Expensive Toy? Woojer Review

I love gadgets and I don't mind spending the money on them, so I jumped on the Black Friday Sale and ordered the Woojer haptic feedback vest and strap. I rarely send stuff back, but even thought the quality was exceptionally high, the experience was underwhelming.
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0:00 Introduction
2:30 Strap Edge Unboxing
4:25 Vest Edge Unboxing
7:24 The Quality
9:07 How does it Connect?
13:19 The Gaming Test
18:16 Testing the Strap Edge
20:39 Putting on the Vest
21:42 Woojer with Electric Guitar?
24:14 Let’s try Bass
27:17 MY2CENTS
35:00 Return Policy
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[@cresshead]

love the honest review.. we need more good reviewers like this.

[@CentraljocK]

Has anyone mentioned that you can change from the 'Broad' mode to 'Focus' mode? It makes a huge difference apparently.

[@nwskier]

He mentions it in the review... Depending on the source I'll switch back and forth, I can't give a broad statement. For some source audio focus is better, for some broad is... and it depends on my mood too. Overall, it is easy to switch between and the change is immediately apparent. Before the SW update, I would be on the fence about recommending the vest, now it is much easier; it really brings that much more to the table. People comment on Subpac a lot, I consider their products true haptic feedback, but of course, that takes developer support in the games. They are unparalleled in that regard. However, if you want to use it with music and movies I'd give Woojer the edge, (hah) slightly...

[@avh9394]

Great review, thank you, been wondering about this gadget for some time.

[@RobbDizzl]

Billy Eilishs Brother wears a similar kind of vest on stage. I’m sure it’s kind of cool to feel some bass rumble on a quiet in-ear stage. It’s called Subpac.

[@TriInfinity]

As I have bought the vest3, I can say exactly the same things as you mentioned, still have to find a way when watching a movie through my hifi system in the living room to have the sound come through the system and only have the haptics from the vest, is is a Denon with a lot of configration possible. I think buying a bluetooth transmitter could make it a lot more useable, but cheap ones introduce even more lag, which would make it feel even better. The best results I got when playing Cyberpunk through my Audiointerface (for sound) and using the headphone jack for the vest and turning the music off in the game, engine rumble works nicely. Also listening to Drum and Bass massages you to sleep :D

[@umbertoyltp]

Anyone remember the Thunderseat for gamers? About the same principle here, Thunderseat is a kind of subwoofer. Makes sense, feeling bass vibrations like what happens to your chest at a concert. Literally adding sense makes sense. Thank you for being the honest Guinea pig for this, Henning!

[@ibroketheserver]

Was interested primarily for guitar , so this was helpful. Thanks!

[@fedest]

Nice review!! I came across the ads and was quite curious as to how it would work for guitar and bass playing (but not curious enough to order and try it myself!!).

[@rowbags3017]

Thanks for the comprehensive review. I wasn't convinced by the Woojer previously, and now I know it's definitely not for me. The star of the show from my point of view was the new gold Tone Fox Elcaster - it looks and sounds stunning!

[@cafetschuesch]

Thx 4 the review. it was super helpful and funny at the same time. =) best from berlin

[@Ricky21mt]

One thing I really liked about this review is that it was out of your element. You could review anything, with honestly for us peasants and that is something I truly appreciate. Thank you.

[@mikeconcino4022]

Great video. Thank you for the really comprehensive, thorough review.

[@robertruff8050]

Pretty solid comprehensive review. Thank you.

[@butch5187]

thanks for the nice review. How do you connect to xbox series x with the audio system working (7.1). I don't like using headphone and prefer the audio system on. thanks

[@EytschPi42]

I don’t think you can

[@Phixay]

Thanks, appreciate a lot your review.

[@chriswashington2208]

Hi brought me a vest for gaming and movies but haven’t tried it yet 😂 can it connect to my smart tv

[@albinrepse]

EytschPi42, have you calibrated as in manual instructions? With headphones connected over vest.

