now normally whatever I'm making a video about sits here on the table in front of
me but the item we'll be reviewing today simply doesn't fit here and no that
wasn't a cheap shot at your mama but rather a factual observation about the
oo Revolution a gaming cockpit that I
combined with three LG 31 muu 97 4K
monitors the Standalone video about which is coming soon by the way to make
the ultimate workstation computer setup
that is taking up about half of my living room at home where I have to film
it at the moment so is it worth it compared to a traditional desk and chair
well let's find out shall
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more in all begins with the package the
revolution comes in two boxes one for the racing style seat and another large
extremely heavy 49 kg to be exact box
for the remainder of this diabolical Contraption so it's well over 100 lb and
made of thick steel tubing and steel plate now this baby May cost $1,000 once
you equip it with a couple of optional accessories but there is no question in
my mind about whether the ruggedness of the construction matches the price tag
this setup process is how do I describe this kindly you know how model kits have
skill levels on the side of the package well Ikea would be the easy level and
this would be the insanity level all the
parts are neatly labeled and packaged mind you a couple of them were labeled
in correctly thankfully though I know the difference between a lock washer and
a nut and everything in the Box was amazingly well protected and arve
looking absolutely perfect you can tell they really care about these things
getting to the customer in one piece but the incl written instructions are
frankly awful with illustrations that are too dark to see and many steps
either missing or contradicting the video instructions which thankfully by
contrast are excellent if a little needlessly difficult to find on the
aotto website overall the process took about 3 to four hours with the help of
my wife and the help of my 2-year-old so you could probably do it yourself in
about 3 to four hours but another pair of hands is definitely nice to have
around for certain steps like mounting the monitor on the vase amount but once
it's over do you feel rewarded for your effort well let's take a quick tour of
the unit shall we we'll start with the main frame which consists of two bottom
Runners a main shaft that ends in a rubber grippy covered plate that can be
oriented facing up or if you're willing to get a little creative kind of towards
you and is pre-drilled for Vasa compliant monitors and some popular
racing wheels and two phenomenally robust side pieces that form a little
cage around your feet now from the look of this whole assembly you'd think that
it supports the user the monitors and a fully stocked beverage cooler but it's
actually just a way overbuilt starting point that everything else attaches to
the footrest with the thoughtfully pre-drilled holes for pedals attaches
with four bolts through the sides and can be positioned forwards or backwards
with a variety of different bolt holes and can then be angled according to your
preference with another two bolts optionally there's also a kit to bolt
two fully articulating arms that terminate in tiltable Vasa plates for
cockpit instruments or other access accessories and that come with acrylic
keyboard and mouse rests that go on them by default now I've read a number of
user reviews for this product and it seems like the general consensus is that
this combo is a musthave but I suspect the folks writing these reviews sit a
little higher in their seats than my petite 5' 6 in frame allows me to
because thanks to their lack of height adjustment I didn't find them very
comfortable to use and spent most of my time with the stock keyboard and mouse
plate which thankfully is height adjustable with a simple turning wheel
and plate is probably the right word for that thing it's solid steel with
reinforcement bars underneath and attaches via an articulating ARM on the
left side of the Rails that support the seat and then bolt into the main frame
it's covered in a cloth type mouse pad material that my M45 Mouse tracks
perfectly on and I found quite pleasing to the touch and it can be easily
positioned exactly where it's most comfortable I did have some complaints
about it though I was able to solve the issue where the joint swung too freely
making it kind of hard to keep my peripherals in one place by simply tightening the joints with one of the
included Allen keys but the SAG of this
thing wasn't as easy for me to address now OB is aware of the issue with like a
huge gigantic metal thing hanging out from you know one one mounting point and
they actually include these little screws that you can use to compensate
for some seg the issue is that my angle
mount that sticks out of the left side of the chair wasn't quite manufactured
within acceptable tolerances so while the platform is level when swung out
away from the seat it's very saggy when it's in the proper position the good
news is that diying a solution to this would likely be as simple as jamming a
washer or two into where the ARM mounts to the base or bending it myself and
