DXRacer Craft series review — Visually flashy, but covered in pain

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I’ve had mostly bad experiences with gaming chairs. The ones I’ve reviewed have typically had some kind of giant design problem that made them a pain to sit in. The only one I’ve ever truly liked was the DXRacer Air Mesh chair, which I reviewed a few months back. When I got the offer to review a brand new DXRacer chair before its release, I jumped at the chance. The DXRacer Craft Series is a lot like the Master series chairs, which I haven’t gotten to try, but you can pick from one of the series’ highly-detailed varied styles. What I wanted was something with the same high-quality build as the Air, but with a nice, comfortable seat and back. While I mostly like the way the Craft chair looks, it’s got a problem that makes it practically unusable for me.

The construction for the DXRacer Craft Series is undeniably solid. It has the same quality metal base and maneuverable armrests that the Air Mesh chair has, but with a classic racer chair-styled pillow at the top. The pillow is memory foam and extremely plush and comfy, although the positioning makes it very difficult for me to actually sink my head into. It was one of the first things I felt after opening the box, and it got me hyped for the rest of the chair. If the pillow was this nice, how would the seat be?

Assembly was just like every other office chair I’ve put together, but this is by far the most impressive-looking chair I’ve ever had. The back has elegant, Japanese-style embroidered koi fish artwork, complete with artistic waves. These waves continue on to the seat’s base and sides. A large “Craft” sits in gold at the top of the chair and on the pillow alongside the DXRacer logo on the front of the seat. If it was just that, this would be a gorgeous chair.