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How Tough is the Quest 2? We Put It to the Test!
Ever wondered how durable the Quest 2 really is? In this video, we take a Quest 2 through a series of drop tests from increasing heights to see what it takes to actually break it. From table height to way beyond what you'd expect in a normal fall, we’re testing just how much this VR headset can withstand before giving up. If you’ve ever worried about dropping your headset, this might just give you an idea of what to expect!
In This Video:
• Drop testing the Quest 2 from various heights.
• Examining the damage after each fall.
• Seeing how much impact the Quest 2 can handle before breaking.
• Testing if the Quest 2 still works after multiple drops.
• Final thoughts on the durability of the Quest 2.
Would you trust your Quest 2 to survive a big drop? Let us know in the comments!
Quest Destroyed with Fireworks
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How Tough is the Quest 2? We Put It to the Test!
Ever wondered how durable the Quest 2 really is? In this video, we take a Quest 2 through a series of drop tests from increasing heights to see what it takes to actually break it. From table height to way beyond what you'd expect in a normal fall, we’re testing just how much this VR headset can withstand before giving up. If you’ve ever worried about dropping your headset, this might just give you an idea of what to expect!
In This Video:
• Drop testing the Quest 2 from various heights.
• Examining the damage after each fall.
• Seeing how much impact the Quest 2 can handle before breaking.
• Testing if the Quest 2 still works after multiple drops.
• Final thoughts on the durability of the Quest 2.
Would you trust your Quest 2 to survive a big drop? Let us know in the comments!
Quest Destroyed with Fireworks
https://youtu.be/jLtqOn9JPiU
Lawnmower Wrecks The Quest 2:
https://youtu.be/NfYCE3PtLFk
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https://youtu.be/9vC89IRXfmI?si=sfiXQLylMosWEDGN
Quest 3 Teardown – Everything You Need to Know
https://youtu.be/pFw5o86_Mhc?si=nlYZLVbJntBYNwiP
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00:00Welcome back to the channel, guys. Today we are going to drop test a Quest 2.
00:11So this is a video that I've wanted to make for a long time.
00:14For the, I guess, four years now that we've been repairing Quest 2s,
00:18one of the most common things that we see is broken cameras and broken displays.
00:23I guess the two most common things that we see are broken cameras and broken displays.
00:27And there's lots of reasons that those things break.
00:29From sun damage to liquid damage.
00:32But the most common thing is that the headsets get dropped.
00:35They get dropped from waist high, they get knocked off a table,
00:38they get kicked off a countertop, and they break.
00:42Well, how durable are the Quests and their cameras and their LCDs?
00:47I've never actually experimented on that myself.
00:49Now, you can see on a headset like this,
00:51this headset was dropped from about four feet up from a little over waist high.
00:55And maybe it just landed on a corner wrong.
00:57But this happens quite a bit.
00:59I've got another camera here.
01:00This is one that we pulled out of a Quest quite a while ago.
01:04And the glass just shatters.
01:06And it's a pretty good indication that there was a lot of force going behind that headset.
01:10How much force? Hard to say.
01:12This one came out of a Quest 3s, and this one's a little bit different
01:15because these cameras are exposed on the front rather than on the corners.
01:18And there's some marks there that indicate it may have skated across a bit of concrete on its way down.
01:23But either way, they take damage.
01:26Now, here's an LCD.
01:27I pulled this out of a headset on a live stream just recently.
01:31And you may or may not be able to see exactly what's going on here.
01:35I might try and catch the light just right.
01:37But that LCD panel's cracked.
01:39And from the same thing, it got dropped.
01:41So, how high up could you drop a Quest and it wouldn't break?
01:48Or how low down could you drop a Quest and it would break?
01:53And I guess these are questions that I would really like the answers to.
01:55I'd like to experiment.
01:56So, what we're going to do is, we're not going to drop test that one because that one's broken.
02:00We're going to drop test this one.
02:01So, this is a fully working Quest 2.
02:03All the cameras work.
02:04I tested this just a little while ago.
02:06We just set this up and updated the software on it.
02:09So, if you can see there, it does track and the screen does work.
02:13And I want to see how high we can drop it from to break it.
02:18So, the rules are pretty simple here.
02:20We're just going to keep dropping it from different heights until we either break the LCD or break one of the cameras and lose tracking on the headset.
02:27So, let's start with one foot up on hard concrete.
