Value Award
Bit-Fenix Flo
RRP: $59.99 | Website:
L
et’s face it, $60 isn’t a lot when
it comes to headphones. You
can easily spend over $1,000
on a variety of cans and even for
a set of gaming cans, you'd find
units that retail for anything up to
$400. So in comparison, the BitFenix Flo set is very affordable and
bordering on cheap. That doesn’t
means however that it isn’t a good
set to game with. I was pleasantly
surprised at just how capable the
Flo headphones were at handling a
variety of music types and games.
The sound quality punches above
its weight division and for that I will
award full marks for. Even better
than its gaming credentials however
is how well it works with portable
players and mobile devices.
This is particularly important
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because while I do appreciate that
this headset works in both contexts,
it’s more important for me that I
can take these cans outside with
me. For my gaming needs there
are headphones that I find more
appealing than the Flo’s but then
again that set costs a lot more,
but more than anything it is much
larger, heavier and certainly not for
use outside of the home.
The difference with the Flo is that
for those mobile gaming sessions
on a notebook, they work perfectly,
delivering respectable amounts of
bass and clarity within the midrange. The high frequencies aren’t
that strong but then again this isn’t
too much of an issue when gaming,
especially when playing racing or
FPS games.
You may be wondering how
these feel while around the
head? Well I found them to be
sufficiently comfortable. I had
suspected them to be very tight but
they turned out to be just right if not
a little on the relaxed side. There’s
isn’t much in terms of noise isolation
which I didn’t mind considering that
you may be using these outside in a
public space. Around your ears the
audio doesn’t leak and you’ll not be
disturbing people around with what
you’re listening to unless it’s at a
ridiculously high volume level.
Aesthetics then is where the Flo
left me in two minds. On the one
hand I do appreciate the relatively
slim profile of the ear cups and the
matte finish does look great. This
is especially true for the white and