AUBIKA Meta Quest 3 20W Elite Battery Strap & Carry Case Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
- In this video, I check out the AUBIKA Elite Battery Strap and Carry Case for the Meta Quest 3. You can buy the AUBIKA Quest 3 Battery Strap for $79.99 from Amazon US ➡️ amzn.to/40XQjGl or for £69.99 from Amazon UK ➡️ amzn.to/49YZvyk, and €79.99 from Amazon DE ➡️ amzn.to/47AOVfA
You can buy the AUBIKA Quest 3 Carry Case for $27.99 from Amazon US ➡️ amzn.to/49W0uzd or for £29.99 from Amazon UK ➡️ amzn.to/49X5MKX, and €39.99 from Amazon DE ➡️ amzn.to/3GlrdaW
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The Quest 3 Battery Strap from AUBIKA is a very comfortable head strap for the Quest 3. Its 8000 mAh battery is much larger than the battery in their Quest 2 head strap, yet it doesn't make the strap any bulkier. The rear weighs approx. 346g on its own, and attached to the Quest 3, its total weight is 841g. It offers a great amount of counterbalance, maybe not a complete weight trade-off with the Quest 3 headset (which is around 500g on its own), so there is some front drop when the strap is fully loose on my head.
It has a nice comfy top strap, that is well padded, making it perfect and comfortable for long play sessions. I would have liked to see a similar padding to the rear pad, but a VR Cover rear pad for the Quest 2 will fill that omission.
As for its 8000 mAh battery performance, there is no buzzing from the battery, which is a common fault on the official Meta Elite Battery Strap. So that's a bonus. With 20W of output, it does charge the Quest 3 without the headset draining its own battery first, during play, which many early-released battery straps seem to struggle with. Charging the battery back from a 30W wall charger and the official Quest 3 charging cable took approx. 50 minutes to 25%, 1 hour 20 minutes to get to 50%, 1 hour 38 minutes to 75% and around 2 hours 10 minutes to 100%.
Overall, this head strap is one of the best Elite-style straps for the Quest 3 with a battery right now. If you've just picked up a Quest 3 and looking for a head strap, a battery strap is very much recommended, and with many out there not really charging the headset that well, this one from AUBIKA is a welcome accessory for the Quest 3 right now.
The Quest 3 Carry Case from AUBIKA carries a familiar design to the Quest 3 headset itself, with its three-pill design on the case top and white/grey suede material all around it. Sadly this material will be prone to wearing and it's not going to be that great if it were to get in contact with water either. Fortunately, the black version has a harder-wearing material, but it's a shame the more brand-matching case doesn't have this material.
Inside AUBIKA has thought about many uses for this case, bundling a removable walled divider, a small removable pad to keep the headset down during travel, a velcro-attached pouch, and an accessory sleeve attached inside the inner lid of the case.
With all these features you'll have plenty of choice fitting headset, controllers and a number of accessories in this case. I couldn't test a Quest 3 fitted with a halo strap, but I am sure it will fit just fine. Elite straps will not have a problem fitting and it's so big that you could fit two soft strap Quest 3s in this case too.
If you plan on taking the Quest 3 out of your home and travel to friends and family, putting it in a case like this will keep the headset and its controllers and accessories fully protected. The one downside of its style is that it does advertise there maybe a Quest 3 inside, so keep it close by and don't let it out of your sight if you do venture outside with this case.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - AUBIKA Quest 3 Elite Battery Strap
5:44 - Head Strap Demo
10:59 - AUBIKA Quest 3 Carry Case
13:03 - Carry Case Fit Demo
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Just had some time with Cookie Run and the Aubika and discovered an issue where the Quest 3 wouldn’t take the battery charge when it’s at 0-1%. It would just charge for a second and then turn off. I had to charge via wall adapter and cable to 2% and then swapped to the Aubika battery and THEN it would charge and keep the Q3 charging whilst I was using it no problem.
From 100% battery on the strap it was down to 50% after around an hour and the Q3 has only charged to around 9%. I thought that was a bit odd.
Can you recommend it? Or the Bobo VR?
