Adding/Including Memories
I lost my dad last year (2023) and have been finding ways to include keepsakes/memories in my workstation. I've dabbled here and there with doing small woodworking projects and attempted a wrist rest from a piece of oak I picked up with him from my great uncles wood shop. I milled it to fit a 60% keyboard as I hadn't decided what keyboard I would be using it on and thought that's where most of my wrist would be in contact even typing on a full keyboard. I gave it a torched/burn appearance as I really was lost in what to do. I found an old shell casing from going hunting with my dad in my hunting pack and decided to imbed it into the end of the wrist rest so it would just have a little difference and a small story behind it as well. I have other things around my workstation from family and friends, but it just feels a little more special having worked on it and adding something small that has a memory for me to it. (Purple was my grandmothers favorite color and I have kinda now...
Apr 8, 2024
I have personally used the PROX chair and can say its the best chair I have tested to date and I have sat in many including DXRacer, Arozzi, Vertagear, RapdX. I had a DXRacer Iron series chair before and gave it up as the PROX was just that much better.
If you are comparing apples to apples its easy research to figure out that AKRacing is using much better quality materials than other gaming chair companies much less standard chairs as you mentioned. The castors on these chairs are plastic as are all chairs. However there is a HUGE difference in how smooth they are, how much noise they can make when there is movement, and how long they will last. Its not as easy of a comparison as stating that they are the same cheap plastic as a $50 Walmart chair.
Among other things a $50 cheap chair will not have any of the following.
Chrome Durable Steel Frame Class-4 Gaslift Cold Molding High Density Foam with Foam Density: 55 kg/m³ (seat) 50 kg/m³ (back) Best Quality of PU Leather 330LB Weight Capacity Completely Adjustable Backrest from 90-180 Degrees
5/10 Year Warranty that backs the product.
in summery, just seems like a massive amount of money to spend on something that looks like they are charging a premium price for that "brah, my chair looks so cool". Half the reason i want to use a real car seat is because after years of driving around, they never seem to go bad. I had a 1988 conquest TSI (its gone now) but back in 2006 the factory seats were still ultra comfortable. actually more so than a lot of these new cars.
Products cost a different amount of money for a reason and that reason is not always because it looks cooler and thats it. In this case I will stand by my previous statement that AKRacing is using much better quality build materials and design than the cheap chairs.
Also, the parts that you listed above add up to over $60 for just those 3 parts. They are not going to be available on a $50 chair so what are you comparing?
@jaysun
Cheers.
And it uses the highest grade of PU or faux leather available.
And lastly, I don't have a photo but the Pro-X also uses very high quality casters we actually import from Taiwan to the factory in Yangzhou, China.
Now, whether or not you want to spend the money for one, or you perceive the value of doing so, is one thing, a completely personal and subjective judgement.
If it is excessive quality then, OK, we're guilty.