I badly need a new chair.

I put the thumbnail chair there just for fun. It’s called the Vantum and it’s ~$700. I don’t need a Cadillac chair. A Honda is more than adequate. I just don’t know what that’ll cost.

  1. What’s the absolute minimum you’d spend to get a Honda chair? $100? $200? More?
  2. What brands have the best reputations?
  3. What brands should be avoided?
  4. What questions am I forgetting to ask?

Herman Miller and Logitech G Introduce Vantum, a Modern Gaming Chair Designed for Gamers From the Ground Up

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The cough backstory

The plain-old desk chair I bought just 14 months ago already has a serious crack. I noticed it today. I don’t think it can be repaired. Plus the crack will expand making the chair worthless. It’s just a question of how fast. Worst of all - could the chair collapse all-of-the-sudden sending me crashing to the floor?

Before I bought it I avoided the cheapest chairs. I spent a bit more - $80 - in hopes the damn chair would last at least a couple years. So much for that!

  • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    If you encounter a 50G impact while gaming, you are doing it wrong.

    But my immersion! Lethal levels of force-feedback really make you feel like you’re there!

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      Getting one of those haptic vests but replacing the pistons with tiny knives so you can really feel like you’re getting stabbed by a crazed goblin.

    • rubber_chicken [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 days ago

      In China, they strapped me in with a seatbelt before I could play a kitty-cat simulator. I was equally intrigued and terrified, but the game didn’t deliver anything close to needing one.