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Black Friday 2024 is now roughly a month away, and we're already starting to see the odd discount on some of our favorite gaming chairs. As the day itself looms ever closer, we're expecting to see big discounts on gaming chairs of all types, in the run up, on the day, and into Cyber Monday and a little bit beyond. It's one of the best times of year to upgrade your throne, and we'll be gathering all the best gaming chair deals we find right here.

So why buy a good gaming chair? Well, posture is everything. It's certainly key to a healthy spine at least, and with the best gaming chair deals we can help keep you upright, supported, and ready for a long session with minimal fatigue. With heaps of high quality gaming chairs that will keep you comfortable for long periods, it's definitely a good time to invest in your comfort, or pick up a gaming chair for the PC gamer in your life.

We here at PC Gamer test a lot of gaming chairs; it's a tough job sitting around all day to get a feel for seat, but someone's got to do it. Seriously, we feel it's an important job. The chair you choose for your desktop setup is so important to keeping you healthy and happy: comfort, durability, and support are the key tenets to making a well-informed purchase.

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We'll be scouring through the Black Friday gaming chair deals from now, through the day itself, and for a fair bit afterwards as well to make sure you get the best price on your next gaming chair purchase. So make sure you check back in regularly to find the most up-to-date deals as we find them.

Black Friday officially starts on Friday November 29, 2024, but the deals start rolling in a lot earlier than that. It's the biggest sales event of the year, and will continue on into Cyber Monday and Cyber Week directly after. So there's plenty of opportunity to bag yourself a PC gaming bargain.

We're expecting to see a lot of the major retailers providing big discounts all the way through November to maximise their sales all the way up to, and through, Black Friday itself. Really, we should call it Black November at this point, although the day itself is likely to serve up some tasty bargains too.

Then of course we'll be into the holiday season, New Year Sales, and probably some Valentine's Day dealios too. Still, November and early December has reliably provided some of the best deals in years past, and we expect this year to provide much of the same.

Corsair TC100 | Leatherette | $249.99 at Best BuyThe TC100 is our favorite affordable gaming chair right now, following up on the popular T3 Rush with a great look and genuine comfort. You can read more in our review. While this hasn't hit the discounts quite yet, it's still a very good price for a truly excellent gaming chair that's still cheaper than most of its competition.

Price check: Corsair $249.99 | Amazon $249.99

Anda Seat Phantom 3 Series | PVC Leather or Fabric | $399.99 $299.99 at AndaSeat (save $100)With a wide base and a simplistic design, the Phantom 3 isn't the most exciting-looking chair around, but it's all about the comfort and reliable build quality. We know all about AndaSeat quality at this point, and they're supremely robust chairs. The only real question about comfort is the pretty basic armrests and a bit of an awkward lumbar cushion.

Boulies Master Series | Ultraflex PU/Water-Resistant Fabric | $459.99 $379.99 at Boulies (save $70)The Boulies Master series performed very well in our review, and the model we covered with the water-resistant fabric is covered under this discount as well. It's got comfortable armrests, good lumbar support and is very stable in all positions, and it looks the part to boot. It might be a little small for some, but the comfort on offer here makes it worthy of serious consideration.

Anda Seat Kaiser 3 Series | PVC leather or Fabric | $499.99 $419.99 at Anda Seat with discount code K3SS30 (save $80)Another Andaseat chair, but this ones a little more premium, hence the price increase. In our review of the XL version we found it to be very comfy indeed with nice features like the magnetic snap-on neck support pillow and built in adjustable lumbar support. The adjustment knobs might be a bit fiddly, but overall this is a great gaming chair with a host of features even some of the more expensive thrones would love to have.

Secretlab Titan Evo | 'Signatures' designs | Magnetic cushions | $549 at SecretlabThe Titan Evo is our favorite gaming chair, and has been for the longest time. It's the benchmark by which we judge all other gaming chairs—it's comfortable, supportive, and easy to assemble. The holy trinity. Buying direct from Secretlab is the only way to pick up this chair at this price right now, although it's worth mentioning that we expect it to go down closer to the $500 mark at some point over the sales period.

