HP's Reverb is easily the best VR headset in Microsoft's Windows MR lineup. It's a comfortable device, the visuals it produces are crisp and clear and like all Windows MR devices, it's relatively simple to set up.
However, a crucial part of any VR experience is the quality of the hand tracking and input method, and this package falls far short of what I would call the bare minimum for tracking fidelity for 2019. The faulty tracking of the controllers—not to mention the poor ergonomic design—makes it difficult to recommend the Reverb headset over competitors like the
HTC Vive Pro.
The price tag doesn't help either. The Reverb starts at $599 for the consumer version, and the Pro edition sells for $649 (it includes a 0.6m headset cable for connecting to the optional HP Z VR backpack). That's a lot of money for a headset with sub-par tracking accuracy and inferior controllers--especially considering the recent competition in the VR headset market.
You would need a good reason to favor the higher resolution over better controllers. Unless the highest resolution image is of critical importance to how you plan on using the headset, you might want to consider other cheaper HMDs over this one, which is a real shame because the image clarity in the Reverb is quite exceptional.