Anyone use a gaming chair for work?

[daddy cool]

bodhi said:

daddy cool said:

Im guessing there are no discount codes floating around for Noble/Secretlab chairs???

I got a couple of £20 off referral codes for Secret Lab - send me a PM will forward one across if you like?

Cheers for the offer - I haven't quite decided what I want yet, so I wont take it yet in case someone else wants it instead, but will hit you up if I go for secretlabs

[Blue Oval84]

Diving into this topic as well, I think I need to invest in a better chair seeing as home working is going to be the shape of things to come.

Looking at the website for Noble it seems to suggest that the armrests only go back/forth and wider/narrower, can anyone confirm whether they can be adjusted up/down as well relative to the seat base?

I really need arms that I can adjust so that they are at the same height as my desk. My current ones are fixed too low and I'm missing the ability to have them level with the desk...

[Funk]

Blue Oval84 said:

Diving into this topic as well, I think I need to invest in a better chair seeing as home working is going to be the shape of things to come.

Looking at the website for Noble it seems to suggest that the armrests only go back/forth and wider/narrower, can anyone confirm whether they can be adjusted up/down as well relative to the seat base?

I really need arms that I can adjust so that they are at the same height as my desk. My current ones are fixed too low and I'm missing the ability to have them level with the desk...

On the Hero they go back & forth, wider & narrower, they also go up/down and toe-in/toe-out. From the seat base top of the arms have a height range of 18-25cm. From the outer edge of the side bolster the back edge of the arm-rest is a range of 7-12cm fore/aft.

The top of my desk is 77cm from the floor and with the seat at a comfortable height the arm-rests will go level with the top of the desk. My requirement was the same as yours in this regard; the fore/aft adjustment allows the seat to get closer to the desk edge as required as well. Hope this helps!

[daddy cool]

Funk said:

The top of my desk is 77cm from the floor and with the seat at a comfortable height the arm-rests will go level with the top of the desk. My requirement was the same as yours in this regard; the fore/aft adjustment allows the seat to get closer to the desk edge as required as well. Hope this helps!

How are you getting on with it? Hows the seat cushion hardness (I heard it takes a while to break in), and hows the general comfort/fit?
I see you mentioned above you are 5'10 (same as me) and im worried i'll be dwarfed by it... all the videos on youtube seem to be blokes 6ft+ saying its a good fit, bar one video from a girl who is just over 5ft and looks like a child sitting in her dads driving seat!

Ive been umming and ahhing for a couple of weeks, and this morning thought "right, im having it" - and see that overclockers are now out of stock, with none due until end-July. They had 10 in stock yesterday!

[Funk]

daddy cool said:

Funk said:

The top of my desk is 77cm from the floor and with the seat at a comfortable height the arm-rests will go level with the top of the desk. My requirement was the same as yours in this regard; the fore/aft adjustment allows the seat to get closer to the desk edge as required as well. Hope this helps!

How are you getting on with it? Hows the seat cushion hardness (I heard it takes a while to break in), and hows the general comfort/fit?
I see you mentioned above you are 5'10 (same as me) and im worried i'll be dwarfed by it... all the videos on youtube seem to be blokes 6ft+ saying its a good fit, bar one video from a girl who is just over 5ft and looks like a child sitting in her dads driving seat!

Ive been umming and ahhing for a couple of weeks, and this morning thought "right, im having it" - and see that overclockers are now out of stock, with none due until end-July. They had 10 in stock yesterday!

As mentioned a few posts back it's more spacious than anticipated but all the better for it imo. The flatter base (vs. the Epic) is better for me - I don't actually need to be 'held in place' like I am in my car..! With the head-rest cushion strapped on it's perfectly-placed for me - often on office chairs the head-rest is so far back or high relative to the backrest you'd have to be some sort of giraffe to make use of it.

