike47/hyperx_cloud_3s_wireless_how_to_disable_this/ Make sure you all read up on this thread as it's a pretty annoying issue”— EvilHuntz on Reddit
“Im testing your eq on my Hyperx Cloud 3 wireless too :P I play cs2 get so dizzy hear everything at same time at footsteps is facinating what eq on apo can do to your headset :) But nice eq tho!”— ExternalQuote9135 on Reddit
“get new fur earpad dont use ngenuity if possible dont update https://preview.redd.it/ctip00frcq3h1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89968d10218d8729cbc4f101050c6e957650269a”— Le_Painter on Reddit