Looking for HMD recommendations

I’m enjoying myself so far using the original HTC Vive, but I think this will be the catalyst to push me to upgrade. I would love some recommendations, especially from anyone who has had a chance to try multiple headsets with MSFS. I’m primarily upgrading for this, however I will use it for other apps as well.

Right now my top 3 candidates are Valve Index, Pimax 5K plus & HP Reverb G2. I’m currently leaning toward the Index. It seems to have a decent blend of image quality, FOV & reliability compared to the others. In a perfect world I would probably go for the Pimax because of its FOV, but I have read bad things about its software and compatibility issues. The G2 doesn’t seem to rate well on FOV, and I am somewhat hesitant on switching to inside out tracking after using the Vive.

Any thoughts/recommendations? I am also open to suggestions beyond the three I mentioned.

The Valve Index is the natural choice for an upgrade from a Vive. You can even just buy the HMD for $500 if you don’t care about the new base stations and controllers (since this doesn’t even support controllers). Although, you won’t likely be able to enjoy a resolution increase over the Vive’s resolution because this is such a demanding title on your GPU. The Vive is honestly a great choice to keep unless you want to upgrade for other reasons (like getting the very best experience out of Half-Life: Alyx).

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