Obutto Revolution Gaming Cockpit - The ULTIMATE Workstation Computer Setup?
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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2,258 words · ~11 min read
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now normally whatever I'm making a video about sits here on the table in front of
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me but the item we'll be reviewing today simply doesn't fit here and no that
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wasn't a cheap shot at your mama but rather a factual observation about the
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oo Revolution a gaming cockpit that I
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combined with three LG 31 muu 97 4K
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monitors the Standalone video about which is coming soon by the way to make
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the ultimate workstation computer setup
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that is taking up about half of my living room at home where I have to film
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it at the moment so is it worth it compared to a traditional desk and chair
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well let's find out shall
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more in all begins with the package the
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revolution comes in two boxes one for the racing style seat and another large
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extremely heavy 49 kg to be exact box
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for the remainder of this diabolical Contraption so it's well over 100 lb and
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made of thick steel tubing and steel plate now this baby May cost $1,000 once
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you equip it with a couple of optional accessories but there is no question in
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my mind about whether the ruggedness of the construction matches the price tag
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this setup process is how do I describe this kindly you know how model kits have
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skill levels on the side of the package well Ikea would be the easy level and
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this would be the insanity level all the
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parts are neatly labeled and packaged mind you a couple of them were labeled
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in correctly thankfully though I know the difference between a lock washer and
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a nut and everything in the Box was amazingly well protected and arve
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looking absolutely perfect you can tell they really care about these things
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getting to the customer in one piece but the incl written instructions are
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frankly awful with illustrations that are too dark to see and many steps
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either missing or contradicting the video instructions which thankfully by
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contrast are excellent if a little needlessly difficult to find on the
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aotto website overall the process took about 3 to four hours with the help of
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my wife and the help of my 2-year-old so you could probably do it yourself in
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about 3 to four hours but another pair of hands is definitely nice to have
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around for certain steps like mounting the monitor on the vase amount but once
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it's over do you feel rewarded for your effort well let's take a quick tour of
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the unit shall we we'll start with the main frame which consists of two bottom
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Runners a main shaft that ends in a rubber grippy covered plate that can be
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oriented facing up or if you're willing to get a little creative kind of towards
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you and is pre-drilled for Vasa compliant monitors and some popular
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racing wheels and two phenomenally robust side pieces that form a little
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cage around your feet now from the look of this whole assembly you'd think that
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it supports the user the monitors and a fully stocked beverage cooler but it's
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actually just a way overbuilt starting point that everything else attaches to
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the footrest with the thoughtfully pre-drilled holes for pedals attaches
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with four bolts through the sides and can be positioned forwards or backwards
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with a variety of different bolt holes and can then be angled according to your
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preference with another two bolts optionally there's also a kit to bolt
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two fully articulating arms that terminate in tiltable Vasa plates for
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cockpit instruments or other access accessories and that come with acrylic
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keyboard and mouse rests that go on them by default now I've read a number of
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user reviews for this product and it seems like the general consensus is that
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this combo is a musthave but I suspect the folks writing these reviews sit a
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little higher in their seats than my petite 5' 6 in frame allows me to
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because thanks to their lack of height adjustment I didn't find them very
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comfortable to use and spent most of my time with the stock keyboard and mouse
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plate which thankfully is height adjustable with a simple turning wheel
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and plate is probably the right word for that thing it's solid steel with
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reinforcement bars underneath and attaches via an articulating ARM on the
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left side of the Rails that support the seat and then bolt into the main frame
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it's covered in a cloth type mouse pad material that my M45 Mouse tracks
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perfectly on and I found quite pleasing to the touch and it can be easily
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positioned exactly where it's most comfortable I did have some complaints
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about it though I was able to solve the issue where the joint swung too freely
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making it kind of hard to keep my peripherals in one place by simply tightening the joints with one of the
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included Allen keys but the SAG of this
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thing wasn't as easy for me to address now OB is aware of the issue with like a
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huge gigantic metal thing hanging out from you know one one mounting point and
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they actually include these little screws that you can use to compensate
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for some seg the issue is that my angle
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mount that sticks out of the left side of the chair wasn't quite manufactured
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within acceptable tolerances so while the platform is level when swung out
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away from the seat it's very saggy when it's in the proper position the good
