The sale runs 16 November to 5 December, and orders from 1 November are covered if the price drops. So this page is less about waiting and more about which headset. I race in the Dream Air, and it's about to have its first ever sale.
Right now
The sale starts 16 November and runs to 5 December. From 1 November orders through the links on this page are covered by price protection, and from 9 November the store covers every order itself.
Before 1 November nothing is covered: an order placed now is at today's price, full stop. The code takes 2% off today as it always does, and it comes off the sale price too.
The dates
From Pimax, 2026
1 November
Price protection opens
Orders through my links are covered from today if the Black Friday price is lower.
9 November
Pimax publish their own programme
From here the store covers every order, not only the ones through my links.
16 November
The sale goes live
Price cuts on headsets and free shipping.
27 November
Black Friday
Same prices as the 16th. Nothing new lands on the day.
30 November
Cyber Monday
Still the same sale, still the same code.
5 December
Last day
Prices go back up the morning after.
Price protection
Normally a sale on the way means an early order is a gamble. This year Pimax are covering early orders. From 1 November, an order placed through the links on this page is covered, and from 9 November the store covers every order itself. If the Black Friday price on 16 Nov turns out lower than what was paid, the buyer contacts Pimax Support and they refund the difference. Store credit or cash, under their policy.
What that means in practice: an order before the sale ends up at the sale price either way, and arrives sooner. What it doesn't get is the free shipping, which only runs during the sale window. Those are the facts, and the call is yours.
How a claim works
Order through a link on this page
From 1 November an order placed through the links on this page is covered. From 9 November the store covers every order itself. The last covered day is 15 November. The links tag the order to the channel and the Dream Air ones pre-fill the code.
Keep the order number
The confirmation email has it. That number is the whole claim, so don't lose it.
Check the price on 16 Nov
The table on this page shows every headset at its Black Friday price the morning the sale lands. Compare it with what you paid.
If it's lower, contact Pimax Support
Send them the order number. They refund the difference as store credit or cash, under their own policy.
Practical
This is between you and Pimax. I don't sit in the middle of it and I can't see your order, so go straight to their support with the number and keep it factual. Their policy, their refund.
Which headset
A sale doesn't change which headset suits you, it only changes what it costs. Specs below are the ones Pimax publish, the opinions are mine, and the full write-up of each is on the Pimax headsets page.
My go-toThe one I grab. Under 170 grams, Sony micro-OLED, and it sits on your head until you forget it's there. This is the first time it has ever been in a sale, which is the whole reason this page exists.
PracticalHeadset only if you already have Lighthouse base stations. The SLAM version with the controllers if you don't, and that's the one I tested.
The Dream Air's shape at the Crystal Light's money. Fewer pixels, same tiny footprint, same micro-OLED. If weight is what has kept you off VR and the full Dream Air is too dear, this is the answer.
PracticalNo price cut on this one. The free shipping is the whole saving, so the sale dates don't change what the headset itself costs.
Best valueThe sensible one. Native 4K per eye, glass lenses, local dimming, controllers in the box, at the price that makes VR simracing an actual conversation. Most people should start here.
PracticalA cut on top of a price that was already fair is hard to argue with. If you're new to PCVR, this is where I'd point you.
The Light's bigger brother. More pixels per eye than most GPUs know what to do with, and the Ultrawide engine if field of view is the thing you want. I had the Ultrawide on loan and wrote it up.
PracticalOnly with a current high-end card. It held 90 fps on an RTX 5080 for me. On anything older you'll be turning things down to get there.
Micro-OLEDThe Super with the Sony panel. Proper blacks, which matters more than you'd think for night races and dark cockpits. The dearest headset here, so a cut lands hardest on this one.
PracticalSame GPU rule as the Super. If you race a lot of night sessions, the panel is the difference you'll actually see.
If you, then
Practical
The GPU is the part people forget. Every Pimax here renders more pixels than a flat screen, the Supers a lot more. If your card is a generation or two old, the Crystal Light or the Dream Air SE will give you a better race than a Super you have to throttle.