02:30We've got a concrete floor here.
02:32So, it's going to be pretty unforgiving.
02:34It's not going to be like your hardwood floor or your carpet at home.
02:37It'd be more like dropping it in a driveway or on a concrete floor if you are familiar with what concrete is.
02:43We've got a slow-mo camera set up.
02:45And I've got a tape measure set up so that we can see exactly how high we're dropping it from.
02:49Should be fun.
02:51Should be fun.
02:53Test number one from one foot up.
03:11So far, so good.
03:13And test number two, two feet up.
03:20So far, so good.
03:22It looks rougher than it is, I think.
03:25Test number three, three feet up.
03:28This is about waist high.
03:30So, I feel like that's about right.
03:32Can you drop it from waist high on concrete?
03:34Three feet up.
03:36Ready?
03:49And from four feet up.
04:00Three, two, one.
04:16So far, so good.
04:17Alright, so from five feet up.
04:19And three, two, one.
04:28It's painful to do it.
04:30It hurts me to have to do this to this little headset for the sake of science.
04:34Did it happen?
04:36It happened.
04:37Uh-oh.
04:38Uh-oh.
04:39We lost power.
04:40Let's see.
04:41Battery disconnected.
04:43Battery disconnected.
04:44So, I'm getting the battery disconnect logo, which means that something came unplugged.
04:48The LCD's probably in good shape because I'm not seeing any cracks and I'm not convinced that it's a camera.
04:53It's probably just the battery because there's a little retainer that kind of holds those things in.
04:57So, let's see if we can plug that back in real quick and then we'll come back and do the rest.
05:01So, five feet up.
05:02Could be potentially hazardous.
05:05Might disconnect something.
05:07But it didn't break the cameras, which is interesting.
05:10I feel like the unplugged battery thing is far less common than the broken cameras.
05:15So, it's interesting that that was our five foot drop result.
05:19Okay, let's take a look here.
05:21So, if you did want to check this out for yourself, there's this little retainer I was talking about.
05:27We can just get in here, take these three screws out.
05:30Of course, if you follow my channel, you've seen me do this a bunch of times because it's part of every headset teardown.
05:37And sure enough, look at that.
05:41Just came unplugged.
05:42So, let's plug this back in real quick.
05:45It's the hardest part of the job right here.
05:47Seat and battery connections.
05:49All right.
05:50So, just unplugged.
05:51Not too bad.
05:52I am going to, because I do this for a lot of the customers, I'm going to put an extra little bit of foam here just to make sure that that doesn't come undone again.
06:01And then we're going to put the retainer back on and then we're going to be ready to rock and roll.
06:05Got that little extra bit of foam there.
06:07When we're inevitably back here in like five minutes.
06:13Next drop.
06:14All right.
06:15Should we redo the five foot tests?
06:16Or move up?
06:17Move up.
06:18I want to move up.
06:19Move up.
06:20Vicky wasn't a camera.
06:21One more and then we're rocking and rolling.
06:23Brought to you by healthy doses of caffeine.
06:25All right.
06:26So, we're back.
06:28Plugged the battery back in.
06:30Put a little bit of extra padding there behind that strap or behind that retainer.
06:34Five feet disconnected our battery.
06:36So, that's good to know.
06:37But it didn't damage one of the cameras and it didn't damage the LCD.
06:40So, we're going to keep moving up.
06:42Six feet.
06:43So, at six feet up, if it fell off of your head, if you had it up here, if you're as tall as I am, which is about six feet.
06:52Am I taller than six feet?
06:53How tall am I?
06:54Yeah, you're bigger than six feet.
06:56Yeah?
06:57Yeah.
06:58Okay.
06:59So, if it's six feet up and it's on your head, you know, if you're as tall as I am and you got it up here and it falls off, what's going to happen to it?
07:08Or what could happen to it?
07:10Or what could not happen to it?
07:11Maybe it's not the end of the world.
07:12Maybe it drops off your head and you're like, oh no, my headset.
07:15It's damaged.
07:16It's ruined forever.
07:17But maybe it's fine.
07:18Six feet.
07:19Here we go.
07:20About right.
07:21I feel like it's almost ladder time.
07:24Yeah, just about.
07:25Almost ladder time.
07:26Yeah, I was thinking.
07:27All right.
07:28And three, two, one.
07:37That faceplate did pop out a little bit.
