Diablo X-One 2.0 - Review: the gaming chair for important butts (and more)

If you have spent the last few years enriching your physiotherapist it is probably not only the fault of your bad back, but also of the fact that it is time to throw that ruin on which you spend your days and equip yourself with a comfortable chair that can support you. in all your phases of play or work. In fact, the writer is a “Physiotherapy Addicted”, one of those who when he wakes up well wakes up directly in the geriatrics ward. I have always suffered from back pain, but that hasn't stopped me from becoming an avid gamer. For passion and for work, in fact, I spend a lot of time on the PC or consoles. Seated for a good part of the day. And despite the pauses, when I get up I feel my back swearing like one of the most colorful Venetian retirees.

Now, I'm not writing this review to convince you that a gaming chair can cure your back of any harm, that would be absurd. If you have serious problems, you must necessarily see a doctor or physiotherapist. But I'm here to tell you about my experience with the Diablo X-One 2.0 of the Polish brand Diablo Chairs. A chair that may not be capable of real miracles, but it gets close to it.

Comfort above all

So, I could start like all reviewers do with a chapter devoted to “What's in the box ???”, but I won't, because I hate spoilers! (And why, if you buy a blender, what the hell could possibly be in the box? Well, the same goes for a gaming chair). So I'll start with the most important thing: convenience.

Even if we don't realize it, spending many hours playing on the PC ends up rolling up on oneself regressing to the evolutionary states prior to Homo Erectus. It is estimated (a simple online search is enough to find some data) that we sit about 8 hours a day, which multiplied by a month makes 240 hours. We are basically sitting for 10 days a month. To this it must be added that many players (myself included), after a few hours of play, cross their legs or are climbing on the sofa or on their chair like a Galápagos buzzard on a cactus. Therefore, we do not need a doctor, or an ornithologist, to understand that these habits are not good for us at all and indeed, in the long run, could compromise our postural well-being.

Trying the Diablo X-One 2.0 gaming chair, one of the first things I encountered was this: the urge to maintain a correct position while sitting. Having a ground clearance of 50 cm (minimum), the chair helps the legs to stay straight and not cross over and over. The pelvis and therefore the weight of the whole body is supported by a large support for the lower back which not only perfectly accommodates even the most "important" buttocks, but also ensures that the weight of the body is not unloaded on the sacrum. If when you get up from your usual chair you feel pain in the lower back, there is definitely something wrong and it means that your seat is too stiff or too soft. Diablo X-One 2.0 maintains a perfect balance between the two extremes, thanks to the internal filling of HR foam (the one also used in orthopedic mattresses and memory pillows to be clear) that does not deform and gives great comfort even after several hours spent sitting.

The seat, however, is not the only wonder of this gaming chair and it would be nothing without its trusted companion: the backrest. This, always very wide and high, reaches behind the head and hugs the back, making sure to relax the muscles of the shoulders and especially those of the neck, which too often tend to stiffen during longer matches. In fact, in the first week of using the chair, I felt a lot of benefit on this front. My neck no longer felt cemented into my shoulders, as I had felt it for years after each play session, but I could spin it discovering the wonders and mysteries of the world around me instead of the monotony of the front view.

Adjustments, cushions, headrests, a real king's throne (albeit a little warm)

If you are one of those players who can never sit still and live practically always in your gaming chair, you should know that Diablo X-One 2.0 has 4 levels of adjustment for the backrest suitable for every phase of the day (work, gaming, film and rest). Each of these adjustments maintains the great comfort of the classic chair setting which can be easily adjusted using the lever located next to the right armrest.

Reading about these 4 available positions I said to myself "Oh well come on, at some point I will get up, I don't need to watch movies and always rest in the same chair, it's exaggerated!". After a few days of testing, however, I realized that the only exaggerated thing was the comfort with which I could pass from work to rest, read, play or watch TV series and films simply by lowering the backrest. (NB, however, I was forced to abandon the chair just to eat because, as they pointed out to me here at home, the chair did not match the style of the others in the living room!)

That said, the Diablo X-One 2.0's design is very enjoyable and, in the more sober colors, can also be suitable for an office if desired without making you look like Vin Diesel just got on his new Camperturbofastandtruzzos 8, as often happens with many other gaming chairs out there. Its size, however, makes it a chair perhaps not very suitable for too classic desks, even if it is fully adaptable too.

In addition to the backrest and of course height adjustments of the chair, you can also adjust that of the armrests. And I already see some of you shrug and say "What do we care about the armrests?" He cares, I assure you. Because after a while of typing on the computer, using the mouse or the controller, you will surely have felt your shoulders and neck pulling, as if you had really waved Cloud's immense sword all day. Here, that problem depends on the fact that the arms remain dangling without a real support to lean on. And dangling, like obese sloths from the branch, the arms strain the muscles of the shoulders and neck causing that annoying sensation of muscle tightening. On the Diablo X-One 2.0 just adjust the armrests and rest your elbows on them to not hear about these problems anymore.

As you could read from the title this is a chair for important butts. Not only because it is great for players of all weights, but also because being on it will make you feel really important, almost like a king. This "gaming throne" is in fact accompanied by a adjustable headrest, also in HR foam, which can be used as a pillow, neck support or completely removed. Personally, I use it when my neck feels tired from being up on my own and I want to give myself some rest while continuing to work. In addition to the headrest there is also a lumbar cushion, also removable, which helps support the weight of the body. This I have never removed, indeed I believe that it should be inserted by law in every gaming chair that wants to be defined as such.

Finally, again on the design side, the materials and finishes, with the nylon stitching, are truly of the highest level. The upholstery of the chair is in fact made of fourth generation HDS eco-leather, a material designed to last and to withstand over time since, let's face it, we gamers are a category of people who sweat like bakers in the middle of August. Think challenging games, Sekiro or Souls in general. How many of us loosened the pad with our hands during some boss fights? How many have imprinted their body heat on their chair, forming a stain that not even the Holy Shroud does? There, also the Diablo X-One 2.0, being a chair made of eco-leather, warms a lot, but it remains fresher than many other chairs (even in fabric) that become red-hot even if they were mounted on a lit stove. And anyway, if you sweat like oxen who can't find refreshment even throwing themselves into the Ganges, Diablo Chairs has also thought of you with a fabric gaming chair, the Diablo Diablo X-Player 2.0.

Quick assembly yes, but with a little help

And finally we come to the assembly, the delight of all Ikea supporters or Lego collectors and the cross of all those who, having an empty glass and a bottle of water in front of them, would not even know how to drink without a tutorial. The instructions inside the box are very clear and the assembly of the chair takes very little time, half an hour maximum, but with a little help, everything can be managed better.

La main difficulty in fact it does not consist in inviting the bolts (already fixed on the components of the chair) with the special crank screwdriver included in the package or in mounting the large wheels in the star support of the base, but rather in thefit the backrest with the seat. You can do it yourself, absolutely, but if you have someone who can help you hold the back while you invite the bolts, you will succeed much sooner.

-Buy Diablo X-One 2.0-

Diablo X-One 2.0 is a truly exceptional gaming chair. Perfect for spending hours playing without suffering from back discomfort. It is very comfortable in each of its 4 positions and is made with high quality materials and a unique design that Diablo has infused in every detail, on the other hand "the devil is in the details" as the slogan imprinted on the chair also says. If you are looking for a product to complete your gaming station or make it even more beautiful, this is the gaming chair for you. Of course the cost is a bit high, compared to other similar chairs on the market, but not too much. And then I'm sure that if your backside could talk, it would ask you to choose this chair.