@@ChristianLinzatti I would hold out personally and maybe wait until bobo updates their batteries to be more compatible with the Quest 3. I think unless there is equal weight at the back to counterbalance the headset front weight more, these elite straps will continue to give me forehead pressure that I got in the hour I had with cookie run, which isn’t an intense game.
A think a halo strap will be much better, but I’ve yet to try a halo on my Q3 to see if it improves or make front forehead pressure worse 🤔
@@ChristianLinzattieven bobo VR currently has the same issue, atm the M3 they are selling still ships with the M2 battery so its not got enough wattage rating nor can do 9v or 12v which the quest 3 needs, just buy a non battery back strap and buy something like the INIU 45w 15,000mAH battery bank, it can do both 9v and 12v and should provide the maximum 30w that quest 3 is known to use during AR use (if you use AR) might be cumbersome to put a battery bank this large on the quest 3 but till someone does an actual 30w PD 9v minimum battery pack then non will be enough
I bought this headstrap a few weeks ago from Amazon, start the recharge process whilst the q3 is about 60-80%, the q3 display lets you know it’s recharging. It’s miles better than the q3 headstrap.
I just got my Aubika and it doesn't hold a charge while playing Asgard's wrath 2. However, it will hold a charge during desktop/passthrough but will not charge it higher. Anyone else having similar issues with running AW2?
Based on your RUclips video, I purchased both the battery strap as well as the carry case from Aubika. So far I've been very pleased with both products! I appreciate your review and expertise; keep up the great work!
Thank you Carl, I am glad to hear you’re enjoying both products.
You do great detailed reviews. Thank you!
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏻
Thank you for detailed review - you should have more subs!
Thank you so much 🙌🏻
Very good review and helpful thx. My best regards. 🎉
Thanks. Much appreciated 🙌🏻
Have this running with both headset and strap battery full. Got about 5-6 hours while playing on airlink pcvr and standalone which seems decent compared to quest 2 by itself with wired link
That’s some good hours 👌🏻
just picked this up from amazon with affirm only 18 dollars down! can't wait to get it
Awesome price. 👏🏻
Thnx for the great review! You show everything of it, how it fits and how the battery life is. I have ordered my one allready. Thnx again! I see that you can use it with different options. But isn’t the easy one to charge the aubika and lat him filled on the Meta? And can you also use more than a 18 watt plug? Regards, Ron
Hi Ron, thanks for watching and for your kind comments. I hope you enjoy the strap. You can use it a number of ways. The best would be to start the battery top once the headset is down to around 20% from being fully charged. Stop in when Quest gets to 80%. That way you’re not putting too much stress on the battery inside the the headset.
Charging it back up with something more than 18W will reduce the charging time a little. I got around 2hrs recharge time with a 30W wall charger.
Thanks for the video, I'm going to go get aubika, I've had enough of the official elite battery head strap.
Good choice! It's not a bad strap.
Any updates? How is the strap feel?
I've been using it for a little while now. Its been great so far.
If you don't play for more than 2-3 hours, this ended up being perfect. Its more than enough for me.
@@itstoasty7089
thx for the review , can you please tell were you got the extra padding from also looking for a rubber one so i can share the device around ? cheers for the help . James
Do you mean the red padding? This is a VR Cover for Quest 3
us.vrcover.com/oculusquestplay
Use coupon code - OQPlayQ3 - to get 10% off your order at checkout!!
Next week I’ll be doing a silicone cover review from Esimen
Imagine a day when elective surgery to install the ability to "Jack in" is perfected. Signals being piped in will make you not only see and hear vr , but the signal can also make you experience all the senses for far more immersion.
That day will come. Maybe not in our lifetime.
Great review I’m just wondering if there’s an indicator to know when the head strap is fully charged
Other than all the four lights being on, that’s it
Brilliant mate, thanks a lot for this. Got one for the daughter for christmas and both the strap and the case look spot on.
Appreciated!
What's your pink front inlay?
Thanks
Glad I could help :)
Pint front inlay? you mean my sticker? That is one of my designs from my Etsy shop here 👉 oqplay.com/q3stickers for Q3 sticker and oqplay.com/sticker for Q2 stickers
@@OQPlay Actually dude I meant the "interface" I think it's called. You have a cool looking material pink insert. Although she'd like your stickers so I'll be back once Santa comes :D
Oh, that is the VR Cover. It’s more red than pink. Here’s my review of that ruclips.net/video/C2A2MRVzXCo/видео.htmlsi=Qzjed84oqPt-ZNgl
@@OQPlay Thanks again mate, much appreciated
Thanks for the detailed review. It's influenced my purchase decision.
