I’ve heard this 80-20 rule so many times, and it just shouldn’t be a necessary practice anymore with all the safeguards in play. But if you do follow the 80-20 rule, you are limiting yourself to only use 60% of the battery. While I think this would be fine for most phones, the Quest 2 is a gaming headset and you’d be lucky to get more than an hour of usage if you follow this.

It's all part of Zucc's plan, get everyone hooked onto the quest for the metaverse so they can explode our heads on command.

You don’t have to worry about charging your quest. The quest has an on board bms or unabbreviated a battery management system. It makes sure the battery isn’t overcharged or undercharged. And protects it against over voltage and basically everything to do with charging. If you are storing it for long amounts of time I do recommend storing it at around a quarter charge. The reason the ports are breaking are probably from incorrect connections of the charger. When chargers aren’t connecting properly and the pins aren’t completely connected it increases the impedance of the charge and creates heat and can make the charger melt along with the high wattage chargers everyone uses now. Hope this helped someone out there or answered some questions.

electronics engineer here: the melted port has nothing to do with the battery or charging system/protections ( if it were, the battery would explode :) and these protections are as simple as they are effective, as long as the battery has enough wiggle room to slightly change size as it heats during normal use and charging _ which it does as can be seen in teardowns of the quest 2 ). The problem here is poor contact bewteen the charging cable and charging connector inside the headset resulting in higher than normal resistance to the passage of the charging current. As the heat byproduct of the flow of current is directly proportional to the resistance, this can quickly become a problem even with the stock charger that can and will deliver 2 Amps if required by the device. A resistance as small as 250 milli ohms would produce Pdissipated= 2 amps squared times 0,250 ohms = 1W of heat, which is already plenty hot to burn yourself if you were to remove the connector and holding it between your fingers. If a bit more reistance, then... yeah it melts. I think it is not really a faulty design, but the use people,make,of the headset whilst plugged, moving around and ruining the contact overtime. Even ABS would melt quite readily at something like a 2W heatloss nearby... they should buy the top of the range connectors, gold plated and as thick as possible to have a snug fit even after some wear and tear. So: it is not a matter of letting it charge or not ( even though what you said about battery life is somewhat true ), it is a matter of how well it is plugged and how worr down is the contact. If you feel it is hot at the connection point try using a new cable and try to make it snug... or as for a repair ( replacement of the internal isb connector and replacement of the cable). Cheers people, i hope this will help you be safe and enjoy vr for long :)

Yeah, absolutely: There shouldn't be any form of "system" that "scans/detects possible griefers" that's genuinely concerning. There could be so many situations where something could be taken out of context and even worse just straight up wrongful bans. This is something that cannot happen, it is up to the players themselves to report someone and as long as we don't have efficient enough AI to really understand if a report was rightful or not, there's no way that this should go through.

Me: Seventy years old, never played a video game in my life, and getting a Quest 2 for all the other things it can do. Love your videos and bingeing prior to purchase. Thank you!

I just upgraded my quest 2 headstrap. After a year of fighting with the included crappy headstrap being either too loose or too tight and ruining my vr experiences, I almost made the mistake of buying the elite strap. But then I found the bobovr m2, ordered it, and oh boy is it comfortable. At first it was pretty complicated to adjust it to fit my head, but when its adjusted properly, its so comfortable I dont even notice it being on my head.

As an Oculus newbie, your videos have been a godsend! Since I'm blind as a freaking bat (and luckily haven't scratched my lenses), I'll be checking out vr-wave for custom lenses. Regarding the charging issue, I use an Anker charger for my setup. So far, the overcharging issue hasn't happened (I'd be pissed if it did). The charging adapter piece that connects to the headset is pretty secure and I'd hate if an overcharge/melting issue happened. Has anyone experienced the melting issue with the Anker charger?

57 year old newbie here. Good energy, well explained and very entertaining. THANKS!

