EPOS Impact 1000 Award Winning Headset: Unboxing and Review

[@TheSuperSupreme]

Can you wear these for hours on end without your ears hurting or do these cause pressure points?

[@LetsDoVideo]

Personally, I didn't feel any pressure points. I didn't think to leave them on for 10 hours straight to do a real hardcore test, but I did have them on for several hours at a time, on multiple days during my testing, and didn't notice any discomfort. They feel light to me. YMMV!

[@TheSuperSupreme]

@@LetsDoVideo Thank you!

[@Chris-wu2hc]

USB-A-only dongle made it dated before it even launched. It’s 2023 and you can’t get a USB-C version?

[@LetsDoVideo]

I can bring that up to EPOS next time I brief with them. It's interesting that the charger cable for the stand is USB-C, but the dongle for the PC is USB-A. Honestly, if it was USB-C I would have to use an adaptor to make it USB-A anyway. My PC has 10 USB-A ports and only 1 USB-C port, which is being used by my webcam. I connected the charger stand to an outlet because I had no remaining USB-C on my PC. But yes, we should be shifting to USB-C.

[@Chris-wu2hc]

@@LetsDoVideo Please do. I’m not spending upwards of $400 CAD on a headset that doesn’t offer the option of a USB-C dongle. Jabra and Yealink both offer versions of their headsets with either USB-A or USB-C dongles. The EPOS headset looks better than their offerings, except for this one significant issue.

[@LetsDoVideo]

​@@Chris-wu2hc I'm going to send them a screenshot of this entire conversation. I really appreciate you watching my video and bringing up this point.

[@Chris-wu2hc]

@@LetsDoVideo Appreciate you taking the time to respond and raise this with EPOC. Still looking for my perfect headset. My Jabra Evolve2 65 is quite uncomfortable and has this annoying feature that puts the audio connection to sleep after a couple of seconds of silence. It then takes about a second to reconnect and then fades in audio, which means that virtually every incoming notification ping makes no sound through the headset. This seems to affect all Jabra BT headsets, and I’ve heard other brands may have the same issue. Do you know if this occurs with the EPOS headset, or does it keep the audio connection active at all times? Seems crazy to have UC/Teams BT headsets with a feature that results in missed notifications.

[@LetsDoVideo]

@@Chris-wu2hc Comfort can be subjective, but this audio delay issue is very interesting to me. I didn't think to specifically test for this, so I can't be 100% sure, but I don't think the EPOS headset has that issue. I wasn't looking for it, so I might have just missed it, but I used the headset to watch a bunch of KZbin videos and I don't remember noticing any delay when I would click the play button. I'm a bit shocked by this because that Jabra Headset is both Zoom and MS Teams certified. Those certification processes are rigorous and focused on the UC experience. This is exactly the kind of issue that I expect those certification processes to catch.

[@GeorgeOu]

I feel like those notches on the headband are going to be uncomfortable and leave a weird hair shape.

[@LetsDoVideo]

I was worried about that as well, but the headset really just holds itself onto your head by the earpads. It's very lightweight so it doesn't really need the top bar for load bearing. So the pads on the top don't really press down on your hair/head. I didn't feel any real pressure/weight against the top of my head. I thought they were very comfortable. If they weren't so lightweight it might be a different story.