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Best gaming chair deals: Save on Alienware, Razer, and more

A Razer Iskur X gaming chair sets by a video game setup.
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If you’re one of those gamers who takes on the best PC games for hours at a time, you’re going to need the right chair for doing so. Gaming chairs are designed for extended sitting sessions, and they can spell the difference between enjoying and hating your gaming experience. They sometimes come in at a higher prices than standard office chairs, but they make a worthy investment, and right now they’re a great way to pocket some savings. There are quite a few gaming chair deals taking place right now, and we’ve rounded them all up to make your gaming experience as affordable as it is comfortable.

GTRACING Gaming Chair  — $100, was $250

The red version of the GTRACING gaming chair.
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The GTRACING Gaming Chair is a highly adjustable gaming chair with both footrest and headrest options available. It is designed for people up to 6.2 feet tall, weighing up to 330 pounds. The arms and seat are height adjustable, the headrest and lumbar support can be moved to your liking, and the chair has fixed-position reclining (with a footrest) from 90 to 170 degrees. All of the parts are made of a comfortable foam with a waterproof exterior. There are multiple color variations available, but at the time of this writing only the red version (pictured above) has a sale price this large.

Homall Gaming Chair — $100, was $200

The black version of the Homall Gaming Chair.
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The Homall Gaming Chair using a racing style seat, a strong metal frame, and comfortable PU leather to provide great comfort. What really makes it special, however, is the vibrating lumbar support, making it a combo gaming/massage chair. You can recline the backrest to a full 180-degree laying back position and extend the foot rest for a laying massage or use it as a back massage when sitting upright. Note that this function does require a USB plugin. The Homall Gaming Chair supports users up to 280 pounds.

GTRACING Gtplayer — $100, was $250

The white version of the GTRACING Gtplayer with the footrest extended.
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The Gtplayer from GTRACING features full, adaptable armrests, a complete recline with footrest, and massaging lumbar support. Normally, reclining chairs don’t provide for full wrist-to-back arm rests as they would prevent reclining altogether. However, the Gtplayer uses a special linkage armrest system with multiple rolling joints. As you recline, so does it. And, as you recline, you can pull out the footrest for maximum support and turn on the massaging lumbar pillow via USB connection for maximum comfort. The Gtplayer is ideal for bodies up to 6 foot, 3 inches tall and weighing up to 300 pounds.

Insignia Essential PC Gaming Chair — $120, was $180

The black version of the Insignia Essential PC Gaming Chair.
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Insignia is a brand known for making everything you could want in a home office, from TVs to gaming headsets. Here’s their take on the gaming chair, which looks and feels more like an office chair than a comfy gaming chair that your back wants to melt into and put you in a reclining position all the time. In other words, it is the perfect gaming chair for those of us who work at our PCs as well as game there. It has an adjustable seat height from 17.72 to 21.26 inches and suits bodies up to 275 pounds.

OSP Home Furnishings Output — $148, was $253

The OSP Home Furnishings Output's Black / Gray version. It has RGB piping that isn't highly visible here.
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There is a tendency to add RGB lighting to everything to make sure that gamers know it is for them. Want to differentiate gaming speakers from regular PC speakers? Add RGB. Want your mechanical keyboard to appeal to gamers? Add RGB. Before long, you find yourself having the aesthetic everywhere. Well, everywhere but your gaming chair. This offering from OSP changes that, as it has controllable RGB piping around its faux leather base. This gaming chair, which completes the RGB look of any gamer’s room, fits gamers up to 250 pounds.

Highmore Avatar — $180, was $250

The red version of the Highmore Avatar gaming chair.
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The Highmore Avatar Gaming Chair is a striped and aesthetically intense chair. Coming in three colors (red, green, and blue), with the red and green being the most intense, this chair will immediately add a touch of color and intensity to your room. To give you extra comfort, it uses memory foam in its headrest, which can be used to varying degrees from a 90 to 175 degree reclining angle. The Highmore Avatar Gaming Chair supports gamers up to 300 pounds.

Arozzi Mugello — $180, was $230

The Arozzi Mugello in front view.
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The Arozzi Mugello is a gaming chair with a full armrest, pneumatic height adjustment, and an adjustable/removable neck support pillow. However, one thing that defines the Arozzi Mugello is its style. The PU leather that covers its back rest, seat, and foot rest is filled with padding in a diamond pattern, similar to that of a diamond quilted jacket. With subtle red stitching that matches the exterior accent colors, the overall look hints at the luxury of the best office chairs, while still presenting itself as a verifiable gaming chair. Its usage of synthetic (cruelty-free) PU leather, however, keeps it far out of the range of luxury pricing, with this deal helping solidify it as a purchase for the rest of us.

Arozzi Primo — $300, was $500

The Arozzi Primo chair facing towards the front.
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For a more premium experience, try Arozzi’s Primo. As the name suggests, it is going for being a truly premium gaming chair. In particular, it should help your arms and shoulders as it has 4D arm rests. Not referencing other dimensions, this style of arm rest means that the arm rests can be adjusted along four directional axes. In other words, you can customize this gaming chair to fit both your height and your most comfortable resting arm position. This chair supports gamers up to 320 pounds.

Alienware S5000 — $360, was $400

The Alienware S5000 gaming chair in a futuristic room.
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By now, you probably know Alienware as the company that makes prebuilt gaming PCs. But there’s more to the company than that, and one Alienware deal you don’t want to miss is actually a gaming chair. The beautiful black and white design, accented by an arctic blue, gives it an artic, chill look. It has highly adjustable 4D armrests and 80 to 140 degree reclining on the backrest, but the main highlights for this chair are its materials. Of course there is the steel frame and aluminum alloy base, but that’s nothing too special. The first place you want to look is its PUC coating, which combines PU faux leather with PVC for a blend that gives both the softness and durability of its component parts. Next, the ultra premium high resilience (UPHR) foam which withstands 62% more weight than standard HR foam and is close to memory foam in durability. Finally, the coffee ground infused microfiber with silver embroidery on key parts of the chair resist bacteria, limit odor, and increase breathability.

AKRacing California Series XS Napa — $349, was $469

The AKRacing California Series XS Napa facing forwards.
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A beautiful gaming chair, the AKRacing California Series XS provides lumbar support and an adjustable headrest. Like many gaming chair, this offering from AKRacing is a racing-style chair. What it does that others don’t is provide premium automotive manufacturing for the chair. There is an 11-point inspection, cold-cured foam padding, upholstery from automotive dealers, and automotive grade PU leather. It’s the works, so to speak. This version of the chair is the ‘Napa’ as its cute purple is at least somewhat grape-like. It supports gamers up to 160 pounds.

When is the best time to shop gaming chair deals?

Any holiday season is going to be the best time to land a deal on something akin to the best gaming chairs, though it’s pretty easy to find a gaming chair deal throughout the year. Your best bet at landing the largest discount will be major sales events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and Prime Day has become a major event of its own. But with Prime Day behind us and the year’s remaining major shopping season still several months away, right now is as good a time as any to shop gaming chair deals. There’s plenty of savings to be had right now, and there’s plenty of great chairs available at a discount.

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