Secretlab Atlas Premium Review

Secretlab has proven itself to beryllium 1 of the astir influential brands successful the gaming seat industry, and for bully reason. Its Titan Evo models person inspired countless clones, truthful erstwhile I heard that the institution had thing marque caller successful the works, my involvement was instantly piqued. I’ve been investigating the Atlas for much than a week present and there’s much present than conscionable bully looks. The Atlas offers all-day comfortableness successful 1 of the astir unsocial designs I’ve seen successful immoderate time.

Secretlab Atlas Premium – Design and Features

The Secretlab Atlas isn't your mean task chair. Visually, it looks similar what would hap if the Haworth Fern had a babe with the Secretlab Titan Evo. In different words, it inactive intelligibly carries the Secretlab DNA, but is besides unsocial and grown up successful a mode that astir gaming chairs are not. But then, the Atlas doesn't look overmuch similar a task seat either. It lands determination successful the middle, integrating bolsters connected the spot and backrest, but not attention-gathering successful the mode a axenic gaming seat mightiness be.

All it takes is simply a glimpse to spot the shared DNA betwixt the Atlas and the Evo, truthful let’s really statesman with wherever the chairs differ. For starters, you won't find immoderate recline lever connected this chair. The seat is designed to fto you remainder conscionable arsenic good arsenic focus, but you're not getting the afloat automotive laic you mightiness different expect. Next, it’s not overtly “gaming.” Secretab debuted caller colorways designed to acceptable successful conscionable arsenic good astatine your gaming setup arsenic successful a shared bureau space. If you’re successful the know, you’ll beryllium capable to spot its gaming inspirations. If you’re not acquainted with gaming chairs successful general, you’ll astir apt conscionable spot the Atlas arsenic an particularly bully chair.

One of the biggest differences is the silhouette of the chair. While the Titan Evo was precise accepted with its car-inspired bucket seating (admittedly expanding upon this with its consequent releases), the Atlas is each astir its curves. The backrest wraps around, allowing you to spot the contour of the bolsters from the side. The premix of consecutive angles and contours reminds maine a spot of however Picasso and abstract artists sometimes overgarment women (for real, comparison the broadside illustration to these paintings). Whether you hold with that oregon not, there’s decidedly a fluidity to the plan that guides your eyes from apical to bottom.

Another large differentiator is the slimness of its cushions. Its sleekness is 1 of the Atlas’s biggest plan tricks, allowing it to instrumentality a supporting relation successful the room. By contrast, the Titan and Omega earlier it look to request attention. But don't fto its slimness fool you: it’s inactive plush capable to support you comfy and hides the framework perfectly. Those other inches shaved disconnected let the seat to beryllium lighter and sleeker for nonrecreational use.

The Atlas comes successful 2 antithetic lines, Standard and Premium. The biggest quality betwixt the 2 is that the Premium scope integrates Secretlab’s NanoGen Hybrid Leatherette and dual composite foam successful the spot for enhanced softness retired of the box. The Premium variation besides uses each color-matched hardware and starts astatine $699. The Standard variation comes successful astatine $499 and uses Secretlab’s accepted acold cure foam, Neo Hybrid Leatherette, and SoftWeave cloth depending connected the model.

I was sent a Premium mentation successful the Dune+ colorway, which combines sandy SoftWeave cloth with NanoGen Hybrid Leatherette connected the bolsters arsenic an accent. It tin besides beryllium picked up successful black, white, oregon gray. All colors are deliberately neutral truthful they tin blend into immoderate abstraction alternatively than summation the spotlight.

The word "ergo chair" carries a definite acceptable of expectations. The biggest is adjustability... and tons of it. The Atlas has that connected offer, though you mightiness beryllium amazed to find that it does not diagnostic an adjustable lumbar support. Instead, Secretlab has molded the contours of the backrest to signifier an integrated lumbar curve. In a briefing up of this review, the institution told maine it enactment extended R&D into the caller backrest plan and feels that it volition connection fantabulous support. The backrest besides utilizes a premix of foam and integrated springs to connection much responsive enactment than axenic foam.

Unlike Secretlab’s existing gaming chairs, the Atlas uses a caller synchro tilt strategy that allows the backrest to determination independently from the seat. While seemingly small, this really makes a large difference, which is astir apt wherefore it's a communal diagnostic connected astir high-end task chairs. Your backmost and hips travel together, and the Atlas allows them to bash truthful portion moving astir successful a seat, reducing your musculus hostility and yet backmost and cervix pain.

This caller strategy besides comes with caller adjustments beneath the spot base. All of the standards are there, including height, tilt, tension, and tilt lock, arsenic good arsenic a spot extent slider to guarantee it tin comfortably lucifer your anatomy. These are antithetic from what we've seen connected different Secretlab chairs, though we inactive person a lever connected either broadside nether the chair. These levers power height, tilt, resistance, and spot depth.

Each besides present has a viewing model truthful you tin spot your settings astatine a glance. The near lever controls the space fastener and volition alteration from "LOCKED" successful reddish oregon "UNLOCKED" successful green. On the other side, the close grip is simply a knob and controls the magnitude of absorption you consciousness erstwhile leaning backmost successful the chair. There are 4 levels indicated with a enactment of reddish dots that turn oregon shrink with each twist of the knob.

This is some bully and atrocious compared to what we typically spot connected ergonomic task chairs. On the 1 hand, alternatively of cranking endlessly connected an oversized knob nether the seat, present you tin simply click done 4 levels successful seconds to find the champion acceptable for you. On the different hand, having lone 4 levels is importantly much limiting.

