Secret Labs vs Noble Chair

[teckguru]

I need to upgrade my 15+ yr old desk chair I got in High school.



I'm looking at the Secretlab Titan and the Noblechairs Hero. I wanted to get the opinions of anyone who has one of these chairs and figured PCMR would be the place to go. For the Hero I'm looking at the PU leather and for the Titan I'm considering either the PU leather or the fabric.

 

[teckguru]

I can't speak for the Hero, but my Icon has been very good over the last 18 months. As I understand it, they use quite a few of the same parts, but have a different philosophy on comfort. In my reading, secretlabs seem to err on the side of comfort, which means some users report being able to feel the chassis after a while as the comparatively soft padding gets softer, and there have been reports of the PU leather outer coating suffering from fatigue and coming away, I assume as it's being stretched more on account of the extra softness. Noblechairs - or, at least, the Icon - have a different perspective, erring on the side of firmness. This means it definitely isn't a relaxing sort of melting in to the chair experience, but more like a big, supportive slab. Not hard, just not "actively" comfortable, for want of a better phrase. After owning the Icon for 18 months I'm thinking of getting a Hero as an upgrade (I could do with an extra chair anyway), and am interested to see what it has to offer aside from just being larger. I prefer the aesthetic as well, I think I would have picked it if it was available when I got the Icon!

WHAT you mean when you say that secretlabs seem to err on the side of comfort, which means some users report being able to feel the chassis after a while as the comparatively soft padding gets softer, and there have been reports of the PU leather outer coating suffering from fatigue and coming away, ??


secretlabs arent very comfotable and relaxing chairs? for the back and the rest of the body?