We recently reviewed the excellent Boulies Ninja Pro, a gaming chair that provides you with luxury, ergonomics, and style without breaking the bank. Boulies were kind enough to follow up with yet another review sample – this time for the …
We recently reviewed the excellent Boulies Ninja Pro, a gaming chair that provides you with luxury, ergonomics, and style without breaking the bank. Boulies were kind enough to follow up with yet another review sample – this time for the Elite Max.
This is the most premium chair Boulies offers, and that was plain to us from the moment we opened the box. We loved the Ninja Pro, which blew us away at that price point. The Elite Max is yet another step up.
Just like last time, we’re going to break this review down into a number of different sections. That way, you can skip to the bit you’re most concerned with.
Once again, setup was pretty simple, with the instructions being quite easy to follow and pretty much all tools required included in the box. There were a few translation errors in the leaflet itself, but it’s nothing that you can’t overcome.
Much like the Ninja Pro, what we appreciate most about the Boulies range is how low profile they are. They’re like gamer chairs designed for people with self-respect, and blend nicely into any environment.
The materials themselves are also a joy to behold – and touch. We opted for the fake leather option, and were really impressed by how leather-like it felt. At no point did it look, or feel, cheap and after weeks of testing there’s no signs of wear.
Visually, it’s a nice-looking chair too. The only minor complaint we have is that the optional straps keeping the pillows in place (again, these are optional) do look a bit ridiculous from behind, but if you’re against a wall you’ll never notice.
Otherwise, it’s all positive. It’s a plain black chair made of solid materials, and some stylish white stitching.
This is where the chair really excels though, as it’s a joy to sit in even for hours at a time. This is impressive when you consider how much the chair encourages you to sit in an ergonomic manner. Similar chairs have always resulted in us feeling like we’re sat in an unnatural position.
The pillows help, of course. There’s one for your lower back, and another for your neck. When sitting back, you just feel very well supported and kind of lose yourself in the chair.
It’s just a deeply comfortable chair that’s perfect for gaming and working – and a huge part of that is down to the feature-set.
Much like the Ninja Pro, you can also adjust the chair to your heart’s desire, with the armrest, height, tilt tension, and more being tweakable at any moment. The controls are nice and clicky too, and you never feel like you’re going to break the chair.
But our favourite part of all Boulies chairs is that ability to tilt it right back into an almost lying position – much like a business class seat on a flight. It’s great when you want to play games on your PC with a controller, and you don’t even miss the sofa.
We do have a couple of complaints though, the biggest of which is the height adjustment – it’s way too low even at it’s highest setting. So much so that one of our two desks weren’t even compatible with the chair, as it was a little too high off the ground.
So, be wary when purchasing this chair if you have a reasonably high desk – it may well not be compatible.
Our second complaint is the rocking feature. This was nice on the Ninja Pro, but on the Elite Max the chair is simply too heavy to rock it. It requires a fair bit of effort to get it moving, so feels a bit like an unnecessary addition.
Much like the Ninja Pro, we’re really impressed by the Elite Max. It’s an incredibly comfortable chair built with high quality materials. Its feature-set is also a huge tick, as it will appeal to gamers of all different needs.
It’s also very ergonomic without feeling like it. You never feel like you’re sat in an uncomfortable or awkward position.
Our only real criticism is that it sits far too low to the ground, even when at its highest adjustment, so is incompatible with certain desks. The rocking functionality is also pointless, given how heavy the chair is.
But, if you’re in the market for a huge, comfortable gaming chair, you really can’t complain at this price.
