The AndaSeat Phantom 4 Pro brings a lot to the table, but comfort takes a back seat for impressive ergonomics

AndaSeat's Phantom 4 Pro is an odd gaming chair that's built first and foremost around adaptive lumbar support that shifts and twists to your spine. It's not easy to use, though, and, while plenty supportive, isn’t exactly comfortable.

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  Remarkably sturdy, with solid build quality

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  360° fully rotational armrests

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  Auto-tracking lumbar support

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  Full ergonomic certification

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  Lumbar adjustment is not intuitive

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  Hard seat base isn't comfortable

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  Limited max weight and height

AndaSeat Phantom 4 Pro: One-minute review

I've reviewed pretty much every AndaSeat gaming chair launched in the last two years, and I've got to say the Phantom 4 Pro line is the most confusing of the lot. It doesn't quite know what it wants to be, straddling two lanes of design decisions, compromising on one more so than the other.

The big talking point is the adaptive lumbar support that ...