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SumoSac Sultan
Introduction
We are once more lending credence to our namesake here at TheTechLounge. At this particular moment we're more Lounging than Teching, but what good would we be if we only represented half of our URL? A couple summers ago I reviewed a pair of serious seating options, Sumo Lounge's Sumo Omni and Otto [review]. Since I last rested my backside in a Sumo, they've expanded their line-up to include even more substantial seatery. Sumo Lounge has made a business of designing upscale bean bags and bean bag derivatives. To call them bean bags is an insult to what Sumo Lounge creates, mind you. This is technology at it's finest - well, comfiest, at least! Sitting in front of me today I have what looks to be the mother of all sacks d' bean. The Sumo Sac Sultan is a billowy pile of suede-covered comfort that demands to be sat upon. For those man cave dwelling Xbox fanatics looking to spruce up the old bachelor pad, I dedicate this to you. But to those readers who worry and fret about the image of a 1970s era vinyl bean bag cluttering up your Hive Modern catalog domicile, fear not. The chic Sumo Sac Sultan should suit even the pickiest of design geeks. 
First ImpressionsThe Sumo Sac arrived on my doorstep carried by what I have to assume was a pissed off FedEx driver. The box was in decent shape but this Sumo Sac is a heavyweight, tipping the scales at around 50lbs! Getting the shipping box into the house wasn't too much of an ordeal as what lied within was deceptively well packaged. Inside I found a lovely chocolate brown (officially called "Funky Brown" by Sumo Lounge) microsuede cover and a vacuum packed mass of foam surrounded by a membranous fabric sack. Freeing the foam from the box took a bit of effort and initiated a bit of head scratching when I unfolded the body bag sized suede cover. "Surely that bit of foam will never fit in this sack", I stupidly said to myself. Once freed of its vacuum vault, the Sumo Foam starts to crumble like a dried out sponge cake, rapidly filling the micromesh fabric membrane. Unlike the Omni and Otto bags I reviewed previously, the Sultan is filled with larger chunks of furniture grade polyurethane foam. This giant bag of foam is significantly denser than the polystyrene beads used in the Omni. The result is a heavier but more resilient and comfy lounge bag. With a heave and a ho, I managed to get the foam sack into the microsuede bag and zip up my new gargantuan pillow. The mile long zipper is nicely hidden beneath a swath of suede which keeps the zip from scratching up your wood floor. It took a bit of massaging to get all of the foam to break apart from its vacu-packed journey to my front door, but once fully fluffed and ready for action, this massive ball of suede and foam measures an impressive 54" x 54" x 42". Moving the bag takes a bit of effort and when you finally plop the sack down in a new location the urethane foam moves with an almost eerie flesh-like jiggle, not unlike the MythBuster's ballistics gel. Damn this thing is huge. The Sumo Sultan is easily the largest item in my front room - nearly blocking my fireplace from view. Sumo Lounge sells their Sumo Sacs in a variety of colors such as Pitch Black, Khaki, Sky Blue, Fiery Red and the Funky Brown in which I've currently planted my posterior. The Brown is a rich, dark color made all the more luscious by the can't-stop-touching-it microsuede. And despite being soft leather, the outer cover feels strong and durable while still offering machine washability. Two smaller versions of the Sumo Sac are available and, to my surprise, an even larger Sac -- aptly named the Giganator -- at 86" wide, I can't image finding a spot for it in my house.
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