Comfort-wise it's great so far, doing 8+ hour days WFH. I read about the firmness too but in my opinion it's spot on. I'm very aware that I may have a bias toward the New Thing I Spent A Lot Of Money On but genuinely I can't fault it so far and often I have an aversion to spending money on things that seem frivolous. My rationale was that I spent £2k on a bed I spend 6-8 hours a night in but I was sitting badly on a piece of st chair for more hours than that per day which was illogical. I've noticed I move around and fidget significantly less in the new chair which suggests I was subconsciously moving a lot before because I wasn't comfortable.

I think I was lucky with my order (I went for the Hybrid) - when I spoke to one of the guys there about the delivery address he mentioned they'd had 130 in that morning and only 60 left when I rang in the afternoon so keep an eye on the site daily as it moves fast...

Am I happy with the spend, comfort and VFM? 100% yes.

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 27th May 15:01

[daddy cool]

Funk said:

Am I happy with the spend, comfort and VFM? 100% yes.

Cheers for the info. Like you, I don't like spending money, but I always prefer to buy a quality item that lasts. Its hard finding any reviews from people that have had them 2/3/4 years... all the reviews on youtube are people who've literally just received and built them (and probably been sponsored) and one solitary review from a bloke slagging off noblechairs and his experience with a chair that fell apart fairly quick - that's why ive been procrastinating!

Im also planning on the hybrid/Black Edition one - the matt finish looks really nice. The Epic looks a bit silly, the Icon is the sensible choice but looks a bit boring, but the Hero looks ace.

Hope they are back in stock quick - ive just got a new massive desk, and am waiting for the chair before I decide 100% where I mount the ultrawide screen on the wall!

[PixelpeepS3]

BenjiS said:

Yes. I use a SecretLab Titan as my work chair. Really comfortable with a huge range of adjustment.

https://secretlabchairs.co.uk/collections/titan-se...

I have the secret lab omega - only had it a few weeks but O.. M.. G.. it has changed my life!

i'm not a gamer but i spend 8-10 hours at the computer doing web design and music production

tons of adjustment and comfy for long periods of sitting.

£299 - worth every penny

Edited by PixelpeepS3 on Wednesday 27th May 15:27

[Blue Oval84]

Funk said:

Blue Oval84 said:

Diving into this topic as well, I think I need to invest in a better chair seeing as home working is going to be the shape of things to come.

Looking at the website for Noble it seems to suggest that the armrests only go back/forth and wider/narrower, can anyone confirm whether they can be adjusted up/down as well relative to the seat base?

I really need arms that I can adjust so that they are at the same height as my desk. My current ones are fixed too low and I'm missing the ability to have them level with the desk...

On the Hero they go back & forth, wider & narrower, they also go up/down and toe-in/toe-out. From the seat base top of the arms have a height range of 18-25cm. From the outer edge of the side bolster the back edge of the arm-rest is a range of 7-12cm fore/aft.

The top of my desk is 77cm from the floor and with the seat at a comfortable height the arm-rests will go level with the top of the desk. My requirement was the same as yours in this regard; the fore/aft adjustment allows the seat to get closer to the desk edge as required as well. Hope this helps!

That's exactly what I wanted to hear thanks! I should have just come to PH in the first place instead of wasting time on google.

However, I've just gone to go and order one but there's no sign of them being in stock for another two months, albeit the website isn't being entirely clear. I may drop them an email tomorrow.

I've had a look at the Secretlab Omega and it's a bloody compelling purchase as well at £329 with the fabric finish, but that's also not forecast until 6th July or earlier and that bloody blue logo on the back is going to look cack compared to the Noble in the living room (my home office is now a permanent feature in the alcove of my living room window so the chair is very much on display)

But then once shipping is factored in it's about £90 cheaper than the Noble with the hybrid leather, and gets here 3 weeks sooner... Decisions decisions.

[Blue Oval84]

Hold the phone!

May have an answer here... https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noblechairs-epic-ga...

The Epic, in the nice hybrid leather finish, shame about the metal cut outs, but I don't think I need a bigger chair than that (I'm only 5'10", and just under 80KG) and it's nearly due in stock... May be a good all round compromise vs waiting an extra month for a fabric Secretlab and having the blue writing...

