First off, I've only had the chair for 'a' day, but I wanted to share my first impressions while still fresh in my mind. (If I can remember to do so, I'll update in ~3 months time). Secondly, I don't normally write reviews, but buying a new desk chair, for me, is a once in a blue moon thing, as my chairs typically last a decent length of time. So, shall I begin?.....NOBODY completely enjoys buying a new desk chair! You know I'm not lying! Buying a new chair is both exciting as well as dreadful! Your old chair is (or was, before it broke) super comfy! It fit your body like a glove that was custom made just for you, and you alone! This is why we dread buying a new chair! What if the new chair isn't as comfortable? What if I don't fit/Is it too small? Too firm? Can I sleep in it? How is the lumbar support going to feel? All these things and more make us dread getting rid of our old chair and buying a new one! But it's exciting at the same time because who doesn't like replacing that old, creaky, wobbly chair that wakes the rest of the house every time you shift your weight from side to side. That one chair that keeps getting lower on it's own, that chair that... HAVE YOU EVER SMELLED YOUR SEAT CUSHION AFTER A YEAR? OMG no, don't do it! But that alone would make ANYONE excited to buy a new chair! Right? I thought so. Buying a new chair gives us the chance to spruce up our gaming setup!See, exciting and dreadful both!That being said, I've spent the last ~3 months looking for a new chair, and finally decided on this one when I found it, mainly due to the following paragraph...This chair is not like 99% of all the other similarly-designed gaming chairs, that design being of the 'sports car bucket seat' variety. While the chair DOES have lateral torso support, it does NOT have the lateral thigh supports, which is a huge plus to me! I personally don't like the majority of gaming chairs simply because of their thigh supports, it makes the chair too narrow... and I sometimes like to sit in unconventional (thus unhealthy) positions, like one leg tucked under the other thigh. That 'locked-in' feeling should be reserved for, well, sports cars, not gaming chairs! I want to feel like I can move in my chair in order to melt into it, gotta get comfy! So despite it having the lateral torso support, the lack of lateral thigh support makes this chair plenty wide enough to not give me that locked-in feeling.Assembly was a breeze. The instructions are detailed enough to know what must be done, there are bolts, a few screws, and a tool. All the bolts are the same size so there is no trying to figure out which one goes where. Everything is honestly quite self explanatory if you've ever assembled your own furniture before, especially if you've ever assembled a desk, or a baby crib.... (joking, of course, I would let a child sleep in something "I" put together lol). Three things to note with the assembly: The casters may require some effort to get them to lock into place. All casters are like this. If this is your first time assembling a desk chair... if they fall out when you lift the chair up or tilt it sideways, then you likely didn't push the casters in far enough/hard enough. Second & third, the gas cylinder/spindle will most likely go IN to the base of the chair without much hassle, and this goes for the cylinder seating into the bottom of the chair as well. IF you are a dainty/petite/light weight individual... once you get the chair assembled and can safely sit in it...get up, and then PLOP DOWN with purpose into the chair, to help fully seat the cylinder into the base & chair bottom. OR, get someone with a bit more meat on their bones to sit in it.As far as the mechanical parts, they all seem to be OK, not cheap but not over-engineered either... just right maybe? The chair back reclining lever is small and slender at about 3-fingers long, with 3 finger indents. It's easy to operate and the spring is somewhere in the middle, not an aggressive spring but not weak either, strong enough to sit the back upright when you lean forward a little bit. Seems about normal to me. All the plastic parts that cover the reclining mechanism/hinges seemed to not fit at first, until I realized that the bottom/rounded piece goes on first, and then the top/tallpiece goes on last... and the bottom of the top piece snaps INTO the hole in the center of the lower piece. Additionally... and this one did get me caught up for a minute... they need to fit just right, because that's how they are made! As in, it's not an oversight, they were purposely "made to fit"... and the lever-side plastic cover has a... pin or standoff of sorts that protruding from within, like a long tube (as it has a tiny hole in the center of it). THIS needs to go over the metal pin that protrudes out of the lever mechanism, it helps to keep the plastic cover from moving when your operate the lever. This cover in particular will almost fit completely even if you miss that standoff/tube thing, and it will make it seem like the screw is too short to hit the hole... so pay attention and finesse it, it's not difficult, you just have to know it's there! Both covers in fact will fit ~almost~ even if they aren't right, but again, if you don't line things up correctly, the screws will seem too short. *(The only "real" issue I had with this is, the left side screw hole wasn't tapped/threaded. It was drilled and the hole of the metal bracket and the frame