Audio/Peripherals Furniture Reviews

Long-Run Review: Couchmaster Cycon 2 from Nerdytech for a Couch Potato Test? We’re playing in the living room…

Connection and commissioning

You really don’t need a university degree, but you should resist the urge to stuff all the cables in haphazardly (right), you can also tie them loosely together (left). And of course, don’t forget to connect the long 5-metre cable to the short 80-cm intermediate piece on the outside, so that you can take the huge chunk of cable off the panel later if you want to put it aside.

All in, all out? Fine. then you’re good to go. And pay attention to the right side and direction beforehand when connecting and feeding through the cables, because the top side is oriented the wrong way round.

Once you’ve got all that down, there’s really nothing standing in the way of a mission – except maybe yourself. The three pieces are put away just as quickly after use as they were set up before, and it’s nice to be able to remove the bulky cable so easily. But how does this pensioner bank special construction then perform in practice?

You can see it on the first test person, despite the belly, the sitting position is actually like always. This is certainly not healthy in the long run, but it is really comfortable. There’s also room for a fridge drink, though I really would have liked an indented recess in the left part.

There’s something about streaming cyberpunk on the monster screen with a decent bass foundation, hence the controller. As for the actual gaming with mouse and keyboard – as a low-senser you have bad cards here, you will have to rethink. But even that goes quite fast, so that in the end you master both. Convenience 10, Skills 7. I guess you do get older.

The kids have it much easier. By the way, you can also see from the zipper that the pockets would probably have been better attached to the other side. Most users are right-handed and statistically speaking, you also stow more in your right trouser pocket than in your left. If you do this with accessories and side pocket, you can unfortunately see the zipper.

Even the smallest ones can still cope with the positioning. Minecraft on the big TV is really fun, then even the skills are enough for the somewhat small run-out zone of the mouse. By the way, for use in the living room, I deliberately chose not to use an RGB-soaked eye torture keyboard. Lights out and good to go. Cherry MX-Red and it doesn’t get too loud either, add to that a somewhat space-saving body and there’s still plenty of room for other (supposedly) important things.

Summary and conclusion

Yeah, I didn’t think it was possible myself, but that thing is NOT back in the archives yet. Firstly, I would incur the wrath of the children and secondly, the construct can also be misused as a nibble table. One more bend less and the chips and drinks shortage is no longer an issue either. Is that what you want? Well, kind of. Unfortunately, you don’t get any younger in the end. The realization is, except for the points I mentioned, really successful, because I have seen that much worse.

The Roccat Sova I bought years ago is not a bad thing per se, but the Nerdytech Couchmaster Cycon 2 is at least two level more stable and practical. Of course, you’ll have to swallow a bit at the price of about 160 Euros, but meanwhile keyboards often cost hardly less. And a little quality of life (spitefully called comfort by some) is allowed, isn’t it?  That leaves my conclusion that you have to like gaming on TV, otherwise of course the whole thing makes no sense.

Either you have a proper HTPC in your living room, or you stream the whole thing into your room and let the thick pixel thrust gallantly rattle outwards. This also goes really well. Ultra HD and 60 Hz are nothing for fast-paced first-person shooters, but most of the titles in my collection perform quite well.  So from that point of view, everything is in the green and I can only recommend it if anyone feels that they belong to the target group now. Couch potato? Oh, come on. 🙂

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Igor Wallossek

Editor-in-chief and name-giver of igor'sLAB as the content successor of Tom's Hardware Germany, whose license was returned in June 2019 in order to better meet the qualitative demands of web content and challenges of new media such as YouTube with its own channel.

Computer nerd since 1983, audio freak since 1979 and pretty much open to anything with a plug or battery for over 50 years.

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