I have a problem with chairs. I've been using the same for over 10 years and it slowly falls. But no other chair that I tried has felt enough to change it – instead, I keep going to the old reliable. At a height of 6ft 2 I fight to find chairs that feel made for me. When Sihoo offered her C300 Pro for the evaluation, I thought I would try to see if it could be her promise and whether it might be the chair to replace my aging, dilapidated.
The Sihoo C300 Pro available in black or white is an ergonomic office chair, which promises dynamic lumbar spine, a flexible backrest, a 3-stage back angle and a series of highly adjustable positions with breathing-active mesh finish. It certainly looks on the product photos – it looks clean, modern and professional. After delivery, however, it won't look as good until you make your hands dirty because assembly is required!
Assembly
The chair is well packaged and protected in 15 individual parts in a package with approx. 30 kg. All parts, including the required tools, are also included in some spare parts and a short manual, including a link to a YouTube video in which the creation process is described.
It took me about 35 minutes to put the chair together, and it was simply enough – I decided to follow her YouTube video next to the manual, which was a great help, since the manual did not describe every single step enough. You need a strong, empty surface to make the chair wrong to fit some parts together – my bed was perfect for the job.
Design and processing quality
Before I knew it, the chair was put together and looked great. The design is modern and practical and not overemphasized. It is also not bright on your face like so many so -called “gaming” chairs. Nevertheless, the C300 Pro in a gaming setup would not look out of place, but it is obviously more about an office environment in terms of design.
The polished metal base and the armrest scare the design give the design a little additional flair, at least if they are clean from fingerprints – which they absorb fairly easily. The plastic parts are generally of high quality and the soft PU -coated armrests have just the right balance between padding and support.
The C300 Pro offers a mesh seat with a adjustable depth, a self-adjusting mesh loan spine, an adjustable height scales and headrel, which supports several position adjustments. With a single control lever you can set the seat depth and height and enter the recine mode. You can set the height of the backrest by simply lifting it to the correct position. I saw chairs with much more complicated controls, so I think Sihoo did a good job to make it so easy.
The armrest are also very adjustable. They can be adapted in different ways – back/down (general height), back (closer to or on from your desk), through vertical angles (a simple ratchet with which you can tilt you up to 35 ° in 5 preset positions), horizontally (closer to your body) and finally the actual arm load paddites can be preferred to form a preferred duck.
All of these armrest adjustments sound great on paper, but in reality it can prove to be quite annoying – only the general height and the upward tendency of the armrests can be “locked up” – and even that is the result of a simple Ratchet mechanism. None of the other angles can be blocked, which means if you adjust it to the chair and from your desk when you adjust your position or by using the armrests, your configuration is quickly lost. Don't get me wrong, it is not a deal breaker and you quickly get used to it, and the positions are super easy and easy to adapt, but given the number of improvements you can make – it seems to be a bit like that most of them cannot be locked up.
But enough of all of this, how does it feel when sitting? The first impressions were good, the network has exactly the right amount of pumpkin, but feels rigid enough and when sitting and the arm rests perfectly with my elbows without raising my shoulders – and enable a correct posture. The lumbar support was initially overwhelming, but a quick adaptation to the height of the rear calm the support was perfect in the direction of my lower back. The head rest almost supports my head in its highest position, although it doesn't feel as if it were getting enough forward to use it properly, unless I am covered.
When he came from a padded chair, the only thing I did not consider when I switched to a power chair like this was the additional breathing activity and the comfort that arises from the fact that I was not surrounded by foam pads. Whether you believe it or not, we have had a magic of nice weather in the UK recently and the network kept me cool for longer during work.
This chair is not a slouch
Now I have to admit – I'm a floucher. I have a terrible attitude and my last office chair, which was basically as pleasant as a small sofa that doesn't really promote the right seating position. When I switched to the C300 Pro, after a few hours in the first few days I had some discomfort in my lower back. After thinking about it and a short research piece, it turns out that this is not an unusual experience if you switch to an ergonomic chair. Your body needs a while to adapt to a correct sitting position, and your muscles in the lower back have to adapt. After a week, the discomfort disappeared and I was more conscious to my seating position – I think I tend to get up and take more breaks, which probably does not sound like a great confirmation when I check a chair, but I actually see it as positive – I think the chair makes it more difficult to sleep in the couch potato mode and fall into the coffee mode.
The C300 Pro has a listed British RRP of 709.99 GBP and a USMSRP of 599.99 US dollars, which I personally is for a massive price for sales, since the C300 Pro is always offered, and you can usually sew it for about half of the problems I have taken.