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FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £26.99 on FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5), that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.0/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 159 products in the Headsets category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

9.3

Price

8.5

Reviews

9.3

Overall

9.0

 

FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) reviews

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FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) Specification

FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) specs

FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5)
Feature 1

Size: 1 1/8″

Other Headsets found with this feature: 3

Feature 2

Material: Forged, CNC machined 6061 T-6 alloy cups

Other Headsets found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Bearings: Angular contact sealed bearings

Other Headsets found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Weight: 116g

Other Headsets found with this feature: 5

Feature 5

Stack height upper: 14mm

Other Headsets found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Stack height lower: 15mm

Other Headsets found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Total stack height: 29mm

Other Headsets found with this feature: 1

Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Headsets found with this spec: 3

Spec 2

Option: Top Cap, No Top Cap

Other Headsets found with this spec: 1

Spec 3

Steerer Diameter: 1.1/8″

Other Headsets found with this spec: 1

Spec 4

Headset Type: Conventional

Other Headsets found with this spec: 5

Price

£26.99

Number of Reviews

52

Review Score

4.6 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No 5). Smooth and virtually maintenance free with replaceable cartridges, this new version features improved cartridges, better seals, and an all new exterior design that keeps more dirt, water, and mud out than ever before Features: Size: 1 1/8″ Material: Forged, CNC machined 6061 T-6 alloy cups Bearings: Angular contact sealed bearingsWeight: 116gStack height upper: 14mmStack height lower: 15mmTotal stack height: 29mmBuy FSA Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 4712123805276
  • 101-1005

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Headsets.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 159 different products in the Headsets category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 151 products from FSA (although only 28 of the 151 are in the Headsets category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Headsets. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from FSA. Below we’re going to get into the detail of FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Headsets. There are 159 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 159, the average price is £29.40. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £0.99 and most expensive was £160.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: FSA. The average price was £82.13 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £2.95 up to £849 with FSA products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of FSA products that appear specifically in the Headsets category. So you can see that the price of FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) at £26.99 is great value considering the average price of FSA Headsets is £22.52 and the price varies from £2.99.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £26.99 which represents a £23.00 or 46% saving against RRP. If you think FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Headsets too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 52 reviews scoring it 4.6 out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by FSA. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Headsets category is 4.3 and the average score of products from FSA is 4.2 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from FSA in the Headsets category the average review score is 4.4.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) such a high overall score of 9.0 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are 52 reviews for FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) which score it 4.6, so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy FSA Orbit XLII Headset (No.5) or in fact any of the other Headsets, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.