Prices today
Read from store.pimax.com every hour. USD, before shipping and any import duty. These are the prices price protection measures against: pay one of these now, and if the Black Friday price on 16 Nov is lower, Pimax refund the gap. Code JACKZER takes 2% off at checkout today as it always does.
| Headset | Pimax sale | Price | After JACKZER | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pimax Dream AirHeadset only, Lighthouse | Full price | $1,999 | $1,959.022% off with the code | In stockBuyIn stock |
| Pimax Dream AirSLAM tracking and controllers | Full price | $2,299 | $2,253.022% off with the code | In stockBuyIn stock |
| Pimax Dream Air SEHeadset only, Lighthouse | Full price | $899 | $881.022% off with the code | In stockBuyIn stock |
| Pimax Dream Air SESLAM tracking and controllers | Full price | $1,199 | $1,175.022% off with the code | In stockBuyIn stock |
| Full price | $899 | $881.022% off with the code | In stockBuyIn stock | |
| Pimax Crystal Super57 PPD engine | 11% off | $1,599 $1,799 | $1,567.0213% off $1,799 | In stockBuyIn stock |
| Pimax Crystal SuperUltrawide engine | 11% off | $1,599 $1,799 | $1,567.0213% off $1,799 | In stockBuyIn stock |
| Full price | $2,199 | $2,155.022% off with the code | In stockBuyIn stock |
That is Pimax right now. Prices read again within the hour.
FAQ
If your question isn't here, the Discord is the fastest way to reach me.
Yes. It runs 16 November to 5 December, with price cuts on the headsets and free shipping. Orders placed from 1 November are covered by price protection, which is explained on this page.
The sale starts 16 November and the last day is 5 December. Black Friday itself is 27 November and Cyber Monday is 30 November, but the prices are the same across the whole window. Nothing new lands on the Friday.
Yes. JACKZER, in capitals, takes 2% off the Black Friday price at checkout. Pimax confirmed the code stacks on the sale, so the after-code figure on this page is what you pay before shipping. If the total hasn't moved, lowercase letters are nearly always why.
Yes, and it's the first time the Dream Air has ever been in a public sale. It's the headset I grab when I race in VR.
No. The Dream Air SE has no price cut this year. The free shipping during the sale is the whole saving on it, so the sale dates don't change what the headset itself costs.
Cover for an early order. From 1 November, an order placed through the links on this page is eligible; from 9 November the store covers every order itself. It runs to the day before the sale. If the Black Friday price turns out lower, you contact Pimax Support with your order number and they refund the difference, as store credit or cash, under their policy. It's between you and Pimax.
Find your order number, check the Black Friday price in the table on this page, and contact Pimax Support with both. They handle the refund. I can't see your order and I'm not in the middle of it, so go straight to them and keep it factual.
Yes, on headsets, for the whole sale. Pimax say the total saving including shipping reaches $255 on selected models. The headset prices in the table are before shipping, so free shipping comes off on top of what you see.
Same sale, same prices, same code. Cyber Monday is 30 November and the sale runs on to 5 December. There is no separate Cyber Monday deal.
For me it's the Dream Air, SLAM version, because I feel weight on long sessions and I stream. If it's your first PCVR headset, the Crystal Light. If field of view is the thing, the Crystal Super with the Ultrawide engine, as long as your GPU is current. The section above goes through each one honestly.
A note on the code
Pimax aren't a channel partner. I have an affiliate code with them, and they've kindly offered a discount code for the community. JACKZER takes 2% off every headset at store.pimax.com, and during Black Friday it comes off the sale price. Not a huge number, but on a headset it's real money. Capitals matter at checkout.
The full how-to, the questions people ask and today's prices are on the Pimax discount code page. Every other code I have, SIMAGIC, Sim-Lab and the rest, is on the discount codes page.
Three steps
Open the store through a button on this page. The link tags the order to the channel, and the Dream Air links pre-fill the code.
Add your headset to the cart.
Enter JACKZER, in capitals, in the discount box and check the total dropped by 2% before you pay.
Purchasing items through the affiliate links here will provide commission to the channel at no extra cost to you, which keeps the videos coming to the community! Many thanks - Jack
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Irish simracing content creator and SIMAGIC ambassador
I'm Jack. I race, I make videos about it, and I've spent years in the simracing community watching the hardware market grow up around it. Before any of this I was an electrician, so I've always been a tinkerer. I like taking a product apart in my head and asking how it could look better, work better, or just make more sense.
I also studied psychotherapy, which helps me understand what's going on in my own head when I drive, and sometimes helps me explain it in a way that's useful to you too.
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