I have several different brands of lenses for my quest 2, I prefer the Reloptix to the VR Wave though, not only because they are more comfy if you have a narrow IPD, but you dont have to pay the "blind tax"

I can't say THANK YOU enough! I just purchased my VR wave lenses for my new Quest 2 I got for my birthday two days ago. I have struggled for so long wearing a pair of glasses in VR to the point I was about to give up. This is going to be a life changer! Thank you again!

for the elite strap issue I have noticed alot of folks grabbing and carrying the strap+headset by the side straps during transport (picking up, putting down, etc). the safest place to pick up the device with installed elite strap is to collapse the strap via dial then pick up by the top fabric black strap. this places little to no tension on the side plastic white straps and will prevent/prolong your elite strap

the melting charging port is absolutely a failure of battery/charging failsafes.. The Quest 2 has an overvolt/surge protection built into the battery system and when that system detects trouble it should shut down that port and prevent any voltage from entering the battery and preventing damage. The battery should also have an auto discharge to prevent overcharging, when the battery is full and still connected to a charger the battery should bleed off a bit of charge to prevent damage from overcharging, Also where the charge is coming from (wall charger etc) should have it's own over voltage protection. the chances of these things melting should be very slim ( mean we're dealing with only 5volts/2-3amps max) a lot of failures should have to happen for it to damage the machine ... yet here we are.

It is supposed to be like your cell phone and stop charging when the battery is full, leaving it plugged in should do nothing more than make sure the battery is topped off. If the it was "over charging" your batteries would be the things heating up and combusting, not the charge port. Likely the melting around the charge port is from using it plugged in and the end of the cable and connector heating up most likely due to it not being able to handle the amperage being pulled by the Quest in full heavy use... Also, you have to take breaks, I use it plugged in most of the time and don't have over heating but I can feel the whole thing warm up quite a bit after an hour or so of useage...so... monitor your device while in use, highly doubtful it'll melt while powered off and plugged in...

One big thing about the head strap I think could be a problem is just placement. The sun can degrade plastic and make it hard and brittle, and takes away all other strength of the material. I learned about this as a craftsman, and it’s why plastic lawn ornaments will crack from nothing but sunlight.

i've noticed the included cable for charging has unequal length usb c plug ends, the difference is noticeable. i use the longer end to plug into the quest and the shorter to the charging brick. maybe that could be part of the problem with the melting charging port.

Good video. Regarding the batteries, I feel that we are still echoing some ideas about batteries that come from the time when lead acid batteries and passive charging methods were a thing. Any device with a lithium battery has some form of charging IC on the device that takes care of delivering the right current to the battery during the charging process while watching the voltage; overvoltage in lithium batteroesy cause quite a catastrophic failure. What we've seen with Quest ports melting isn't that extreme. I bet it is a combination of a damaged connector making poor contact combined with a long period of charging, potentially with the Quest on drawing power as if someone was using the device (eg the distance detector thought someone was wearing the headset).

“Over charging can break the headset” Me: *unplugs headset*

Thanks for all your tips man. I am new to my oculus quest 2 and appreciate all the tips you have given

You’re probably already using it, but this one is for others as well. You can use Air Link on the Quest 2. All you need to do is go to settings>Experimental features>Air Link This might not work as expected, but it is still one way of wireless pc connection without getting strangled by cables, if you have a strong and close wifi and bluetooth connection with your pc/laptop.

Im happy to see a KZfaqr who says real things and doesn’t say lies to get more views

The psvr2 seems good so far but I don’t like the idea of players being tracked like that and then shadow banned over something that they did or said. Obviously we should have systems in place for reporting harassment but the important thing about those is that it’s players who report them not some system tracking speech and hand gestures.

Thanks so much for all of your videos man! They've really helped me a lot. All the best to you!

love your content, I am new to VR and you sir have been a huge help in my decision making process

I've been a gamer since Zork, and MUDS, the early 80's, just text games mostly, before graphics really. No disrespect but we leaned our way from place to place let alone game mechanics from trial and error and using our imagination. Born in 71 at 12 years old using modems to connect to other peoples computers was huge then, before the net was granted to civilians, and the rising of it in the 90's. What I would like to say is your right, completely! We should be free and have privacy to will and control our own lives. We should hold these corporations to the flame to serve humanity, and never bend to them, the unelected!

The charging port issue is likely more of a problem with the soldering on the port connection being poor quality and melting. Once the solder melts it starts arcing across the gap that has been created causing a much higher amperage draw which creates even more heat and melting the plastic.

My elite strap has recently broke, but I found a good fix is some good ol' superglue and electrical tape. Also, by the looks of it, the damage caused by charging might not be due to the battery considering it is right at the port. It could possibly be a flaw with the port its self or the charging circuit right behind said port

First sponsor break I've ever seen that was informative and useful.