[@EytschPi42]

yes

[@d.nguyen.24]

Lol loved this review..comic relief mate....mines coming soon.. NO QUESTIONS ASKED 🤣

[@murphvienna1]

The Pleasure Board seems awesome, especially for low to mid volume (studio, rehearsal room,..). IF you have 200-400 watts spare on your amp :)

[@dragonsquare2802]

Maybe you should try bHaptics… those (as far as I know) don’t react to audio but as you said to what happens in the game so you also for example feel where you've been shot from/got hit

[@Crafting_Through_Life]

We just got one for our high functioning autistic kids. Great stimulation for them. They love it and it's easy for them to wear under a hoodie and they can listen to their music or whatever with their phones or tablets. I will say I am deaf and use vibrations to hear most things and this makes playing gta a lot more immersive for me.

[@EytschPi42]

i am testing the new V3 now and was just thinking about the use for deaf people! I make sure to mention that in the new review! thanks

[@Sticky_Tea]

Of course you are the one trying this thing! 😄 Saw the ad and was intrigued Now let's see what you think of it

[@Taitmon]

There is a lag because the Xbox audio is wired and your controller is wireless.... I noticed this when I played my Xbox with speakers on and head phones and there was a delay between headphones and speakers.

[@RonTbird]

Very nice review. I set my mind in either this, or another brand called " Subpac" for a long time, have you tried it? Which one is a better choice?

[@EytschPi42]

I don’t know subpar, but so have the Woojer V3 here now and will do a review on it.

[@GartenhausLP]

I use something similar for racing sim games. Together with a force feedback wheel it’s really immersive. Does it give me any information the wheel doesn’t provide anyway? Nah, not really, but it makes hitting curbs or driving off road so much more annoying, which is pretty accurate from what I experienced by gooning around in my real car.

[@hyper-cat]

I never thought about using one of these for a racing sim, that's a great idea. Might have to think about getting one. Sounds fun!

[@edgarlarios4718]

I understand he really wanted to appreciate the woojers with his sound set up, but it's clearly designed for headphone use, and I was kind of hoping he would spend more of the review with headphones on.

[@toddbridges7430]

Thanks. Yeah, having had the benefit of having played instruments with some quality sound amplification, I appreciate your take on this. Pity it isn’t all that one might want to be nonetheless.

[@PaweSotys]

Bass guitar in standard has lowest note E1 which is around 40Hz (if you tune standard). Guitar in standard has lowest note E2, which is around 80Hz. So the crossover frequency lies just above your G string on a guitar.. Maybe instead of capturing all the low end and reacting to that they should do some equalization, set some parametric bands and react to that? Bose do lots of EQ in their headphones and speakers to make certain frequency bands clearer, maybe they should do something like this. When it comes to connections, it would be better if they supplied something that takes analog audio/optical/hdmi, passes it through and then splits the signal to the vest.

[@PooNinja]

My looking like a dork has little to do with what I’m wearing it’s more a general state of being for me. Tactile transducers let you feel the music like a massive wall of speakers. Or just fun for gaming. So maybe just put some bass shakers in the couch and set up a sub a bit louder than balanced ?

[@annakissed3226]

There are multiple ways of inducing tactile response in the skin, Or teaching the skin to misinterpret one signal for another

[@PooNinja]

gravitational manipulation

[@SeanOnTheGulf]

Any possibility of you getting Boss to send you the SY 200 and doing a deep dive video! Love your videos!

[@EytschPi42]

I‘ll try

[@SeanOnTheGulf]

@@EytschPi42 awesome

[@Paul-mu9ng]

How about playing drums? I play a huge double bass kit micd up stereo

[@ArguZ72]

He is right about everything...i got one and it is going back...i do not hate it, but it does not feel connected. It is like being tickled with 6 vibrators.. A bass system on a festival feels different. Any music goes. I played Horizon Zero Dawn 2 with it and that is impressive...but who sits with a strap on in the couch for 4 hours ? Standing up it loses 50% of the effect. Oh, and we tried GT7 with it too...it does not even pick up the car sounds. What would make it better is a dedicated surround decoder where it would only react to channel 4. Low Frequency Effects (LFE) - Subwoofer Going for the whole sub 200 hz range is too busy. The craftsmanship , materials and manufacturing are top notch though..

