Corsair TC200 Series Gaming Chair Review: Sturdy Comfort
The first thing I noticed about the Corsair TC200 is how normal it looks. While the angular, starkly contrasting black-and-white sections on my old chair pushed it into the flashy realm of Gamer Chiq, the all-black soft fabric model that Corsair sent me just looks like a chair. Aside from the pair of holes at shoulder-level (where an included pillow can attach) and the Corsair sails logo on the headrest, it could even be mistaken for an office chair. Given that I share my home office with my wife, who has no interest in looking like an esports competitor, I'm a big fan of how lowkey the aesthetic of the TC200 is. I've long wanted a gamer chair that doesn't look like a gamer chair and Corsair made it available at the mid-range price of $399.99.
Aesthetic improvements wouldn't matter much if Corsair hadn't managed the more important thing: making a comfy chair. The TC200 is, indeed, a pretty nice place to sit, regardless of your size. I'm a big dude, at around 6’2” and 80-lbs, and the TC200 was designed, according to Corsair, to accommodate people like me. The TC200 has a wider seat than the company's previous model, the T3 Rush, and taller maximum and minimum seat heights. When I lean back the chair stretches to halfway up my head, which is perfect for me.
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The seat is similarly wide, having been expanded from T3 Rush’s 34.3 cm width to 39.5 cm. Even still, bigger people may feel a bit constricted by the seat’s construction. It curves up slightly at the edges which can dig at you, unless you’re positioned squarely in the middle and/or if you have a wider butt. As it stands, that's my only annoyance with the TC200 and it isn’t too
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