Herman Miller and Logitech Finally Designed a Gaming Chair From Scratch

When you’re perched in entrance of a pricy gaming PC all day lengthy, it’s in all probability not a foul thought to splurge on an honest chair too—your backbone will thanks later. Herman Miller has lengthy been synonymous with correct ergonomics for desk jockeys, and the corporate’s new Vantum chair is its newest gaming-focused collaboration with Logitech.

This isn’t the primary time Herman Miller and Logitech G (Logitech’s gaming-focused sub-brand) have collaborated on gaming furnishings. Back in 2020, the 2 corporations debuted the Herman Miller X Logitech G Embody Gaming Chair, however that collaboration felt like a highschool group challenge the place one scholar does a lot of the work. The Herman Miller Embody chair really dates again to 2008, and the Logitech G collaboration merely up to date it with some extra branding, an added layer of cooling foam for extra assist, and a price ticket that was about $100 cheaper.

Herman Miller has gone on to create different gaming-variants of its hottest chairs, together with the Aeron Gaming Chair and the Sayl Gaming Chair, however right now it’s asserting a brand new collaboration with Logitech G, and this time round it’s a totally new chair designed from the bottom up. Meet the Vantum.

Instead of adapting an workplace chair for gaming functions, the Vantum sounds prefer it’s particularly designed for the wants of players and tailor-made for 2 particular makes use of. The chair is designed to position players “in an active/upright position the moment they sit down” via using a customized seat pad and added adjustable assist for the decrease again that helps cut back slouching and, in flip, helps cut back fatigue throughout longer gaming periods.

Alternately, the Vantum can be designed to supply a comfortable place for players to unwind and loosen up afterwards, with the inclusion of an adjustable headrest that helps “the area where the base of a player’s head meets their spine,” paired with a thoracic assist pad that’s claimed to “properly support the upper back, neck and head when in a relaxed position.” The chair will supposedly maximize a gamer’s stress reduction efforts after a match by adequately supporting their our bodies in a relaxed place to allow them to rapidly reset and be prepared for the following problem.

The Vantum’s promised ergonomics are in all probability its most compelling characteristic, subsequent to a $995 price ticket (in Polar, Flare or Obsidian colour choices) that makes it $500 cheaper than the older Embody Gaming Chair. That’s nonetheless not precisely low cost as gaming chairs go, however with Herman Miller contributing to the design, you’re in all probability doing all your backbone an enormous favor by opting for the Vantum over a gaming chair that’s greatest promoting level is LED lighting.