Our magic price searching bots are all over the web, tracking down the best prices all the time. That means this list will be regularly curated multiple times each day.

Office Star ProGrid | Black | $264.99 $205.99 at Best Buy (save $59)It might look a bit basic, but this is our best budget office chair for a reason. It's extremely tweakable, with a selection of levers that allows you to tilt, slide, and shift this chair around to find the perfect sitting position for you. It's remarkably comfortable, and while it won't be winning any awards in the style stakes, it's the seating positions it can provide that really matters.

Razer Fujin Pro| Black | $1049.99 $892.49 at Razer (save $157.50)Even with a decent discount, this is still a lot to pay for an office chair. However, in our review we found the Razer promoted an excellent, upright posture with easy ergonomics, was very comfortable, and trod the line between being supportive enough for hours of office work, and comfortable enough to game through the night as well.

Our magic price searching bots are all over the web, tracking down the best prices all the time. That means this list will be regularly curated multiple times each day.

Playseat Challenge | Sim racing cockpit | Foldable | $229 $199 at AmazonPlayseat have become one of the go-to names for foldable sim racing fun, and this chair gives you most of the advantages of a proper sim racing rig setup while remaining foldable enough to stick in a wardrobe. You get plenty of adjustment, a pedal mount to stop your foot controls from slipping around, and a comfy driving position that's much more convenient to have in your home than a big metal frame.

Price check: Best Buy $229

Next Level Racing GT Lite | Sim racing cockpit | Foldable | $199.99 at Best BuySimilar to the foldable Playseat Challenge, this Next Level Racing sim racing rig is a good option if you can't make permanent space for a whole sim racing rig. I don't blame you. With mounting points for your wheels and pedals, this will importantly keep you from slipping around under braking.

Price check: Amazon $235.64

Corsair TC100 Relaxed | Fabric | £199 at AmazonThe TC100 Relaxed is our favourite affordable gaming chair right now, following up on the popular T3 Rush with a great look and genuine comfort. And on a personal note the fact it allows you to sit cross legged is a big plus for the TC100 and a big cross against most bucket seat style chairs. It's not technically on discount yet, and may well drop in price later, but this is still a superb price for a truly excellent chair.

Price check: Scan £199.99

Anda Seat Jungle II | PVC leather | £308 £219 at Currys (save £89)With tons of adjustability, a mix of PVC leather and velvet(esque) fabric, and proper head and lumbar cushions to boot, this is a lot of gaming chair from a proper brand for the money. We like AndaSeats offerings a lot, and while the Jungle is something of an older model, it has a lot going for it at this price.

Boulies Master Series | Ultraflex PU/Water-Resistant Fabric | £369.99 £289.99 at Boulies (save £80)The Boulies Master series performed very well in our review, and the model we covered with the water-resistant fabric is covered under this discount as well. It's got comfortable armrests, good lumbar support and is very stable in all positions, making this a chair you can really rely on to stand the test of everyday comfort.

Secretlab Titan Evo | Leatherette | Magnetic cushions | £469 at SecretlabThe Titan Evo is our favourite gaming chair at the moment, and has been for the longest time. It's the benchmark by which we judge all other gaming chair—it's comfortable, supportive, and easy to assemble. The holy trinity. Buying direct from Secretlab is the only way to pick up this chair at this price, but it may well drop to a slightly cheaper price as Black Friday gets closer.

Playseat Challenge | Sim racing cockpit | Foldable | £199.99 £154.99 at Amazon (save £45)If you can't dedicate a whole chunk of your room to your sim rig alone, the Challenge is a more compact sim racing cockpit than the Trophy. It'll fold together easily, yet it still retains a solid base for your wheel and pedal set.

