Gaming Headsets · owner-verdict comparison

Cloud III vs Razer BlackShark V3 Pro: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Cloud III: 53% of 138 owners recommend it, vs 42% of 106 for the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

Cloud III

53%of 138 owners recommend
53% recommend · 31% neutral · 16% don't
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Razer BlackShark V3 Pro

42%of 106 owners recommend
42% recommend · 22% neutral · 36% don't
Owners praise
  • Comfortable for long all-day wear, even for glasses-wearers and big heads
  • Microphone quality praised, often better after firmware updates
  • Effective noise cancellation against background and fan noise
Owners complain about
  • Fragile plastic hinges and yokes that snap, with ear cups breaking off within months
  • Sound quality described as poor, muddy, or sub-par out of the box, needing EQ tuning
  • Volume/mixer wheel free-spins instead of stepping, and can't be disabled
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What Cloud III owners say

“these sound great!”
— Boring-Ad-8227 on Reddit
“That works for me.”
— Poolplyr28 on Reddit
“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

What Razer BlackShark V3 Pro owners say

“Love these things”
— @isaiahf6442 on YouTube
“watching this using my V2 pros, incredible headset”
— @KetamineWomble on YouTube
“v2 mic absolutely mogs new one. unreal.”
— @_justinsane on YouTube