Corsair TC200 Gaming Chair Review

A Closer Look – Components

Gaming chairs usually have around three main key components that go into the overall design. The base, the seat, and the backrest. – With this in mind, therefore, let’s take a close look at them to see now only what kind of aesthetics we can expect, but also to evaluate the overall build quality. The Corsair TC200 does, after all, purport to be a high-quality gaming chair and while it might look very nice when totally assembled, the detail is always in the metaphorical fine print.

The Base

The base itself is constructed of steel and comes in a fairly standard five-star point design. Finished in a smooth black covering, it is clearly quite a hefty thing to hold (the base is usually the single-heaviest component), but while lacking anything particularly interesting to note in terms of aesthetics or design, its clean, slick, almost shiny, and certainly gets us off to a good start!

With five points, you clearly need five wheels to attach. Comprised of a combination of steel and plastic (mostly plastic), these are actually surprisingly attractive. They almost carry something of a car alloy wheel aesthetic about them with their five-spoke interior and white walls. – The design factor does, however, carry a very interesting point which we’ll get onto later in this review. But as a sneak peek, let’s just say that these wheels have been specifically designed to not roll all of the time.

The Seat

The seat is covered in cloth material with the interior filling being polyurethane with additional support straps located on the underside. One of the key features of the Corsair TC200 is that it has been designed specifically to offer better support to those with *ahem* larger bottoms or those who prefer to sit in a cross-legged position (which, in a normal gaming chair, can sometimes be problematic).

The stitching is nice and tight and comes in white colouring. While an exceptionally subtle touch, the colour contrast between this and grey does give a light pop providing you with a nice highlight to the seems. It looks good and the quality that has gone into the stitchwork is faultless.

Pretty much all of the Corsair TC200’s main seat controls are located on the right side. This includes a push/pull configuration to turn the ‘soft’ tilt on or off as well as the traditional ‘pull up’ function to control the height. – In addition, you also get a really solid handle (with moulded plastic covering) to control the tilt of the chair. In terms of functionality, we’ll get onto this later in the review (we’ve got to put it together first!).

The armrests are comprised of a soft moulded plastic that, while nowhere near as cushioned as the seat, provides you with a solid level of support without feeling too firm or rough on your skin. The surface is finished in a pattern which also gives them a nice added level of aesthetics.

Buttons on the side allow for the ‘4D’ operation which can bring the armrests up, down, forwards/backwards, or for tilt/twist functionality both internally and externally.

In an additionally little added aesthetic touch, you can also see the TC200 logo printed on the exterior side of each of the armrest stands. It’s a small touch, but one that certainly adds to the overall sleek and professional look.

Backrest

The seat carries the same cloth covering, polyurethane filling (as on the seat), and continues the colour aesthetic with it being predominantly grey with white highlights to the outer edges.

To the top of the backrest, both on the front and rear, you’ll note the Corsair logo placement on the headrest.

With the dark black Corsair logo, this looks fantastic in terms of both size and placement. It appears to have been embroidered into the cloth covering which is again indicative of excellent build quality (lesser chairs would usually tend to crudely stitch logos like this).

Again, we find that the quality of stitching to the actual fabric covering is excellent. Having gone over the whole chair with a moderately fine-tooth comb, I wasn’t able to find a single instance of any drop-off in quality or any kind of fault/frayed edges.

You do, of course, also have the plastic inserts where you can install your headrest. The Corsair TC200 is only provided with a headrest cushion, but in truth, I have no complaints about this. While it is common for a lot of gaming chairs to also come with a lumbar support cushion, I’ve never personally used it. – In fact, I’ll take it a step further. I don’t like lumbar cushions!

Finally, the backrest is provided with a small branded Corsair label on the side. Coming in a very bright yellow, you might initially think (purely off the description) that this might spoil the look. Somehow though, probably thanks to the relatively neutral colours of the chair, it fits in exceptionally well and does add a little something extra on the positive side of the aesthetics.

Headrest Cushion

Although Corsair hasn’t specifically cited the material used within the headrest cushion, it has a feel of something similar to a memory foam pillow. With a velour-like covering, it’s amazingly comfortable and with the soft slightly resistive interior filling, it genuinely provides your head with firm but not intrusive support.

Like the backrest, there is a similar Corsair label on the side of the cushion. Once again, despite the bright yellow colouring, it fits in really well with the overall aesthetic and does add a nice little touch to an accessory that Corsair could’ve easily have just plumped for a generic and significantly lower quality alternative (with few probably noticing until they put their head on it).

This perhaps though best highlights that this is not your average gaming chair. All of the components just scream ‘quality’ and, so far, we’re more than a little impressed. – So, I guess it’s time to put it together now!