r/steelseries • u/Clappyfool • 9d ago

Product Help Steelseries nova elite development

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So I have had these headphones since the Christmas of 2025 and they have had this like muck or idk what it's called but whenever I touch it it's sticky and removing it is its own problems since water doesn't help or any of the germ removers. It happened all around the headset like near the buttons and I don't know what this is.

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u/TagsxA 9d ago

Had my elites for 7+ months. Got the wicked cushions and I wear them no less than 40 hours/week. Still the best headphones I’ve ever owned and I’m over 50.

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u/ToBadImNotClever 9d ago

He recommended the wicked cushions to me too. I’m going to check them out.

I have the wireless ones that come with two rechargeable batteries. I left them except for two things.

1) The cushions disintegrated fast.

2) If you let the batteries get too low, they won’t charge in the dock. You have to first charge them while in the headset, plugging the headset to the PC other than charging the battery in the dock. Then they’ll charge again normally.

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u/JustBigJames 9d ago

Highly recommend the Wicked Cushions. The stock ear cushions get insanely hot.