This pricey gaming chair from Sybr features a cooling system that helps “expel warm air” while you play

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Nestled in a cozy backstreet in the heart of Central London, the compact headquarters of British esports group EXCEL forms the unlikely backdrop for the launch of a new hardware brand.

A gaming-oriented division of The Senator Group (known for their successful Senator line of office furniture), Sybr is aiming to position itself squarely between well-established gaming chair manufacturers like SecretLabs and more high-end offerings by companies such as Herman Miller.

Sybr has recently signed a partnership agreement with EXCEL, hence the choice of location, and, surrounded by excited influencers from the communities of competitive games like Apex Legends, we listened to a short presentation outlining what their very first gaming chair could bring to the table.

Designed in Germany, manufactured in Italy, and finally assembled in Britain, there’s a lot to admire in Sybr’s commitment to only using the highest quality materials. With a striking seamless backrest, elegance and simplicity are another clear focus but, in slimming the design of their chair down to its most basic constituents, it’s hard not to notice the absence of many basic customization features here.

This is a roughly $840 (£699) chair that features a completely static headrest and armrests that are exclusively limited to an up and down movement. The armrests can be at least folded in, a novel addition to make the chair easier to fit under a desk, but the lack of additional motion puts this chair well behind the competitor products that you can find for 3/4 of the price.

The chair’s back features a harmonic tilt that can alternate between four preset ranges of motion but, bafflingly, cannot just be locked in a reclined position of your choosing. There’s also only