This is bloody hard work.

[Funk]

The Epic has a different seat base (the side bolsters are more like a car's which, depending on your size, may force your legs together more) where the Hero's is wider and flatter which is what I wanted in an office chair. Crucially for me, the Epic only goes to 120kg where the Hero goes full Fat bd Mode with 150 (I'm down to 127 from 172 though!). This may not be a consideration for you though!

Also check carefully - the Overclockers site says the Epic has integrated lumbar adjustment but the Noblechairs site itself makes no mention of it in the blurb or the manual. This could be an error on Overclockers. If it comes with it then great as the one on the Hero is excellent and extremely comfortable.

A mate of mine had an Epic delivered today and loves it:



Here's my Hero for comparison:

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 27th May 22:33

[Blue Oval84]

Funk said:

The Epic has a narrower seat base (the side bolsters are more like a car's which, depending on your size, may force your legs together more) where the Hero's is wider and flatter which is what I wanted in an office chair. Crucially for me, the Epic only goes to 120kg where the Hero goes full Fat bd Mode with 150 (I'm down to 127 from 172 though!). This may not be a consideration for you though!

Also check carefully - the Overclockers site says the Epic has integrated lumbar adjustment but the Noblechairs site itself makes no mention of it in the blurb or the manual. This could be an error on Overclockers. If it comes with it then great as the one on the Hero is excellent and extremely comfortable.

A mate of mine had an Epic delivered today and loves it:



Here's my Hero for comparison:

Good comparison pics, my current weight is hovering just under 80KG (5'10") so in theory I'd be fine in the Epic. That said, I've just checked a 35cm tape measure (the width of the flat part of the Epic base) against my legs whilst seated and I think I'd have a little bit of overspill onto the side bolsters.

One issue is that the space I'm using is quite compact, I normally have to remove the dining chair if I'm at work for the full day to give a bit of extra room, and poor Neato keeps getting smacked by the wheels as well (there is nowhere else for him to live), so provided I fit comfortably, the smaller the better to an extent. For context, the chair in the pic is actually marginally smaller in most dimensions than the Epic (but the base is flat).



Pretty certain from viewing the pics that the Epic doesn't have lumbar, so that's something to consider too I suppose.

The main thing leaning in favour of the Epic of course is that it's about £50 cheaper and available a month sooner, when I need it!

Pixelpeep - do you mind me asking how you find the bolsters on the base of the Omega? Do they get a bit snug on the width? The Omega is almost identical in size to the Epic, so a good comparison.

[Funk]

Blue Oval84 said:

Good comparison pics, my current weight is hovering just under 80KG (5'10") so in theory I'd be fine in the Epic. That said, I've just checked a 35cm tape measure (the width of the flat part of the Epic base) against my legs whilst seated and I think I'd have a little bit of overspill onto the side bolsters.

One issue is that the space I'm using is quite compact, I normally have to remove the dining chair if I'm at work for the full day to give a bit of extra room, and poor Neato keeps getting smacked by the wheels as well (there is nowhere else for him to live), so provided I fit comfortably, the smaller the better to an extent. For context, the chair in the pic is actually marginally smaller in most dimensions than the Epic (but the base is flat).



Pretty certain from viewing the pics that the Epic doesn't have lumbar, so that's something to consider too I suppose.

The main thing leaning in favour of the Epic of course is that it's about £50 cheaper and available a month sooner, when I need it!

Pixelpeep - do you mind me asking how you find the bolsters on the base of the Omega? Do they get a bit snug on the width? The Omega is almost identical in size to the Epic, so a good comparison.

Sounds like the Epic might do you OK then. I'm also pretty certain that the Epic is the same as a SL Omega and the Hero is the SL Titan. They're pretty much identical as far as I can see.

[Blue Oval84]

Funk said:

Sounds like the Epic might do you OK then. I'm also pretty certain that the Epic is the same as a SL Omega and the Hero is the SL Titan. They're pretty much identical as far as I can see.

Ah I think I'll just chance it and see what happens.