both lined up... but nothing was tapped. Luckily, I have a tap & die set and tapped it myself, cleanly, and now it's as it should be).The lever underneath the chair that operates the raising/lowering of the chair, as well as that which unlocks the chair so you can rock in it... slides in (to the left when facing forward) and out (right) in order to unlock it. This lever is not tight-fitting and is very easy to move. IF and WHEN you have it pulled out so you can rock/lean backwards, if that lever gets touched just a little bit, like say... by your friendly cat or dog that loves walking around under your chair and around your feet... that lever MAY get pushed in just enough to snag on the insides of the other holes that lock the chair in place. This will make a huge popping/clunking sound. If you lean back in your chair and hear this, check that lever to make sure you've pulled it out all the way.The armrests are adjustable in more than one way. Their height can be adjusted, the arm rest (top cushion) itself can be slid forward/backward, additionally they can be pivoted as well, so they can point out/in. (the armrest cushion remains level, think "toe in/toe out"). The tops are made of that typical solid foamy rubber something-or-other that never gives any amount of comfort. I have armrest covers I intend to put on these, giving me some memory foam for my elbows... so, I don't care. The height adjustment button on the outer armrest is easy to use, made of metal, and works. Not sure what else I can say about that.Now, I am 5'10" tall, 185lbs, and I am by no means slender, more of a hybrid athletic build + dad bod. The chair's dimensions are large enough to give me ample room to adjust my body position! The top of the chair back is ~33.5 inches tall from the seat cushion... making the top of the chair higher than the top of my head! This means there is plenty of head room! The seat back, on the between the lateral supports where your back actually touches the chair, is roughly between 11 & 17 inches wide... 17 inches from the widest-inner portion of the lateral supports, and 11 inches at the narrowest/deepest portion of the lateral supports. This gives me plenty of room to lean to one side or the other without feeling cramped! The seat cushion however... this one is what sets this chair apart from the others!The seat cushion is a whopping ~19.5 inches deep (without lumbar pillow), and roughly 21 inches wide at the mid-thigh area. This might not seem like much... but you might be surprised to learn just how shallow your current chair's seat cushion truly is! I thought my old chair was good for a big arse, but it's like a kiddy chair compared to this one! The deep cushion is made better by the slightly-increased knee support! It's not aggressive enough to be painful, but is ample enough to where it should still properly support the backs of the knees after the padding has begun to break in some. At first it seems a little... odd, I mean, having the knees lifted up a little bit more than I'm used to. Others might be accustomed to this though. But as I said, once the cushions start to break in a little bit, it'll probably be less obvious.The chair's covering material isn't too shabby either! It's of a man-made faux-leather variety, stitched together nicely all around... and I checked every single inch of this thing and I couldn't find a single discrepancy with the stitching! The seat cushion and the seat back have embroidered logos, as well as embroidered 'chevron' patterns on the chair, and to me... the embroidery does NOT look at all skimpy! Neither does the colored stitching on the front & sides of the chair. All of the embroidery and stitching is polyester, I believe. This is good as polyester thread doesn't break or wear as easily as say, cotton.*EDIT/UPDATE day 2: *My only concern is that "new chair" smell. Unless you're buying a (real) leather chair, there's a good chance any new chair is going to have an odor to it for a couple days to weeks. The chair smells. Period. Yesterday when it was fresh out of the box, it just smelled like typical chemically processed fabric & rubber. Overnight and most of the day today it sat in my computer room (with the door closed, because cats are too curious too often), when I came home this evening... OH BOY! The entire room smelled like, I don't know... musty chemicals and cigarette smoke/ashtrays. I'm thinking, if reading reviews from any chair manufacturer has any value... it just needs to be aired out for a short while. Either in a room with plenty of ventilation (and a fan) or outside on my porch/balcony. I hope this smell goes away because I used to smoke, and stinking like cigarettes always bothered me... it grosses other people out, and grossed me out even though I was the cause of it. THIS, no... I refuse to have my clothes smell like that again, never! So yes, I will DEFINITELY update this review in a couple weeks/months, at least to update on the smell.Looking at the underside of the chair, the frame appears well made, mostly metal. They use some metal rings (?) to connect the covering material TO the chair frame... they look like staples but aren't. What you don't see however is more metal, likely a small metal rod, which the covering is wrapped... around... and then THAT is what the metal rings hold onto... as to not cause tears in the covering material. THIS IS A GOOD THING! Most chair manufacturers seem to use staples, going