My New Gaming Chair was almost Seized at the Border

You think gaming chairs have gotten boring? Not this one. Get down. The only good bug is a dead bug. You may remember when we looked at the Cluven Scorpion chair. And it turns out they have a whole range of products covering the entire sci-fi spectrum from the stylings of Prometheus all the way to Starship Troopers unofficially of course. And this is the M2HP 50 cal BMG ultimate gaming cockpit. A some assembly required. Ultimate gaming cockpit. I was told there'd be more assembled. You made the mistake of believing Cluins PIA. Their highspeed VPN spans across 91 countries, giving you access to that sweet, sweet content from all over the world. If you want a special deal on a VPN, just click our link below. It's a storm. That's right, guys. Ship storm is back. From April 24th to May 7th, you get free shipping sitewide on ltstore.com on orders over $150 in the US and Canada or $225 worldwide. No code, no fuss. Just load up a cart and get free shipping. And the best part, if you want an even lower threshold, you can sign up for our supporter plus tier over on Flowplane for an even better deal. We'll have that linked down below. Okay, I I see what the shape of the chair is now. There's less assembly than I first feared, but what little assembly there is is going to be a bit of a challenge. The total weight of this chair, given its nearly all steel construction, is over 600 lb. Jeez Louise. And that's without monitors and PC. And this guy over here, I think I found our our first gun. Jesus. Holy crap. Are you selling it or are you No, it's so much heavier than I expected. Like now you'll be expecting, but like what the heck? Does that make the point? I think they mixed up our orders and gave us real guns. Oo, it's so much more realistic than I expected. Dude, this is so cool. Wo, it has moving parts. Yes, these obviously aren't real guns, but they feel so real. Like there's weight to them, man. Oh, look at this. The one and only Jamie Pilky brought me one of this season's new colors for a long sleeve. But um that's beautiful. You can get it on ltdtore.com. But given the theme of today's video, I'm actually going to go with the olive. The combat look. Yeah, but you can get this one today at ltdstore.com. Thanks, Jamie. Okay, let's put the guns down and see what else we got going on. Sorry. You want me to put these down? There was no manual online, so I'm really counting on there being a manual in here. Literally, everything's made of steel. Well, that explains the weight. What do they do in the bag? What? Okay, that's pretty cool. Now you have to keep it in your house. Uh, yeah. I don't think I signed that agreement anywhere. Oh, I found the barrel for our gun. While David continues unpacking things, I want to talk through some of the features of our gaming chair here. The chair itself uses PU leather with a highdensity cold cure PU sponge. And the idea behind that is that it should have some give, but it should also provide strong support. Actually, initial impressions, not bad as far as gaming chairs go. It even has some lumbar support. This one looked a lot more comfy in the photos than the Scorpion did, although that's a pretty low bar. What the old Scorpion chair did a good job of, though, was the integrated cable management, and the M2HB50 cal follows in its footsteps very nicely. Inside here, we've got not one, not two, but three, but four. Wait, did I say four displays? I meant five. Three HDMIs and two display ports. Wait, the HDMIs are not all the same. They've got two different cables in here. Also in here is a sketchy looking power bar. Holy crap. The Hey Electrical appliances no model number power bar features international plugs, which I don't think are to code. Hey David, feel how light this is. Oh, what? Well, understandably, I mean, this is a very uh, you know, weight focused design. They wanted to keep it light, so they they balanced it out. Where there is something though is behind the seat. We've got surround speakers. And then, are these lights? There is supposed to be RGB integrated into the chair. I think these are just white LEDs, though. Is he a brand of speaker you recognize? Uh, nope. This is sort of our last shot for a manual. YOU WANT INSTRUCTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU WEAK? DROP DOWN AND GIVE ME 20. NO, I'M I'M KIDDING. OBVIOUSLY, I have $20 right here. Did you THINK YOU WERE DONE, MAGGOT? I don't know if the computer that I got for this is actually going to fit back there. That's a pretty acceptable size, but I did get us the biggest computer of all time. Oh, that thing looks sick. Did we ever do a video about this? No, we were going to, but things got away from us. Dang. And I thought it was metal. It's plastic, which kind of is a downer, but the fact that it fooled me from, you know, more than 5 ft away means it looks pretty cool. Try try and lift it. MHM. YOU CALL THAT LIFTING MAGGOT? DROP DOWN AND GIVE ME 20. SORRY, SIR. I'll do better next time. I'm all about creating a fair and equitable toxic workplace. If everyone's getting abused equally, no one's getting abused. Now that everything's loaded off of it, do you think we can get it off the pallet? It's like the sound they make in old Na like Navy films when the boat's creaking. That's what it sounds like. It's heavy. Oh, there's wheels. Reese, you may want to take the back cuz you're taller. Unless David, you Okay, ready. One, two, three. H. Oops. One sec. I slipped. Shimmy the other side. Shimmy the back. Shimmy the front. Those