No boom mic, no drama — reviewed by the only person in the house who still games.
The Gaming Credentials: From Operation Flashpoint to Now
I used to consider myself a gamer. An hour or two a day — dedicated, committed. To give you a sense of just how long ago that era ended, the game I played was Operation Flashpoint. Yes, that old. I’m talking pre-streaming, pre-Battle Pass, pre-everything. So rather than subject you to a gaming headset review written by someone whose credentials expired somewhere around 2004, I went and enlisted the help of my 12-year-old.
He’d recently saved up and purchased a used Dell G15 — a machine he could finally call his own, so he could stop borrowing my MacBook and watching his friends walk all over him because of the frankly insulting reaction times of emulator-based gaming. The boy needed proper hardware. And with proper hardware comes the need for proper audio. Enter the Logitech G325.
Logitech G325 Design: No Boom Mic, No Problem
The G325 cuts a noticeably different silhouette from most gaming headsets you’ve likely encountered. The typical gaming headset aesthetic runs something like this: heavily angular, draped in RGB lighting like a Christmas tree, and equipped with a boom microphone the size of a small traffic cone — the kind your dad used to bark into on Teams calls while you were trying to watch TV.
“No boom mic is the first thing you’ll notice, and it immediately changes the whole personality of the headset.”
In place of the traditional boom mic, Logitech has integrated a beamforming microphone array directly into the headphone cup, covering a frequency range of 100Hz to 7kHz. There’s nothing to snag cables on. Nothing to snap off in a moment of Roblox-induced rage. Nothing to bend at an awkward angle and leave dangling in front of your face during a tense Fortnite standoff. It’s a clean, understated look — and for a gaming headset, that alone makes it interesting.
Lightweight Comfort: Built to Survive a 12-Year-Old
At approximately 212 grams, the G325 is genuinely lightweight — noticeably so when you pick it up for the first time. The natural worry with any lightweight headset is that “light” will turn into “cheap-feeling” or, worse, “I sat on these and now they’re in two pieces.” To its credit, the G325 feels more considered than fragile. There’s a sturdiness to the construction that suggests it can cope with the kind of handling a 12-year-old will subject it to — the occasional desk drop, the frustrated set-down, the moment where they’re thrown off because someone has flanked them from behind.
The low weight pays immediate dividends in comfort. They sit evenly on the head — no wobbling, no front-heavy tipping, no hot spots forming after an hour. The kind of headset you put on and largely forget about, which is exactly what you want for a long gaming session. My 12yo has yet to complain about head fatigue, and given that he’d wear them indefinitely if I let him, I’ll take that as a meaningful data point.
Gaming Audio and Beamforming Mic Performance
The 32mm dual drivers deliver a wide, reported frequency response of 20Hz all the way to 20,000Hz, and in practice the sound holds up well across the range of use cases a kid is going to throw at it. Low-frequency content — the thuds of footsteps, the crash of a building collapsing in Fortnite, the general boom of things exploding — comes through with genuine presence. The upper register is clear enough to pick out the high-pitched panic in the voices of twelve-year-olds being ambushed from a hilltop, which I’m told is an important feature.
For FPS gameplay specifically, the spatial detail is more than adequate — you can hear what’s happening around you with enough clarity to matter. Whether competitive players at a higher level would find it sufficient is a separate question, but for the intended user and use case, it does what it promises.
I’ve also had the chance to steal the G325 for a couple of Microsoft Teams calls over the past week. The beamforming mic array performs better than I expected for voice communication — clear, intelligible, without the muffled quality some reviewers have flagged. That said, to those reviewers’ point: compared to a traditional boom mic positioned directly in front of your mouth, there is a slight reduction in intimacy and presence. You’re not going to mistake this for a studio condenser microphone — and you shouldn’t. You’re in a game, not a recording booth.
LIGHTSPEED Wireless Connectivity and Battery Life
The G325 connects via Logitech’s proprietary LIGHTSPEED wireless technology or Bluetooth 5.2 — both capable of handling a stated range of 30 metres. I’ll be transparent: we have not tested 30 metres. In practical terms, the headset handles the distance from the Dell G15 in the study to pretty much every corner of the house without a hiccup, including through a floor and past several walls when he uses it with Spotify from my Mac upstairs. For the overwhelming majority of real-world situations, the range is a non-issue.
Setup via the Logi LIGHTSPEED chip was, in the parlance of the generation who actually uses these things, a non-event. The 12yo had it working in minutes without assistance or instruction. He’s also yet to touch the EQ settings inside Logitech’s G HUB software, finding the default sound profile perfectly adequate for his needs. I’d suspect most younger users will feel similarly — it sounds good out of the box.
Battery life is quoted at 24 hours at 50% volume. I charged the headset fully before handing it over, and we have yet to reach for the cable since. I have a strict no-24-hour-gaming-sessions policy in this house, so full endurance testing remains outside my methodology — but the battery is holding up across daily use without complaint.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: PC, PS5, and Switch
Logitech lists compatibility with Xbox, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch, and the Nintendo Switch 2. All of our usage has been PC-based — specifically the Dell G15 — across Roblox, Fortnite, and whatever else the 12yo has decided requires his full attention and a stream of commands I don’t understand. No compatibility issues to report across any of it.
Final Verdict: Is the Logitech G325 Worth It?
The Logitech G325 LIGHTSPEED is a well-considered gaming headset that earns its place by doing the simple things well: it’s light, comfortable, genuinely wireless, and sounds good for both gaming and voice comms. The integrated beamforming mic is a real design win — cleaner, more durable, and more than capable for its intended purpose. Seasoned competitive gamers may prefer the precision of a boom mic, and the audio ceiling is aimed squarely at the enthusiast rather than the professional. But for the core audience — younger players, everyday gaming sessions, parents who’d prefer a headset that doesn’t look like it belongs in a NASA control room — the G325 makes a compelling case. The 12yo gives it a thumbs up, and at this point his opinion is worth considerably more than mine.
They are available for A$199. And if you get the Superstrike mouse you can knock 20% off it.
DRN would like to thank Logitech for providing the review unit.