Having owned all the Meta Quests from 1-3 I have always struggled with the head strap.
When I got the Quest 2 I struggled with the headband I vowed to buy a 3rd party replacement , but never managed to do so.. mainly because the cost of the official Elite head band was eye watering and because the quest community did not review the official headband upgrade as either comfortable or of good quality with many users reporting structural failures. I tried to get the bobo version but it was always out of stock or a long waiting list so never got one with the end.
In getting the Quest 3 I noted the headband was virtually the same as the Quest 2 so new I was in a heap of trouble. Saw this one on Amazon with favourable reviews so purchased it with the attitude that at the price if it was not very good it wasn’t a huge loss if it didn’t work out.
After unpacking from the box . Everything seemed of reasonable good quality with nothing that jumped out at me to say otherwise . Installation on the Quest 3 was an absolute breeze. It took me about 5 mins to swap out the straps.
On wearing the headset with the new headband , it was instantly more comfortable than the original, weight distribution seemed much better and the weight of the headset did not seem as heavy on my face.
It was easy to adjust to get a good fit.
My lad even though he has a Quest 2 ( my older headset ) seems to keep pinching my Q3 , on my Q2 when he did this it was a real pain to adjust the head strap, took ages to re adjust and get comfortable to my head again , but that’s not the case with this new strap as adjusting it to new users/heads is very easy and quick making it so much less of a hassle when sharing your headset.
The other thing I particularly like is the ability to slip up the headset while keeping it on your head so you can quickly access the real world while wearing the headset. This is especially useful if you sitting at your PC setting up or checking out PCVR for example .
With the original official headstrap I would tend to get VR fatigue in about 20-30 minutes where the pressure of the headset would hurt my face . This is not the case with new strap.
For an example I setup Skyrim VR on PCVR a for the first time and fell down a VR rabbit hole , and eventually climbed my way out and hour and a half later with no/little VR fatigue. This is something I have never been able to do with the Original strap.
In conclusion this strap is very good value for money , such a massive upgrade from the official supplied strap and so much cheaper that the official Elite strap.
No doubt this strap is a game changer for your quest 3 and incredibly good value
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