Hi, I like your channel, I was wondering if you can do a video on options Oculus users have for body tracking, and in particular Quest 2 users have for better hand tracking, I play beat saber and once you get to expert + the hand tracking starts getting a bit wonky and I often miss notes because of it. Thanks

Love the vidz, keep calm and keep pumping out great content my man!

Hey, on a real note, ty for the advert. I'm getting an oculus next week, was curious how Itd be with me having glasses lol

This video really helped me thanks!

Wow your channel is really taking of I have been subscribed since you were at around 30/40K and have been watching your twitch before that. I haven't really had time recently, because I have been busy for school and now. You are verified and have 176K subscribers. Congrats man you deserve it!

Thanks man just got a quest :)

For most battery's 40 - 80 when in use and just above 50 when stored prevents stress and the battery getting damaged. Also unplugging battery's seems to prevent damage but I can see the problem with this for the Quest and newer hardware.

Thanks for makeing thos quest 2 videos. Because i never had a vr so im getting many Information tips and life hacks from you .Because on the end of the year i will buy one. 😅

Port melting is most likely caused by worn out usb-c connectors. It's pretty easy to damage the port if you use a link cable without any kind of cable management.

09:49 Dude!! ❤️❤️

What a timing! I just got not so obvious melted port. The data transfer thing just doesn't work but I still have to send it to warranty anyway.

JUST GOT MINE TODAY, im sitting here with it updating.. on the charge while watching this I havent fully set it up yet because it needed to update. Im so excited

Whoever managed to get the charger to literally 1000s of degrees to burn a hole in the jack needs a new charger

Do I have to worried about the charger melting with the Oculus charging dock ?

So do you have a recommended battery pack for the quest 2 since the elite strap isn’t that good

i literally didnt take out my cable out of the quest port for almost HALF A YEAR and im so happy nothing happened, especially bcs it was a third party cable, now im switchin and im gonna keep watching over the vr and taking care of it i swear god loves me, im surprised how the house is still in tact considering the fact i never took the cable out

I personally think the eye tracking, if used right, would enable micro-movements on the screen, which would add to how natural it feels (especially with a high resolution HDR display), and not just the more accurately focused rendering. And I pray to god the PSVR2 will have a headphone jack, or at least audio that isn't as atrocious as the Quest 2's

I think part of the melting charging port issue is because almost NO ONE actually uses ANY sort of strain relief on their charging cables, and eventually the internal joints start to loosen and crack, increasing resistance and until they get hot as hell.

Does VRWave offer non prescription lenses as well? If you just want to protect your lenses and don't yet need prescription eyewear what are the best choices out there?

Whenever you use the elite strap dont use the tightener to tighten it onto your head instead just push it and only twist the wheel if you need to remove the headset this method i have found stops unevenness and most problems and i have broke one but using this method my new one is in perfect condiion

I am now having nightmares about the burnt charging port.

I doubt the gesture shadow ban thing will be permanent and for all users. I think it’s smart and it’s probably only going to be applied to accounts under a certain age and people who select it. As someone who gets a lot of hate speech in almost every game I play I think it’ll be useful for more sensitive or younger players.

question, would colorblind prescription lenses work with the quest 2? I have a severe protan and I want to know if this would work

For the Quest 2 elite strap weak point i have used dark duck tape, for my guest Oculus Quest 2 since it broke off a piece of plastic seems to have fixed the issue for now. For my main Quest 2 i use the KIWI Design Updated elite strap

What if I like making mistakes? 🤔

having played with a psvr for two years, this new psvr is a huge improvement. I respect the effort put into this, but shadow ban? seriously, I hope there's an option to turn shadow banning others off, or a way to loosen the security restrictions by a lot. Having just got a quest 2, I can see how I'm not getting this psvr as its not wireless, and the quest 2 has more game options, this my opinion, I think the quest 2 can beat the psvr2 in this battle.

Another thing with the elite strap which is how mine broken which i have seen no one mention is that leaving the headstrap tilted up puts inward strain on it as when you tilt it up the ends push in and are not perpendicular like you eould think i left mine like this over night one day by mistake and woke up to it broken

Watching these videos make me regret spending money over the summer, great video

you are so underated im addicted to this channel sience i got recoomended one video keep uo the good work and continue making markzuckerberg deez nuts jokes

As far as the wires I love the the quest 2 wireless but psvr2 will have the amazing adaptive triggers and haptics in the headset to greatly increase immersion. I'd rather play games on par with god of war and unchartered rather than what is offered on wireless. But I'll use both. Especially games like beatsaber that I can't imagine playing tethered. Different headsets in my toolbox.