right through the fabric and into wood or plastic without so much as a hint of anything else to help prevent the material from tearing. Also of note, the covering material is not pulled so tight as to cause stretching, nor is it loosely wrapped either.The seat cushion, being new, is a bit firm. It does have some give, SOME, but not much. I honestly hope it doesn't give too much in the long run because that's one reason I replaced my old chair... I could feel the bolts through the seat cushion! I would rather it be too firm when new, than too soft! Sitting in a chair for any period of time causes the cushion to give more and more over time. Too much give and, well, bolts in the behind are never good.Now, while this chair's seat cushion may appear, not as thick as others, it should be noted that there is very little "solid" support underneath this cushion, which is also unlike a lot of other gaming chairs. Most chairs use a piece of particle board or plastic to place their foam on top of. The foam compresses over time and you find yourself sitting on something more solid, and it gets uncomfortable! THIS CHAIR however, uses, as I've already mentioned, a metal frame similar in design to that of what it called a "wire frame". So directly underneath the cushion is nothing solid, no wood, no plastic to end up giving you that hard-seat feeling after a few years. Instead, THIS CHAIR has some fairly decent 'webbing' spanning the width of the chair's seat, connected to the framing on each side. Webbing has some flexibility to it, some give. This can help prevent that "I'm going to get hemorrhoids from sitting too long" feeling. (Sorry, crude, I know, but I'm trying to make a point).Honestly, I think they did an excellent job at getting the upholstery to "fit" to the chair frame just right! Depending on the material itself and how it ultimately holds up... for now, I think it will last (me) long enough to surpass that of my old chair, which I had bought in mid-2015. In my defense though, I've never worn out the fabric/covering of any chair, ever. It's always been the metal mechanical parts that fail... hinges & pivot points wearing out and getting sloppy.One more thing about the armrests.... they're very solid. They're made of that solid foamy rubber-like stuff that has little to no give... and the armrests themselves are of an odd shape/design, with some unusual angles to the top surfaces. I can't say how this will feel, comfort wise, but I'm a delicate flower and will most likely add additional padding to the tops of the armrests anyways. I use some lycra, sew to fit, and use generic foam padding from any craft store. The lycra holds the foam in place and keeps of from sliding around, 'cuz that's what lycra do... and it provides a lower-friction surface for the elbows. But I digress.(Oh yeah, I also assembled this with the armrests on the opposite sides, purposely, because this gives the chair a little bit more room to scoot up to the edge of a desk, while offering more elbow support rather than forearm support. I use a HOTAS often and need to be able to move my forearms around, while still supporting my elbows so my shoulders don't hurt from hanging down in their sockets. It's a thing).Well, I don't know what else I can say. It has a lumbar pillow? It doesn't "attach" to the chair in any manner, it just sits there, but it works. The headrest pillow also works, and is "attached" to the chair by means of an elastic strap that just wraps around the top of the chair. Cool, because if I find I don't need it, I can just hang it off the back of the chair. Also, the chair reclines, and rocks. PLEASE NOTE: Most chairs that recline do so by means of using the spring underneath the chair in order to keep the chair "back" from reclining too far or too easily, but the seat cushion usually stays level. This chair reclines by means of a seat lever, like you would expect to find in a car. You raise the lever, recline the seat to where you want, then release the lever and the seat back locks in place. (notched lever), while the seat cushion remains level. This chair can also kinda... rock. It has a spring underneath the seat, like most chairs do, but instead of this working on the reclining function... it works with the rocking. Both the seat back and seat cushion "rock" together. So if you use the raise/lower/rock lever to unlock the chair...leaning back will cause you to lean back while your knees come up. It's odd, for me at least. My chairs have always been the spring-loaded reclining thing, not the rocking thing. Leaning back and having my knees smoosh up against the underside of my desk will take some getting used to. :)I will also most likely replace the casters with the casters from my old chair, as they are larger and better suited for carpeted floors. Otherwise I have no issues with them.I suppose, if I had to nit pick, I would want the lever for the raise/lowering/rock function to be towards the front of the chair, not the back. It's currently positioned on the right side of the chair, directly beneath the reclining lever, which is at the side of the butt. That and I wish someone would make more cushy arm rests. Like I said, nit picking.All in all I think this chair is going to be OK! But again, I'll try to remember to update this in about ~3 months time.... which would be sometime around the end of Sept. 2023.And this concludes my very long winded review of a chair I've only had 2 days.