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Steelseries 4H PC Gaming Headset Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

2009-12-24
so today for my unboxing I have a relatively low end product from steel series now we recently had a look at their 5 hv2 Siberia v2 headsets now this is the plain old 4 H there's no v2 it is basically a slightly cut-down version of their successful 5h product it does come in a little bit less expensive but it also doesn't have all of the features of a 5 H so let's get this out of the box here it doesn't come in nearly as nice of a package this thing just kind of rips apart whereas the 5 inch you can slide out of the box all nicely and it comes out all fancy and this one we just have to kind of like rip it open here in order to ya know it's a pretty similar looking set of headphones but you'll see that there's a couple key feature differences first of all ok let's get to the accessories actually let's do that very first of all so this is actually taped here ok so we have a steel series brochure showing you all of their other products ok that's very nice and you have a SteelSeries sticker as well as a warning about not turning up your headphones too loud ok inside here you will find the cable that comes attached to it now here's where we will encounter the first missing feature the 4-h has the same mic and headphones all you can't roll knob that we find on the 5h series of a metal clip that looks nice and durable but what's missing is the shortened cables with extensions so the 4-h is not going to be as easy to plug into the back of say for example a 7 g keyboard from SteelSeries because you'll have to have all of this wire hanging about now the wire itself is actually not nearly as long as you can get with the 5 HIV to either okay so as soon as I get this detached here doo-doo-doo-doo I'll be able to pull out the headphones and have a look at those so the first thing I notice about them my cat probably said first thing a few times now but another thing I noticed about them that is missing versus the 5 hv 2 is the disassembled headband for lack of a better the 5hv 2 comes apart at these two junctions so you can actually fold up the whole thing and throw it in your bag another small difference is the fact that the cable comes in from either side which is a little bit more awkward when you're gaming because it means that I comes down the middle which can get in the way of your keyboard or anything else when you drape it around to the back of your computer the 5hb 2 actually comes with one cable on the side and then it's connected via the headband now these are quite comfortable the ear cups are actually very similar in style to the 5hv 2 and I'll get the the camera person to have a look at those they're nice and spongy and they also fit nice large ears in there which is pretty good I mean SteelSeries headsets are all about comfort so if you're not comfortable while you're gaming then you're they're not achieving their goal ok now they've done something slightly different at the top there is a little bit less padding but I do like the way that it's constructed because you've got kind of a non-slip material here that will I mean I shouldn't say stick to your hair it's not gonna stick to your hair but what it does is it grips the headphones in place and makes it hard for them to slide out of place ok and the last thing that I should point out about the 4h is that it has much like many other SteelSeries headsets a little retractable mic can the side here and I love this feature because it makes it so you can actually use them as headphones should you desire without looking like a tool with your mic hanging up the side of your head so there you have it it's the flexible little mic that we've come to know and love from steel series headsets so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the steel series 4h headset
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