4:15 idky but that picture made me bust out laughing lmaoo

Hello, I am pretty new to your channel and I was checking out Kiwi products, specifically the head strap. Before I knew anything, I had gotten the elite strap with the extended battery on it. I never saw anything on Kiwi with an extended battery except for a sketchy looking band... Any suggestions???

I leave mine plugged in for weeks at a time, and it's never even gotten warm. Every rechargeable device with any kind of engineering behind it has circuitry built in to limit charge current, prevent overcharging, etc. My guess is that the melted ones were either not plugged in fully, or were yanked out repeatedly and damaged the plug or the socket.

Love your honest reviews.

Does the Quest 2 also charge when hooked up to the 16 foot cable used for immersive game play? I got one with my Quest 2 as part of the Streamer pack - and do keep it hooked up. Now, I am a network/computer tech - and assuming that this would act the same way as a smartphone, would the Quest 2 also charge as you're playing with the cable hooked up to PC?

So just to throw in as a quest owner. I’ve had both quest and quest 2 for a long time (the 2 since basically it released) and this is the first time I’ve heard of the of the charging port thing ever. I leave my quest 2 attached to the charger whenever I’m literally not using it which at some points have been for weeks at a time with no issues whatsoever. Kinda makes me think that some type of user error might be going on there (maybe cord damaging or 3rd party or playing while charging?)

Im saving up for a quest 2 and this will help alot

Thank you so much I’ve been letting mine die completely for around two years and recently it’s just been turning black and making like a popping sound. It doesn’t do the power off icon and I was getting worried.

I just bought my Quest and let it charge last night while I was sleeping and man im glad this video is what I woke up too definitely won’t let it charge overnight anymore

I have to move my Elite Strap upwards by changing the angle of the sides to be able to put it on, over my glasses. Even if I set it to the max. This puts strain on the sides. You can see them twisting a bit when you do that. That is what I think eventualy causes the breaking. I had one break alreay and it was replaced. But tilting the sides or arms put pressure on them and I can see where that causes issues. Lifting it by the back in a horizontal way will cause the same effect, so picking it up by the top strap or front, or caring it vertical when held by the back will help prevent that.

VRWave lenses were a game changer for me! I was barely able to play for over a year because I was too broke and stubborn to get the lenses and too blind to make do. I know there’s no need to hype a sponsor, but I can’t say enough good things about them. The ONLY bad thing is they lenses took an agar to arrive.

The main issue is the fact that the charge is already pure trash, and now it’s even worse if you wanna care for the battery since you gotta stay above 20% to have the battery stay well. On top of this the charging is actually too fast, I’m always the person to play games later in the day, and always charge my products overnight, and now I gotta constantly monitor the charging state of my oculus to make sure it isn’t overcharging. Wish they just added more safety for the battery and more battery itself, even if it would’ve made the oculus slightly heavier.

Is there a cable i can get to let me be able to buy where i can play amd have it plugged in without like doing an sao?

Hey can you tell me where I can get the better version of the elite strap

Soo, I work a lot with batteries as they're part of my many hobbies, and I'm an electronics engineering student. Here are my two cents on the situation. Excuse any typos but I broke my right hand so I'm typing with my left hand only lol The dude you mentioned in the video is absolutely correct, li-ion batteries are happiest when working between 20-80%. BUT that doesn't mean that it's dangerous to get them to 100%. The battery stops "accepting" current once the voltage of the charger is equal to the voltage of the battery, as charging works a bit like siphoning water from a bucket to another: once the two buckets have water at the same level, it stops flowing! So, the charger supplies 4.2V to the battery (a bit lower when it's discharged, to limit the current), when the battery reaches 4.2V (which is 100% for single cell li-ion batteries) it stops charging. At this point, a good battery charging circuit completely disconnects the battery from the cable, only topping it up if it notices that it discharged a bit. Keeping a device plugged in should NOT damage anything. A battery sitting at 100% for a while does degrade, meaning that its capacity lowers over time. This is the only symptom, though! It does not heat up, the only thing you should notice if you constantly keep your quest2 plugged in while not using it is less play time after a few months. Let's get back to the "a good battery charging circuit does []". As I said, it should do the same thing as you removing the cable and reconnecting it for a few seconds every few minutes to keep it topped up. This one clearly isn't a good battery charging circuit. What I guess it's doing is constantly trying to convert the 5V from the charger to 4.2V and trying to feed it to the battery, failing to do so (as the battery is already at 4.2, and won't accept any current), and wasting energy in the process. After a while, it heats up so much to melt the plastic. This last part is speculation, but to me it sounds like a plausible explanation. The battery certainly doesn't have anything to do with it, as once it's charged it just stops!