[@keywestspearguns]

The new strap 3 is Bluetooth in and out. It has a 25% more powerful speaker also

[@Sevetamryn]

Well, you can us it probably also a superoverpowered Soundbrenner Puls when connected to your metronome ;)

[@AndrienQ]

Did you finish with a Dream Theater or James LaBrie solo track?? That was killer music!

[@EytschPi42]

I‘ve done an album with James. He sang on my album Frameshift

[@AndrienQ]

@@EytschPi42 I'll look it up. Do you ever listen in on viewer music?

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

First thing I do when I get new toys is read the warranty info

[@HammerFang]

Henning testing all-over-chest strapon vibrator … for guitar playing? Where is my bear :D

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

Subpac is the way to go. More detailed and accurate response and more tunability for multiple professional applications, as well as home use.

[@nwskier]

Well ya, it's true haptic feedback that needs developer support to realize in games. This vest is a great tradeoff at $300 to $350, that's half the price of the new Subpac coming out this next year.

[@texasbootlegger3752]

Nice review. I'll save my monies!!!

[@kylehund3556]

Part of me feels that crossbody, like how fanny packs are worn nowadays, might do away with the "dork-looking" aspect, regardless of quality of function

[@StephenMarkTurner]

I can see a little buttkick type feedback, mainly cuz now the bass player can turn down :-)

[@tonesofosiris7616]

I think it's my fault they asked him to do this... I was curious many years ago of how this would be for people using amp modelers as a way to get the amp energy a different way... so I emailed Woojer and asked if they had tried this with a guitar...

[@ijahtom4129]

Lol I permanently wear something like this all the time. Also, Im litterally in it. It's called: Body. 🤣 Well wishings.

[@alteredbrain]

I bought it for the music. I kept it for games. Only games

[@tizio2332]

Is it any good? Have you tried it with movies? I'm interested but a lot (a tons) of bad reviews about the product and the customer service concerns me

[@williamdillon7852]

Other reviews say the charge lasts for 5hrs and takes 3 hrs what wouldnt be todays standard .

[@JavoAP7]

Why spend in a strap or vest if you have at home a sound system that costs 3 times of those products? I wouldn't spend on that either if I have a cinema in home. It's like spend money in a oculus having an IMAX system in my basement for movies. This is intended for other group of people.

[@OliverAmberg]

The review is fun to watch. But do we need more artificial experiences? Real life can be fun too :)

[@alteredbrain]

Why not both?

[@OliverAmberg]

@@alteredbrain Playing music is not about wearing vests or straps (guitar straps beside). In other scenarios I fully agree with you :)

[@fedest]

@@OliverAmberg but the way I understand it, it’s not meant to replace the “real life experience”, but to make an already “artificial” experience (like playing through a modeler or plugins into quiet studio monitors or headphones, in an apartment) feel closer to a real one when the real one is not an option. Whether it succeeds or not, is a different matter. But if it did succeed, it could help plenty of musicians feel more intimately connected to the music they play, in many everyday situations 😄

[@MusicTherapyLaz]

Better than the real thing... it is not (Yoda-ism)... but they're getting closer, those nerds in their basements engineering things! 🤓 Meanwhile, I recently bought a 100 watt Carvin VL 100 and a 4x12 that the used store sales-guy said nobody's buying anymore! Got a great price... and let the wind hit my pant legs! 😎🤘 🎸🎛💨 🐦

[@albertspearman3437]

I’m sorry but I love mines

[@signmeuptoo]

These Haptic Feedback vibrators are made with spinning weighted lobe devices. The physics of how they work right now is just meh.