that would only have to last until O's at least if online feedback is to be
believed excellent support sends a new unit of that piece on the subject of
support let's move on to the monitor mount which unintuitively although I can
see they did this way so that movement in the chair doesn't shake the monitors
is actually a completely separate freestanding component of the entire
setup the two sidearms attached to base runners with bolts then are held
together by two sliding tubes that go inside that and then another one that
sits over top of it that has a reinforced piece with an articulating
ARM and a Vasa plate on the end that gives you distance control depending on
your screen size and resolution tilt swivel pivot and a little bit of height
adjust which is is handled with this screw right here but while it has all
the features that I'd want to see on a checklist and the optional triple
monitor mount with its two additional Vasa plates on articulating arms mounts
to the existing setup very easily the implementation of the monitor position
adjustments is probably the weakest part of the entire cockpit a variety of
lengths of the necessary bolts are included but I had to fabricate my own
spacers to keep them from damaging the backs of my monitors and I needed two
Allen Keys a rench a level and an assistant to get the monitors all
reasonably well aligned height needs to be basically guessed at since you have
to support the ARM to mount it and then it'll seg once you let go and tilt
adjustments are a problem for the same reason and because the only lock for
tilt is to wrench the crap out of one
screw and then hope that the friction keeps it in place the problems aside I
do have to admire the versatility of aadu system and I don't know how they
could have done it better while keeping the whole thing affordable you can get a
wider range of height control if you lift up the entire thing and screw it on
with a different set of bolt holes depending on your height and the
monitors that you're using I'm using the middle one which I found was ideal for
my triple 31in displays or a single
larger one it would probably be good for that as well but it'll work with basically any display with a 50 100 or
200 mm Vasa bolt pattern if I had three smaller displays though I'd likely use
the lowest one since I'm pretty short but that's the flexibility that it gives
you let's move on to the seat and general ergonomics the seat gets both
positive and negative feedback from me it's pretty comfortable though maybe not
as wide as some of the folks at the upper range of obudu supported weight
might prefer and the construction is pretty good with mesh in the areas that
heat up and this pretty cool carbon fibery pleather elsewhere the seat is
mounted to two kind of frame pieces which sit on the floor with scratch
protectors at one end and then are bolted into the main frame at the other
end although scratch protectors as side I would definitely recommend putting
this whole thing on some carpet scraps if you really care about your floor and
then the chair is bolted to that using one of two sets of holes the normal ones
and then the short people ones like a standard car seat it can be reclined and
slid forward and backward from there giving the revolution nearly Limitless
ergonomic options but I have a couple of
issues regardless the first one which is easily resolved is to do with how time
consuming these adjustments are between all the different bolts and wrenches and
the way that adjusting one thing can create a chain reaction of other
adjustments like if I move my cup holder and you know shift Mount forward then I
might need to move my monitors and my chair and my footrest um it's a bit of a
pain but like I said it's easily resolved just by spending some time on
it the second issue is a bit trickier but I think ties in really nicely to my
conclusion for the obutto revolution as a workstation the chair lacks the one
adjustment that I really needed height I like everything else where it is but I'd
like to sit a couple of inches higher and that's the real strength of this
product even if it's not perfect out of the box it is a fantastic foundation if
you want to you know run out and grab a car seat at an auto junkyard that's you
know more tier liking and fabricate a cheap mounting adapter or Riser or add
pretty much whatever else you want to it I mean there are some minor complaints
that I haven't covered already uh Cable Management could have been given some
more thought with random Velcro straps being the only real solution that I came
up with uh getting in and out of it is a bit of a bear even when my bloody cat
isn't sitting on it I mean this thing is like a feline magnet and the wife
approval ranking for this product is fairly low unless you have somewhere
that you can put it where she'll never have to see it but all of that aside for
$800 especially when you compare that to a standalone desk and chair it's an
astonishingly well-built product especially if you can get some use out
of it for gaming as well as work which I'll be getting into more in my
follow-up video Once ASUS ships me a few Rog Swift monitors to hook up to it
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