After going back and forth on a chair replacement, wanting a Herman Miller like I had at the office, but not wanting to actually pay for a Herman Miller, I ended up picking up an "AKRacing" model on mass drop after watching a ton of reviews.

Coming from a automotive background, here's the thing no one seems to point out about these racing "inspired" gaming chairs (presumably because the people reviewing them have never been in a proper racing seat); the chairs have a similar silhouette to racing seats, complete with the totally unnecessary channels for a chassis mounted five point harness, but they have literally none of the actual supports of a racing seat.

I bought this expecting a pretty aggressive built-in lumbar support, along with tight lateral support berms on seat sides. Instead, they try to makeup for the lack of actual lumbar support with a crappy pillow attachment, and despite being 6ft and ~200lbs at the time of purchase, the seat wouldn't be snug for a person 50lbs heavier than me.

A proper racing seat is meant to keep you in place, and while you obviously don't need to overcome the same forces at your computer that you do while racing around a track, I've got lingering back issues from a lifting injury and spend a ton of time in front of screens; I was expecting something that would keep me snug and in place, and this thing is not it.

These days I'm on the prowl for a cheap Aeron, because now being stuck at home without my office adjustable standing desk, the gaming chair's deficiencies are becoming glaring.