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Cougar Hotrod Royal Gaming Chair

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The Cougar Hotrod Royal is an exciting entry to the market. It features an innovative design and feels incredibly well constructed with great features and finish at a highly competitive $350 price point. For those looking for a racer-style chair with lots of flair and style, look no further.

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cellar door

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Plastic frame, just like my kids toy furniture that all cracked apart. Make sure it doesn't get direct sunlight..
 
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$350 for a polished up turd.
These "gaming chairs" are all the same and frankly suck.

Go ahead and pull up the weight limit / duration of one and that will tell you everything you need to know.
If it's 300 LBS or less then it's a piece of garbage, 500+ is what's rated for office-grade (this is 136 KG, just shy of 300).

Real office chairs are built like tanks, have actual ergonomics, and will last for DECADES.
 
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Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
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Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
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$350 for a 1-year warranty?
These stupid e-waste fads cannot die fast enough.

From an ergonomics standpoint, at least this seems to be wide enough that it's just a flat-slab L-shaped seat for the only parts your body with actually make contact with. I don't think the wings on the seat or backrest are large enough or narrow enough to make this the ergonomic failure of a chair that most gaming chairs are.

That doesn't mean I like it though. You can buy an actually-good chair for $350, and it'll come with more than 1-year of warranty, too.
 
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Honestly, as far as chairs go 1 year warranty would put it squarely in the avoid territory. Overall this just does not seem like a great chair. Would be nice to have some reviews of offoce chairs mixed in, that should put these gaming chairs into perspectivw.
 
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If you have to sit in a chair for longer periods of time tiem to time, you probably know they all have one inconvenience.
They are not very soft. Compared to executive chairs at least, they are not. I have had a lot of chairs. And whenever I go
to a story to check some out, gaming chairs are not very soft. Multiple layers cushion are used in most decent high and tall chairs
is s better fit for some of us. I do like adjustability these gaming chairs offer though. T
 
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Nah, everything about this chair screams that I would snap it within a week. I also have certain reservation about sitting on hot rods, but that's just me :laugh:
 
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