Desk/Gaming Chairs

[Pugsport]

Hello All

just wanted to ask your advice on a desk/gaming chairs as im ideally looking for two with rubber wheels as it will be used on a hardwood floor and im thinking that the normal plastic wheels may end up damaging the floor over time maybe a short space of time.

ive had a look but i cant find anything with rubber wheels so im hoping i maybe wrong about the plastic wheels damaging the flooring

 

[AlienALX]

You don't use rubber wheels dude. You use a mat.

The wheels will damage the flooring..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kuyal-Tran...d=1642196602&sprefix=chair+mat,aps,175&sr=8-6

They are polycarbonate. They do crack over time, but mine is still there after 2 years. Couple small cracks and that's about it.

 

[Warchild]

Hello All

just wanted to ask your advice on a desk/gaming chairs as im ideally looking for two with rubber wheels as it will be used on a hardwood floor and im thinking that the normal plastic wheels may end up damaging the floor over time maybe a short space of time.

ive had a look but i cant find anything with rubber wheels so im hoping i maybe wrong about the plastic wheels damaging the flooring

The mats from IKEA are pretty decent. I think I paid £35 for mine 4 years ago, and I still use it today. Only draw back is if you get debris like bread crumbs underneath you always here the cracking sound of the crumbs as you move over that part.

 

[Tolemac]

As for Chairs i'm still loving my Secretlab Omega and it's still as comfortable after 2 years of use plus I can get spare parts for it

 

[NeverBackDown]

As for Chairs i'm still loving my Secretlab Omega and it's still as comfortable after 2 years of use plus I can get spare parts for it

Same. Have had mine for almost 3 years I think? I have the original Titan Fabric weave. Looks brand new and I hardly ever clean it. Though I should do it more often.


The new Evo chairs look great tbh.

 

[Tolemac]

Same. Have had mine for almost 3 years I think? I have the original Titan Fabric weave. Looks brand new and I hardly ever clean it. Though I should do it more often.


The new Evo chairs look great tbh.

Well you get what you pay for no regrets here

 

[Warchild]

Same. Have had mine for almost 3 years I think? I have the original Titan Fabric weave. Looks brand new and I hardly ever clean it. Though I should do it more often.


The new Evo chairs look great tbh.

Still rocking my Noble Chairs EPIC. Going into my 4th year now, and not a single spec of wear and tear on the upper part of it.

 

[Dicehunter]

Hello All

just wanted to ask your advice on a desk/gaming chairs as im ideally looking for two with rubber wheels as it will be used on a hardwood floor and im thinking that the normal plastic wheels may end up damaging the floor over time maybe a short space of time.

ive had a look but i cant find anything with rubber wheels so im hoping i maybe wrong about the plastic wheels damaging the flooring

If you have 1 in your area try an office surplus store, A good office chair is much better for your spine and overall posture than a gaming chair, Better built as well, ALL gaming chairs, DXRacer, Razer, Noble, SecretLabs, Nitro etc etc... all use pig metal which is a low quality metal bi-product of steel making, Low quality and very high profits.

 

[NeverBackDown]

If you have 1 in your area try an office surplus store, A good office chair is much better for your spine and overall posture than a gaming chair, Better built as well, ALL gaming chairs, DXRacer, Razer, Noble, SecretLabs, Nitro etc etc... all use pig metal which is a low quality metal bi-product of steel making, Low quality and very high profits.

Not sure about that. But if a 300 pound man sat in my chair that has supposed "pig metal" and it didn't break, I'm not really sure what a higher quality steel will do for anyone.

I used my chair for a year straight of a minimum 50 hours a week. Never got back pain or any body aches. This isn't a cheap crappy dxracer.

Having used a supposed extremely high quality $1k office executive chair beforehand and always having posture issues after sitting for a while, I call BS.

 

[Tolemac]

Not sure about that. But if a 300 pound man sat in my chair that has supposed "pig metal" and it didn't break, I'm not really sure what a higher quality steel will do for anyone.

I used my chair for a year straight of a minimum 50 hours a week. Never got back pain or any body aches. This isn't a cheap crappy dxracer.

Having used a supposed extremely high quality $1k office executive chair beforehand and always having posture issues after sitting for a while, I call BS.

I have to agree with NBD's comment as I am someone who has lumbar issues due to a fractured femur when I was 18. I can sit in my SL chair for hours and not have an issue with pain cramps etc etc. They are very well made

 

[Warchild]

I have to agree with NBD's comment as I am someone who has lumbar issues due to a fractured femur when I was 18. I can sit in my SL chair for hours and not have an issue with pain cramps etc etc. They are very well made

I honestly think people just have a bias against them. You search online and almost 90% of sites will tell you that gaming chairs "with lumbar support" are far better than most office chairs today. Yes I said MOST. There are some exceptions of course but you have to pay silly sums of money.

Some once they buy some high end office chair will suddenly hate on other brands/models because they can.

I found my back improved once I used the noble chair. had a Stanley office chair before that, and even that wasnt a cheap one, yet it was night and day compared to the noble. I have since upgraded the lumbar support to the noble chair memory foam which sits perfectly in the recess of the top piece and its a wonderful feeling.

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[AlienALX]

Well TBH I've never liked these racing chairs (which is what they are, strapped to a pedestal) and never will.

Each to his own.

 

[Dark NighT]

had a 450 euro dx racer chair that broke within one year and needed replacement parts, had a 400 euro vertagear chair that broke in 6 months and then i got a new one that broke one year later and still within warrenty, vertagear entirely ignored my request for a replacement or a fix and that, was that and i went to a proper office chair shop, tested a few of them and bought one that actually helped me sit better and its still in one piece without any signs of going to break anytime soon.


Most popular gaming chairs are just complete trash and break down far to quickly.

 

[Warchild]

Well TBH I've never liked these racing chairs (which is what they are, strapped to a pedestal) and never will.

Each to his own.

Disagree there. Racing chairs are bucket seats. You sink into them with a tight fit preventing you from sliding side to side. Gaming chairs are no where near that.

Racing seat

Gaming chair

Completely different. As you say, each to their own. I know you hate them so I'm not going to try and convince you. But labelling them racing seats is off the mark.

In addition, racing seats do cause bad posture as its shaped to curve your back forwards. Formula 1 seats are a great example, Gaming seats curve the other way to alleviate back issues

 

[AlienALX]

The only difference there is the bolster depth, depending on how much you need to be held in.

They're all car seats. None of them need bolster support or butterfly head protection but most do. Why? Unless you have Parkinson disease you don't want holding in.

The biggest flaw is that all of these car seat designs originates from car seats. Where you sit, about 6" from the floor of the car with your legs out in front of you. I've even seen some with pull out thigh support (gaming chairs) that do absolutely nothing but cut off blood supply to your inner thighs because how your feet are supposed to go down onto the floor.

None of them are researched by doctors or orthopaedic Doctors which tbh all chairs should be.

 

[AlienALX]

Btw the fact that they have to tack on a headrest cushion or lumbar cushion says it all. That was an afterthought when they realised it would wreck backs and really ought to be a part of the chair and asjustable.