Gaming chairs have become prevalent, but shameless copy-pasting by most "manufacturers" has led to a stagnant industry with poor value vs. even cheap office ...
100% recommend only buying a Herman Miller if you can find one secondhand. It’s a decent chair but I’d never in a million years pay retail price for it.
I bought the Embody last year during their Black Friday Sale, sadly it was the worst chair I ever had. I gave it a solid 4 months of testing but regardless of what I was doing with the settings it never felt comfortable and I got a bad neck and shoulder pain after an hour or two sitting in it.
Sold it for a nice price, made some additional money because those chairs go away like crazy and bought me a Leap from Steelcase.
So keep in mind that even expensive office chairs are not made for everyone
I bought the Embody last year during their Black Friday Sale, sadly it was the worst chair I ever had. I gave it a solid 4 months of testing but regardless of what I was doing with the settings it never felt comfortable and I got a bad neck and shoulder pain after an hour or two sitting in it.
Sold it for a nice price, made some additional money because those chairs go away like crazy and bought me a Leap from Steelcase.
So keep in mind that even expensive office chairs are not made for everyone