- Is this like a thing people do?
- When we first saw the Hudson gaming bed concept,
we had to have it.
And we tried to get it
but by the time we heard back, it was too late.
Vizio had already sponsored this video concept
where we set out to Ikea hack together
the ultimate gaming bed battle station
which may actually come in handy for me,
seeing as I just had to have a pretty rough conversation
with my wife on our podcast.
(sighs out loudly)
(upbeat music)
Before we begin, we need to take a closer look
at the inspiration for this build.
Bauhutte in Japan took their existing lineup
of gaming furniture
and pieced it together to build this sick setup.
They've got a ton of cushion options
a tablet monitor arm, and snack storage galore.
When we didn't hear back
from them though, I thought, you know what?
We could do that.
It wouldn't even be that hard.
A couple of side stands, some cushions, a desk.
I bet we could even do it cheaper.
So off we went
to the great big Swedish furniture factory, Ikea.
I get to try it now? - [Colin] Yeah.
- Okay, all right.
Okay.
Okay, got the side table.
Okay, got my phone.
My other more different phone.
- [Colin] No, no, only drug dealers have two phones.
- I only deal in tech tips here, okay?
All right.
Oh my God.
I thought we threw away this stupid body pillow.
- [Colin] I took it.
- You took it.
(both laugh)
Okay. All right.
All right.
That's not bad.
Oh, that's the sound.
- [Colin] Yeah.
- That's over here.
Okay. All right.
Oh my God.
It's a lithium ion cell pillow.
You delightful nerd, Colin.
This is just taking up space
but I guess we had to feature it.
So we considered doing gigantic LTT store CPU pillows
but we just couldn't find a feasible way
to ship anything this big.
So Colin took our sample home and I guess brought it in.
Oh wait.
No way.
So the intent here.
- [Colin] Yeah, recline.
- Ooh.
- [Colin] Uh huh
- This thing is fricking awesome, man.
I got my fricking Doritos here.
I couldn't help noticing
that there are two bite brownies down there.
- [Colin] Yeah, just for you.
- Haven't been eating a lot of treats lately.
I've been trying to like get in game shape here, but
- [Colin] Guess how much we spent on junk food
for this video?
- It doesn't matter
because I have gotten my entire money's worth.
- [Colin] Fantastic.
- I love it.
- [Colin] I won't tell you then.
- It's probably just as well.
- [Colin] Okay.
- Hold on, give me one sec.
That's it, we lost them. (chuckles)
You probably noticed a lot
of the pillows here are not from Ikea, but most
of the rest of this stuff is.
After scouring their website
which like their stores is enormous and confusing.
We ended up with around a dozen pieces of furniture
which means we had a few hundred pieces
of wooden Lego to assemble.
Some highlights here are the lobby, which is a little
Oh, that's wow.
That's really, you really love your VHB tape,
don't you Colin?
- [Colin] I sure do.
- Whatever, it's a USB charger back there.
We've got the setskog, a nightstand.
That's this puppy right here.
And you better believe we didn't forget
about the Rosenscarm.
I don't know that I would call this
the most comfortable pillow ever.
Like if I was going to put my head on it,
but in terms of like a really rigid pillow
to support my back with another nice soft pillow in front
of it not too shabby.
After converting our Canadian rubles to US greenbacks
the furniture in this build cost us a total of about $900.
And considering that the Bauhutte setup that we're
emulating costs 1300 without the bed.
I'd say we actually did pretty darn well.
- [Colin] Just go get yourself.
- (laughs) This is hilarious.
Where'd this arm come from?
- [Colin] Amazon, and it broke immediately on installation.
(gibberish laugh)
Okay, so first you're gonna wanna grab
your laser controller.
It's a little blue guy top on
the left by the coffee machine.
- Hm mm.
- [Colin] Okay, great.
So then on laser OS
you're gonna want to go to your, in the settings,
center mast, I can fix it.
Hey.
- Oh my God.
There's so many games.
How does such a niche product have so much stuff on it?
- Picking any games, there's Gallica, Laser Bird
(hysterical laugh)
(bouncy music)
- Nooo, I've got, I've got a laser gun flappy bird
with world ending weapons.
This is so cool.
As cool as the laser cube is though
I think most people are gonna stick
with more conventional gaming experiences.
So we've got an Xbox series X up in here.
Oh, that surround though.
Of course this is sponsored by Vizio.
They got surround speakers.
That makes sense.
I get it.
I suck with the controller.
Man, these games, I've never actually played this game
with surround sound on before.
It's kind of intense.
I don't know how to use a chainsaw with a controller.
Hell, there we go, man.
I must be hard to watch.
Have you tried this Colin?
- [Colin] Yeah.
- It's kind of crazy actually.
- [Colin] Yeah, actually sounds really good.
- I got kids, right?
So it's been a long time
since I've gained the speakers at all.
Let alone like a surround setup.
- [Colin] Do you wanna play any other games, Forza maybe?
- Yeah, I think firing up Forza
is probably a pretty good idea.
Can I just try and drive a little better
before I say stuff so that it doesn't look totally stupid.
This is another game that really benefits from surround
like as someone's coming up behind you
which for me happens a lot, people passing me.
It's quite the experience makes it much more enjoyable.
Oh no.
Oh no, no
- [Colin] You cooked it.
- Great clean racing.
The game says, all right, now this looks really good.
It is kind of amazing how much TV you can get
for like a little over a thousand us dollars these days, eh?