are good sounds. How the Sam Hill do they expect people to unbox and unpack and set this thing up? Hey Elijah, your new chair's here. Remember how much you liked the last Cloven's chair? How's your back feeling buddy? I'm still recovering. Okay, that's not like cut my Achilles tendon. For those not in the know, Elijah won the privilege of using it for a month last time and I think he lasted less than a week before he had to just give up. Is your head abnormally large or is there no way to fit a head in between those speakers. But but how's the back and the bum? Oh man, this lumbar support sucks. At least it has some. Does it? I cannot tell. It is overall comfier. Thanks, Elijah. Hey, it's on wheels now, though. Check this out. I did notice that when I sat down. I mean, what good is, you know, an armored vehicle that doesn't move. Oh man. You okay? I'm just trying to figure out like I feel like I'm already in the chair. So, where do all these pieces go? We Oh, we found the online user manual. That's great news. Can the chair be carried upstairs? The chair can be disassembled by removing the armrest to reduce its weight and then carried upstairs. The chair is large and heavy, but its dimensions are suitable for almost all elevators. $42 was 48 with the guns. What would you rather have? 75% of a 5090 or a Yeah, that's fair. To be fair, this is actually way cheaper for this product category than I M2 HP machine gun operating gun. That's a real This is for an actual gun. Wait, we're supposed to get like bullets for this thing. Oh, yeah. Where are the decorative bullets? Uh, we found the guide. It's video. That's why you weren't able to find it. I see. In the timeline this is going to take to watch that video. We're just going to freaking install this crap ourselves. This goes here. This goes there. We're done. I found your answer, David. Yeah. 200 bullets of 50 BMGR worth over $1,000. So, I must emphasize I never provide ammunition. So, in his demo systems, that appears to be actual ammunition. Live ammunition. I that I don't know, but it's some sort of either replica or whatever. He doesn't provide it. So, I had to watch the video to find that out. I don't think that's on the website. Remember when I said we had an instructional video? Yeah, we don't. It's marketing. Oh, I can't find a step-by-step instructional video. Cloven, I'd really appreciate it if you made a proper manual. So will the rest of your 27 customers. They've apparently been doing this for 10 years. 10 years of this? Yeah. Yeah, to be fair, it's pretty cool. It is cool. It's just hard to imagine buying one. Some stuff's obvious. Like, this clearly goes in here and then slides to the right. But I have no idea how I'm supposed to get under this thing now and tighten those bolts. There's another threaded spot in the middle. So, you put that screw in and then it kind of like is fine. This thing's grown on me like a wart. With just the weight of the monitor arm, the whole thing is kind of twisting this way and it's freaking me out. All right. So guys, I think I remember this from last time. You got to have both monitors on and they kind of like balance each other out. The bottom hole is really hard to get to. I can see my hole, but I can't fit it in. I think the screw is just too big. Maybe a little lube would make it fit. Okay, settle down. What do you mean? I'm actually going to lose my patience with this hole, though. Okay, big moment. Uh, clearly not right. Well, I rotated it 90 more degrees and now it's here. So, if this was here, actually, that does maybe make more sense. Sorry. Get down AND DO IT AGAIN. YES, SIR. WHOA. YOU OKAY? David needs some time in the crying room. Not David. The screaming room is over there. This is the crying room. Oh. Oh, wait. I got it through the first stage of the hole. Hey. Okay, she's on. Just some pieces came off. Also, I figured out what that other hole is. What's the other hole? I think it's like a like a set screw. Okay. Just got to loosen it up a little. This must be it. Yes. That feels so much more correct. Okay. All right. Progress in armrest storage. Are you sure we're not supposed to put a human in there first, then build around them? It seems really hard to get in and out of this thing. Reys, if you wouldn't mind, could you kind of like play around with the angle until this screw starts to go in for me? Maybe shake it slower. Shake it less stupid. Not even trying to pimp the screwdriver right now, but aligning these with the screwdriver was way easier. You guys should just abandon the Allen key. Uh, hold on. Let me just tighten them and then you can have it. Does anyone else notice there's a lot of little bolts that are just not tightened? The good news is that we basically only have the guns and the monitors left. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay, let's figure out the guns. I think this is a twoman lift if we want to get it up there safely. Okay, beauty. This is not aligned at all. Watch me. Uh, yeah, you're in. No, I think you're cross-sighted. Should we put it on first? I think we should put lube on it. Genuinely. