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Gaming chairs have become prevalent but shameless copy-pasting by most manufacturers has led to a stagnant industry with poor value vs even cheap office chairs Sponsor Buy Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on Amazon a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2F1D8Eeq 29 a or Hydronaut paste a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FFsray 29 a This video includes mini-reviews of several office chairs that we've now been using for about a year at the office The project started in December of 2019 then we filmed the bulk of the video in August of 2020 and added concluding thoughts in December of 2020 All of these chairs have been swapped around between the team for months now and we eventually all picked our favorites Patrick ended up preferring the ErgoChair 2 Steve preferred the Aeron after much adjustment and struggling to find the best positioning Keegan and Andrew use the Komene Mesh chair whoever comes in first -- we're buying a second one to solve this and Mike uses the SL4000 but will probably also switch to an office chair once he decides which one he prefers He does not like the SL5000 as much as the SL4000 due to the 5000's wider base We'll talk about whether a gaming chair is worth it how they compare to similarly priced office chairs and the few times we think a gaming chair makes sense Please remember that this is completely subjective but to help smooth-out the subjective nature of a chair we involved the entire GN team in the editorial process of the content Even still it's likely that your own unique needs setup and your body may demand a different chair than what we all came to like That's completely fine and feel free to share your own favorites in the comments in a constructive way that may help other viewers Our biggest problem with gaming chairs though is how little innovation they have -- but there's room to make them better if only someone would try and commit to it We even went through the process of getting quotes to make our own gaming chair we're not actually making it to determine the cost and difficulty Both are low RELATED PRODUCTS Memory Foam Office Chair Armrest Pads that GN uses on Amazon a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FtepfLA a Smugdesk Office Chair Amazon - a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FQ6BS a Komene Mesh Office Chair Amazon - a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FhveELKw a Autonomous ErgoChair 2 Autonomous - a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FFCqv2A a Herman Miller Aeron Herman Miller - a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FkGAVl a Vertagear SL5000 Amazon - a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FL5CeJQ a Vertagear SL4000 Amazon - a https 3A 2F 2Fgeni us 2FysMbg a The best way to support our work is through our store a https 3A 2F 2Fstore gamersnexus net 2F a Like our content Please consider becoming our Patron to support us a http 3A 2F 2Fwww patreon com 2Fgamersnexus a Please like comment and subscribe for more TIMESTAMPS 00 00 - Office Chair vs Gaming Chair Round-Up 01 46 - Gaming Chairs Come from Ctrl C Ctrl V Factories 02 59 - Sales Data on Gaming Chair Popularity 03 43 - Glorified Sticker Factories 04 04 - One Place Gaming Chairs Can Shine 05 07 - Making Our Own GN Chair Not Really 08 53 - Office vs Gaming Chairs in This Round-Up 10 32 - Blind Quality Test Preview with GN Staff 12 55 - Chairs Take a Long Time to Evaluate 14 19 - Gaming Chairs in Review 17 41 - Herman Miller Aeron Office Chair vs Gaming Chairs 20 50 - Cheap Amazon Office Chair Mini-Review 23 15 - Komene Mesh Office Chair Well-Received 25 42 - ErgoChair 2 from Autonomous Well-Received 28 04 - Conclusion 29 05 - Personal Fitness Might Matter More Than the Chair 30 40 - Some Reasons to Buy a Gaming Chair - Don't Feel Bad Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel affiliate links and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer This is unrelated to the product manufacturer Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video this video is brought to you by and above the fold in the description We do not ever produce paid content or sponsored content meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates t a http 3A 2F 2Fwww twitter com 2Fgamersnexus a f a http 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2Fgamersnexus a w a http 3A 2F 2Fwww gamersnexus net 2F a Host Editorial Steve Burke Testing Editorial Patrick Lathan Keegan Gallick Andrew Coleman guests Video Keegan Gallick Andrew Coleman

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