THE 5HV3

Just like its predecessor the 5Hv3 is a medium sized headset almost entirely made out of plastic.

Once again to showcase the size of the headset we placed it next to the portable REVO Wireless headset.

On the exterior of both earcups we see holes for the drivers inside.

SteelSeries has placed their logo over both earcups.

The retractable uni-directional microphone is pretty much the same we've seen with many other headsets by SteelSeries so it's very flexible.

L/R markings are placed on the interior of the earcups.

The headband extends a total of 35mm on both sides via 9 increments (visual markings on the interior).

The contrast between the orange cloth pieces used to dress the interior of the black leatherette earpads is very nice (only black/red looks better for me).

Unlike the earpads the leatherette dressed headpad is not very thick.

As expected the company logo is printed on the exterior of the headband.

You can detach both earcups from the headband by pushing the clips found over the L/R markings.

Separating the headset in 3 parts may not make it smaller but this way you can store them in separate compartments.

An in-line volume controller is present on the braided cable (you can also mute the headset from here).

SteelSeries has bundled two types of audio cables with the 5Hv3, the usual dual 3.5mm one for computer systems (microphone/headphones) and one 3 pole 3.5mm audio jack for mobile devices.