Herman Miller X Logitech G Vantum Gaming Chair Review

Herman Miller chairs are really expensive, that’s just a fact. It’s also a fact that they’re engineered incredibly well, which is why we rated the Herman Miller X Logitech G Embody gaming chair highly despite its at-the-time $1,495 (and currently $1,795!) price. It simply feels good to sit on, and that’s a chair's most important quality. Another Logitech G collaboration, the Vantum, is downright cheap for a Herman Miller chair at $995, though it’s still far more expensive than nearly any non-Herman Miller chair we’ve reviewed. Even so, its impeccable support for both the lumbar and upper-back regions, overall fantastic sitting experience, and 12-year warranty earn it our Editors’ Choice award and make it worth considering if you can spend a grand on a gaming chair.

Although the Vantum is a gaming chair, its deceptively simple contours don’t scream “gamer.” In its all-black and black-and-white colorways, the Vantum somewhat resembles a Herman Miller Aeron, with its black mesh back and an adjustable headrest. The seat is also black mesh, but padded with foam rather than suspended by a plastic framework like the back and headrest.

If you want more gamer style for your chair, the black-and-red Vantum replaces the black or white plastic skeleton and the seat's shell with bright red (pictured in this review). In all cases, the chair has no visible branding, which makes any version of it more understated than the Respawn Spire and its giant "R."

Assembly is only slightly more complicated than the Embody, which just required you to pull it out of the box. The main chair parts (chair back, seat, and armrests) are all assembled, as is the base with its casters and gas cylinder. You simply place the chair section on the base, then insert the headrest into the chair's top section. That's it.

Although it looks light, the Vantum can support gamers up to 350 pounds. The seat height can be adjusted from 18 to 22 inches.

Like the Embody and other Herman Miller chairs, the Vantum comes with a 12-year warranty. That’s the longest warranty among gaming chairs; most other high-end gaming chairs have warranties between two and five years.

Besides the standard height adjustment, the Vantage lets you move the armrests up, down, left, right, forward, and backward; slide the seat forward and backward; and move the headrest vertically (and tilt it up and down). The chair back also reclines, and two adjustment wheels under the seat let you set how far back it can go (and how much pressure is required). Finally, you can tweak the lumbar support with the knobs behind the chair back so that it's more curved or flat.

The Vantum has two sets of support plates that press against the small of your back and the space between your shoulder blades. These plates shift to contour against your back and provide the right amount of support. It isn’t a whole-back system like the Embody’s BackFit, which has dozens of “pixel” points that press against you. Still, it's more adaptive than most chairs’ lumbar support and generally nonexistent (or at least not adjustable) upper-back support.

The Vantum feels supremely comfortable and supportive, with enough focus on adapting to the lower back and upper back. In testing, the chair felt like it molded to my lumbar region and the space between my shoulder blades, providing just the right amount of firmness at all angles.

The click-stop wheel that adjusts the reclining range is a fantastic touch. You can twist the wheel all the way forward to keep the chair upright, or far backward to lean back (though not fully lay back). The four positions provide flexibility without letting you recline too far. Although conventional, lever-pull gaming chairs can recline to nearly any angle, less bulky lean-back gaming chairs usually have points that can be set to limit or lock the reclining angle. You typically find those points by experimenting with a single lever and moving back and forth. Thankfully, the Vantum's wheel lets you easily identify those points.

Herman Miller chairs carry a premium that feels almost obscene compared with most other gaming and office chairs, but the engineering behind them (along with a 12-year warranty) helps justify the price. At $995, the Vantum almost feels like a bargain, at least compared with the $1,795 Embody. It also feels incredibly comfortable, which makes the high price worth considering if you spend most of your time in front of a desk.

Our next-favorite lean-back mesh chair, the Respawn Spire ($599.99), also has good lumbar support and a natural reclining movement, as well as the unique ability to flip its armrests out of the way if you don’t want to deal with them. It isn’t quite as comfortable as the Vantum, though, and that's what matters above all. As such, the Herman Miller X Logitech G Vantum earns our Editors’ Choice award for premium gaming chairs. For a more conventional design, the Secretlab Titan EVO ($549) is our favorite lever-reclining gaming chair, while the Cooler Master Caliber X1C ($399) is an even more affordable, fabric-covered option.

The Herman Miller X Logitech G Vantum is a pricey gaming chair that offers an extremely comfortable sitting experience with excellent back support.

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