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news is that diying a solution to this would likely be as simple as jamming a
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washer or two into where the ARM mounts to the base or bending it myself and
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that would only have to last until O's at least if online feedback is to be
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believed excellent support sends a new unit of that piece on the subject of
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support let's move on to the monitor mount which unintuitively although I can
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see they did this way so that movement in the chair doesn't shake the monitors
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is actually a completely separate freestanding component of the entire
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setup the two sidearms attached to base runners with bolts then are held
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together by two sliding tubes that go inside that and then another one that
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sits over top of it that has a reinforced piece with an articulating
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ARM and a Vasa plate on the end that gives you distance control depending on
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your screen size and resolution tilt swivel pivot and a little bit of height
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adjust which is is handled with this screw right here but while it has all
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the features that I'd want to see on a checklist and the optional triple
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monitor mount with its two additional Vasa plates on articulating arms mounts
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to the existing setup very easily the implementation of the monitor position
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adjustments is probably the weakest part of the entire cockpit a variety of
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lengths of the necessary bolts are included but I had to fabricate my own
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spacers to keep them from damaging the backs of my monitors and I needed two
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Allen Keys a rench a level and an assistant to get the monitors all
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reasonably well aligned height needs to be basically guessed at since you have
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to support the ARM to mount it and then it'll seg once you let go and tilt
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adjustments are a problem for the same reason and because the only lock for
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tilt is to wrench the crap out of one
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screw and then hope that the friction keeps it in place the problems aside I
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do have to admire the versatility of aadu system and I don't know how they
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could have done it better while keeping the whole thing affordable you can get a
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wider range of height control if you lift up the entire thing and screw it on
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with a different set of bolt holes depending on your height and the
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monitors that you're using I'm using the middle one which I found was ideal for
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my triple 31in displays or a single
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larger one it would probably be good for that as well but it'll work with basically any display with a 50 100 or
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200 mm Vasa bolt pattern if I had three smaller displays though I'd likely use
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the lowest one since I'm pretty short but that's the flexibility that it gives
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you let's move on to the seat and general ergonomics the seat gets both
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positive and negative feedback from me it's pretty comfortable though maybe not
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as wide as some of the folks at the upper range of obudu supported weight
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might prefer and the construction is pretty good with mesh in the areas that
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heat up and this pretty cool carbon fibery pleather elsewhere the seat is
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mounted to two kind of frame pieces which sit on the floor with scratch
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protectors at one end and then are bolted into the main frame at the other
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end although scratch protectors as side I would definitely recommend putting
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this whole thing on some carpet scraps if you really care about your floor and
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then the chair is bolted to that using one of two sets of holes the normal ones
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and then the short people ones like a standard car seat it can be reclined and
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slid forward and backward from there giving the revolution nearly Limitless
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ergonomic options but I have a couple of
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issues regardless the first one which is easily resolved is to do with how time
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consuming these adjustments are between all the different bolts and wrenches and
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the way that adjusting one thing can create a chain reaction of other
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adjustments like if I move my cup holder and you know shift Mount forward then I
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might need to move my monitors and my chair and my footrest um it's a bit of a
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pain but like I said it's easily resolved just by spending some time on
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it the second issue is a bit trickier but I think ties in really nicely to my
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conclusion for the obutto revolution as a workstation the chair lacks the one
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adjustment that I really needed height I like everything else where it is but I'd
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like to sit a couple of inches higher and that's the real strength of this
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product even if it's not perfect out of the box it is a fantastic foundation if
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you want to you know run out and grab a car seat at an auto junkyard that's you
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know more tier liking and fabricate a cheap mounting adapter or Riser or add
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pretty much whatever else you want to it I mean there are some minor complaints
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that I haven't covered already uh Cable Management could have been given some
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more thought with random Velcro straps being the only real solution that I came
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up with uh getting in and out of it is a bit of a bear even when my bloody cat
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isn't sitting on it I mean this thing is like a feline magnet and the wife
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approval ranking for this product is fairly low unless you have somewhere
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that you can put it where she'll never have to see it but all of that aside for
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$800 especially when you compare that to a standalone desk and chair it's an
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astonishingly well-built product especially if you can get some use out
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of it for gaming as well as work which I'll be getting into more in my
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