07:39Let's see here.
07:40Oh.
07:41Well, I didn't have it on.
07:43So, let's see if it turns on.
07:44If it turns on and we don't have a tracking error, then we're good.
07:47LCD's good.
07:48Backing's working.
07:49We're good.
07:50So, six feet dropped on hard concrete.
07:53Your headset could survive.
07:55It's not the end of the world, necessarily.
07:57Of course, it does feel like you'd have to do hundreds of these tests in order to really,
08:01like, know, right?
08:03If only we had hundreds of headsets to dedicate.
08:07Okay, it's ladder time.
08:09I feel like we should go higher.
08:12How high are we thinking?
08:13I don't know.
08:14Daniel, why don't you tell us about your fear of heights?
08:17You know, I'm not big on ladders.
08:19I'll be honest with you.
08:20Most of the stuff that requires ladder usage around here, Preston has to do.
08:24Because I'm just not, you know.
08:26But for you guys, I'll do anything.
08:29It's an eight foot ladder.
08:30Although, the measuring tape says it's seven foot, eight inches.
08:34So, we go from seven feet or we would go from eight?
08:37Alright, seven feet.
08:41In three, two, one.
08:48Survey says...
08:54It tracks.
08:56It's good.
08:59It's working.
09:00Let's go to eight feet.
09:01I can't believe it's still tracking.
09:02I still can't.
09:03I can't believe it's tracking either.
09:04We need to take it up a notch.
09:08Ten feet.
09:12Ten feet.
09:14Okay.
09:15So, from ten feet up.
09:17I feel like I need to grab it differently.
09:19Because I want it to be a nice even drop.
09:21So, from ten feet up.
09:22Does that look like ten feet to you?
09:24From about ten feet up.
09:27Very scientific.
09:28Ten feet up.
09:30Can the Quest 2 survive?
09:33In three, two, one.
09:55Tracks.
09:57I'm going to be brave.
09:59Brave for the viewers at home.
10:01Don't try this.
10:02Don't try this at home.
10:04By the way.
10:05The ceiling is about twelve feet up.
10:08Twelve feet up is where the lights are.
10:10Are we ready?
10:11Three, two, one.
10:21How are we doing here?
10:24Twelve feet.
10:36You're not going to believe this.
10:38It's doing fine.
10:40It's handling it like a champ.
10:41Yeah.
10:42Let's go outside.
10:43Let's see.
10:44Let's see how far we can take this.
10:49So, at twelve feet.
10:50The only real damage was that the faceplate came off a little bit.
10:53I went ahead and screwed that back down.
10:55And since we still haven't broken a camera or an LCD yet.
10:58We're going to take this outside.
11:00Our ceiling is only going up to twelve feet.
11:02So our thought was.
11:04Well.
11:05If we take it outside.
11:07Maybe we can get it to fifteen feet.
11:10It's only an eight foot ladder.
11:15But we should be able to get it up there.
11:16Think that's going to land on the camera there?
11:18I don't know.
11:19You got insurance though.
11:20We got insurance.
11:21Alright.
11:22Fourteen feet.
11:24In three.
11:25Two.
11:26One.
11:32Oh.
11:33I see a little crack there.
11:34I see something.
11:35Let's see.
11:36Man.
11:37Now the asphalt is a lot harder on it than the concrete.
11:39Look at all these little scuffs and scrapes and stuff.
11:42Of course it spun out and did all this crazy stuff.
11:44Alright.
11:45Let's see here.
11:46We got.
11:47This damn thing is still tracking.
11:48It still works.
11:49Okay.
11:50That's probably as far as we can go.
11:52Gosh.
11:53That sucks.
11:54I'd like to go a little further.
11:55All I can do is talk.
11:56What we can do.
11:57Is.
11:58We can measure.
11:59No.
12:00I was going to say we can measure how tall it is up to there.
12:03And.
12:04Toss it.
12:05Kind of.
12:06Toss it up.
12:07Oh yeah.
12:08To that mark.
12:09And let it drop.
12:10I don't know if that's fair.
12:11It's not very scientific.
12:12Oh.
12:13You know what I've got?
12:14I think that'll work.
12:15I've got that suction cup.
12:17Oh.
12:18That'll work.
12:19How'd you get it on there?
12:20I stuck it on there.
12:21Can you get another stick to poke it off?
12:24Yep.
