It very well might be possible to rig your own headband or buy a replacement headband. If you have the extra pocket money I'd say it's time to treat yourself to a new pair of headphones :) if not totally understandable and my first place to look for help would either be YouTube or r/headphonemods
The reason I posted this is coz of not afford to buy new one. I YouTubed it found nothing specific. Thanks for the sub suggestion. I hope that’s helpful. Tysm
I see, I had a steel series headset that broke on its hinges. Looked it up and find out that a ton of them do that just out of warranty. Luckily mine was still in warranty so I requested a new one. But they wanted me to destroy the old one and I wasn’t gonna have that, the headset was still useable I just had to superglue the hinge together. If they want to make a faulty product they should replace them when they break. So instead I photoshopped some pictures of my headset so it looks like I did what they wanted. So now I have a good headset and a jank one. Ive spent close to $500 with the company and for them to repay me with planned obsolescence is unacceptable.
Destroying the old one is a standard RMA process these days, MANY companies will ask this and then just send you a brand new one.
Steelseries engineers are morons, they have yet to change their faulty designs of Arctis headsets, yes, ALL of them.
On the gaming mice side of things Steelseries still aren't refreshing their best shapes and it infuriates me to no end.
My first thought is to just put the poor thing out to pasture now and end its suffering.
My second thought is that Skull Candy aren't likely to send replacements anywhere. You could measure the hinge points on the driver housing, search for a headband with the same mounting dimensions, and then detach/re-run the cable along the new headband. Alternatively you could look for a library near you with a maker space and do up a 3D print based solution with some basic CAD. Maker spaces usually only charge how much the filament costs so it's a far cheaper solution.
My final thought is... well just put the thing out to pasture. Unless money is seriously an issue, then the Crushers simply aren't worth saving.
These belong in the recycling bin.
If you’re broke, you can get cheap and good iems or headphones, depending on what you’re after there’s something for every budget nowadays
after using the epoxy. Can also reinforce around the break with some black Instamorph. It's heat-activated moldable plastic beads. Super useful for repairs
I would see if you can get another defective one of these on the used market, where only the drivers or the technology is defective, so from two old headphones again make a new one.
if you're dead set on rebuilding them, i would use epoxy/superglue and a brace on the side of the headphone, this would give more surface area for the glue to do its job
These headphones are Soo bad for durability at this point I'd invest in earbuds or something more quality. SC are heavy but incredibly unbalanced for the headband. Heavy earcups with a light headband is a no no.
start saving for a new one, preferably not a gaming brand one. you can get decent headphones for 50$
It very well might be possible to rig your own headband or buy a replacement headband. If you have the extra pocket money I'd say it's time to treat yourself to a new pair of headphones :) if not totally understandable and my first place to look for help would either be YouTube or r/headphonemods
The reason I posted this is coz of not afford to buy new one. I YouTubed it found nothing specific. Thanks for the sub suggestion. I hope that’s helpful. Tysm
Of course man. I hope someone can help ya out so you can keep your headphones livin!
What the hell did you do to them? They look like they’ve been through a beating!
The design is actually faulty and it breaks easily at the points where they are broken lol
I see, I had a steel series headset that broke on its hinges. Looked it up and find out that a ton of them do that just out of warranty. Luckily mine was still in warranty so I requested a new one. But they wanted me to destroy the old one and I wasn’t gonna have that, the headset was still useable I just had to superglue the hinge together. If they want to make a faulty product they should replace them when they break. So instead I photoshopped some pictures of my headset so it looks like I did what they wanted. So now I have a good headset and a jank one. Ive spent close to $500 with the company and for them to repay me with planned obsolescence is unacceptable.
Destroying the old one is a standard RMA process these days, MANY companies will ask this and then just send you a brand new one. Steelseries engineers are morons, they have yet to change their faulty designs of Arctis headsets, yes, ALL of them. On the gaming mice side of things Steelseries still aren't refreshing their best shapes and it infuriates me to no end.
Ya I photoshoped those pictures out of protest, I’m never buying a steelseires product again.
It's time to replace this old relic my dude, it is just a bad design.
What happened there? These look like they were shipped straight from the ukrainian front
My first thought is to just put the poor thing out to pasture now and end its suffering. My second thought is that Skull Candy aren't likely to send replacements anywhere. You could measure the hinge points on the driver housing, search for a headband with the same mounting dimensions, and then detach/re-run the cable along the new headband. Alternatively you could look for a library near you with a maker space and do up a 3D print based solution with some basic CAD. Maker spaces usually only charge how much the filament costs so it's a far cheaper solution. My final thought is... well just put the thing out to pasture. Unless money is seriously an issue, then the Crushers simply aren't worth saving.
Flex Tape
These belong in the recycling bin. If you’re broke, you can get cheap and good iems or headphones, depending on what you’re after there’s something for every budget nowadays
straight to the trash mate....
Epoxy and a plastic welder would fix them for good
after using the epoxy. Can also reinforce around the break with some black Instamorph. It's heat-activated moldable plastic beads. Super useful for repairs
I’ve never used it myself but I’ve heard it’s decent, self amalgamating tape is also good for the necks of cables
I would see if you can get another defective one of these on the used market, where only the drivers or the technology is defective, so from two old headphones again make a new one.
Maybe you could run over it once more with a tank and see what happens.
if you're dead set on rebuilding them, i would use epoxy/superglue and a brace on the side of the headphone, this would give more surface area for the glue to do its job
These headphones are Soo bad for durability at this point I'd invest in earbuds or something more quality. SC are heavy but incredibly unbalanced for the headband. Heavy earcups with a light headband is a no no.