New Chair Day! Pics and initial impressions
Super excited to receive my Nova Gaming Embody today! I bought it on the 25% off gaming sale and had been eyeing it for a while.
I was a bit worried about how well the Nova colourway would work in my dark blue home office, but at least to my eye it looks pretty good! I know the Ignite would probably have worked a bit better given my overall colour scheme (dark room with white desk and furniture, light grey couch) but I didn’t want to risk the lighter fabric. God forbid I drop something while snacking. 😬 I am swapping to a new desk with black legs, so that’ll help it fit in a bit more, and overall I’m still workshopping my setup (I’m sure once properly installed again my Philips hue lights will add a nice purple accent to tie in the back, but I guess we’ll see).
My first impressions so far are pretty great—it was pretty much immediately comfy for me, although I wish the seat had a bit more give/a bit of a softer feel. I’m hoping it’ll break in a bit and be even more comfortable. I’ve read a bunch of stuff about some people finding the chair very uncomfortable in prolonged use, and I’m hoping that won’t be my experience after I’ve sat in it for a few more hours.
I’m not the tallest or fittest, and the chair is fitting me well as a 170 cm 88kg person. Honestly, I don’t get the complaints about the arm rests, I think they work well and are sufficiently soft (certainly softer than my old ~400 euro ergonomic chair).
I do notice the lack of headrest compared to my previous chair and just pulled the trigger on an Atlas—hopefully that’ll sort the issue for me!
I might post again with my more thorough review once I’ve had a chance to test the chair out for longer (including with the headrest and my planned setup upgrades), but I just wanted to share some pics and early thoughts, since I haven’t really seen many setups with the Nova (especially in dark coloured rooms) or impressions by chubby shorties like me 😁
Lemme know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to answer!