Fractal Design has been slowly adding to their product portfolio. Late last year we took a look at their Refine gaming chair, which was their first foray into chairs. It was quite a nice chair and I actually still use it to this day! Today they are entering the gaming headset space with the Scape. The Fractal Design Scape is a wireless gaming headset that features a sleek design with RGB lighting, 40mm drivers, an included wireless docking station / charging stand, detachable boom microphone, soft fabric ear cushions, and tri-mode connectivity via a 2.4 GHz dongle, Bluetooth, or just using the headset wired. Let’s take a look at this headset and see what it is all about!
Special thanks to Fractal Design for providing us with the Scape gaming headset to review.
Specifications of the Fractal Design Scape Gaming Headset
Dimensions (without stand): 160 x 185 x 84 mm
Dimensions with stand (WxHxD): 160 x 205 x 84 mm
Weight: 320g (including microphone)
Battery life (RGB off): 40-50h
Battery life (RGB on): 20h
Compatibility: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4/5, Switch, IOS/Android
Driver size, Frequency response: 40mm, 20-20 000hz
Connection mode: 2.4GHz via dongle, Bluetooth 5.3, USB
On ear controls: Control crown (volume, play/pause), power, wireless connection mode, mute, EQ selection
Range: 40m (Unobstructed)
Charging time: 0-100% in charging stand 5h
Charging time: 0-100% with USB cable 3h
Charging time: from 0% to 3h playtime with RGB on 15 min
RGB type: 6 individually addressable LED’s per cup, compatible with windows dynamic lighting
Included in box: Headset, charging stand, wireless dongle, 1.5m USB A to USB C cable, boom microphone
Audio resolution: Up to 24bits/96khz (via dongle and USB)
Latency: 50ms (will be re-measured and should be lower/on par with maxwell)
Microphone type: Uni-directional, Super wide band protocol: 50 – 16khz
Packaging of the Fractal Design Scape Gaming Headset
The Scape comes in pretty plain box that just says Scape in the bottom corner. The side of the box shows the inner box, which has a picture of the headset on it. I assume this is what you’ll see when these are in shelves at stores.
Opening the box up we find everything nicely packaged. Getting everything out of the box we find the headset itself, the wireless docking station / charging stand, detachable microphone, USB cable, and a user’s guide.
