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Sumo Lounge Omni & Otto
 
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Bradford Day
Kurtis
Sumo Lounge
Oct. 2, 2006
Introduction

Every once in a while in the tech review biz you just have to use your press credentials for something frivolous, something outlandish, something cushy. While most of the products we review here at TheTechLounge.com are bleeding-edge electronics it doesn't mean that we aren't sensitive to the softer side of things, and we don't mean Windows Vista.

So, when we were contacted by Sumo Lounge we couldn't help ourselves. I mean, first off their company name has "lounge" in the title. Obviously we had to show some solidarity to our similarly named brethren. Secondly, Sumo Lounge makes huge freaking bean bags!yes, bean bag chairs. And we review monkeys love us some loungin'.

You may have spied the Sumo Lounge Omni bean bag hanging out at such places as the Playboy Super Bowl party, the X-Games, the Sundance Film Festival and other TV programs. This designer humongo-cushion is making a name for itself. But calling it a bean bag really does discredit this lounge machine. Yes it is filled with polystyrene beans, but it is light years ahead of that old crusty thing your college roommate sleeps on. I'll be using my expertly tuned reviewing skills to tell you just how the Sumo Lounge Omni breaks the bean bag mold.


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14 User Comments
1 - Posted by Nick on October 2, 2006 - 4:57 pm

Who's the dood? Couldn't we have gotten a hawt chick to pose for the pictures like Sumo did?

Kurtis must have slept through the 'sex sells' part of his marketing class...

2 - Posted by Kurtis on October 2, 2006 - 5:05 pm

haha... i was going to have a girl model, but my brother happened to be over one day, so I said hey, might as well get the photos taken now. plus, you can see what a normal sized man looks like in the chair instead of a petite girl.

3 - Posted by Nick on October 2, 2006 - 5:30 pm

That's yer brother? I see no family resemblance whatsoever. Looks like he's about 5 inches taller and 40 (or more) pounds bigger than you!

4 - Posted by Kurtis on October 2, 2006 - 6:16 pm

lol. more like 1 inch taller and maybe 20 pounds heavier.

5 - Posted by handrail on October 2, 2006 - 8:14 pm

at least we didn't have pictures of me in the thing. then no one would read the damn article.

6 - Posted by Mark on October 3, 2006 - 12:32 pm

I think we need a few more reviews of different colored Omnis... just to make sure they're all as comfy and durable as the one Brad reviewed... count me in for one. :P

I've seen those things before, I might have to add that to my list for Santa this year.

7 - Posted by Kurtis on October 3, 2006 - 12:38 pm

If we don't do a contest with Sumo Lounge, I might give you mine - just pay for shipping.

8 - Posted by Rich on October 3, 2006 - 12:41 pm

I must admit, that does look awfully enticing...of course I would have to fight the kids for it.

9 - Posted by Mark on October 3, 2006 - 1:48 pm

I still have a big green bean bag that used to be my grandpa's. It's so worn out now that I can't really use the thing without pieces of fabric falling off, but my brother and I abused the hell out of that thing when we were growing up. There's nothing like jumping off the back of a couch and onto your unsuspecting younger brother while he's watching Saturday morning cartoons and lounging on the bean bag when you're twen... err... ten years old. :)

10 - Posted by Karenmom on December 23, 2008 - 11:01 am

I ordered two of these Sumo chairs for christmas on 12/5 i was promised everyday that they would arrive by christmas eve....well I called today adn they said sorry it will not be ther ein time, no reason...there tracking system sucks and they lie when you call.....buyer beware!!!!

11 - Posted by Kevan on January 20, 2009 - 2:05 pm

I'd like to add another buyer beware. I, too, ordered two Omni Plus bags at the beginning of December. I got the run around trying to get them for Christmas. Every day that I called, they would tell me that they were shipping the following day. They finally arrived in giant boxes that had fallen apart and only held together by two strips of packing tape. And to my surprise, it was a liner stuffed with filling... no liner. I've tried for a month, now, to get my order fixed. I always get the same answer, "Your liner is going out today." Four weeks and several calls later, still no liner. And, I'm told that I have to assemble this gigantic mess myself (refer back to the warning about opening your bag). I've taken my complaints through Mindy at customer service all the way up to Andrew the company president. They simply ignore me. But, they did bill my credit card the day after I placed th order. I have filed consumer complaints against this company and contacted my state Attorney General's office. It appears they're good at marketing and poor at delivering a product to the customer. Beware!

12 - Posted by okstatepike on December 22, 2009 - 2:06 pm

I had my mother order the omni for my christmas present because the site itself guarantees arrival by christmas. Six days later the shipment has not arrived and christmas is getting closer and closer to christmas. I was just wanting to know how the shipping service was. Did it take a week? two weeks? or a month? We called Sumo Lounge and this dude was a prick, said he was his own supervisor and there is no guarantees. Well their website is full of guarantees

13 - Posted by okstatepike on January 2, 2010 - 10:38 pm

ya my bag is finally coming on monday...

14 - Posted by Jared on January 28, 2010 - 12:31 pm

My Sumo Omni bag is falling apart in less than a year. To make matters worse, this bag was only used about 25 times. Sumo Lounge's best offer to remedy the problem is 15% off next item. Dom was nice in trying to help, but clearly they do not put any guarantee behind their products. After sending pictures of both blown threaded seams and a manufacturing defect (zipper not attached under Velcro), they still refused to replace the item. Save yourself some headache of vacuuming up tons of tiny foam beads every time you sit in the bag, and spend your money elsewhere.

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