SteelSeries Flux Headset Review

Main Characteristics

The Flux has mobility, versatility and customization as its main characteristics. It’s highly mobile because it can be bent. The rubber cables don’t tangle up, even if they are stuffed into a backpack or coiled around the headset itself. It’s versatile because it works with a desktop/laptop set up at home as well as with a mobile device; it goes from gaming to communications. And, in terms of customization, it’s possible to combine cables, ear cups and side plates to create 1,152 variations of the same Flux.

The headset is made for the user on the go, frequent travelers, and those who carry a gaming-grade laptop. It can even support a second listener; it’s just a matter of hooking up a second headphone to the spare audio jack on one of the ear cups, and the user can share audio with somebody else.

Speaking of audio, which of course is the most important thing about a headset, the Flux is a 2.0 stereo device. Thus it’s not capable of reproducing the full 5.1 surround mix of a game like Battlefield 3. That being said, the Flux features two powerful 40 mm drivers that deliver strong bass, and it has a high sensibility (118 dB) for middle and high tones. We’ll talk about that experience next.