- [Colin] Especially something that can do 4k, 120.
- Yeah, obviously a big part
of the gaming experience is the star of the show.
Our huge Vizio P65Q9 TV.
It's a beaut that won't break the bank coming in
at 1199 for the 65 inch model.
We've got it hooked up
via HDMI 2.1 to both the Xbox series X
which can operate in 4k up to 120 Hertz
with a full 48 gigabit per second connection.
As well as our main gear gaming PC down here.
Auto low latency mode automatically reduces the input delay
which makes it great for gaming.
But I can't promise that it'll improve your skills
cause it sure didn't improve mine.
What if I get hungry though?
- [Colin] Oh, well you want some snacks?
You're sitting over top of them.
- I got snacks, but what if I'm like really hungry?
- [Colin] Oh, you want to make a meal?
There you go.
- Oh my God.
- [Colin] So We got all three meals in here.
- I could gain 20 pounds from just from this setup.
Hold on a second.
Am I expected to just crush it up in the package?
Sprinkle on the?
- [Colin] No, no, no
- 'Cause, I mean, did you ever do that?
- [Colin] Yes. - It's actually great.
- [Colin] It's amazing.
- It's great.
- [Colin] Okay, but we have a way to do this.
Okay, so if you see
on the other side of the pillow, there's a coffee machine.
- This is what happens when you give a writer way
too much time to work on the projects.
Open up you vicious monster.
- [Colin] Put, put it right in the thing
- In what thing?
- [Colin] In the coffee machine.
- Wait, what? - [Colin] Yeah.
- You're kidding.
- [Colin] No, not at all
- What just like put it here?
- [Colin] No, not up in the top.
- I don't drink coffee.
- [Colin] How do you get through life?
- It smells like coffee, Colin.
The water's brown.
- [Colin] I washed it (chuckles) like gently.
- Is this like a thing people do?
- [Colin] Yeah, absolutely.
- Shut up.
- [Colin] Yeah, you're college kid.
You only got one utensil.
It's a coffee maker.
Well, you've never made grilled cheese
on an iron before and now we wait. (chuckles)
- It's like you want me to have low self esteem?
(mumbles) not bad.
They got like a similar ratio to the little minis.
I'm doing a long beat saber session tonight.
That's my justification for this.
Beat sabers exercise, okay?
(panting)
Don't count.
Love that sound.
Vizio's elevate soundbar was a perfect companion for
the setup, it packs 18 drivers in total
with 13 in the soundbar itself.
One in the wireless subwoofer and two in each of
the surround speakers.
It's Dolby Atmos certified
with rotating upward firing speakers, and the purpose there
is that it will automatically detect
when Atmos compatible content comes through it
and it'll rotate them up to bounce them off
the ceiling for more immersive sound.
What's really neat is that for non Atmos content
they can pin it back to the front, widening
the soundstage noticeably.
Of course, who wants to enjoy a movie without a beverage?
Oh (chuckles)
I could get used to this man.
If I didn't have to actually like share my movie
watching experience with anyone.
- [Colin] No, actually this bed is a pullout bed.
- Is it?
It's a pullout bed.
- [Colin] Yeah, it's meant to have two twins on it.
We just went with a single mattress (indistinct)
- Only a little bit of coffee taste.
- [Colin] Fantastic.
- I'm so hungry though.
I don't even care.
What, why what's up?
You don't like my gaming bed.
- [Colin] So you're thirsty, right?
Why don't you look right below you there?
(laughs)
- Okay, that's some Canadian engineering if I ever saw any.
So we apparently, excuse me, lined one of the drawers
with plastic, which I'm very appreciative by the way.
I'm glad we at least did line it with plastic.
Let's say I consumed some water.
- [Colin] When you look right below
the coffee machine there.
- Oh my God, you didn't.
- [Colin] I did.
- So all I got to do is crawl over here.
Oh God. (chuckles)
Did they go to bed pan?
- [Andy] With that, you can last a week.
- A week?
- [Andy] Without, I mean, yeah.
You got to eat all the beef jerky first.
- Gee, I don't know man.
- [Andy] Well, that's what the bottles are for.
- What? Yeah.
What comes out, can't possibly be more
than what goes in, so?
- [Andy] That's science.
- That's some real science right there ladies
and gentlemen just don't start your two bite brownies
in there people might get the wrong idea.
And I think all that's left is to try a more PC
gaming experience here.
I actually love this thing.
Colin had to have me bring it in from home.
'Cause I that's where I keep it.
So Roccat Sova
and it's perfect for PC gaming on the couch.
(suspenseful music)
Ooh, that's a little loud.
(shouting)
I gotta run away, I gotta run away.
I gotta get surrounded at home.
Footsteps, man.
Footsteps are real.
What the, I thought they said there's three left.
I just got killed by a bot.
So that's our take on the gaming bed concept.
If you guys want to do something like this
we have a full breakdown of all the parts
that we used in the forum post
that's linked in the description.
Thank goodness they just listed all down there.
That's a lot better than me stumbling over all
those Swedish words
but a big thank you to Vizio for sponsoring this video.
It was actually a ton of fun for us to create and shoot.
Thank you to you guys for watching.
And if you're looking for some more TV related content
why not check out how close is too close?
What's the best TV viewing distance?
Did that video a little while ago,
but it's pretty darn informative.
Actually got kind of like sciency.
Thanks James.