AVSIM Commercial Product Review Intensor fx Game Seat

I know many of you, including myself, enjoy the added pleasure of the immersion factor that is included in force feedback products. Sometimes it is annoying, while other times it is enjoyable. Having the chair shake, as in the original Imeron Gaming Seat was one thing, but this posterior vibrator is quite another.

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The Intensor fx Gaming Seat is the smaller, more compact version of the full sized chair designed primarily for children and young adults. My son sat in it once for less than 5 minutes and that was all she wrote.

"Too hard," he said, as he stood up. "Are we really supposed to sit on this thing?"

The product is contoured, but I'm not sure what they contoured it to...perhaps if you place it on a really soft easy chair and allow it to sink way in, you might not notice it as much, but with the amount of time most gamers sit on their posteriors, this would most definitely bring out the deathmaster in you.

The Intensor fx Gaming Seat is designed with a dual speaker system, one speaker on each side as well as a vibrating motor inside touted as 'vibra-kick technology'. Definitely not like force feedback. It feels more like it's powered by the speakers than anything else. All in all, it is intended to give you the feel of the game you are playing.

I found the speakers 'tinny' sounding and cheap, but the 'vibra-kick technology' vibrator kicks, rattles and vibrates (not necessarily in tune with your gattling gun). I doubt you will ever see a guy sitting on this (or at least admitting it) much less carrying it around town as advertised on the box.

And why would anyone unplug all of those wires and cart this to someone else's home is beyond me. It makes as much sense as carrying your surround-sound computer speaker system to your neighbors house. It just isn't done.

If you want something that is going to shake your butt, loosen your bowels or whatever, then this is probably for you. If it's given to you as a present, go ahead and hook it up and slide it under your easy chair. The extra speakers and slight vibration muffled under your chair may just be your cup of tea.

Otherwise, you may want to keep this a secret.

What I Like About the Intensor fx
Doesn't look like it will break easily