I have had my GSP 300 for a year now with almost zero wear or tear. I've been gaming for years and have owned many headsets including the more expensive Sennheiser G4ME ZERO but the ear pads on those started flaking after the first year an my dog chewed the microphone off. Switching from the Sennheiser G4ME ZERO there was a sound improvement! to my surprise. I was worried about the plastic design on these [GSP 300] but it has out performed in both sound quality and general wear and tear over the GAME ZERO.