The armrests person besides seen a important alteration this clip around. They nary longer bolt connected nether the spot with tracks to set their width. Instead, they person formed slots and nary width accommodation whatsoever. Height, depth, and space are each conscionable arsenic functional arsenic ever.

The past alteration worthy highlighting is that the Atlas really sits astir 1 inch little erstwhile afloat extended than the Titan Evo and astir chairs I've tested. Secret Lab says this is truthful each users tin much easy works some feet connected the crushed successful a much progressive and focused posture. Be warned, however, if you are coming from different seat that happens to beryllium higher, it whitethorn instrumentality a portion to get utilized to sitting little to the ground.

Secretlab Atlas Premium – Assembly

Like different Secretlab chairs, the Atlas requires assembly earlier it tin beryllium used. The process is akin to astir gaming chairs and is built from the bottommost up, starting with the casters and progressing to the instrumentality base, piston, seat, armrests, and finally, the magnetic headrest.

The physique process is straightforward and casual capable for a azygous idiosyncratic to implicit unsocial — assuming you tin basal it upright astatine the end. Everything you request is included successful the box, including a decent T-shaped wrench with an interchangeable bit. Following the included directions (which you whitethorn not adjacent request if you’ve assembled a task seat successful the past), it took maine astir 15 minutes.

I besides privation to item however acold Secretlab’s packaging has come. The institution has ever packed its chairs securely, but this was the archetypal I’ve tested that didn’t usage aggregate garbage bags afloat of styrofoam. It made clean-up importantly easier and is amended for the environment. Win-win.

Secretlab Atlas – Performance

Since the Atlas is designed astir productivity and focus, I took it to my time occupation to trial passim the week. I besides spent immoderate clip astatine location with it playing games connected my PC and consoles, and portion it whitethorn not beryllium rather arsenic versatile for gaming arsenic the Titan Evo, it's surely susceptible of offering a comfy and supportive gaming acquisition arsenic well.

No substance however you usage it, you'll beryllium sitting successful style. Secretlab did an astonishing occupation of making a seat that looks luxurious without being ostentatious. Looks are ever going to beryllium subjective, but the designers did a damn good job, successful my opinion.

When it comes to comfortableness and ergonomics, Secretlab has seemed to person that dialed successful for rather a portion present and adjacent hosts its ain ergonomics committee to review, confirm, oregon situation their conclusions.

The Titan Evo NanoGen is astir apt 1 of the astir comfy gaming chairs I've ever used, truthful I was hopeful the Atlas would beryllium good. While it doesn't rather scope the aforesaid levels of NanoGen-clad comfortableness arsenic the Titan Evo, the Atlas felt conscionable arsenic bully leaning backmost with a controller arsenic it did sitting upright typing retired a review.

I person to admit that I had my doubts astir the integrated lumbar support. My archetypal content was that this was a downgrade from the Titan Evo, fixed its deficiency of adjustability. At the aforesaid time, the institution says it invested heavy successful making definite the integrated curve is going to amended lucifer the bulk of users and forestall incorrect setups, which could origin much symptom implicit time. And, well, astatine slightest for 5’ 8”, it seems similar their probe has paid off.

Over the people of a afloat enactment week, I don't callback a azygous time that I stood up oregon went to furniture sore unless I had done thing else. The lone different integrated lumbar I've utilized that compares is the Razer Enki, which is simply a full antithetic style.

Looking astatine the chair's different qualities, I don't find a batch to instrumentality contented with. It reaches the modular of the Titan Evo and exceeds it successful immoderate ways. The dual composite foam is conscionable arsenic comfy and the cold-cure basal should supply agelong lasting durability, and the NanoGen Hybrid leatherette is brushed and supple. The magnetic cervix pillow besides returns here, albeit a spot much rounded off. That's large due to the fact that it's genuinely 1 of the comfiest I've used.

The 2 issues I instrumentality are with the spot tallness and the armrests. It whitethorn not look similar an inch would marque a large difference, but it does if you're utilized to sitting higher. I had to little my lasting table and my show astir an inch each. Even aft days with the setup I inactive consciousness similar I'm excessively debased to the ground.

The armrests are little impactful due to the fact that they are inactive rather bully conscionable arsenic they are. Secretlab uses a heavy gel cushion topper that you tin thin connected each time without elbow soreness. I privation determination were immoderate mode to set the width, however, not due to the fact that I needfully recovered them poorly spaced, but due to the fact that not being capable to bash truthful conscionable feels similar a unusual downgrade.

Is each of this worthy $700, oregon $500 if you acquisition the Standard edition? Value volition ever beryllium successful the oculus of the beholder, but compared against different task chairs, the $500 terms constituent is reasonable. I expected it to outgo more, to beryllium honest. A bully task seat doesn't travel cheap, which is wherefore manufacture stalwarts similar Herman-Miller, Steelcase, and Haworth tin complaint 4 digit prices for chairs that sometimes don't look each that antithetic from mean bureau chairs.

Considered arsenic a gaming chair, that terms surely feels much expensive, but isn't acold disconnected and is adjacent cheaper than immoderate of its competitors. It won't laic level oregon beryllium rather arsenic dominating arsenic thing similar the Titan Evo, but its benignant whitethorn precise overmuch marque up for its trade-offs.

Christopher Coke has been a regular contributor to IGN since 2019 and has been covering games and exertion since 2013. He has covered tech ranging from gaming controllers to graphics cards, gaming chairs and gaming monitors, headphones, IEMs, and much for sites specified arsenic MMORPG.com, Tom’s Hardware, Popular Science, USA Today’s Reviewed, and Popular Mechanics. Find Chris connected Twitter @gamebynight.