GT Omega Evo XL Gaming Chair - Best of the bunch?
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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we're here today to see if the GT Omega Evo XL is an evolution of the gaming
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chair Market I'm sorry we can move on
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click now to learn more let's start with the unboxing
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experience the GT Omega Evo XL comes in a box that seems from the outside at
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least very similar to the other gaming chairs we've checked out it's big brown
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and fairly nondescript outside of a few logos but when you open it up a
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different experience begins through the material that they used as a synthetic
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leather they have fooled me with the enticing scent that eminates from the
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box when you start removing pieces something actually took me by surprise
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when I first saw the back of the chair is that GT Omega took the time to
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embroider our logo on both the front and back of the chair obviously this isn't
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going to be a true everyday Evo XL that arrives to customers doors and it
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certainly didn't affect the outcome of the review but I thought it was a pretty
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nice touch as I remove pieces from the box one thought kept crossing my mind
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this chair seems very well built from the heavy metal bases to the nice
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feeling leathery pley materials throughout the chair and the actually
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soft plastic armrest to the Chrome accents on everything it just felt nice
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now on to my favorite part of the unboxing experience the vast amount of
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bolts other than two of the screws required to assemble the chair were
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pre-installed into their holes this was such a relief as it meant that I would
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not be dealing with manufacturing tolerance issues between the holes and
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the material and the holes in the chair itself as I had in the past on top of
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that all the pre-installed bolts were threaded as thumb screws making
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installation a breeze and they even included the proper Allen keys for each
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bolt in order to tighten it so I began the assembly process absolutely tickled
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pink with the GTO mea Evo XL the first few segments went off without a major
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hitch one note for assembly is that it is much easier to install the top to the
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bottom joint on the left side of the chair first as it doesn't carry the
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Hefty tilt mechanism and you can install the right side first but I found it much
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more difficult to line up the holes on that side and the chair itself due to
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the increased strain on that side from the Tilt mechanism with the left side
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installed the right side win in very easily and I was off to the races in
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completing the Assembly of my new racing chair but that is
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unfortunately where the fun stopped one pretty significant issue with our Evo XL
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actually didn't come with an instruction sheet up until this point it was no
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issue it was pretty much paint by numbers so to speak and I was actually
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in enjoying the assembly process but the lift control base Mount thing caused a
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bit of an issue once again the bolts were pre-installed but the insulation
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process wasn't entirely clear the right and left levers for Lift located at the
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bottom of the mechanism are labeled with a very light R and L text to indicate
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left and right but the layout doesn't make a ton of sense which resulted in us
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swapping the piece's orientation a few times and it's kind of frustrating with
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the lift control base Mount installed I was able to finish up the rest of the
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base installation without much trouble and move on to the finishing
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touches unfortunately though they did send us
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two left joint covers oh man the lack of
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instruction manual was one thing but the inclusion of two left joint covers
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rather than a right and a left really disappointed me as it resulted in the
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ugly tilt mechanism on the right side of the chair being completely uncovered GT
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Omega apologized for the error and overnighted a right joint cover as soon
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as we informed them but it doesn't change the fact that it wasn't in the
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original shipping container so on to the actual user experience overall I found
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the chair quite comfortable the cushions firmly support me while still providing
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enough to give me a relaxing sitting experience the armrests are highly
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adjustable and very close to if not the same armrests on the max nomic chair
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line as checked out a few months ago which you can see here the chair leans
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back easily making it quite solid choice for those who want to kick it and watch
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a movie or even game stream in front of their PC or somewhere else in addition
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to gaming but the chair is certainly not
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perfect and lastly the wings I'm personally still not a huge fan of these
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as I don't think they make a ton of sense for a very unmoving gaming
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experience where you're not being jostled around like you would be in a car which they were designed for and I
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find it more restricting than anything else to have them there especially up
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high in the shoulders I have relatively wide shoulders and I find it quite
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annoying for them to be curved forward
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but if this is something you're looking for I must admit it wasn't all that bad of an implementation and it's not going
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to make my back sore like other chairs in this category so conclusion time the
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gtomega Evo XL is quite honestly the closest one of these gaming chairs that
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felt like a legitimate racing chair seat from a car to me at least it's
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comfortable relatively wellb built and seems to be produced with a fairly good
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manufacturing tolerances with its overall design being pretty well thought
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out but for my personal daily driver I'm
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not entirely sure there's this one there's the maxnomic those two are both
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pretty high up or we're still yet to review some of the more comfy couch
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style poofy chairs and I don't necessarily think I'm decided yet what's
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your favorite gaming chair Are You The Comfy Couch style poofy gaming chair fan
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