I have had this chair for about a week now.
And I am very sad that I currently don't love the chair.
I wanna start off by saying that I DO absolutely love the seat it self.
It is very thick, soft and comfortable. The shape is also perfect.
When I was browsing for chairs, none of them seemed to have a
nice thick seat that would not cause butt pain for sitting on it for hours.
(I am a bit on the heavier side, so a thick seat was a must for me in order to be comfortable!)
You can also move the seat itself forwards or backwards which I love!
This chair seems to have the seat just right! Which is also why I am so sad that I personally don't love other features about the chair.
My main dislike about the chair for me personally are the arm rests.
I like how you can put the arm rests up to get them out of the way, and the way you can change the height by quite a lot.
You can also move the front of the armrest side to side.
But you can't move the back of it side to side.
When I am gaming my arm (mainly my elbow) half falls off the armrest.
And I have really struggled to find a proper position for it to be comfortable. (It is also mainly my right arm, since that's where I hold my mouse with. I've tried different positions with my mouse, but nothing seems comfortable to me.)
I have hypermobility, so I need all parts of my body to have the proper support. Or I get can get pain or just feel very uncomfortable and unsupported. And this chair seems to not really give me the proper support that I need.
A friend of mine is 3D printing a piece for the chair which may allow it to be more outwards, so I can get better support for my arm. But we are not sure if it will work.
But because of this all, I've been switching back to my old chair a lot whilst gaming, in order to be comfortable. Which does suck.
One thing I forgot to mention is that, if you lean back with the chair the armrest also tilt upwards. I would have preferred if I could have the option to keep them straight down. Since I like to have my seat back and my legs up whilst gaming.
I like how with this chair my shoulders aren't compressed together, which they are with most "gaming chairs" because of the way they design them.
Which has helped my shoulders/shoulder blades feel more comfortable.
I have mixed feelings about the lumbar support. I like the cushioning of it.
Though I wished the top side of the lumbar support had more cushioning, since it feels a little bit hard up top when you lean back.
I also had wished you could put the lumbar support more upwards since it seems to be a bit low for me in the way that I sit (though I am 173 cm, so I am not sure if that is also the problem).
Often I accidentally put it up to the 4th position which makes it go all the way back down. I wish the mechanism was done in a different way, so it would just lock in place with a handle or something.
I like how you can tilt the backrest backwards, so you don't have to sit up completely straight. But I wish there were more angles you can lock it at.
It's either when I lock it, it is too straight up. And the next available lock position I feel like I am laying to far backwards. There is not really a comfortable in between to lock it in. Which is very unfortunate.
Then for the last thing I would like to comment on (probably) is the headrest.
I like how you can move it around quite a lot.
I have a lot of neck issues so I really need the headrest to properly tuck into my neck, in order to support my head. This head rest can reach into my neck properly and give me support, though I feel like when I have angled it in the way I need it to that my head is pushed quite a bit forwards. I had wished that I could move it back a bit further.
You can pull out the head rest quite a lot forwards, but for me personally it doesn't go very far backwards.
But this can mainly just be a flaw for me since I figure that most people don't really need neck support in that kind of way that I do.
Besides that, the head rest is comfortable, but a bit on the hard side.
I wish they used the same cushioning on the headrest as they used on the lumbar support and the seat. That would make it a lot more softer and more comfortable!
This has been my experience with the chair, which has resulted in a long review oops!
I am absolutely in love with the seat it self (and the way the chair looks!), but the main thing throwing me off and making me dislike it, is the armrests.
If they made this exact same chair with just different armrests, I would most definitely buy that instead.
I hope that the 3D printed parts that my friend is making works out.
Otherwise I will probably send the chair back. Which will suck since my hunt for a semi affordable chair will continue, and since they charge a 20% restocking fee.
I hope my long review might help someone make a decision, whether this chair is a good fit for them or not. Since with hypermobility, a chair with proper ...