Pimax Vision 5K Super（180 Hz）

I primarely bought this headset for it's fast framerate, as I got seasick while playing certain VR games using the Rift-S.
Knowing that the headset had imperfections (such as the screen-door effect), I still bought it.

I bought:
Headset / Hand Tracking Module / KDMAS Earphone / SteamVR Base Station 2.0 / VR comfort kit Foam (free)
(no controllers)

Personal experience:
I sent a mail to customer support, asking a bit more details of what parts were shipped from where.
Wasn't very helpful, as they mentioned the following > "Our price in EU is always include the tax" (from marketing@pimax.com).

I live in Belgium and had to pay around 99 euro import tax on top of whatever price was listed here for the Base Stations 2.0 & KDMAS (this is after the new regulations).
All the other modules were all sent individually, some of them through Amazon, others FedEx.
I wouldn't have bought base stations from here, if I knew I'd had to pay so much tax for them.
Never pay tax on stuff from Amazon.

The KDMAS package contains a bad screwdriver, it's too big!
It actually damages the screws on your headset.
Luckely, the package contained more spare screws (which is a big plus) and I had a phone repair toolkit from AliExpress available.
By using a screwdriver that was 1 size smaller than the included one, I had no issues with installing the KDMAS.

Pros:
- Large FOV (I don't want another headset any more after this)
- High refresh rate
- High resolution (which actually negates some of the Cons)
Don't notice screen-door effect & poor lens quality as much when playing on high resolution
- Software setup was really easy with the Pitool & other settings > Good compatibility!
- Swappable face covers
- VR comfort kit is good for people that wear glasses
- Headset / Headstrap feels comfortable / good balanced weight distribution when wearing

Cons:
- Screen-door effect (google this if you don't know what it means, might be a dealbreaker for some people)
- Not the best quality lenses, I experience blurry edges (maybe because I wear glasses?)
- SMAS is weak and has poor quality, you need the KDMAS to have an acceptable experience
- Headset has a relatively short cable, but it works just fine for my setup
- Headstrap feels kind of fragile on the sides, but didn't pose a problem so far
- Need a good PC for this headset
I run a 1080TI, which is comparable to a 3060 and can't run the best settings in Boneworks (although, I expected this).
Also recommend a CPU with at least 6 cores (RIP my 7700k).

TLDR;
Overall happy with the headset & included software, but I'd buy Base Stations elsewhere.
Change the KDMAS screwdriver!
Thank you.

It’s an upgrade from the vive pro, The FOV and performance are amazing.
Used with DCS.
It’s worth each penny.

Thank you Pimax

VIVEから変えましたがとにかく視野が広いのはすごい。ただGPUがgtx1080なので本来の性能を使い切れてないです。早くrtx3090がいよいよ必要になってきた。

It’s an amazing headset with great specs,
But I went through 8 of them so far, 7 of which came with dead pixels, the 8th has a scratch under the lens and a broken cable… I was told that because the scratch isn’t too noticeable to just accept it and keep the headset,
I’m very very very disappointed in the quality control here, this isn’t my first Pimax device either, I bought this as an upgrade from my artisan, of which combining the scratch on the lens and the broken cable. the 5ks will just sit as decoration with all my other headsets and I will continue to use the artisan as my main headset. The audio is endlessly popping and there is an annoying line on the bottom of the screen on the left eye. I hope that someone from quality control is reading this, because you need to fix this problem, this is horrible. I shouldn’t have had to go through 8 headsets just to get ones that semi work. At a max it should have been second time around and work properly!

the resolution is great, the fov is amazing

The quality control is absolutely the worst I have ever seen in my life, it honestly feels like whoever was in charge of these did quality control with their eyes closed. I physically can’t even use the device I paid $825 for and it’s too far out of return date to return it due to a 3 and a half month battle with customer service…

Pimax please do better next time I buy from you.

Thank you for your time.

(Purchased through Amazon)

Couldn’t ask for anything better