sverek:

AKA: put gaming sticker on the chair and raise the price by $300 xd I mean seriously, is gaming chair really that much better than ordinary office chairs? Gaming chair seems more about looks and pride in ownership cause some streamer is sitting on it. Been sitting on Ikea Markus for more than 8 years now. It didn't fell apart...

Yeah, i been using the same chair (brand GiroFlex) since 2007.

My personal main complaint is that I need a new chair because the fake leather's the most horrible fabric ever, wears down way faster than the springs and seating cushions etc. But still not sure what to get, if a fabric (like polyester) or real leather's better.

Yeah in my experience the chair kinda doesn't matter. Any normal office chair is completely fine and anything with gaming added on it is just overpriced. For comfort, properly adjusted height of the chair and the desk are far more important for comfort.

To me, "gaming" chairs are often just office chairs with oddball colors and a cup-holder strapped on and plus a premium price tag. But this combination of brands sounds interesting. It might end up being good stuff, but the price will be astronomical. $300-500 would be my guess. All I care about is comfort. I cannot use normal office chairs, back issues. Most chairs I try, I just don't like. I'm using an overpriced La-Z-Boy chair with massively overstuffed cushioning. It's annoyingly huge for a desk chair, but it's plush.

sverek:

AKA: put gaming sticker on the chair and raise the price by $300 xd I mean seriously, is gaming chair really that much better than ordinary office chairs? Gaming chair seems more about looks and pride in ownership cause some streamer is sitting on it. Been sitting on Ikea Markus for more than 8 years now. It didn't fell apart...

It's actually worse, very limiting and very annoying. Just imagine sitting in a car seat, one of the more sporty ones, without keeping your legs almost straight up in front of you, but having them in front of you like on a regular chair. Now add time and activities.

I use the Vertagear triiger series, although Herman Miller are nicer chairs i did find them more expensive, more than i was willing to spend. Though the fabric used would not be considered overally comfortable, it hsa massively helped out my back. I used to use these "gamer chairs" but they were back for the back even with their over premium price

how are those cheaper than Miller chairs? They are all overpriced as hell, at least miller is completely adjustable, and full leather for ~800eur, trigger 350 is also ~800ish, and aside from height adjustable back, it looks like IKEA 30eur chair.

sverek:

AKA: put gaming sticker on the chair and raise the price by $300 xd

Gaming, Tactical, Military Grade, Industrial, good old marketing buzz words.

sverek:

I mean seriously, is gaming chair really that much better than ordinary office chairs?

It's definitely worse but a Herman Miller office chair, imo, is way nicer than a regular office chair. I bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair several years ago and have it in my office at work -- multiple people who sit in $100-200 amazon/ikea office chairs comment on how comfortable mine is when they sit in it. Steel Case chairs are similar - sit in a Leap V2 or Gesture than go back to a regular chair is like going from an SSD to a HDD... they both do the same job but one is just so much nicer. Now I wouldn't recommend to go out and spend $1300 retail on a chair but if you can find one used or purchase it from a reseller like madisonseating for around ~$300-400 it's definitely worth it. I kind of look at it this way too - ill spend like $800 on a GPU or whatever every 2-3 years that I only use a subset of the time I'm on a computer. My chair I sit in 100% of the time I'm on my computer.. so spending similar to a GPU for even a slightly better experience is worth it.

HM Aeron is ~$400. It's worth it because you can adjust for you height and so on. I bought dozen of chairs that were comfortable, for a day or so, and then my back started to hurt. Sitting in a chair for an hour to determine weather it suits you is a bad idea. If you are going to sit in it 24/7 and you can't adjust it, you are probably going to have issues. Especially if it has non-adjustable back support, that hing can hurt you instead of help you. Arm rests? How about if they are too high and you start getting elbow pains, that you spontaneously start avoiding by putting your hand over the arm rest, and your shoulder stats hurting too? Yeah, happened to me with more than one chair.

No walking/standing desk for VR? Guess that someone missed that opportunity! Investing in a good chair and desk are important, but try to get out of the sitting habit, it is important to move a lot, as we grew older. I force myself to stand for short tasks and put my alarm every 20" pomodoro style to get out of the chair if I am sitting too long. Shed a few pounds that way.

fantaskarsef:

My personal main complaint is that I need a new chair because the fake leather's the most horrible fabric ever, wears down way faster than the springs and seating cushions etc. But still not sure what to get, if a fabric (like polyester) or real leather's better.

A seat cover? Good as new

insp1re2600:

A seat cover? Good as new

Would be a good addition indeed, but not on an already "broken" chair that loses bits of it's cover here and there, and as well, I'd have to check for one that lets air circulate since I don't have an AC. But you are right with the idea in general, of course.

I got a Herman Miller Aeron chair maybe 10+ years ago, for full retail price and since im not from USA, it cost me 2500USD Its the best thing EVER, before this chair I was buying standard Office Depot chairs, some better some worse, all break in 6 months, im 1.80/100Kg, eventually I got my lower back tailbone area infected [probally sitting sores] from pressure of the cheap chairs, it would swallow like, ill get high temperature and pains, ill pop it with something sharp and liters of warm pus would came out LOL. So eventually I got annoyed and decided to spent money on good chair, a chair for life LOL and Got Aeron, its insane. If Logitech with Herman Miller will come out with good chair i might buy one

I can vouch for this idea. I have been using their Aeron chair for 16 years. First at the office because I hurt my back many years ago. The company bought the chair and within 3 hours of sitting in it I literally felt my vertebrae move back into alignment. Another employee had the company get one after hearing about my experience. He said he would kill to keep it if anyone tried to take it from him. Then I bought one for home (and gaming). It's 4 years past the 12 year warranty now and still works great. It cost me $800 and was well worth every penny. If this new gaming chair looks promising I will probably get one. I used to work for an office furniture company back in the 80's. I spent 6.5 years there (first assembling and delivering furniture and after a couple years I worked in the showroom selling the furniture to walk-in customers. I knew what was good and what was junk. I always told people to forget buying a fancy desk to impress and instead put the money in a good chair to protect their posture. We were a Herman Miller, Hayworth, Shaw-Walker and Steelcase dealership. They all made good stuff but HM has always been the best. The Aeron chair is even displayed (or was at least) in the Chicago Art Museum because it is a work of art that also has form and function. So that's my pitch and I'm sticking to it.

^ And the looks: https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_eur/products/seating/office-chairs/

Backstabak:

Yeah in my experience the chair kinda doesn't matter. Any normal office chair is completely fine and anything with gaming added on it is just overpriced. For comfort, properly adjusted height of the chair and the desk are far more important for comfort.

This is true if you don't have any problems. I have had perianal abscess and anal fistula problems and i'll tell you a good chair is way better than any cheap office chair i tried at work. I invested in a good chair and i don't regret it at all. Way more comfortable for my bottom. I got 3 surgeries in the region and working 8 hours a day on a run of the mill office chair is not even an option.