CREATIVE Draco HS-850

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CREATIVE Draco HS-850

Good sound and comfort for the price Price £30

+ SEVERUS Comfortable; folding ear cups; decent sound

- DRACO Ozone Rage ST is cheaper and offers similar quality

Creative’s diminutive Draco HS-850 will set you back just £30, placing it among the cheapest headsets on test. However, despite its size and price, it feels surprisingly well made, and even sports rotating ear cups for easy storage. 

It looks attractive too, and has an in-line volume remote, although the boom microphone isn’t detachable and can’t rotate. There’s plenty of padding for your head and ears as well, and despite the supra-aural ear cushions sitting on your ears, rather than around them, the cushioning is thick and soft enough for them to be pleasingly comfortable.

There was nothing inherently wrong with the Draco HS-850 with regards to sound either, but detail, clarity and high-end reproduction were lacking compared to the better headsets on test, especially when it came to music with heavy bass.

Meanwhile, the Creative Draco HS-850 managed to cope with explosions in movies and game surprisingly well considering its price, although again they sounded a little muddy and lacked detail. 

CONCLUSION 

While the Draco HS-850 is wanting in a couple of areas, it offers a pretty good deal for the money. It’s on a par with the Ozone Rage ST in terms of audio, it’s comfortable to wear and it sports some useful features too. You’d have tospend a lot more to net any substantial gains in sound quality, although the Ozone Rage ST offers similar quality for even less money.

Connections 3.5mm mini-jacks 

Extras In-line volume and mic control 

Drivers 40mm 

Stated frequency response 20Hz to 20KHz

OVERALL % 76
 

SOUND 27 / 40

DESIGN 21 / 30
 

VALUE 28 / 30