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I think the bigger issue is just that the angle's wrong. You can't even tell that it's not screwed in. I think someone will tell when it falls on their head. And in it goes. Oh, and all the all the lube farted out. What a stupid problem. My 50 cal won't mount to my gaming chair. We just need to get it perfectly aligned. Holy crap. I think we're going to get it. Nice. This is never coming apart again. All right. For all the pain that it was to get it set up, it looks Look at that. First try. Cash money, boys. So, it was a skill issue on the other side then. No. No, it wasn't. The other side was really poorly open. Oh, it's way cooler with two. Look at it from the front. Uh, stand right there. Yeah, stand right there. Stand right there. Yeah, stand. Very funny, you guys. It looks kind of dangerous, you know. Am I the only one who feels like this level of engineering for the slide was not necessary for a prop gun. Reload action is pretty freaking sweet. We keep telling them, "Why did you do it this way?" And then we keep being like, "Oh man, this is cool. This freaking cool. I can't put the back on. This needs a manual. We may want to email them at this point. Hey, you solved it. What did I miss? You just have to make sure all the parts are where they belong, including the piece that we had trouble with. Uh, belongs over here outside of the guns. And you put the monitors on, too. Oh, this is like gaming ready now. Actually, so excited for you to get in there. Although, it goes at an angle when you pull it out. That's not actually great for keeping stuff on here. But you got guns above your head, dude. It looks so sick. And I mean, things don't have to not fall down if we just store them inside. These ammo boxes also double as snack places. Oh, sick. Wait, did you not see the mouse pad that it came with? Do you like the way that they're perfectly sized for the metal that they go on top of? They're not. This is very not flat cuz it slides this way. It slides this way. It should really go this way and this way a little bit. This is one of your controllers. Be careful. You can do a combination of movements that will chop your freaking hand off. I got real close. How do I stop it? Usually when you press it again. Usually when I press it again. David. David, how do I How do I stop it? When I press it again, it's encroaching. It'll stop on its own. Like, wait, where is it even moving? It's just moving along the gun barrel. Like you can see the like lube marks where it is originally. One thing I can see right now is these uh these lights here. These are not great. You thankfully can turn them off with the button that you have on the armrest. They've got to be like this. Like this has got to be what they're for. But they just are. They're ass. Button three. Okay. That's pretty cool. It's really cool. This is crazy. Can you That's the flip side. There's definitely some creeks and crunches that I really don't like at the end of the movement ranges. Also, do you remember how we had trouble putting in that left barrel because it like wasn't quite aligned. I can tell the whole thing is this way a bit. And so, because of the monitors, the whole thing is this way a bit. Four, I assume, is the opposite of that. Can I stop it? Yes, I can. Yeah, with this one, it interrupts. Five. Oh, I'm going up. Am I going to crash into the keyboard? So far, the answer is yes. Yes, I will. Contrary to how this might look, I'm not excited about what just happened. Okay. Seven. I understand why it can't move faster, but I wish it did. It would be really nice if it had presets. Nine. One thing of note is you can actually upgrade to a voice control package. That just seems so absurd, you know, in a really grounded product. So, it's definitely cool. I'm locked in. The uh position of the mouse pad is terrible. I feel like these arms might be nice if they came with your angle a little bit. I understand why they don't cuz there's a mouse on there. Is there anywhere to really rest your arms while you're gaming? You can kind of put your elbow here and like kind of here. Uh it's not optimal. I mean, I would probably put my keyboard over there cuz I don't like having my keyboard in the center. It would also have been nice if there was a way to change the tilt of the monitors. Yeah, there's really not any control with how you can mount these monitors. There's basically eight screw holes and you screw through them. Hopefully it works. Windows is insane, dude. So, I'm in game. Okay, whatever. I go out of game. So, my start menu is popping up here over top of nothing. I want to change the volume. So, I click that over here and it pops up over like I don't know if this is Nvidia drivers or if this is Microsoft. To be fair, this is probably a Nvidia surround issue. We use Nvidia Surround so that it shows up as one giant monitor to Windows. Shame on both of them. Uh, okay. Speakers. Real tech audio. Yeah, I'm not hearing anything through these speakers. Am I Oh. Okay, they work. My head hits them when I There's like nowhere to fit my head when I don't have the headrest down. Oh, man. There's like a a metal bar that holds everything together. Oh, man. Do you want the headrest back? Yeah, sure. Oh, it's worse. It's hor. It like knocks my hat off. What the? But you got that from ltstore.com. I know. A It says LT on it. I wanted to knock it off. What the is it? How is it so bad? Is unfathomably bad. You just slip off of it. Somehow being if I pull it out on it is worse than slipping off of it, which is somehow worse than not having it, which is somehow worse than being on it. It's wo I don't think I've ever seen it do this. What are the specs of this machine anyway? This is the latest Alienware Area 51. It's equipped with a Intel Core Ultra 285K as well as a 5090. It is a pretty dang top tier system. So, under normal circumstances, this thing absolutely rips at 11K resolution. Nothing does. This This is a pretty top end and it's