12:25Hilarious.
12:26So what I really need is one of those like grabber things.
12:29But we don't have one of those.
12:30But I do have this curtain rod.
12:32And it's got a little rubber end to it.
12:33So I stuck that between the lenses and the face shield.
12:36And it's just kind of stuck on there now.
12:39So.
12:40We're going to see if we can take it even higher.
12:43I really want to go for 20 feet.
12:45That's what I'm aiming for.
12:47It's over 9,000.
12:49So I dropped it from 14.
12:51So we need at least another 5 feet.
12:54How tall is this right now?
12:55Okay.
12:56Or 6 feet.
12:57We need another 6 feet up.
12:59Okay.
13:00Alright.
13:01So 6 feet up.
13:02I don't think this curtain rod's as long as that one.
13:04You might be right.
13:05I don't think I have anything longer than that.
13:08On the list of dumb things I've done, this doesn't even make the top 10.
13:11But it's still pretty dumb.
13:13Lawnmower was dumber.
13:16Lawnmower was way dumber.
13:19We should do another 4th of July firework quest this year.
13:23Oh yeah.
13:24We should go bigger this time.
13:27We did like 1,000 firecrackers last time.
13:29Maybe we could do like 10,000.
13:3110,000 firecrackers.
13:34Could do that too.
13:35A bunch of mortars.
13:39In an iron box.
13:42Alright.
13:43From 20 feet-ish.
13:50In 3, 2, 1.
14:01That worked surprisingly well.
14:03Stupid well.
14:10Survey says it tracks.
14:13It's the one headset.
14:15The one headset.
14:16It's so durable.
14:18That's funny too because even like this camera has got some marks on it.
14:23Like you can see that that's not pristine like you'd want it to be.
14:27I would replace that camera.
14:29You need to throw it with hate.
14:31Stop throwing it with love.
14:32Well, I'm trying to be scientific about it, you know.
14:35Yeah, scientific.
14:36Somebody's going to stand at 20 feet and accidentally knock it off their head.
14:41You never know.
14:42Maybe they drop it out of a two-story building.
14:45A wielding?
14:46A wielding.
14:47A building.
14:48I think we'll just drop it from 20 feet one more time and see if we can break it.
14:54Okay.
14:55I think it's about as high as I can get it.
14:57In 3, 2, 1.
15:04If that didn't break it, then I'm just going to stop believing that people drop these things and break them.
15:13Something else is happening.
15:27You'll never guess this, but it still tracks.
15:31So what did we learn?
15:33The Quest 2 is a lot more durable than I think a lot of people give it credit for.
15:36And I feel like I say this a lot on the channel and on my live streams is they'll take abuse.
15:42They're durable little units.
15:43Yeah, there's things that break on them.
15:45There are things that you can do to them.
15:47Obviously, we wouldn't be in business if they didn't break from this or that.
15:51But dropping a headset, even onto a hard concrete floor from 14 feet up, dropping it onto asphalt from nearly 20 feet up didn't break anything.
16:03We scuffed it up a little bit.
16:06The headset's definitely not in the pristine condition that it was in before.
16:10You can see some little marks there.
16:12And it even does kind of look like that camera took some abuse because if I saw that camera in the shop, I'd replace it.
16:19But it tracks and the screen's not damaged.
16:21It's not like the LCD cracked from the fall.
16:24It just absorbed it.
16:26The outer shell did its job and it just protected the internal components.
16:30And I'm kind of surprised, honestly.
16:33This is like the opposite of our lawnmower video where we expected the headset to be damaged but fixable.
16:40And instead, the lawnmower just ate it up into a million pieces and it was totally unrecoverable.
16:45This headset, you could pick up and play right now.
16:49And you could just play on it.
16:51And there's nothing functionally wrong with this.
16:53It's just a little scuffed up.
16:55So, I'm not telling everybody to go out there and drop their headsets.
16:58Please don't do that.
16:59Please don't replicate this at home.
17:00I really just wanted to see how much damage one could take or would take before breaking in a relatively controlled environment.
17:08And I feel like I got my answer.
17:10So anyways, guys, thanks for watching.
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17:17Helps out the channel.
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17:30What's up, guys?
17:38Welcome back to the channel.
17:39Today, we're going to drop test a Quest 2.
17:41God damn it.
17:43Let's do one more.
17:45Let's do one more test.