Corsair TC100 Relaxed review

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Over a year on from our review of the Corsair TC100 Relaxed, we're still happy to recommend it as the best budget gaming chair. For cheap gaming chairs, we've not tested anything better since, and we test a plenty of gaming chairs every year.

Our review sample has withstood a year in PC Gamer's office, which means it's fairly frequently bashed about in an ever-growing game of bumper chairs between desks. Moreover, the Corsair TC100 Relaxed has only dropped further in price, meaning it's increasingly good value. Around major sales events, we've seen it dip under $200. That's a good deal on a stylish chair such as this.

As always, Corsair has waltzed into the gaming chair space with a refined racer style chair that's not going to have you remortgaging for the privilege of sitting in it. If you're happy to make a couple of sacrifices, this is certainly a good contender for the best cheap gaming chair. Right now the Corsair T3 Rush keeping us going on the side of affordable gaming chairs, so I was expecting great things from this new addition to the ecosystem. And I've not been disappointed.

In a lot of ways the TC100 and T3 gaming chairs are highly comparable, not least in their simple colourway and 160 degree recline. But the main thing to point out is the price difference. At $70/£100 less than the T3 you expect some kind of compromise from the TC100, but I have yet to discern how Corsair has managed to drop the price so much and for essentially more chair.

It's a little shorter with an 81cm backrest, but instead of tall the TC100 Relaxed goes broad. It's got a wider backrest, more cushion in the seat, and gentler bolster (side cushion) angles for those beautiful, thick thighs… hence the «relaxed» nomenclature.

We stocky babes had no trouble sitting in it at the office, and I'm not constantly fighting to reach the headrest since I'm not the tallest lass out there. I've never been a huge fan of Corsair headrest attachment, though. The straps are very short, and while