SlouchPod gaming chair

Park your posterior on this puppy, plug in and play

By Scott Snowden • Get more from this author

8th May 2007 13:28 GMT

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Simply drop your derrière on the chair and shuffle around a bit to get it into the right shape, take the red and white RCA plugs from your games console – leaving the yellow one in – and using the supplied adapters connect the red and white RCA cable extensions to the SlouchPod.

SlouchPod control panel

The sound quality is surprisingly good, and the SlouchPod is really quite comfortable. It's a great game chair. However, if your games console is also your main way to play DVDs, you have to remember that the sound will still come through the speakers in the SlouchPod, so you'll need to unplug the leads and re-plug them into your TV.

This could get extremely frustrating after a while.

The synthetic leather material is durable and the stitching good quality. The manufacturer has even anticipated things like beer being spilled, so the SlouchPod's surface can be wiped clean very easily. However, one small complaint would be the rather large SlouchPod logo label that sticks out on the left hand side: it's unnecessary and irritating.

the annoying tag on the SlouchPod gaming chair

Sadly it doesn't come with vibrate functionality - it would make the whole gaming experience much more interesting if it did. And the SlouchPod isn't unique - gaming chairs have been available for some time. But unlike any equivalent, it does comes in a greater range of colours, inlcuding red, lilac, fuscia, black, cream and silver.

Verdict

Yes, you can pick up a gaming chair that offers exactly the same features and functionality from Argos and Firebox for a fraction of the price. But these just look like car seats that have been ripped out and aren't anywhere near as stylish as the SlouchPod. And they don't look like part of your regular lounge furniture.