| Playseats Evolution Gaming Seat (Black with Silver) | 
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| Brand: Playseats
Category: Sports
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $308.71
You Save: $41.28 (12%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Color: Black/Silver
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 7 - 83.25 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 44
Dimensions (in): 55 x 22 x 40
Model: 72000
UPC: 679579720000
EAN: 0679579720000
ASIN: B000K9Q5UK
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 A must have for the G25 December 3, 2008
Awesome seat, a must have if you already own a g25. Sturdy, solid, and well built. Have had no issues with vibrations as others have stated, just be sure to tighten everything really good and you will be all set. My favorite part is how easily it comes apart after playing. You can detach the entire front section and be left with just the chair alone, which was a huge selling point for me as I did not want a racing cockpit taking up space in my living room. Also, if you race using a standard transmission, you will want to grab the gearshift holder too because there is nowhere to mount it onto the seat itself.
Enhances gaming! November 23, 2008
This has made playing driving games a lot more realistic and certainly more fun. It is easy to adjust for different people though a little heavy to move completely. It works just as well for an 8 year old girl as for an adult and looks good in these colors.
 Nice product, with some glitches. November 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very nice sim seat. I'd been looking for something like this for a while, and you really can't beat the price considering what was available for how much cost only 2-3 years ago.
Overall it's decent. There are some improvements that can be made, however, I am a picky engineer-type who tends to over-design everything. It's definitely something you can be satisfied with out of the box but I have this disorder that requires me to improve on everything, no matter how good the original design of the product.
PROS:
Very solid construction, quite heavy so it is a fairly stable platform.
The seat is comfortable, and it folds down. There is some adjustability of the seat/wheel/pedals which would satisfy most.
The Logitech G25 wheel perches perfectly onto the mount, as do the pedals and the shifter (onto the optional mount). The unit even comes with the correct bolts and allen wrenches, which are also used to assemble the seat, to bolt the G25 components to the assembly. NICE!
CONS:
Part of what makes it so stable is the weight of it. This makes it a little difficult to move around when you need to do so, but with hardwood floors it slides quite easily.
The paint finish is THIN. Just in the little bit of handling during shipment the paint has been marred/scratched in several places. Not a big deal, I guess, but I think better care should have been taken and/or a better finish applied.
Although there is much adjustability to the unit, I could not get comfortable in it. No matter which position I tried I felt the wheel was too close into my chest and the tilt-angle of the wheel I found awkward. The wheel platform does adjust, but not easily and not enough, I found. I am around 5-10 and 185-lbs. I think it necessary to purchase the seat slider kit also available on Amazon.
GLITCHES:
If you use the Logitech G25, be sure to purchase the shifter mount now available from Amazon. It is a very nice addition.
None of the cap screws come with lock washers. As hard as I sim-race, I would definitely get a handful of lock washers to add to the various cap screws. It will only help keep it together with all of the abuse you will probably give it, and help if you mount the Buttkicker as well.
There seems to be a need for a brace from the top of the pedal platform to the floor. It does do some flexing under moderate force which annoys me. I'll see if I can remedy this on my own at some point in time.
There is NO MOUNT for the Buttkicker Gamer on this seat. However, Smoke-tronics makes a kit using the Buttkicker amp and LFE speaker to attach to this unit, and it is FAR BETTER than the Gamer device.
If your going to use this on hardwood floors, I would absolutely get some sort of the foam tiles at a home improvement center as a base.
Definitely recommend November 10, 2008
Used with a Logitech Force GT wheel and pedals, this is an amazing place to play GT5 Prologue.
The wheel clamps perfectly to the top plate, and I routed the cables down the support tube (with a dremeled slot in the end cap for the cables). The pedals were stuck down with the included velcro and cable ties.
There is plenty of adjustment room for different size drivers (4 foot tall to 6 feet tall), and its comfortable too. I found myself watching a movie in it.
It's heavy (50lbs), which makes for a solid perch, but moving it out of the living room is a chore, so prepare to decorate the room around it.
The installation instructions are not that great, but a reasonably able person can put it together in a few minutes.
Fantastic Design and Easy to shift around September 7, 2008
I use it for both my PC and PS3 in my Entertainment room and shift between them easily. Seats can be bent down for storage. I use it with a G25 and hoped that I would Find a Shifter extension but couldn't find it here in Amazon. It should have come with the product. Overall I am satisfied.
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