Given the issue that Oculus had with people's skin reactions to the original face pad on the
Oculus Quest 2, replacing it probably isn't a bad idea. So here we have the Q2 facial
interface from Kiwi Design that promises to deliver a more comfortable, cooler,
experience than the default face pad that's on this. But, does it deliver on that promise?
Welcome to my Tech Gear.
Let's find out!
Now before we go any further I must point out that Kiwi Design did send me these to review. However,
they're not sponsoring this video and my opinion is still my own.
I actually used their facial interface replacement on the original Oculus Quest
and I absolutely love that, so I'm super excited to be able to review these.
So, out of the box you get the facial interface itself, with the nose guard already installed.
You get two foam face pads and you also get a lens cover as well.
That's really useful for when you actually want to store your Quest and protect your lenses.
Before we go any further I’d really like to point out the nose guard here. So it's
implemented really well. It's integrated already into the facial interface, as I said.
It actually has a couple of little notches here, which you can see hopefully in the camera,
and that keeps it in place. I have used some other facial interfaces where the nose pad actually
comes off after a while ,or the nose guard comes off after a while, so this looks pretty solid.
Installing the foam pads on here, which by the way are a decent thickness - now you
don't want them too thick, you don't want it too thin either, it's kind of that goldilocks,
that man-in-the-middle, that you want - so I think it's a good thickness
and actually compresses down really well too so when that's actually on your face
it's going to cushion it, and without your eyes being too far away from the screen.
I love this little padded bit around the nose as well. I think that's really good.
So installing the foam pad on the facial interface is really easy.
Essentially just fold it in half and then find your middle ground.
Place it where you think it's in the middle, and then just follow it around the outside,
which we're going to kind of do here.
Now the nose guard bit can be a bit tricky, but again you want to get the middle,
at the bottom, and then you just kind of follow that around. And there we go.
It is now installed on the facial interface.
The biggest reason I think you'd be buying this is because of the vents. Now,
the default facial interface that is on the Oculus has no vents anywhere. There's nothing underneath,
there's nothing on top either. The thing with that is that when you're playing highly intensive
games your lenses fog up because there's nowhere for the heat on your face to go,
and you get really hot and sweaty as well. So, the vents that are on this one are actually trying to
help prevent that. You will see some other ones by the likes of VR Cover have vents across the top,
these just have so much more. You've got vents in the middle, you've got significant vents over
the top of your left and right eyes, but also really importantly you've got vents underneath
as well. So what that's going to do is when that actually sits on your face like this,
all of the hot air from your face is going to come out the top, and then cool air is going to
be pulled in through the vents underneath, and that makes a huge huge difference!
So I've been playing with these for hours at a time and I haven't had fogged up lenses. I
haven't got hot. I actually find that I sweat less with these than I do with any other facial
interface that I've got. It also means there's less sweat on the foam pad to wipe off as well.
These have done an amazing job of helping to keep me super cool during intensive gameplays.
To install the Q2 facial interface is really easy. Just snap off the one that's on there already,
which just comes off quite easily, and then you take this one and just snap it in place.
Like so!
So there you go. You can see that it's actually really nicely flush with the unit. Fits really
well. You've got the oversized foam pads which is really good because it helps spread the load
when it's on your face. As I said, they squish these down really well. Again, those vents that
are across the top and underneath do make a significant difference when playing, and I
can't underestimate that enough. The foam padding around the nose is really nice, so if you've got
a larger nose it does mean it's going to sit on your nose and give you a little bit of cushioning.
The nose guard itself is OK at blocking out light. I do find that it does let in a little bit of
light for me but it's not significant. Interesting enough though, the vents underneath and over the
top introduce no extra light. They've actually designed these really well. So it keeps the air
coming in, or the cold air coming in, and the hot air coming out, but it doesn't let any light in.
So really there's nothing else more to say. It is super comfortable. When I play it helps
keep me cooler, far cooler than the default foam pad that came with the Oculus Quest.
The only thing I would say is if you wear glasses this might not be for
you. So there's no glasses spacer with this. So I guess it would probably be a
little bit hit-and-miss as to whether it fits you or not. Everybody else though.
I know there's two foam pads. They are the same size. You will see some
other manufacturers providing two different sizes for you to pick from
but I think this is the goldilocks thickness, and is perfectly ideal for me.
Before I got the Kiwi Design one I was actually using the VR Cover facial interface which was also
a significant upgrade over the default foam pad. Actually, if you'd like me to do a comparison
video between the VR Cover one and the Kiwi Design one let me know in the comments down
below. I'll place a link to my full review of the VR Cover one in the description down below,
along with purchase links for the Kiwi Design facial interface as well.
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