A gaming chair is specifically designed for serious gamers who want something special for one of their most important accessories. The best gaming chairs of 2017 come with welcome benefits like ventilation, durable designs, and extra-high backs – along with some seriously impressive designs. DXRacer Iron Series – $469.00 If you’re looking for a chair designed specifically for professional gamers or people who want to be involved in eSports – well, that’s sort of the specialty of DXRacer, which makes a variety of equipment for truly hardcore gamers. This Iron series chair is no exception: In fact, it’s the most durable and complete gaming chairs we’ve every see. The full-size frame is supported by a German hydraulic system that provides both protection and the ability to shift the height and angle of the chair in careful degrees to your exact needs. Additionally, the chair has that welcome extra-high back and cooling holes around the headspace that let you know it really is designed for gamers.
The larger-than-usual side wings are also excellent for comfort and support, while the base is specifically made as a great location to rest your footpads while place. The only caveat we want to mention for this gaming chair is that the material, while smooth and well designed, may not be the most durable when exposed to moisture. However, if you are looking for a gaming chair with extra size and support, that’s a minor quibble that’s easy to avoid with proper care. Vertagear is another company known for making great gaming-oriented chairs. This model is a little simpler than our DXRacer pick, but it’s also significantly more affordable. The chair features a resilient type of foam that doesn’t cave easily, and that extra-firm support means this chair possess extra durability (the steel frame adds to the weight, but also helps in this respect). Adjustable features include a tilt that allows you to fine tune the resistance, and a locking system for the arms, height, etc.
When it comes to head and neck support, the S-Line also gets top marks. It comes with that welcome extra-high back and cooling air holes right around the head/neck level, which are handy, but there’s also a support cushion for neck (or potentially, lumbar) support that works very well for preventing some of those aches and pains that come along after a long-term gaming session. We will note, however, that on the seat of the S-Line has an interesting divide in the center that slopes down to either side. It appears to be designed for easier, more comfy leg separation and better posture (many desk chairs have a feature like this, although not so obvious). It didn’t bother us, but if you know you dislike features like this, it’s worth consideration. X Rocker 51396 Pro Series – $199.00 For those who like to game around their TV screen instead of the computer but don’t really have a place to sit, the X Rocker has the answer – a pedestal-based, low chair that’s ideal for any type of console or TV gaming.
It works especially well in a dorm or an odd-shaped living room. The seat includes a subwoofer and two speakers that you can hook up wirelessly (wired options are also included) for extra immersion if you don’t already have surround sound. It’s also remarkably comfortable and adjustable at multiple levels, including tilt. You’ll want to be careful around it (too much roughhousing could damage the chair base), but otherwise this may be just the chair you are looking for! "The SteelSeries Apex M500 offers everything that e-sports aficionados need to thrive, and not a button more." "Solid build quality, good comfort and a high level of customization" $5,919,581 Won By Our Teams at TI6 See who is live right now on Twitch.This review is of a Vernazza Gaming Chair provided by Arozzi for review purposes. Test rig for this chair: One human adult male. 6’3 (190cm), 16 Stone 5 (229 pounds, 103.8kg).They put me in mind of Italy. Whether being punted along the canals of Venice, enjoying Gelato on a hot summer’s day in Florence or relaxing on the gently lapping shores of Lake Como, it’s fair to say I like Italy.
Not that I’d let something like this prejudice my opinion of the latest (and most expensive) chair to be put together by the good folks over at Arozzi, but they’re off to a good start. A good name is crucial, double z’s and in this case DOUBLE! Double z’s make things even better for me. More important than a name though, is how it feels. I’ve had some joking comments since the last chair I reviewed (the excellent AKRacing Premium V2, reviewed here) after putting a picture of a Maldives water bungalow in the review with people asking me on subsequent reviews why I don’t rate things Maldives out of 10! So to keep those people happy and to keep things fresh, we’ll put a nice picture at this point for how I feel upon initial sitting in the Vernazza.Like your favourite pair of walking boots, getting home to your super-kingsize pocket sprung with memory foam top bed after a weekend camping or taking off a pair of VR goggles after being in them for too long, the audible gasp after an extended period of discomfort when slipping into the familiar and the comfortable has probably grabbed most of us at one point in time or another.
The best new products are ones which I find can make you feel at home as quickly as possible. I’ve been known to go out specifically looking for the identical model of shoes that I had before simply because trying on lots of other new pairs, they didn’t feel right. Overall then, I rate my comfort fairly highly and when it comes to spending time at your desk (which I do a lot of!) the choice of throne is an important one. Arozzi have sent me the red and black version of the Vernazza, it’s a handsome looking beast and doesn’t take long to put together, I’m getting to be a pro at these. After 20 minutes or so, my new chair is ready. The parts feel like they’re very well made and solidly put together, bolts are easy to find the threaded grooves and it all attaches in a very nice way. Additional to the base, wheels, gaslifts, seat and armrests and the main seat back there is also the lumbar cushion as well as a rather oddly shaped cushion for the head/neck area. First point of note.
The Vernazza, being the flagship chair in the range comes with something important which I think all chairs should come with: Multiple gaslift mechanisms in different sizes. One size fits all works for a lot of things, but it also doesn’t work for a lot of things and this is one of the key areas. I’m tall, my wife is short. If a chair is good, it should be good regardless and I’d like the option to get it without worrying if I’m too tall or short for it. Thankfully that situation is dealt with here. Another point, on my AK Racing chair I reviewed previously, the plastic side covers get screwed into place. That doesn’t happen here, the side covers have some plastic sections jutting out which click into place when you push them in. Also another positive for me as on my old AK chair, after going on holiday over the winter and the heating in the house being low while away, the plastic cracked since the screw was holding the cover in tightly but the plastic no doubt contracted in the cold.
Not the end of the world, but now I have a missing cover on the left side of the chair. These covers shouldn’t present that issue as you can’t screw them in too tightly which I guess I did on the AK. The measurements from the Arozzi website (below) are reasonable accurate, however I found they were missing a few things I’d want to know if I was buying a chair without having tried it out in person. The first measurement is the floor to seat height. The measurement on the website is for the taller gaslift mechanism and as mentioned previously, there is a second one for shorter people. With this in place, the height range from the floor to the base of the seat is between 31 cm and 41 cm. I still don’t know why chair companies insist on putting measurements for the sections of the outside part which your body doesn’t touch on their sites. The next one is the top section of the seat which is how much actual space there is to sit on (front to back) so instead of the 58 cm in the picture, the top side of that comes in at 53 cm.