Wireless ButtKicker kit ready to rumble your posterior

Earlier this year, we were fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on perspective) enough to get our rumps on one of the famed ButtKickers. For those unaware, these devices are meant for installation underneath a seat or sofa in order to provide chair-rumbling effects to help you "feel" the film. Now, the Guitammer Company is making them even easier to install by cutting the wires, bringing low frequency audio transducers just inches from your derriere without any cords necessary. The above pictured kit will go on sale next Friday (yes, that's Black Friday for you Americans) for under $300 on Amazon -- are you really ready to rumble?

[Larry @ Nov 17th 2008 10:44AM]

Does it come with a warning label for hemoroid sufferers?

[OneLove @ Nov 17th 2008 11:48AM]

use it for porn! (i know, i know)

[bangladeshiluv @ Nov 17th 2008 12:40PM]

happy ending not included.

ask your buddy for that

[derX @ Nov 17th 2008 10:47AM]

Why do people even invent these things? I know of the hard work that goes into the design process, why would the conceptual parents really expect a good number of people to be excited over this?

I understand taking risks for a product, but seriously. Who the hell is going to pay $300 to have his or her ass rumble in sync with a movie?

[Vianon @ Nov 17th 2008 11:40AM]

I think excited is definitely the right word for it...

[StalematE @ Nov 17th 2008 12:19PM]

a lot of people. when i worked for directv, this one guy had these crazy buttkicker things bolted to the floor joists under his living room, made the whole room shake like mad. he was showing me how it all worked, he put on live free or die hard and it literally made me have to pee.

[hamza @ Nov 17th 2008 10:57AM]

I would probably buy it for my wife to use it as a sybian.

[vic @ Nov 17th 2008 11:02AM]

Just tell her to sit on a regular subwoofer.

[DirtyVegas @ Nov 17th 2008 11:04AM]

The human usability testing for this must have been fun.

[Kevin @ Nov 17th 2008 11:10AM]

I have the regular wired Buttkicker. It is kinda cool for a few minutes, but then I had to turn it off. It feels a bit like someone is just rattling the chair every time the subwoofer kicks in.

[Tom G @ Nov 17th 2008 1:14PM]

Congrats on being an idiot, maybe if you would have read the products description you would have realised that is exactly how it is supposed to feel...

[Kevin @ Nov 17th 2008 1:23PM]

I understand its purpose. It just sounded better on paper ("product's description").

[Jason @ Nov 17th 2008 2:33PM]

Do you not have control over your individual audio channels? It would seem like you could adjust it until it felt just right - rather than getting a bug in your...rather than chapping your...well just adjust the stupid thing, okay.

[midiwall @ Nov 17th 2008 2:35PM]

I have a wired one as well. I like it, but there's a significant delay (appx 100ms or more) in the bass hitting... Pretty annoying.

[Kevin @ Nov 17th 2008 2:39PM]

It's adjustable (has cutoff fliters and levels). I just found the best adjustment to be off. This is personal opinion. I really thought I would enjoy it, because I like a good bit of bass. Unfortunately, it just became more of a nuisance than anything. Perhaps it would be better than nothing for use with headphones in an area that needs to remain quiet. It is not completely silent, sounding somewhat comically like a large cellphone vibrating, but certainly not as invasive as the low frequencies from a sub.

[loocas @ Nov 17th 2008 11:26AM]

How much can it lift? I'm no scrag.

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 17th 2008 12:05PM]

Don't worry fat boy, this doesn't lift anything.

[loocas @ Nov 17th 2008 12:08PM]

I'd low rank you if you weren't right...

[Danger @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:40PM]

Just sit on a vibrating dildo and you'll get the same effect.

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 17th 2008 12:06PM]

How did you sychronize your dildo with your movies?

[StalematE @ Nov 17th 2008 12:21PM]

Very carefully.

[TavisJohn @ Nov 17th 2008 12:25PM]

Why can't you use one of those iPod dildos, or one that connects to any MP3 player?

http://www.fmforums.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=80625

That would sync it with the music!

(Only or Butt Pirates and women)

[giuliop @ Nov 17th 2008 12:26PM]

@Lowest Ranked

I guess he's settled for "Always On"

[Chuckles McGee @ Nov 17th 2008 11:27AM]

"without any cords necessary"? I assume there's a power cord?

[Chris Are @ Nov 17th 2008 12:40PM]

I'm assuming it runs on a battery of some kind. Maybe just AAs.

