This is the excellence headstrap with Battery from Aubika. A formidable competitor to the meta elite battery strap. Coming in at a current amazon price of $50 does this headstrap have what it takes to take down the $95 1st party giant.
First let's take a look at the design and durability. Aubika decided to change things up with their strap and give it a little more of a sleek design with the protruding edge running across the middle of the strap. Giving it that 1968 dodge charger vibe. Okay maybe that’s a stretch but I like that its different from the other headstraps out there.
Moving to the back of the head strap we see the battery also has a sleek aesthetic with gloss inlays running across and then around turn-wheel size adjuster that stretches from a head circumference of 21 inches to 28 inches for all types of skull sizes. The battery cable is solid quality and I appreciate the design of the side cable clip that gives room for an oculus link cable.
The side straps are very durable and flexible and according to aubika have been tested to withstand 18 thousand twists just like this, so we shouldn’t see any crack jobs like the meta version any time soon or hopefully ever.
When it comes to specs, it's a 5 thousand milamphour battery which is a touch more than the meta version at about 4700. This strap will extend your blade and sorcery play time another 2 to 3 hours and allows for pass-through charging for your quest and the strap’s battery at the same time. On the top of the battery you’ll see 4 led light indicators letting you know the levels of charge left in the battery along with an on/off button for those like me who don’t keep their headset charging constantly. The battery has Over-Current, Overcharge, Overload, and Over-Temperature protection thats a lot of overs, baked in so you won’t fry your headset or the battery strap itself if you leave it plugged in for too long. This may be trivial and a personal preference but I like how they placed the charger plug on the bottom of the battery rather than the top to prevent awkward cable bends when charging with the headset upright.
Sitting in front of that battery is the skull cradle with a material that closely resembles the meta elite battery strap and the same goes for the over the head velcro strap, which is fine but personally I prefer a thicker padding on both, mainly because I’m bald and like feist, I feel it all.
Overall this headstrap is a quality choice, made with eco friendly materials and a good savings compared to the elite battery strap. I do wish it had thicker padding on the mohawk strap and skull cradle which when I reached out to the aubika team they said they are working on sprucing that up on their next design. In my opinion this headstrap is the right choice if you are wanting to upgrade to the elite style battery strap and of course want to save money, which makes you smart. You’ll find the amazon link in the description and at the time of recording this video you can get it for $50 which is a great deal for a solid quest 2 battery strap.
Feel free to ask questions in the comments and I’ll answer them and of course I’ll catch you in the next quickie.