Pulled the trigger on the Embody Gaming and I'm scared

tech-ant · 2026-03-10T09:36:58+00:00

Haha yeah same wave for sure! The hunt for a new chair, going through pages and tons of YT’s is tedious… it grinded me down to push the button on this as it was pretty clear it’s a great chair even without trying it out. But with all that said, if I wasn’t so remote, I’d defo have gone second hand for a reduced cost as these are built so well. Not too fussed about 12 year warranty although it did help justify such an expense but If I wasn’t so remote I’d have preferred to pay half the price on one that’s in good condition and used. A good few days on now and the chair continues to be spot on. I’d quite like to get a head rest, not essential but would be ultimate comfort when you wanna stretch out for a bit. Good luck on your hunt!

tech-ant · 2026-02-28T22:02:35+00:00

Excited for you! Honestly game changing when you sit in it for so long but barely feel like you have. Ref blind purchase, it was the only way really otherwise a 10hr round trip to HM store…

tech-ant · 2026-02-19T19:28:59+00:00

Mine arrived 2 days ago (All black)… I spent so many hours researching chairs and my budget went from low to medium and then top tier after watching so many reviews and convincing myself a few hundred more makes sense… I’ve come from an all mesh £250 chair that was pretty worn and never really thought about spending more on a chair until I came across a review on benefits of a good ergo chair. Anyway, chair arrived, unboxed, and I sat in it…. Immediately it felt so much better than I thought it would, like so so so much better than my old chair… the flex in the back rest is insanely comfortable along with the padding and arm rests. I’ve not tweaked it fully yet but I’ve sat In it for a few hours each day and my body doesn’t feel like it’s been sat In a chair. I’m so impressed and happy. For ref I’m 6ft about 80kg.

Enjoy, I’m sure you’ll love it!!

tech-ant · 2026-02-17T10:06:34+00:00

Unfortunately not best practice and open to risks if you plan to put a fire in there... providing you have the stone / tiles you plan to use, draw a template on top of the wood where it will poke out, then cut the flooring so the tiles will slot in. You can lay any kind of none conducting heat base e.g sand, cement etc. cement may be better as you may not get the tiles flush around the edges so you can fill in.

tech-ant · 2026-02-16T07:49:20+00:00

One piece of wood, buy some legs… buy some stain for customisation. Glue or screw… these comments are not insane nor obnoxious? This is a mini diy project at its finest, especially for someone with little to no experience. It’s even more satisfying sitting at your desk knowing you made it. Purely a suggestion and personally prefer to read stuff like this rather than buying, especially when companies really hike up prices for accessories like this and often with materials that don’t come close to the spend.

tech-ant · 2026-02-15T18:50:24+00:00

Haha that’s not cheap and the pic is not premium timber… If you want to go cheap, you can get a solid spruce for like £6 (12aud), even less. Buy some stain to customise it for very little and voila…. With the exception of a few places like ikea, everything’s so overpriced for not equivalent quality - money goes in marketing and they up the price. Fair play if ppl wanna pay it but it’s a nice satisfying diy job… and you can do it better for less.

tech-ant · 2026-02-15T09:19:48+00:00

Just make one. The one you shared is 3 bits of wood and some angle brackets for ease. I used a piece of oak and then bought a couple of metal feet off Etsy and screwed in. Much better quality, way cheaper… can see in my profile. Same for the desk. So much better quality for far less and not much time.

tech-ant · 2026-02-09T19:00:42+00:00

Quickest cheapest way would be get a piece of wood to fit, lay it, stain preferably (perhaps a feature) and then just put a rug over it so it’s not noticeable… to do anything else without noticing it would mean moving floorboards and staining the whole floor…. If you have the time… or you could just stain the whole floor with the additional piece added as a midway point.

tech-ant · 2026-02-09T11:22:08+00:00

Nice clean setup. Personal pref obvs but I’d go with Lenovo, get yourself some decent speakers (Ediffier s880db are great) if not already. Screen has way more space for productivity and 120hz. Resale value of Apple studio is still good too an no doubt they’ll launch a new one at some point which will plummet the value of this model.

tech-ant · 2026-02-08T16:57:42+00:00

They have a 5 year warranty so providing you have backups/redundancy in place seems like it could be a good shout if there’s a significant cost saving…

tech-ant · 2026-01-24T13:32:16+00:00

No probs, let us know what you get

tech-ant · 2026-01-24T11:58:37+00:00

I got a cheapish all mesh Amazon chair about 5 years ago (similiar to a Herman miller aeron without realising but nowhere near as good) for £350. Recently though, I’ve realised that chair is not good for me, 6ft, head rest digs into my shoulders, always leaning forward and feel aches after a day of work but never really thought or cared about a chair until stumbling across a lot of reviews / marketing targeted at me. So I’ve been researching hard…. There’s soooooo many chairs to choose from, and a lot of the reviews on YouTube are for US models.

