When it comes to the best gaming chairs ...
well, quite frankly, I’ve never owned one. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve bought a ton of chairs throughout the years, but I’ve always gone the budget route. My current one is the Amazon Brand Uml Office Chair, which now seems to have been discontinued since I picked it up in a sale last year.
But now that I’ve been testing a truly gaming premium chair, hoo-boy can I see what I’ve been missing. My lower back has taken great pleasure in getting acquainted with the Corsair TC500 Luxe over the past couple of weeks. This is an elite gaming chair that screams quality wherever you look.
Going from my cheapo Uml — which I’m pretty sure cost me less than 80 bucks — to testing out a piece of office furniture that costs $499 has certainly been quite the upgrade. I’ve had lower back pain for a couple of months now, so when Corsair kindly loaned me a review unit, I jumped at the chance to test it..
. then quickly regretted said jump when my back started playing up again. To be clear, I’m not entirely blaming the pain I’ve experienced on the budget Amazon chair I’ve used for the past 10 months.
No, that’s on the driver’s seat of the used 2016 Peugeot 208 hatchback I bought back in April. Every time I get behind the wheel, I can feel it jabbing into my lower right ribs, and it’s gotten to the stage where I now have to use a pillow when I’m driving. Thankfully using some heat pads on my back started reducing the pain, bu.