At a glance, Project Arielle looks like your normal mesh office chair, complete with a comfortable lumbar-supported design and Razer’s iconic RGB lighting. However, this chair has an extra motor at its base to warm or cool it as desired.
At Razer’s exhibit, I had the chance to experience Arielle first-hand, and while it sounds like it would be one of the most gimmicky launches we saw at CES – and we saw a lot of those it was probably the best thing I saw, and the gadget I’d be most likely to buy from the whole show (if I ever can, more on that below).
Arielle’s motor is small yet powerful (Image credit: Future)
The functioning demo Arielle was super easy to control. A small touch control panel at the side allows you to adjust the temperature – between a cool 2°C and 30°C (35°F and 86°F) – as well as the intensity of the bladeless fan system. And while the convention wasn’t super quiet, I didn’t notice the chair loudly whirring away at the highest fan power setting.
