Gaming Chairs with removable/fold-able arm rests?

paulmapp8306 · 27 Aug 2019 at 17:40

Any half decent ones out there?

I need the arms to move out of the way - in some form - as its not just for gaming, I record music as well, and playing a guitar needs no arms in the way.

Monkeyboysteve · 27 Aug 2019 at 19:14

paulmapp8306 said:
Any half decent ones out there?

I need the arms to move out of the way - in some form - as its not just for gaming, I record music as well, and playing a guitar needs no arms in the way.

I would like to know as well. All the ones I look at have fixed ones which arent suitable for a lot of things.

Hades · 27 Aug 2019 at 22:54

The Humanscale Freedom has arms that fold down to be almost level with the seat. I wrote about mine in this thread, although for reasons explained in there I don't necessarily recommend it.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...nscale-freedom-and-steelcase-please.18857639/

Skip to 1m 20s in this review to see what I mean about the arms folding flat to the seat.

https://youtu.be/LqiRGMyMnvo

paulmapp8306 · 28 Aug 2019 at 09:19

Never seen anything like that - but holy cow HOW MUCH!!

Im not expecting to pay peanuts - but thats a ridiculous price for a single office/gaming chair.

Mr Jack · 28 Aug 2019 at 14:11

paulmapp8306 said:
Any half decent ones out there?

I need the arms to move out of the way - in some form - as its not just for gaming, I record music as well, and playing a guitar needs no arms in the way.

Are you intending to remove them completely, or swap back and forth between the configurations? If the former, the arms can be removed from almost any office chair with a few tools.

paulmapp8306 · 28 Aug 2019 at 14:17

The only ones Ive had, the arm rests have been integral to the chair - that is they are what the seat screws into.

Ideally Id like to swap - ie when I play guitar there out of the way, when I game/watch vids they arnt. Having said that - if there arnt any decent ones available, something where the arms can permanently be removed would be OK.

PC777 · 28 Aug 2019 at 15:52

Noblechairs Hero and also I think the Icon have detachable arms that are not integral to the chair's structure. 3 allen screws per arm and they're off, takes about 3-5 mins to do both.

The seat base is already extremely wide and flat with adjustable arm rests can be set so wide, that at their lowest setting I think you could fit a guitar as well without even removing them. If not, though they definitely are 100% removable. The chair actually comes with only 1 arm attached to begin with as it's so big for packaging.

I wrote the longest review for the leather black version that you can see here:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nobl...er-gaming-chair-black-gc-00u-nc.html#comments

Leather version's expensive but still good value compared to £2+ grand from a designer company called something like Helmut Reitschaft or the like, which is easily doable for a high grade leather office chair.

Mr Jack · 28 Aug 2019 at 16:47

paulmapp8306 said:
The only ones Ive had, the arm rests have been integral to the chair - that is they are what the seat screws into.

Interesting. I've not seen any with that design

Ideally Id like to swap - ie when I play guitar there out of the way, when I game/watch vids they arnt. Having said that - if there arnt any decent ones available, something where the arms can permanently be removed would be OK.

Fair enough. I'm sure there must be options.

Hades · 28 Aug 2019 at 17:23

paulmapp8306 said:
Never seen anything like that - but holy cow HOW MUCH!!

Im not expecting to pay peanuts - but thats a ridiculous price for a single office/gaming chair.

True but they can be had used for a lot less.

A quick google found this. Much cheaper and with folding arms. I have no idea what they are like to sit on though.

https://www.chairoffice.co.uk/alabama-mesh-office-chair/

paulmapp8306 · 28 Aug 2019 at 20:03

yeh - ive seen that type but dont want a mesh back.

I do have on eat present - and its my second. My son also has one - BUT they are fairly cheap (£70 or so new). My first lasted 18 months before it felt like I was sitting on a piece of wood. My sons is 18 months old now, and the stitching is starting to come apart - and my current one at 12 months is already showing its age.

Im looking to find a better quality chair, that will actually last. Not bothered if its up to about £300 or so but probably dont want to spend more - and the lower the cost the better (as always). It will cost what it is but In not paying more than It would cost to get a gaming PC for me son....