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[–] Airazz 52 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just don't fall for those "gamer" chairs. They're designed to look pretty, not to be comfortable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most gamer chairs are fine but they're overly expensive. My chair is just a high quality office chair I grabbed from a local store. Super comfy and relatively cheap.

[–] TAG 1 points 1 year ago

When I was last shopping for a chair, a "gamer" chair was, by far, the best chair that I could find for my size (average height, but stocky and overweight). None of the chairs at my local office store went up far enough for my knees and the arm rests did not support my elbows at table level.

I am sure that their are high end office chairs that would fit me, but I did not want to do much research. I had just read a good overview of gaming chairs from Ars Technica and just went off of that.

Every chair I have had at work has the same problem. At one job, they had ergonomics experts come in to help set up our desks at a new office. The expert sat me down, fiddled with my chair, and apologized because it was hopeless.

[–] 6mementomori -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what you're talking about, they're pretty comfortable if I say so myself

[–] drekly 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The issue is, yeah they're comfortable, but they're not comfortable in a good way for your body. You slouch and fuck your spine up. Also you look like a teenager, do you have a racecar bed too?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

do you have a racecar bed too?

Why do you hate fun?

[–] drekly -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have fun, whilst sitting on a super comfy chair made to be adaptable and ergonomic so I can have fun for longer without fucking up my body. 🤷‍♂️

With a gaming chair, you're also overpaying for bad posture and bad materials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yhc6mmdJC4

It just makes me think 'kid that got scammed and follows trends to fit in', not 'fun'

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gamer chairs are the same chairs you’re buying but more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gamer chairs are worse for you than office chairs. They're designed to look "cool" but most of what they do is kill your back.

[–] drekly -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're just cheap shit. I don't buy cheap shit, I have a premium chair that I bought used for a fraction of the price, cheaper than a "gamer chair" 🫣

[–] saltesc 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but mine has RGB and reclines flat

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

do you have a racecar bed too?

I fucking wish

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Someone should make a chair that's designed to be slouched in without fucking up your back.