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Sumo Sac review – gaming comfort ++
Brian Ambrozy
July 8, 2008 1:00 AM ET in Tech
The product page for the “Gamer” Sac lists at $199. We took our big, hard, $800 sofa out of our media/game room at ICHQ and replaced it with the Sac and three Omnis. The end result: more room, more comfort, and the ability to open up the room and rearrange things on a whim. Is it worth $199? It depends on whether or not you have room for it. If you do, then I say a resounding “YES”, it’s worth it.
This is a hard product to review for this very reason. It’s one of those things that you almost have to try. Once you do, though, it definitely sells itself. There’s no reason not to get a Sumo Sac other than the room it takes up. It is by far the most comfortable piece of furniture I have ever sat in.
Sitting upright, the Sac still provides good lower back support
You can sink into it, you can use it as a chair, you can sleep on it, you can probably do lots of naughty things on it… It’s extremely versatile.
Sleeping seems to be a common use of the Sac.
They offer four sizes – The Gamer (pictured here), the Couple, the Sultan, and the Gigantor. I cannot imagine the Gigantor in my media room. Seriously, SIX FEET AROUND by four feet high, you’d have to have a pretty damned big room to make this effective. I’d say that it would make a great replacement for a bed, but apparently Sumo is now offering … well, beds, to replace your bed. At four feet high, some people would even have trouble getting into it.
The filling is furniture-grade urethane foam, which Sumo claims will “never decompress”. I can believe it, because when they ship it, they compress the filling into a brick and cram it into a box. When you unpack it and get the microfiber covering zipped around it, it decompresses and almost triples in size. The best way to describe it would be like watching one of those magic sponge animals grow in a glass of water.
Sumo currently offer five colors to complement just about any decor. One thing to note: IC Forum member Shorty, who lives in the United Kingdom, slept in the Sac while visiting ICHQ and went to order one for himself. They would not ship Sacs to the UK. He had to “settle” for an Omni.
So versatile… So, so versatile.
There’s really not much more to say – the Sac is a versatile, comfortable, attractive piece of lounge furniture. At $199 with free shipping giving it the label of “fantastic value” might be an understatement. In the interest of full disclosure and integrity, I will say that we signed on with Sumo’s affiliate program because we believe in their products and use them ourselves. If you wish to purchase any Sumo product, you can do so directly through Icrontic.
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