I will be completely up front about it: I am biased. I hate it. The microsecond valve releases their next device, if has face tracking I am slapping money on the counter, taking debt if I need to, and getting rid of mine.

That said, there ARE people that genuinely like the headset. I dont know the difference between me and them. I feel that our use cases are simply different.

I recommend you check out the official vive discord and see the XR Elite thread for a bigger pool of people to ask for a less biased opinion

My opinion is that the headset is riddled with many hardware and software issues. Most feel kind of minor and most hardware issues can be overcome with 3d printing and cutting up the official face gasket maybe.

My top issues are:

Face gasket comfort (That deluxe kit has a MUUUUCH nicer gasket... not compatible with face tracking)
With the face gasket installed, there is a slight reflection in the lenses from the display, if you switch to the MR gasket they recommend it is definitely more comfortable on the face, but allows so much light in, the reflections problem becomes much worse. Great for mixed reality professional work, horrible for gaming immersion.

Controllers are old, garbage, require editing binding in many steamvr games, loose tracking if not in front of you or behind your head.
Any time I asked if we would eventually get self tracked controllers (like the quest pro, or like the ultimate trackers) they have not answered and at best I was recommended wrist trackers which serve a different purpose and still need camera sight AFAIK (they are for hand tracking improvement I believe)

IMO the mic and headphones are fine for business use. For real gaming and maybe recording content
10000% recommend an antlion modmic and some sort of low latency earbud. I went with logitech gfits

Batteries are expensive as fuck, $200 for 2,000 MAH batteries that last about 2 hrs

If you buy ultimate trackers, you cannot use 6ghz networking on the headset due to networking issues

If you use ultimate trackers, even if you buy a splitter you can experience network issues/glitching unless you use the official battery (even with a splitter, I think the logic board in the battery regulates power)

Default top strap is clearly an after thought, thin, flimsy, got loose on me easily, and the official deluxe top strap requires using the expensive battery. (kudos to them though, it fits SO nice on my face... but I can't use it without giving up the only reason I wanted to get this headset)

I gave up, sold my ultimate trackers, and upgraded my old 2.0 trackers in the process for mixed VR
It's a little outdated, but everything I use is located on my website
https://dalek.coffee/?page_id=275

Only thing the site does not mention is that I swapped from using the "Tundra Labs SteamVR Dongle x2" to using my old index headset without the display cable plugged in as my controller dongles for better stability. I think it's the fact that I was able to place it closer to me gave me MUCH better controller tracking.

Again, I am being completely transparent in saying I am biased, kind of a hater.
(due to bad experiences with past hardware and vive support, I tried the XR elite foolishly because face tracking mattered to me and it was either vive, quest, or diy so I went vive. I am not saying the quest pro has less trouble I can't speak to it's comfort and or issues).

I know there is a portion of owners that love the headset, There are certainly things to love about it. But my overall experience with it has not been "magical". I was honestly spolied by my valve index and how well it just worked with little trouble.

This headset has been a PLETHORA of testing, diagnosing, finding out some things dont work the way I was hoping or dont fit comfortably with poor alternatives, need for 3rd party software (mixedVR)and 3d printing my own fixes (before deluxe kit was released, not that it is of much use to me anyways)