Whilst I was looking at Overclockers I couldn't help but notice this...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/mwe-lab-emperor-xt-...

If only I had the room and a spare £5K lol

[Funk]

The Hero Black Edition Hybrid is so nice though...! Might be worth ringing Overclockers and asking when they think they'll get another batch in - the website may not be all that accurate.

[Blue Oval84]

Funk said:

The Hero Black Edition Hybrid is so nice though...! Might be worth ringing Overclockers and asking when they think they'll get another batch in - the website may not be all that accurate.

Yeah I'll probably give them a call regardless to check on estimated delivery dates in case the site is wrong.

Of course now I've started looking at the Icon and that seems like it may be just as good as the Epic, and probably similar to the Hero albeit minus the lumbar.

Ah I'm going to bed, I'll worry about this in the morning! Thanks for the advice

[bodhi]

Funk said:

Sounds like the Epic might do you OK then. I'm also pretty certain that the Epic is the same as a SL Omega and the Hero is the SL Titan. They're pretty much identical as far as I can see.

Both SL models have the more contoured base similar to the Epic from what I can tell - no idea if it's smaller on the Omega than my Titan, but definitely looks different from the Hero.

I did look (online) at the Hero but the fabric option and the contoured base pushed me towards the Titan, and it really has been a fantastic buy. The Cookies and Cream finish still looks fresh, and now the base has softened up slightly it's comfortable from the second you sit on it, rather than having to get used to it.

[PixelpeepS3]

Blue Oval84 said:

Pixelpeep - do you mind me asking how you find the bolsters on the base of the Omega? Do they get a bit snug on the width? The Omega is almost identical in size to the Epic, so a good comparison.

hmm... snug, yes, but it doesn't feel it.

that makes no sense...

lets try again..

so when you asked, i was sitting at my desk and i had to check because i hadn't been aware of any issues.

To put a finger down between my outer thigh and the bolster it's a tight fit, BUT, it doesn't feel like you're 'packed' into the seat. i'm a 38 waist so not as 'slight' as most

am i making any sense? lol

[Blue Oval84]

Ha ha, yes, that sort of makes sense, thanks

I've reached an outcome anyway, rang overclockers and they advised there'll be no Hero available until mid-July at the earliest.

A bit more discussion and it became apparent that the Nitro Concepts S300 is actually the same chair as the Noblechair Epic (the guy on the phone said that Overclockers, Noblechair and Nitro Concepts are all part of the same group and he was adamant it was made in the same factory as the noble)

With that in mind, I've ordered a Nitro Concepts S300 fabric, £215 and it'll be here in about 12 days time.

Fingers crossed it's as good as he said it is! Assuming it's really an Epic by another name, I don't see how it could be a bad chair.

[Funk]

Blue Oval84 said:

Ha ha, yes, that sort of makes sense, thanks

I've reached an outcome anyway, rang overclockers and they advised there'll be no Hero available until mid-July at the earliest.

A bit more discussion and it became apparent that the Nitro Concepts S300 is actually the same chair as the Noblechair Epic (the guy on the phone said that Overclockers, Noblechair and Nitro Concepts are all part of the same group and he was adamant it was made in the same factory as the noble)

With that in mind, I've ordered a Nitro Concepts S300 fabric, £215 and it'll be here in about 12 days time.

Fingers crossed it's as good as he said it is! Assuming it's really an Epic by another name, I don't see how it could be a bad chair.

Excellent, glad you've arrived at something I'm sure you'll be very pleased with!

The fact that all those chairs are the same, just badge-engineered only really confirms my thoughts that the SL is the same as well (just not a brand Overclockers could sell you!). It really would be surprising if every chair-maker put their best designers on it, went through all the rigmarole of type approval/certification etc and then arrived - independently - at near-identical shapes, fixtures and features...

I'm convinced it's like Skoda/Seat/VW/Audi - you'll pay for a name and probably some better quality external materials; the underlying chassis and whatnot will be the same.

[Blue Oval84]

Suspect you're probably onto something there!