[@Jimbo1268]

Dude, party the fuck up.

[@AlbusBand]

Sir Didymus did not look impressed

[@deathnsd6953]

here's a better Idea... sandwich yourself between two amps and crank em up lol

[@omari2239]

Sounds like this thang Laggs horribly I pass or this and maybe check out the Subpac why waste your money 💰

[@dr.paparoni5428]

Sounds like a bunch of iPhone ppl are gonna be mad

[@terryenglish7132]

Ah, good Poo Ninja is here so maybe he can provide insight; I was cooking and listening at the same, but I get this provides physical feedback to parts of the body but I heard something about "anal og ",? Will my SNL Jeopardy "Sean Connery" an al bum cover provide protection ?

[@vasotoe]

First...U have a PS5 and you test it with the XBOX 🤣...second....you need to play COD Cold War Zombies 🤪

[@EytschPi42]

with you? Any day!

[@vasotoe]

@@EytschPi42 do U have the game?? Hahaha

[@annakissed3226]

@@vasotoe so what else do you play re: fps??

[@doczooc]

For bassists, the Backbeat does the same, but according to reviews, much better, because it does not lag and accurately reproduces the sound. So I do think that Woojer messed up. It could be great, and it is the fault of the company that they basically used a too floppy driver.

[@schniersky316]

Ps5 Xbox Series X fucking bigwig :D

[@annakissed3226]

I didn't see any evidence of which console Henning was using whether it was a PayStation 4 or 5, or a Xbone or a Series X. It could even have been a PC??

[@davoskazooga]

C'mon, H., I hope those are "for inside-only" sneakers on the table.... you can't seriously belong to the other half of germans that will walk inside their bedroom and bathroom with their regular shoes .... then again, you're a pet- lover , different tolerance levels....

[@anjoguerreira]

Woojer vest easy for Deaf community can feeling and can`t hear.

[@RaxFx]

keep at it Woojer and get bought out by Sony or Microsoft and retire in Barbados

[@DMSProduktions]

WTF??? I'm lost! WTF is this?

[@silverpairaducks]

I could see this used for therapy. For autistic people or porn.

[@annakissed3226]

It's clearly too imprecise for either application. We have been working for years to create immersion but it's all still very crude because its not just about the hardware it's about adapting it to the person & we don't even know about what tools they are using to create the feedback. Because it's body worn you can't just use the kickers you might use in a handset. Besides our skin is sensitive to so many different stressors. I hate to say it but this may one of the problems that we can only solve through a direct to brain interface such as neuralink that bypasses signals from the body.

[@nicholasmorrison8474]

This was purchased for me as a gift, but is far to expensive for a gimmick product. They tell you that it will take an undisclosed amount of time to get you the product, so my mother wanting to gift it to me for my birthday purchased it ahead of time to make sure it would arrive. Now this overpriced gimmick of a product is still sealed, unused, and because we are outside of their 30 day window they will not consider any returns, and keep forwarding me advice on how to get this product that I explained I have zero in working on my computer. I asked to have this considered by a higher manager, as their return policy is run by a 3rd party online return website/app, and they declined that request and once again sent me advice on how to "set it up" on my computer. I am not opening it, I do not want it, your product is honesty...stupid...and I tried to be professional and ask for due consideration and was met with a literal joke of a customer service experience. Oh and left with a stupid vest in a sealed box.

[@EytschPi42]

I forwarded this to them

[@ricktaylor8627]

WOOJER has the worst customer service and the product just isn't worth it. Don't BUY.

[@tizio2332]

Why? I'm interested in the product but a tons of peoples had a bad experience with it

[@ak1969]

Pretty much an expensive piece of BS imo, that's just my 2 cents.

[@imdam-ned]

Your tone; it doesn't exactly inspire confidence, the question mark in your speaking makes you come off as a horrible telemarketer trying to do reverse psychology. Like a young student bein forced by there too there teacher doing their first presentation.