Steelseries 4H PC Gaming Headset Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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so today for my unboxing I have a relatively low-end product from steel
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series now we recently had a look at their 5H V2 as well as their Siberia V2
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headsets now this is the plain old 4
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there's no V2 it is basically a slightly
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cut down version of their successful 5H
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product it does come in a little bit less expensive but it also doesn't have
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all of the features of the 5H so let's
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get this out of the box here it doesn't
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come in nearly as nice of a package this thing just kind of rips apart whereas
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the 5H you can slide out of the box all
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nicely and it comes out all fancy and this one we just have to kind of like
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rip it open here in order to get at it now it's a pretty similar looking set of
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headphones but you'll see that there's a couple key feature differences first of
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all okay let's get to the accessories actually let's do that very first of all
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so this is actually here okay so we have a steel series brochure showing you all
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of their other products okay that's very nice then you have a steel series
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sticker as well as a warning about not turning up your headphones too loud okay
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inside here we will find the cable that comes attached to it now here's where we
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will encounter The First missing feature the 4H has the same uh mic and headphone
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volume control knob that we find on the 5H series with a metal clip that looks
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nice and durable but what's missing is the shortened cables with extensions so
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the 4 is not going to be as easy to plug into the back of say for example a 7g
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keyboard from steel series because you'll have to have all of this wire hanging about now the wire itself is
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actually not nearly as long as you can get with the 5H V2 either okay so as
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soon as I get this detached here I'll be able to pull out the
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headphones and have a look at those so
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the first thing I notice about them well okay I've probably said first thing a
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few times now but another thing I noticed about them that is missing
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versus the 5H V2 is the
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disassemblable headband for lack of a better word the 5H V2 comes apart at
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these two Junctions so you can actually fold up the whole thing and throw it in
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your bag another small difference is the fact that the cable comes in from either
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side which is a little bit more awkward when you're gaming because it means that
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I it comes down the middle which can get in the way of your keyboard or anything
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else when you drape it around to the back of your computer um the 5H V2
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actually comes with one cable in the side and then it's connected via the
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headband now these are quite comfortable the ear cups are actually very similar
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in style to the 5hv 2 and I'll get the the camera person to have a look at
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those they're nice and spongy and they also fit nice large ears in there which
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is pretty good I mean steel series headsets are all about comfort so if
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you're not comfortable while you're gaming then you're they're not achieving
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their goal okay now they've done something slightly different at the top
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there is a little bit less padding but I do like the way that it's constructed
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because you've got kind of a non-slip material here that will I mean I
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shouldn't say stick to your hair it's not going to stick to your hair but what
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it does is it grips the headphones in place and makes it hard for them to
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slide out of place okay the last thing that I should point out about the 4 is
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that it has much like many other steel series headsets a little retractable mic
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in the side here and I love this feature because it makes it so you can actually
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use them as headphones should you desire without looking like a tool with your
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mic hanging up the side of your head so there you have it it's the flexible
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little mic that we've come to know and love from steel series headsets so thank
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you for checking out my unboxing of the steel series 4 headset