SteelSeries - Arctis Nova 5P Wireless
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"I have the ear shape where in-ear headphones always make a loud bumping sound when I'm moving, so AirPods 4 give the benefits of noise cancelling and great sound without the in-ear effect. ... AirPods 3 always fell out my left ear but they dialed in the size perfect for the 4's, they sit perfect and I've never had it fall out or shake loose doing sprints and a full marathon."
"Took them on a 2hr walk with my dog today and had no issues. First IEMs I can actually wear laying on my side in bed."
"after 80+ miles on our last trip, I was the only one without foot problems of any kind."
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"Have run 3 half's and 2 fulls, never have ran out of battery provided they are properly charged beforehand."
"I use it for the same reasons and love it. ... I would not consider the regular Apple Watch because of battery life."
"the battery life easily lasts 10+ hours."
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"astro A10s were so much better for hearing footsteps"
"I can hear more things than everyone i play with - footsteps etc.."
"I instantly heard a difference in them over my Arctis 7s. ... Like, instantly, I heard differences in the surround field that I had not been hearing in the 7s ... and in the first game I brought up I was hearing ambient sounds that I have never heard before, same game, no changes other than switching from the 7 to the Novo Pro."
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"the most convenient, literally able to reload the headset battery (2 come with box) and charge in DAC or just USB C to headset"
"the inter-changeable batteries is a very nice feature that has saved my gaming sessions a good few times."
"the cherry on top is the swapable batteries. ... If swapping batteries is too hard for you, you probably struggle with a lot of things lol"
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"it also has three bluetooth assignments in addition to the wifi dongle, so i have the dongle connected to my main computer and then can switch over to one of the bluetooth when i use my work computer hooked up to my monitors, so no swapping keyboards."
"I use it with the adapter on my ps5 and Bluetooth on my pc. Seemless switching. My pc autoconnects in bluetooth mode and my ps5 auto connects when i swap back ... Ive got 0 complaints."
"Now I have all 3 on one wireless USB dongle that I swap between my work laptop and personal desktop. ... In the past I had to use a USB switch but I didn't like having so many wires on my desk."
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"their battery isn't lasting any longer than 1h at most"
"The usb doesn’t work anymore. ... It just makes a nonstop sound screeching sounds whenever a sound it played through them. ... That happened within the first month of having them."
"battery died just months after warranty expired."
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"bad connection with xbox"
"For the last two months, the quality drops sooo much randomly."
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"too small for my head"
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"The usb doesn’t work anymore. ... It just makes a nonstop sound screeching sounds whenever a sound it played through them. ... That happened within the first month of having them."
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"that fucking app blows. ... I uninstalled it after like 10 minutes."
AgainstTheBlast 1.0Steelseries Arctis nova 5p. They cost about £130. I have had so many sets of wired headsets and either the mic breaks or the cable screw up, or they are cheap and I sit on them or something. So I thought I would get wireless ones and I honestly can't complain. The battery life is amazing and the sound quality is great. You can spend more but to be honest I don't know what I am missing with the more expensive ones so couldn't say. But it's mad, you can hear whether someones above you, behind you etc, mad.
Those steel series ones I got are amazing. Wireless and battery last ages. 200 dollars or pounds.
Aussie_Boonie 1.0Have been through many, can highly recommend SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5P Wireless Gaming Headset and i use them for both pc and ps dayz. Comfortable for extended hours of use easily. Pull out mic, and easy mute button as well. It actually has a dayz setting as well and the 3d directional sound is unbeatable. https://preview.redd.it/2shgioixpyaf1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcaaa085913d5893203111901e0f5a6ba425791d
Can confirm no ‘nubbin’ on the new series arctis nova, only the old ss ones
CapimPT 1.0From steel series I would go with the artics nova 5P. I prefer the build quality over the 7P, and quality sound wise would be pretty much the same.
DK06CTR 1.0The steelseries arctis nova 5p is a excellent headset sound quality is fantastic when sst up with custom preset.
HenkM74 1.0I had the 3D Pulse for a year and a half. Bought a SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5P last week and it is so much better at every level. Annoyed that I didn‘t bought it sooner.
philcruicks 1.0I was looking at swapping to the Actis 5 wireless from my Cloud Alpha’s (which should be better than those 1X’s). Managed to try them on in my local store. But my god they feel like the most tacky plastic crap ever, I mean maybe they last a long time in reality…but they do not come anywhere close to the HyperX in quality feel, the mic feels flimsy and the plastic is cheap… Like so much so I’ve actually given up on going wireless (cause I’ve not heard great things about the MS ones) and sticking with HyperX and going with the Cloud III’s
ShroomShroomBeepBeep 1.0I've Steelseries Arctis Nova 5P Wireless that I use with my PS5, which requires a USB dongle for 2.4ghz, and I've never noticed any latency whilst using them. Play mostly Warzone/Black Ops 6.
Study-Strange 1.0got the wireless nova 5p and its the best headset ive ever used after using multiple turtlebeach and hyperx in the past.
Ive got 0 complaints. I use it with the adapter on my ps5 and Bluetooth on my pc. Seemless switching. My pc autoconnects in bluetooth mode and my ps5 auto connects when i swap back
i bought a nova 5p wireless and ive had 0 issues,
i bought a steelseries nova 5p wireless after watching a few youtube videos. it has a dongle you plug into the ps5 consoole itself and works amazingly. im genuinly satisfied with it.
the nova 5- wireless is actually cheaper! does seem to be made very similar, ive enjoyed it so far. big upgrade from my last
ahh, on the nova 5p wireless the mic can be retracted or pulled out, it can then be bent closer to your mouth, not to sure of the 7p. i like the mic passthrough where i can hear myself a bit, helps to know if im muted or not. its a stepup from my last headset which was a cheap $40 hyperx playstation headset. although it contained some metal i feel that if i keep this on my headphone stand and keep good care of it, it should last awhile. i bought it for $90 using my employee discount at walmart so i cant be mad as they normally cost $120+tax and wasnt trying to break the bank. i needed wireless as i have my pc a fair bit away and i would frequently get up or move and tug on the aux port and didnt want it to break.
tehfreek 1.0I run a SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5P Wireless, with the USB C dongle. It even allows charging while in use.
With the dongle there's essentially none. With Bluetooth... it's Bluetooth.
I have a Nova 5 working under Linux. Supposedly [HeadsetControl](https://github.com/Sapd/HeadsetControl) can be used to configure it, but I've not tried it.
tyoung95 1.0I just recently bought the nova 5p ones recently and it’s a breathe of fresh air compared to my turtle beach’s. I definitely recommend them, not to mention the battery life is amazing.
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