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We were pleasantly surprised at the level of comfort offered by the Bitfenix Flo when we first put it on. The headband design takes inspiration from the SteelSeries Siberia V2, meaning it automatically resizes itself to your head. This means that the weight of the headset is evenly distributed across your head.
Bitfenix have chosen to use leatherette earpads which are very soft and feel lovely against your ears. They can get a little uncomfortable after a few hours of intense gaming, but no more than other headsets with this type of earpad.
The design of the headset means that the headset presses against the sides of your head to keep itself firmly in position. Even though it presses quite firmly, we didn’t find it to be uncomfortable.
We commenced our testing of the Flo with some gaming tests. It performed very well in Battlefield 4, offering a very immersive experience. It is particularly prominent in the lower registers which is well suited to most games these days. Gunshots and explosions were rendered accurately without completely overshadowing background noises like footsteps.
Moving on to the music playback performance, the Flo also performed well. The prominence in the lower registers makes it particularly well-suited to more modern genres which are more bass heavy, however it renders mid and high-tones with clarity and warmth.
The movie playback performance we very immersive, but lacked sound-panning. The lack of sound-panning was also noticeable in our gaming tests and is an unavoidable flaw of stereo headsets.
I think this looks REALLY REALLY Good, real shame to hear about the paint finish, but I do remember way back in the day, when bitfenix just launched that their cases had a bad finish too. ill wait on R2 before jumping in with one of these, although im paid soon and might risk the £50 just for sh1ts and giggles.