Merci, j’hésitais à choisir entre les deux couleurs, y’a vidéo m’a aidé à les voir en vrai.
Merci 🙏🏻☺️
hi..loved your video...i'm old but but I'm new to all this VR!....can i ask is the pink spongy thing on your head set there to just cushion, or is it to allow for wearing glasses?...I know you can adjust the front to allow for the wearing of glasses...i just wondered, that's all! - Thanx - :)
That’s the VR Cover. It’s just a foam cloth cover that goes over the stock facial interface of the quest 3. I review it here ruclips.net/video/C2A2MRVzXCo/видео.htmlsi=q9JiJ695o2kKzPRA
Hello, do you think they will have any Boxing Day sales on this headset? Didn’t see any Black Friday sales. Was curious what you guys think if they will?
For such a new headset that’s costing FB a loss for every headset I doubt they will have and sales, but you might see sales on Amazon if they do any.
Hi there, would you recommend the Aubika case or the Syntech case for the Quest 3?
The Syntech is basically the same case I reviewed for the Q2. So I’d say the Aubika is better as it doesn’t have the centre plastic in the middle, inside, so you have more freedom to place things and the sleeve and the Velcro bag in the Aubika is more handy to have and protect your gear inside.
Thanks for the review. Personally I find the original Quest 3 head strap ok so far. I had issues with the comfort at the back of third party and elite straps on the Q2 and 1. I velcrowed a really cheap £13 powerbank to the back and that seems to improve both comfort and gives well over an of extra battery on the 3. Also, seeing the cases on Amazon I originally loved the look of them. They don’t seem practical at all though. Will stick with my existing ones and save some dough. Cheers.
Good idea. Glad it worked for you and saves you some dough
I can't decide between this, the kiwi and the bobo. Do you have a recommendation? Has the issue with the batteries making a noise been sorted?
Same here, which one is better in confort? Looks like kiwi watching reviews
I’m not sure about battery noise. But kiwi doesn’t have this issue. They are both different style of straps. If you do fast action or fitness where your head is turning often and fast then an elite strap (kiwi) may be better for you. The bobo may feel more comfortable as the weight is shifted off your cheekbones and front of your face a little better but there is more side wobble in fast turning games.
Hope this helps. I hope to pickup the M3 Pro kit or New S3 at some point.
@@OQPlay ended up going for the new bobo. The only thing that was putting me off was the small battery capacity and the risk of buzzing but the new one looks like it will have addressed this
Fingers crossed. I have their S3 coming soon.
The problem with the batteries for Quest 3 is that output wattage is too low. They need to be 18 watts for Quest 3. Most of the 3rd party battery straps for Quest 3 are using the Quest 2 standard, which is only 5 watts. Basically, the batteries have the power, and the headset is trying to draw the power, but the batteries can not push it to the headset at the higher wattage. So, the headset can drain it's own battery quicker than it can draw power from the external battery.
Better to wait until they solve this.
Yup, it’s very wise to wait until we see more straps fix this issue.
its more than 18w, go buy a usb power tester and check it yourself, on average its pulling 22w in normal use and around 27w in AR use on either 9v or 12v (not 5v like quest 2) that matters here, unless these battery packs are 9v-12v PD 30w capable then non will keep a quest charged till both batteries run out, your literally better of caving for a proper 15,000 - 20,000 mah+ battery bank that can do proper 12v 30w PD ratings which is what is reliably needed for a quest 3 (if you want wireless pcvr)
@@123TheCloop The Binbok T3 Plus is reported to be fine with the Quest 3 (there's a review elsewhere on YT).
@@123TheCloop good to know. Have you seen that image on Reddit where a guy melted his USB port by using an external battery that was too powerful? I am not sure if it was his fault or what the actual output wattage was, but it makes me hesitant to take any chances.
Hello please help me. Can the strap also be connected to a Samsung quick charger?