[bandigolo @ Nov 17th 2008 4:49PM]

nothin' like a supercharged AA buttkicking... I bet that really brings the house down.

[brad77 @ Nov 17th 2008 5:35PM]

Look at the third picture. That box it's connected to? It's a 1000 watt amplifier.

No way that's running on AA's.

[Major4Play @ Nov 17th 2008 11:33AM]

A large dinner of beans before a movie is a better sub woofer than this.......

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 17th 2008 12:07PM]

...and much smellier.

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Nov 17th 2008 11:45AM]

I hear-by volunteer my services to kick the butt of anyone who purchases this product.

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 17th 2008 12:08PM]

You're going to be busy for awhile, butt PiRATE.

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Nov 17th 2008 12:23PM]

For the many times I've heard that lame joke, Lowest, yours is the most appropriate. ;)

[HELLO @ Nov 17th 2008 12:00PM]

that will tickle up in my ass

[Gordon Highland @ Nov 17th 2008 12:01PM]

Drummers who play electric kits have been using these for years. Mounts under their throne so they can feel what they often cannot hear.

[Samboini @ Nov 17th 2008 4:59PM]

Their colon?!

[StalematE @ Nov 17th 2008 12:20PM]

very carefully.

[Hooterman @ Nov 17th 2008 12:39PM]

So I guess I'm the only one that wants one of these?

[HOOPER @ Nov 17th 2008 2:54PM]

correct

[Magallanes @ Nov 17th 2008 12:48PM]

May be the concept can be great but the stupid name.

[rhogan @ Nov 17th 2008 1:09PM]

People have been doing this for years, at least in the car audio scene. You could certainly do it cheaper than 300 bucks if it's your thing

[kal326 @ Nov 17th 2008 1:13PM]

I wonder how many people are gonna be pissed when the battery dies right in the middle of a "movie". However, I for one will take my vibration with sound. Who in the hell wants to feel like a deaf man in an earthquake. That and I would want the actual bass sound to drowned out all the stuff vibrating and squeaking in my living room.

[brad77 @ Nov 17th 2008 5:39PM]

I don't believe it runs on batteries. It's connected to an amplifier that would definitely need to be plugged in. You can see it in the third picture attached to the press release.

In this case, "wireless" means that you don't need to run speaker wire around your living room/home theater. You still need to power the thing.

[obijon @ Nov 17th 2008 1:20PM]

I picked up several of the lower-powered Aura shakers for $10/ea on a closeout sale several years ago. They work great if you don't set the gain too high relative to your main speakers/subs. You shouldn't notice the vibrations if you have it set right - it will just add to the perceived sub output in the really low frequencies. When I have friends over I don't tell them there are shakers in the floor, they just think it's straight subwoofer output.

$300? No.

[rcappo @ Nov 17th 2008 1:25PM]

I'm not too keen on wireless stuff, since I'm assuming that it will still need a power cable, running an audio cable as well isn't too big of a deal. And the way my stereo is set up, all the wires would be hidden anyway.

This does sound like it could add something that is missing from my current stereo setup though. My 12" sub just isn't powerful enough to shake the room, but it does a good job at recreating the correct bass response.

[Jeff M @ Nov 17th 2008 1:44PM]

Do these things really work?! A company named Aura made these and they were called Shakers. It is probably the same company trying to get away from their trashed name. I have heard the Shakers installed in cars and I laughed and laughed. It seemed as if it was just a vibrator motor from a giant cellphone lol. Yes, you felt the sound but it wasnt near as accurate or enjoyable as a subwoofer; it was a joke. Get what you pay for I guess...

[glenn s @ Nov 17th 2008 2:35PM]

They are a different company than Aura. The Aura ones have already been less expensive.

[Bad Beaver @ Nov 17th 2008 2:37PM]

Want. Two. One for each backside foot of the couch. Audible bass is what speakers are for.

[Bill @ Nov 17th 2008 2:38PM]

Am I the only one for whom the link to Amazon is not working?

[glenn s @ Nov 17th 2008 2:40PM]

$300 is a bit much, but the idea of these has always intrigued me. I have a very nice surround system, but I don't get the really 'open it up' very often due to the wife and kids. The sub in my basement can be felt on the 2nd floor if I crank it. (Which I don't). This is a nice alternative if you want to feel the bass, while keeping the house rumbling to a minimum. But if you don't have to keep the volume down, then these would be a waste of money.

[absinthe party @ Nov 17th 2008 3:26PM]

Guitar hammer? That sounds so badass.