I have been watching this channle fir a liytle bit now becuse i have a oculus quest so i just wanted to thank you for doing these videos they help with protecting it and making the oculus better so thank you

I appreciate this video man!

About The melted battery, does it only happen to oculus or to meta to? Im asking just because i will get a meta quest 2 in christmas just to be sure if it only happens to oculus or both

About the charging part, will it damage my quest if I play for long periods of time with pc sideload? I mentioned the charging cause the quest charges when sideloading.

Hi there, so there is a way to keep your elite strap from breaking,. It’s not so ugly if you choose the right tape, but you can get any colored duct tape, and when it’s new, you neatly put about two layers in a neat wrap over the typical breaking points, this will keep it from ever breaking, it works.

If that shadow ban thing is gonna be a thing i will never ever even think about vr again

Does anybody have a link to the kiwi elite head strap that GetHip mentioned in this video?

6:14 That’s what I do all the time with my elite strap. It still broke, but it probably wasn’t my fault because the same night that my friend told me that elite straps break easily, it magically broke while I was in the bathroom. And guess who had it: my friend.

Mark really needs to do a lot more upgrades on the Oculus products!

I have a question if anyone knows please give me a recommendation so with the charging port melting and you shouldn't over charge it I was wondering what to do because I have my headset plugged into my pc to play steam games but at the same time my pc charges it so I was wondering what I should do about it because I have no games on my VR headset they are all on steam

does this melting thing apply to link cables? I plan on using one a majority of the time

My nephew brought his over tonight, we connected it to my pc and set up the wheel and pedals and played assetto corsa competizione in vr on pc....was pretty amazing. He is getting wheels and pedals and I'm going to buy a headset. Can't decide between this and steam vr

I personally received a headstrap from an accessories company and they're headstrap looks exactly the same but it specifically has an extra piece to support that exact section I've never had the elite strap but it doesn't seem too good

i find it strange how once i got vr for my birthday i started to get vr video recommendations

Is a charging dock ok to use

Thank you for telling me this because I got this thing about 3 days ago and am scared to death of something bad happening to it.

I have this thing plugged in my computer, as I us it for PCVR, never had it melt, fingers crossed

i saw a tiktok saying "I ACCIDENTLY CHARGED MY OCULUS FOR 2 HOURS' And that made me think "oh god, only 2 hours? i think i need to do more research before buying this thing" Thank you GetHip,

thanks for the tips

I think the melted charge port issues are more likely due to a bad solder connection than to what charger you use or how long you leave it on the charger. As electricity passes through a bad solder joint it tends to arc which creates excess heat and can lead to burning or melting. The solder joints could have been bad to begin with or they could have been weakened by stressing a connector that is not adequately anchored. Abuse could also lead to overly stressing a connector by playing with it plugged in and moving too far away so the cord stretches and unplugs itself, or even just unplugging it too aggressively.

So I've been trying to use the quest link with the recommended Kiwi USB but when I play Robo Recall on PC, there's a weird delay on the right trigger where it won't register from time to time but playing Unplugged this doesn't occur

I run the battery out generally, but when recharging it I hella forget to unplug it sometimes 😂 it still runs the same since I got it over a year ago. Around 3 hours or so of game time depending on the game. Been like that since I got it. Most the time now though I plug it in and turn it off when I get the low power notification. I rarely let it charge overnight.

GetHip: "...harder than Mark snaps my spine after talking about this design flaw.." Me, in my head: "more like harder than Mark breaks his back lol"

Uh i have a question. When i play vr thru oculus can i use headphones from pc?

I just ordered a quest 2 today and just heard about the charger port melting issue, does anyone know how common it is? I've mainly been on the rift s and finally decided to move over to the quest due to some issues with my headset and I just want to make sure that I keep it in as good condition as I can

you may very well be the only person i don't skip the ads from.

as soon as you said you take it off charge when its green I turn to my right see mine at green leap at it and unplug it immediately