Price check: Very £169

Playseat Trophy | Sim racing cockpit | Black | £549 £505.49 at Amazon (save £43.51)If you can spare the space (this racing rig won't pack down to a smaller size), this is one of the comfiest and sturdy racing rigs I've ever used at home. There's space for your pedals and wheel as standard, and everything stays firmly in place so you can really slam on the load-cell brake if need be while racing. Logitech aren't selling it any cheaper right now, so worth a punt on Amazon's discount price.

Price check: Very £549

Our magic price searching bots are all over the web, tracking down the best prices all the time. That means this list will be regularly curated multiple times each day.

Boulies EP200 | Black | £279.99 £179.99 at Boulies (save £100)We've been fans of Boulies gaming chairs for a while now for their quality and comfort, but it makes chairs of all types, even for the office dwellers among us. This mesh office chair has plenty of adjustability, an integrated lumbar support, and a breathable material that should keep you cool, comfy, and at exactly the right posture to take the pressure off your spine over a long hard day.

Our magic price searching bots are all over the web, tracking down the best prices all the time. That means this list will be regularly curated multiple times each day.

Durability has to be one of the key tenets of any Black Friday gaming chair purchase, as does support. If your bargain purchase starts to expose its metal frame six weeks into life as your gaming throne, and the padding sags depressingly, then you might as well be perched on top of a beer keg for all the support you're getting.

At the very least, you need to make sure that the gaming chair you have your eye on can offer some lumbar support, as well as adjustable arm rests. When you're typing or WASDing at a desk, those elbows need to be raised just so. Neck pillows or an adjustable head rest are also worthy of your time and money, but you also want to make sure you actually fit the thing too.

It's not always easy to get a bead on a chair's size from an online search, so make sure to thoroughly check the measurements before dropping a dollar on a new seat. There will be maximum height and weight recommendations for most chairs, and that's absolutely worth paying attention to.

We recommend only the chairs we feel hit the mark in terms of durability and support.

Why not one chair that fulfils both roles? There are two ways to go about this, but both are valid.

On the one hand, you look at a pricier office chair, such as the Herman Miller Embody, as both a gaming throne and something for the office. I use this chair at home, and find it offers comfort for eight hours a day, five days a week, but also allows me to relax into a more comfortable position for gaming in the evenings.

The other option is to buy a premium gaming chair and use that in the office. Our top pick for a gaming chair in 2024, the Secretlab Titan Evo, is well-suited to such a task. In fact, I also use this in the office. It's ergonomic, comfortable, and it doesn't look too out of place surrounded by bog-standard chairs. At least not in the usual black finish I have. Maybe some would, but who said an office chair shouldn't have personality?

So, yeah, don't feel pigeonholed into one design or the other, so long as whatever you pick is actually ergonomic, well-built, and feels comfy over long sessions.

If you're buying for yourself it can be a tough job knowing which size of gaming chair to get. If you're buying for someone else, it can be even tougher. Generally, we recommend the standard seat size, as there's nothing worse than a cramped bucket seat. These can become uncomfortable over time, and even wear away the fabric at points.

Some brands will offer just a regular and large gaming chair, while others may offer a small as well. These also can correspond to different maximum weights, too, so you might want to consider that.

Our one piece of advice is to look out for chairs with flat, or relatively flat, seat cushions. We find these are the most comfortable for most people, but especially those of us that sit in unusual positions.

There are always reasons to hold off on making a new purchase whenever you are thinking about making one. Whether it's the potential for a new generation of techie goodness on the horizon—either cutting prices on existing models or delivering tangible higher performance—or because there might be an imminent sale like Black Friday looming.

When picking out Black Friday or Cyber Monday gaming chair deals we take all of this into consideration, and where we think prices on something might significantly drop on the big day itself we simply won't recommend it.

But all of the products here we either believe won't significantly drop much further in terms of their pricing, or are just good deals that we wouldn't hesitate recommending if you wanted to make a purchase today.

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Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things as hardware writer at PCGamesN, and would go on to run the team as hardware editor. He joined PC Gamer's top staff as senior hardware editor before becoming managing editor of the hardware team, and you'll now find him reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industries and testing the newest PC components.

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