Nintendo DS Ear Force D2 Stereo Headphones + Boom Mic

[LHG Straxus]

Nintendo DS Ear Force D2 Stereo Headphones + Boom Mic ~$15.

Imagine a picture of the white headset here.

I'd like some user input on this headset/mic piece from Turtle Beach.

Some reviews from Amazon.com claim that the mic on the headset stops working:

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Buyer Beware!!!, March 29, 2008
By Stephanie Kameny

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This review is from: Nintendo DS Ear Force D2 Stereo Headphones + Boom Mic (Accessory)
Sorry Turtle Beach but your headphones blow the mic in the Nintendo DS Lite!!! We have three DS's in our house. One for me, one for my son one for my daughter. I purchased the kids a black and a pink pair of these earphones for their DS's. The earphones work great, sound great and the mic is fantastic, HOWEVER, try your DS mic without the headphones after you use these a couple of times, it's shot! We blew all three mics, sent all three in for repair but it wasn't until my niece used the headphones on hers and her mic blew that I made the connection.
BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK, TURTLE BAY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGE!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

0 stars, if I could, December 26, 2008
By D. Dobson "five2one"

(Valley City, OH USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nintendo DS Ear Force D2 Stereo Headphones + Boom Mic (Accessory)
Like some of the others, this product blew my daughters' microphones, too, only we couldn't get them repaired. The boom gave out fairly quickly, too, due to poor design. VERY disappointed.

Also, no mute option.

The official Nintendo DS Headset are also avail. for a much lower price $5 + ship.

Just need experienced, hands (ears?) on user input.

 

[iKilledChewbacca]

I owned the official DS headset for a while but to me the ear piece hurts after about 5 minutes of gaming with it. I dont know if this is possible but , just use iPhone headphones with the mic if you can

 

[crunchewy]

Interesting suggestion about the iphone headphones. I'm going to try that and will report back, but I don't have the stock iphone headphones with me at work.

 

[LHG Straxus]

That would suck if compatible iPhone buds worked because I returned a headset+mic made for Touch 2g that didn't work, that I had also tested on PSP-2000, and it never occurred to me to test it on the DS.