Output fast charger =
9.0V---1.67A, 15.0W or
5.0V---2.0A, 10.0W
The battery from the strap =
5V---3.1A, 9V---2A, 12V---1.5A
Sure I can’t see why not. It’ll help speed up the charging
Are you aware of the Binbok T3 Plus? Comes with two batteries, headset and charging stand.
No but I’ve just googled it and it looks ok. No info on the charging rate but people are saying it’s charging their Q3 during use.
Hi!! Where did you get that soft facial? it seems so confortable! Thanks a lot!
➡️ VR Covers for Quest 3
us.vrcover.com/oculusquestplay - Use coupon code - OQPlay - to get 10%-off your order at checkout!!
Oh! Unfortunately they only ship to America. Not Europe. Thanks anyway!
Oh they do! :)
Go here - eu.vrcover.com/oculusquestplay you can still use coupon code - OQPlay - to get 10%-off your order at checkout!!
Enjoy!
Does the battery of the Aubika charge via the pins on the bottom of the Quest 3?
No it charges via the usb-c port at the back of the strap.
I just received the Audika and it is comfortable yet I must not have understood that I can plug in my PC or the head band which doesn’t do me any good as my games are on my PC! Stupid me😫
Unless I missing something?
No you’re correct. No battery strap can do data pass through for LINK PC play. You have to connect wirelessly instead.
I'm getting mine today. Is it true that I can simply leave the battery off and if my MQ has almost no power I can then turn on the Aubika battery? And at what percentage of the MQ should I do that? And, is this also the wisest way to use it? Thanks, Ron
Yes you can do that. Most battery devices work based going between 20-80% so switch the battery strap on at 20% of quest and charge it back to 80% then turn the strap off until quest gets down to 20% again.
Ron, I turn the external battery on between 60&80%, don’t wait until the quest is nearly flat when you’re playing a game. The top head strap makes your head sweat.
@@paulrounding5260 Thanx Paul. But what do you mean by ‘head sweat’? And by 60 or 80% is fast. Can’t you starded right away then with the aubika?
@@Ron1961 I play a lot of pistol whip and moon rider which can be quite physical games to play on harder levels, I can get rather sweaty playing them. I heard somewhere that the buzzing noise on some battery charging headsets can be alleviated by not turning the charging on until it gets below 80% battery power remaining, however I have not heard any buzzing with this headset and yes you can start charging straight away if you want to.
Thnx. I have play with it for a week and it still works fine for me. I am glad with the headstrap. Before I had the elite strap 3 but I bring that back because it fits not so good as the Aubika. Thnx again!
I like everything about it just wondering if best waty to charge is leave it on and plug in to aubika and let it charge both?
Charge the quest between 20-80%. Using the power button on the strap. Keep it connected. Then charge the strap when needed.
I got one in auction for £35 :) . About 5 hours in Population One now.
Awesome!
Kiwi has a 6,400 mah battery strap that’s more plushy, I wish it was 8,000 like this one 😢
Their straps are great. Hope to review something soon.
Thanks for the review dude. I'm a new MQ3 user in the UK and need a battery strap soon. Would you say this is the best value one out there?
I keep being recommended the Bobo but hear the batteries don't last long but I like how that has hot swappable batteries.
Meta has improve battery charging so the Quest 3 and bobo isn’t so bad now. This is a good strap but I prefer the comfort of the kiwi battery strap when picking an elite strap.
@@OQPlay interesting. The Kiwi was the first 3rd party battery headstrap i was considering but was drawn more to the aubika due to the bigger battery.
I seen a review of somebody said the battery of the strap almost exploded is that true????
I wouldn't know. I think 'exploded' is probably a bit farfetched. There are many types of this brand and many try to write negative reviews to deter other buyers from buying the competing brands. So beware of fake reviews.
Hey, I just received my aubika about 10 mins ago, but there is no charger cable for it!!!!! How the hell am I mean to charge the battery pack before use?
You can use the Q3 charging cable. I think that is what they expect you to have and use.
