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Looking for a new Gaming chair.  I like the look of the racing chairs I see all over the place but not many place carry them in store.  My Micro center has a few but they are the smaller sized ones from AK Racing.  They are all too narrow.  I do see some brands have big and tall and wider available but they all cost a lot.  So I want to be sure before I get one.  Looking for people who have real life experience with some that are my size.  

 

My specs.  

 

I'm 5'11'' ~ 250 lbs

40" waste  XXL shirt

I have some lower back issues so good lumbar is important.  Looking for high back with neck support.  

 

at work I have an amazing chair but I look it up and they cost like $2,000

 

I am in the US.  Budget around $500 US but less is always better.  

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I'm interested in this too. All the cars I see online look nice, but I'm afraid they'll be to small (and they look narrow). I'm 6' 2", around 230lbs, 38" waist. 

 

And @djmoney, have you looked at the new Corsair chairs? They look pretty nice. 

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23 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I'm interested in this too.

I am thinking about this one It has a lot of features I see on High End Office chairs Like tilt lock, in addition to the recline lock.  I am just looking at the width.  It has measurements on the site.  I guess I need to get out the measuring tape and measure my current chairs and stuff.  

 

https://www.vertagear.com/products/pl6000#home 

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Just now, djmoney said:

I am thinking about this one It has a lot of features I see on High End Office chairs Like tilt lock, in addition to the recline lock.  I am just looking at the width.  It has measurements on the site.  I guess I need to get out the measuring tape and measure my current chairs and stuff.  

 

https://www.vertagear.com/products/pl6000#home 

That does look really nice, and it also looks wider than the normal chairs that look like they'd squeeze my shoulders. :)

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CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

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Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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