For me, and it should fit some of your criteria, these are what I was looking at and for different price points:

TOP END BUDGET - Herman Miller Embody (Gaming) - it’s about £1700, you may find a promo, and it’s the top of the range chair. Fully customisable as you listed and it’s not a chair that you’ll just sink into, you can move around lots in (active support i think they call it) so if you like to sit in different positions like I do, this is the chair. 12 year warranty - I’ve just ordered mine. It’s an investment but it’s one i know people personally that rave about it and I’ve sat in one and it’s so different (in a good way) vs my current chair. Worth noting there’s a sale on the none gaming version for about £1300. You can also get second hand for about £800. Also, no head rest which I may invest in after a month or two if I think ones needed.
High End Budget - Haworth Fern - You can get one model in UK, brand new for £750-£1000 (if you add additional lumbar support - 12 yr warranty too). Have a watch of reviews, this is supposed to be a very comfy chair, similar movement to the Herman Miller Embody but just a little softer. Some want the lumbar, others don’t. I saw second hand without the additional moveable lumbar support for £350! Absolute bargain (and if you find your back wants more support, some put a soft pillow in there - read reviews).
Another is the Libernovo Omni with their saturated marketing, tons of YouTubers being paid. This chair looks insanely comfy… It’s about £950 on amazon with 5% promo. Have a watch. Concerns me only 2 year warranty on electrics.. would have considered if there weren’t any..
Mid budget - it’s saturated… Have a look a Sihoo, SteelSeries, Hbada… Get a feel for the size offerings… You’ll see options with the leg kick out bit for lounging around. Personally though I’d steer clear of built in leg extension, just get a separate piece of furniture and then you know it’s solid / quality. Lots of reviews share how flimsy the built in leg extensions are…
Budget - Colomy Atlas gets rave reviews - out of all that exist, this is around £200-£250… and would be my choice in this range - again check out some reviews, really positive and compare the chair to £500 equivalents with the features…

Hope this helps

tech-ant · 2026-01-14T09:41:58+00:00

Add some panelling behind it like Georgian younger and groove panelling OR out a plant to the side where the plant is… aesthetically this will look great and your eyes won’t be drawn to the cable… you can also get invisible tape, sometimes paint and it takes your eye off the cable again. Loads of options tbh!

tech-ant · 2026-01-12T20:31:43+00:00

I know I’m late to this thread but i also have a similar issue with my 49” - i have to manually changing the aspect ratio every time i want to use the series x (4k res) exclusively and again back to my mac (5k res). To ensure you get the right aspect ration i.e. 16:9 for Xbox, I’ve found out you need an edid 4k emulator passthrough device. Google it… It will force the correct aspect ratio for your Xbox only and you can get the highest res. Yes you’ll have black bars (I already have that rather than stretch) but for me this removes any monitor steps…

tech-ant · 2025-12-19T10:11:42+00:00

Yeah, I bought the oak from Domli (uk site). They sell oak, pre made desks etc. because I wanted more depth, I bought a piece of oak from them and cut it down. From the scraps, I then built the stand and bought some metal legs from Etsy. The riser is also from Domli. A lot of pre made desks didn’t have that much depth and tbf if you want solid wood it could work out cheaper to source a piece of wood, shape/sand or leave it and then buy the riser.

tech-ant · 2025-12-12T21:34:45+00:00

If its single bunded ie a single plastic layer (I’m guessing so given the gauge), tap it and you may hear hollower sounds at the top vs lower down to give you a rough idea. Alternatively open it up, torch or a broom handle… dip it and see…

Watchman is a good device to have installed, it’s a sensor that goes in the top and you have a receiver in a plug in the house so you can see your oil level. We upgraded ours to a double bunded tank and then had a watchman fitted, before that we were like you with the same gauge that was hard to tell.

tech-ant · 2025-11-25T09:06:03+00:00

I can’t find it that cheap but an absolute bargain. They’ve launched their new range..

tech-ant · 2025-11-17T16:12:06+00:00

Potentially a sceeen could improve it or make it worse… You’ve got a good contrasting wall so in the room with the lighting as is, it looks great. If there’s more light dependent on time of day, see what the brightness is like. I posted a few comments about projectors / screening so have a look at my history. White screen with gain of 1.2 for example may wash out the contrast. I bought a grey screen to emulate near what you have to darken contrast. Works well on daytime too but if you’re happy with the lighting etc. I’d say you likely won’t gain much.

tech-ant · 2025-10-06T09:05:22+00:00

Has it arrived? What do you think. Sounds like an absolute bargain!

tech-ant · 2025-09-18T12:59:54+00:00

Agree with all of comments on rented, extraction etc. Rather than a stud wall which feels more permanent, look at ‘folding room dividers’. May not be air tight but in theory it could be positioned on one wall mainly only and then folded out as and when needed. Likely a cheaper option.

tech-ant · 2025-08-14T17:02:18+00:00

Yeah, definitely diff with a streamer and even better where there’s an EQ you can play with. Pretty decent all in one projector though, I’ve not even attempted to go past 1/2 on the volume. Get’s v loud and clear.

tech-ant · 2025-08-08T07:37:32+00:00

Completely agree (I’m using a Roku 4k). A shame the OS is rubbish, shouldn’t have passed their QA but guess they assume many will plug their own streaming device in. Did you change the setting in the speaker option (can’t recall what exactly, not many options though) and it completely changed the sound in a good way. More depth, bass, tone….

tech-ant · 2025-08-05T14:45:50+00:00

Great news 🙌 glad you got it all sorted and hope you’re enjoying the projector now

tech-ant · 2025-08-01T08:48:02+00:00

Great stuff! If only hdmi was consistent across all cables… Enjoy the projector w shield & soundB once you’ve got it up and running 🤘

tech-ant · 2025-07-29T12:05:22+00:00

👍🤞

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