@@OQPlay really???? What, with the quest wall plug also??? Because I plugged it in after about an hour of trying my upmost best to find some info on how to charge it, and I swear after barely 10 mins I could smell burning from either the quest 3 charger block ( which was completely fine when charging yesterday), or From my extension lead....all I DO know...is that the smell really quick went away after I switched the extension lead off at the wall....and now I'm scared Shitless.....plus, to be fair I'm pretty sure its not the cable it should be using, because the rating is completely different, not to mention it should use a orange tipped one....
I'm just really worried now....the battery pack looks absolutely fine. And it seems to be keeping my quest 3 stable at 89% for almost 3 hours...like, litreally, my headset was draining really quick before, it had gone down 11% from being switched on from.fukly charged, and all id done was playing fur Elise on that virtual piano instructor app, so, knowing that the battery pack comes 75% charged, I decided to switch it on when my headset reached 89%....since then, I've had some fun on the ISS simulator, and played a load of Asgards wrath 2, and it hasn't dropped from 89%....plus the battery pack still has 3/4 lights lit up...I was pleasantly surprised....but now I'm scared as fuck to actually charge the damn pack....
Maybe use a lower powered wall adapter. Something around 18W should be ok.
Where did you get the red face pad?
➡️ VR Covers for Quest 3
us.vrcover.com/oculusquestplay - Use coupon code - OQPlay - to get 10%-off your order at checkout!!
This or the BoboVR M3 Pro?
They are like two different species. The bobo will sit on your head differently and create different pressures to an elite style strap that this aubika is. So it’s personal preference. So far I’ve yet to try a strap that counterbalances the Quest 3 weight properly so right now the M3 Pro might be better as this front pressure. But for fitness apps etc the elite style is better for that. Less wobble. I hope to pick up an M3 Pro to really compare the two for a future video (new videos on my other channel @carplaylife)
Buzzing from the elite strap? No that was the Bobo. The issue with the elite strap is the battery stopped working.
I just went from their press material 🤷🏻♂️ but thanks for sharing.
@@OQPlay source?
I've never once read an article how the official Meta Quest 3 Elite Strap with Battery is buzzing.
The official Elite Strap with Battery fails to charge or recharge the headset after a few uses. That's why it was pulled from most marketplaces.
You need to properly vet your information. You're spreading misinformation.
There is tons of information on 3rd party straps having the "buzzing" issue.... So can you please share this "press info"?
Sorry I am not allowed to share their press release that I was given. Their strap doesn’t buzz though. I’ve been asked to review the exact same strap as the Aubika, so there are many just like the strap from other third party’s sellers under different brand names. Whether it’s the same tech in the box as the Aubika? I don’t know. But I’m not going to review the exact same strap 3x over. 😂🤦🏻
TBH I didn’t hear this myself either or read much about it other than it’s battery not sufficiently charging the headset well enough. I didn’t have one either to check myself so trusted their findings from their press material. Meta has since stopped sellers from supplying/selling their elite battery strap until they fix the issue/s they have with them. Hopefully when it’s back all the issues will be fixed. Still, the official strap isn’t the best option out there.
@2Guys1ControllerShow "press material" .. this is something that's not handed out to the public, it's usually information and promotional material handed out to members of the press, or in the case of tech companies, reviewers, who are usually under an NDA regarding the contents of that material other than promotional images allowed for display during any review videos.
@2Guys1ControllerShow You may have been thinking of the phrase "press release", which is usually when NDAs are lifted and the contents of any press materials are released to the public, if any are so chosen. Often times, stuff is given to the reviewers and it's used, other times you're provided info and it's never released, so it stays tucked away in your "never talk about" pile.
What wattage charger do I need to charge this, anyone?
18W at least. Go for 30W though
There is definitely something wrong with charging the oculus and aukiba together. You should be testing this before the review. This the power function is by far the most important part of this product.
I mentioned this in my pinned comment. It couldn’t charge when Q3 was at 0% but it could at 1% after that I found it charged fine.
I guess I can't give my opinion because my comment got deleted, just to offer a better solution for a case
Any comments with links in do not go live. Try without links.
@@OQPlay I just posted the name only and is apexinno if want to see it
How weird. Ok I’ll check it out
This product is garbage. Don’t believe the reviewer who probably got some kind of compensation. The battery allows the headset to drain just from wifi use. Not even gaming.
Nope