I decided to try out the InfinityONE Air Cover 2.0 as whilst I’m usually OK with the Dual Knit and light seal on the odd occasion it can be very uncomfortable. I suspect this is because the size/shape of my face does vary marginally, for example dependent on level of hydration.

Firstly this solution does require you to remove the audio straps of your AVP to fit. Not a massive issue for me - at least for install, more on that later - but others may be more wary of taking their expensive tech apart.

Once installed I tried it out for an evening. Not good, not good at all! The Air Cover is rigid plastic and there is minimal ability (5mm max) to adjust its position in relation to the main unit of the AVP. Even after much fiddling with Dual Knit to try and change things the end result was consistently the AVP pressed right against my face with my eyeballs virtually touching the lenses. Additionally whatever I did it was resting heavily on my nose with the Air Cover seeming to provide no support to “lift” the unit off my nose. As I mentioned earlier the Air Cover is rigid plastic and curved. My forehead is clearly not as curved as the Air Cover as whilst the foam pad sat against the sides of my temple the front of it made no contact at all. Finally this 2.0 has “side blinkers” intended to prevent light leaking in at the sides. Once installed these are effectively just part of the single moulded unit so hard plastic with absolutely no flex. Stupidly they are also curved vertically. For me this resulted in not just light leaking in but the bottom of the blinkers actually digging into my cheekbones regardless of position.

Not to be perturbed I decide to persist with an evening’s use after finding what I felt was the least painful fit. Does it increase field of view? Most definitely yes but the sacrifice you have to make in terms of comfort - i.e. zero comfort - makes it not worthwhile. And if you want to watch media content in a dark immersive environment such as cinema then be prepared to have your lights off and curtains or blinds closed. Any level of light in your real world viewing environment renders media viewing impossible - the “blinkers” are absolutely pointless.

My final point on actual use - after a while the part that sits on your forehead gets hot, I mean really hot! More on this next in the removal section.

So, one evening with this was more than enough to determine it wasn’t a viable solution for me. I took it off with relief and it was then I discovered the foam pad was starting to peel away from the plastic. I am guessing due to heat problem I mentioned. This after just 3 hours use max.

Next day I decided to remove it and see if I could return it for a refund. And here’s where I came across the final kicker. It’s very very hard to remove the audio straps when the Air Cover is installed. The straps are much more difficult to “unlock” for some reason and as I’ve mentioned multiple times this thing is rigid plastic. You can’t simply remove one side followed by the other like pre-install. The Air Cover design results in you partially removing one strap (you can’t pull it all the way out, the Air Cover’s rigid design prevents this) then attempting to remove the other praying the strap you’ve already partially removed won’t drop back into its home position and lock. For me this happened multiple times and in fact eventually I pulled the first strap what was clearly too far out, thinking a bit more leeway would prevent the frustrating re-locking. This resulted in the part of the cover that was connected to the other strap just breaking in two. So now I just have a broken Air Cover.

Maybe your face shape and size might be perfect for this solution. But for me it was an absolutely terrible experience.

InfinityONE Air Cover 2.0 - not for me!