Province5 Chelsea FC Sidekick Gaming Chair with Adjustable Height, Soft Padded Backrest and Cushions, Black, Games Room, Gamers Chair, Kids Chair, Office Chair, Football, Premier League

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Both options can work just fine, but it’s really important that the chair includes additional gamer-focussed features such as adjustable armrests and headrests. These aren’t always prioritised with standard office chairs.’ Gamers might also find an ergonomic mouse more comfortable for long sessions. How should you sit in a PC gaming chair? The best gaming chairs will complete your PC setup, not just from an aesthetic point of view, but because you will likely be spending hours sat in front of your machine, they will give you the support needed to keep your spine healthy too. Is a gaming chair better than an office chair?

Intelligent design touches abound, too. I particularly like the magnetically-attached side-hinge covers and swappable 4D (i.e. four directional) armrests. I also tried out a pair of the optional Technogel armrests, designed to cool down your arms during marathon sessions. As gamers and office workers, we spend a significant chunk of each day sitting on our money makers in front of screens. Given that most of us don't plan to change that anytime soon, it only makes sense to do so in a great chair. So that's what I set out to find. Nevertheless, there’s good news to report. Replacing the supplied cushion with a better one - I used the memory foam-filled example from the Zephyr - instantly elevates overall comfort levels. So, the chair’s biggest niggle can definitely be rectified.We've been recommending the NeueChair as the best office/task chair for years, even since before I joined as overlord of PC Gamer's hardware coverage. As I'd not had the privilege of trying out the chair for myself, however, I wanted to make sure that it was a recommendation I could stand behind. Seriously, I can sit in this all day. Plus there’s a feature being released in June, a magnetic tray table panel that snaps into the armrest. A portable desk sounds dope, well a lot more dope than a gaming high chair, which it also looks like. We wanted to find chairs that maximized comfort, support, and value. We spoke with Melissa Afterman, MS CPE, a Senior Principal Ergonomist with VSI Risk Management & Ergonomics, Inc., who specializes in workstation setups. Elsewhere though, most of the material compromises are well judged, though the narrow 40cm wide seat base might restrict the chair’s appeal to, ahem, slimmer gamers. More importantly, when used as supplied, this doesn’t prove an entirely comfortable chair. The primary culprit is the supplied but allegedly ‘optional to use’ lumbar support cushion.

Coming from the same stable as our favorite gaming chairs—the Secretlab Titan Evo—it's no surprise that the NeueChair is an outstanding seat. But it is very much a task chair, not a gaming chair. There's heaps more to this gaming chair's comfort, but I could be here all day. You should read the review linked below for the full scoop. Point is: it's damn comfortable. If you're on a tighter budget and want maximum comfort, you want to take a look at the ThunderX3 Core. All of these things are cool, right? It’s great that the Kaiser 3 reclines to 165 degrees, it has two levers, one controls the tilt, the other controls the height of the chair raising it about three inches. These things are all great for comfort. The Kaiser 3 XL is a fantastic chair for anyone looking for a little more wiggle room than your usual gaming seat. The Kaiser 3 comes in two sizes: large and extra large. The large accommodate gamers 4’11 to 6’2’’ (150-190cm) and the extra large is for gamers 5’11” to 6’9” (181-210cm). The one I have the pleasure of experiencing is an extra large. Elsewhere, the Zephyr makes a strong case for itself. The supplied memory foam lumbar support cushion gives good support for average height gamers while taller ones aren’t badly served if they elect to remove it and do without.

This may be good for posture in the long run, but I found this chair quite challenging to get used to. Even after a couple of weeks, I still can’t say that I, or my co-tester, unreservedly looked forward to the prospect of spending hours in it. Notice anything missing? Maybe a lumbar support pillow. That’s the cool thing! There is no lumbar support pillow, but there is lumbar support—it’s built into the chair. And controlled by two knobs placed on the left and right sides of the chair.