I really don’t like it gaming chair. They’re expensive, often bulky, seriously over-engineered things that lean too much on the g4m3r’s aesthetic, and that comes from someone who’s built something capable of withstanding it over time. five unprotected RGB exposures. I have sat on them and have even shared a house with some of them, but have never, ever seen the appeal of a decent office chair.
And then the Noblechairs Epic TX came along, and it made me think again.
Just to be clear, I still believe many, if not most, gaming chairs are ugly waste of cash. And the Epic TX doesn’t solve the fundamental illogical problem of gaming chairs: that they don’t offer any meaningful benefit to actual gaming, at least nothing that you can’t get from either a comfortable non-gaming chair. At least when we use phrases like “playing games with the mouse” or “Gaming Keyboard” that’s because they include additional buttons or centralized features for real, practical advantages.
Indeed, the Epic TX is still shaped like a bucket chair, which I regret but will always remind too much of. Kirk Van Houten’s race car bed. Even so, even so, does it seem okay? Unlike above (partially) approved by Katharine Razer Iskur, without any strangely harsh angles to the shape, nor any lame embossed slogans or overly loud colors. In fact, there’s no color at all, as this ‘Anthracite’ model I received for testing the sticks has an elegant gray upholstery (which coincides with my sofa) with lighter gray stitching.
The Epic TX is also the only model in Noblechairs’ Epic line to use fabric as its primary material, instantly making it more popular than all other models. The idea of leather as the ideal seating fabric is a worldwide delusion, and faux leather doesn’t get much better – they don’t breathe, they squeak if a shoe comes close to them and they create inaudible noises as you move around them. Naturally, gaming chairs prefer leather, but the Epic TX is a wiser and opts for a more comfortable, breathable, and durable fabric – which still feels pretty premium.
Also, my cat likes to attack sides when he pretends I haven’t fed him. And I can tell from experience owning a faux leather chair that if the Epic TX hadn’t used textiles, it would have crumbled like coleslaw. The actual damage? A loose thread.
For humans in the house, the Epic TX is fairly easy to build and has proven to be comfortable enough when I’m not back in my office chair (an Orangebox Do) in the month that I was parked on it. And because I work and play at the same desk, that’s a serious number of hours that it gets into without sagging, creaking, or slowly damaging my spine, like other chairs do. previously did. What I particularly like is the generous size and the relatively flat ‘wings’ on the seat; I’m both long-legged and like to sit with my feet under the opposite thigh, which isn’t the most comfortable routine but one that the Epic TX has enough room to accommodate. However, when I’m sitting, my upper leg is always well supported.
There’s no built-in adjustable lumbar support on the chair, instead you have to rely on a removable pillow that can be strapped into your preferred position. I was comfortable enough without it, mind, and able to take or leave the pillow. The 4D-adjustable armrests are much more of a standout, easy and secure into place, and when I’m feeling particularly lazy, it’s not too difficult to lean and tilt all the way back. On the contrary, Iskur is so heavy that it takes a lot of effort to get back.
That’s it than more comfortable than my Orangebox? Perhaps not quite – I personally prefer the flexible feel of the mesh back to the solid, padded back of the Epic TX. But it’s definitely better built than Due in places, like the rock-solid metal base. Crucially, I also felt like I was still sitting in an adult chair, not a racing toy for boy trying to convince me it would make me better at games. shooting game.
Honest, look at these. I know a working chair can be anything from a Pope’s throne to an upturned bucket, but why are so many gaming chairs designed to look like they’re not actually a piece of furniture? furniture? Which do you keep in your home? And will quite often have to look, with your eyes? There’s actually some bad design out there, so the Epic TX’s plain styling will end up being fresh rather than dull.
(In recognition of Noble Chairs in general, their similar fabric finish Hero TX and TX icon move further away from the laziness of simulated car races, though I haven’t tested comfort either.)
In £330 / $420, the Epic TX sits somewhere around the upper-middle price of a desk chair, although also around £100 less than the price my Orangebox Due got with the 4D arm adjustment option. Neither of these are fault enough to make me crave a four-figure Herman Miller or similar high-end office chair, for what it’s worth, and let’s not forget that the Epic TX has a quality that money can’t buy it: it won’t embarrass an adult sitting in it.
