Thermaltake Announces X Comfort Air Gaming Chair With Active Cooling

[Raevenlord]

So yes, Thermaltake is paying attention to consumers from tropical and desert climates all over the world with its latest gaming chair. The X Comfort Air is a new gaming chair that sports active cooling, whether your environment requires it, or you're just going through a really aberrant, hot day. The cooling system leverages four high-pressure fans, embedded in the base of the chair (perforated faux-leather that permits airflow from the three-speed fans.) Thermaltake claimed that the system can cool the seat by between 0.6ºC and 1.5ºC. The noise level of the fans is stated as 32 DB(A), but Thermaltake didn't specify the correlating fan speed for this.





Like all other Thermaltake gaming chairs, the Comfort X Air chair features adjustments such as height, back angle, rocking tilt, tilt lock, and four-way armrests. Basic construction points include an aluminum frame, padding made from 75 kg/m3 foam, a class-4 gas piston, and an aluminum five-spoke base with three-inch casters. The X Comfort Air gaming chair is available in red or black options, both going for $500. For that pricing, one would expect to have heated seats as well.



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[Xzibit]

Too bad they didn't think it through and just made it out of strong mesh material.

 

[RejZoR]

Waiting for water cooled chair...

 

[THE_EGG]

I was wondering when we'd see this. It does make a big difference in cars (especially in AU summers). Though at that price I'd consider a Herman Miller office chair.

 

[natr0n]

This is great for those people with swamp ass.

 

[Assimilator]

A whole 1.5 degrees!

Considering the stupid amounts of money they'll likely charge for this tat, you're better off investing in something that can make a real difference... like an air conditioner.

I'm sure Thermaltake will also be the first to introduce RGB LEDs on gaming chairs, so that you can show that you are the most tasteless of your zero friends.

 

[silentbogo]

This is great for those people with swamp ass.

That was the first thing that came to my mind. All that's missing is a reverse mode for fans, and a carbon filter.

 

[riza_kasela]

if you fart,
the gas will go up to your nose

 

[RejZoR]

Wouldn't it be easier to create a mesh seat with fans underneath? I have a chair with full mesh back support and it's impossible to sweat on the back and it doesn't even have any fans. If seating part would be the same, problem solved. But it wouldn't be so soft and comfy, that's for sure...

 

[Deleted member 172152]

Waiting for water cooled chair...

and I'm waiting for LN2 chair! XD Than my a$$ will stick to the chair, letting me focus better on the game! XD

 

[Vayra86]

When you've finally assembled that silent gaming rig, and you can hear your chair fans instead. Good times

Honestly we need a bizarre newspost section for these kinds of releases. PC gaming has gone crazy

 

[TheDeeGee]

Use Real Leather instead... problem solved.

 

[PLAfiller]

Every time I tell myself nothing can surprise me in gaming gear...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Waiting for water cooled chair...

and I'm waiting for LN2 chair! XD Than my a$$ will stick to the chair, letting me focus better on the game! XD

AMATURES

Everyone knows its all about that Phase Change cooling!

You wanna Cryo-cool your butt so you dont need to poop. It is the OCZ Way

 

[c4rloz]

WOW! 500$ professional shit bucket.

 

[INSTG8R]

So now I have to plug in my chair? Truly idiotic...

 

[zo0lykas]

I dont see any information, its on cable or have battery? Depends charge overnight, on cable,and day time unplug cable and use like normal chair with air cooling?

Btw for 500 can get really SOLID COMFY OFFICE LUXURY MEGA NICE CHAIR.

 

[Manu_PT]

I knew you guys would make jokes about this. But this is more important than what you think. I´m glad you live in not so hot countries. Try to sit on the chair with 35º C every day. Trust me, it sucks.

 

[Chaitanya]

Waiting for water cooled chair...

jokes apart, it will be really useful for people living in tropics or hot desert regions. In summers I cannot stay seated in my PC chair for more than a few minutes and having a fan blowing air will be certainly helpful.

 

[Vya Domus]

A chair with a CFM airflow metric. Something I though I would never see.

 

[Tartaros]

Raise

 

[hat]

Who is this for?

 

[thesmokingman]

Now here's an untapped market.

 

[okiheh]

500$ ? Rly this is a bad buy for that price ...
In Poland you can get this for 550