gone. Okay, I'm just going to fire up the Nvidia app and see if there's maybe a driver up there. Yeah, they're not as bad as I expected, but that's the nicest thing that I can say about them. I expected them to be really, really, really bad. Dude, I blame Microsoft. Did you see that? Looking for network. Looking for sol. What are you talking about? Just go get into Windows. Buddy, what is this? Your device ran into a problem and couldn't be repaired. Are you freaking kidding me? This was working like 2 seconds before I sat down. That honestly, you have a gift. I think they call it a curse. I've noticed while I've been sitting here doing nothing while David's been troubleshooting out there that my butt's starting to get pretty sweaty. Um, I think they should have a gun-shaped fan pointed right at the rear end. That's a wild thing to ask for. We are so back. All right, so now having learned nothing, I'm going to reenable surround and launch the game again. Are you serious right now? Full screen. Come on. No. Oh yeah, buddy. It's way better than the last one. But my back is starting to get a little sore. Okay. Would you trade the guns for massage functionality? I don't need a massage functionality. I just need like erggo adjustments for the So maybe Cyberpunk just doesn't What? Did you see that? Maybe Cyberpunk doesn't like surround. Like I said, I had Fortza Horizon 5 working. So I say we go into a game that I know works. Well, this is a good sign. Nvidia Surround and AMD Affinity have become such niche use cases at this point that it never surprises me when things don't work properly. But I feel really bad for the folks that rely on it to work. It's so frustrating to buy into something and have it kind of work for like 15 years, you know? Yeah. Why won't my Crossfire graphics cards work anymore in AMD? Come on. Well, no, but I think this is different than that. Like, it's a technology that we've been sold for so long and has just never really worked great for just as long. It um occurs to me as I'm jumping head first into a racing game that there is absolutely no way to mount like a stick shift or a wheel or anything to this. No, you could kind of jerryrig something, but it would not be a good solution. I'd actually be more likely to buy something like this if it was optimized as a flight sim setup or a racing sim setup, not as a general purpose gaming cockpit. This is pretty freaking insane, though. And like if there was another car that was bothering me, I could just be like, "LIGHT THEM UP, BOYS." THAT'S THE FORZA Horizon expansion I want. Forza X World of Tanks. Do you feel immersed? I do feel immersed. I wish that the angle was a little better. But hey, at least these Dell monitors have a pretty solid viewing angle, so it's not bothering me that much. Are these cutie? Yes. Waiting behind traffic like A SUCKER. OH GOD. Stout little man. It's like far quad in a suit of armor. Apply. The heck. I don't think I've ever seen a game give up faster than that. Doom black screens the second I launched it. Trying Red Dead Redemption now. Come Come on. I see a loading bar. Oh. Oh, here we go. I like that this video has transformed from the Kloven's chair to the David Alina's try and fail to make Nvidia surround work. I feel like the wow guy from South Park right now. We are getting painfully close to Wall-E though. Just need wheels on this thing. It has wheels. I'm not going to try to move it this time. I'm going to let it just I'm going to give it a sec. Look like some weird indie game. Oh, hey. Oh, you know what? Giving it a sec does legitimately seem to help a little bit. To be clear, this game may not support surround at all. Like, you know, clearly. screen. Look at the way this house just like is sometimes a wire or is sometimes just framed and sometimes is a complete house. Do you see this? The thing I like is how it has like that 3D effect for social media where there's black bars and then the things pop out of the black bars. I'm building the fence. I'm playing Fortnite, bro. We're going to turn it down to like medium settings. How about we drop the resolution down? Sure. I'm beginning to think this may be an edge case that is specific to our exact hardware and software right now because I just can't imagine that this is this broken under normal circumstances. I'm not willing to draw any conclusion other than that this didn't work for us today and frankly it doesn't affect the conclusion of this video anyway. This is a super weird chair with a very niche use case. You have to be someone who doesn't want any SIM equipment, just wants a keyboard and mouse, but doesn't want them to be easily reachable, and wants your chair to look like a gun. But how will this chair do when it's being daily driven? We're going to find out by having Sammy sit in it every single day instead of his regular desk. You should check it out. lg.gg/flatplane. If that's you, boy, do I ever have the product for you. And if it's not you, you'll probably be better off with something else. like this message from our sponsor, Private Internet Access. VPNs are useful because they mask your internet connection, helping to hide your browsing information from those who might want access to that data, like big media companies. With a VPN, you're free to watch content that may not be available in your region. With PIA, you'll have access to a network of over 91 different countries, and just one subscription is going to get you access across an unlimited number of devices. 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