Secretlab TITAN Dark Knight Edition Gaming Chair Review

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Choosing a Model

The Omega is designed for height ranges of around 5’3″ to 5’11” and a weight limit of around 240lbs. It’s priced right at $349.99 to start. The TITAN has a recommended weight range of 5’9″ to 6’7″ and a weight limit of 290lbs. Its base price is $399.99. The TITAN XL recommends a height range of 5’11” to 6’10” and supports up to 390lbs at a starting price of $479.99.

As I’m 6′ and 230lbs., I opted for the standard TITAN. Once I decided on the brand, model, and size, I needed to pick a fabric and game logo. I could have stuck with the normal company logo, but screw that. The game logos are one reason to opt for Secretlab over the alternatives.

I opted for the Secretlab TITAN Dark Knight Edition. It’s an official licensed DC product and instead of having the normal Batman logo of the comics or the ones used in the various film adaptations, it features the version of the logo from the Arkham Games. I’m a huge fan of those so it was an easy choice for me. After all, I don’t play Overwatch or most of the other games listed. Like a Punisher skull, the Batman logo seems to improve anything it’s printed on.

Also, the Prime PU leather options shortened my shipping time. These chairs are ordered in waves and fulfilled in batches my whomever actually builds these. My first instinct was to go for cloth, but that would have delayed shipment. I normally prefer leather anyway, but it can get hot. I took a chance on that anyway and went with PU leather. You can get Napa leather, but it raises the price about $300 or so.

Ordering Experience

The company website is fantastic. I found what I was looking for quickly. I weighed my options, selected them and I could see how it impacted ordering.

After ordering my chair I had a six week wait time. After three weeks there was a knock at my door and to my great surprise, a beautiful package with Batman logos had arrived in half the quoted wait time to simply ship out, much less receive it. I actually received the chair a week earlier than a friend of mine who ordered a TITAN XL in cloth a week before I had.

Secretlab didn’t communicate during this whole process. Aside from an initial confirmation E-Mail, I got no other communication from them. Of course, I didn’t even know my chair had shipped so early so I wasn’t expecting any within this time frame either. I ended up receiving a nice surprise on a random Thursday afternoon.

Unboxing and Assembly

The packaging had some wear but was rather nice. I never expected such a nice box for a chair. It seems quite unnecessary given how quickly one tends to discard such an oversized box. That said, it adds to the experience that you’ve purchased a premium product. The first thing you notice when you open the box is a smell that’s almost identical to what you experience when you sit in a brand new car.

The second thing you notice is just how much care and attention was paid to the design of the packaging. There is no wasted space in the box. Everything is neatly and carefully wrapped. Inside the box, you have all the parts for the chair, tools for assembly, and of course, instructions.

There is a massive warning about not hitting the tilt adjustment while unboxing it or while assembling it. Secretlab doesn’t tell you what will happen if you do, but they scare the hell out of you about it. In truth, there is a screw in the lever that’s in there temporarily to prevent you from accidentally manipulating this lever. You would only be in danger of this during the initial removal of the seat bottom from the box. The screw holds the lever securely in place so there is no real danger.

The instructions are generic. They cover the Omega, TITAN, and TITAN XL chairs. This makes sense from a manufacturing standpoint, so I don’t have a problem with this. Most of the assembly is the same and what isn’t, is laid out clearly for the specific chair. Assembly is almost self-explanatory, but that scary warning about the lever will have you checking the instructions carefully. That and the fact that the chair is relatively expensive compared to other options on the market.

There is a tool kit that comes with it. Unlike the crappy Allen wrenches you get with your IKEA furniture, these carry over the premium experience offered by the rest of the package. They are in a clear plastic case and feel good in the hand. These tools allow you to cover the Allen wrench bolts and the Phillips head screw that hold the seat back adjustment lever in place during shipping.

The final touch are the plastic covers that cover up the bolts that hold the seatback to the bottom cushion. These are secured magnetically and don’t come off all that easily or accidentally. Because there aren’t any cheap or crappy plastic tabs for retention, they don’t feel like something that’s going to break off or fall off randomly one day.

Aesthetics

The Secretlab TITAN features a more reserved aesthetic than some gaming chairs have. Of course, this depends on the game logo you choose for it if you go for anything along those lines. The Dark Knight Edition is basic black, but the Cyberpunk 2077 is mostly yellow. It’s anything but reserved. But the chair lacks the carbon fiber accents and boy racer like designs that plague other chairs. There is nothing wrong with that if that’s what you’re into. I wanted something that was a bit more fun than an office chair and something that didn’t necessarily make my office look like a teenager’s bedroom.

Secretlab TITAN Dark Knight Edition Closeup of Batman Logo

Features and Adjustability

For features. It’s a chair. It’s not that complicated. That said, it does feature a reclining mechanism and a full tilt-back which allows you to almost lay perfectly flat in it. This isn’t something I did with the chair more than a couple of times but you could sleep in it if you wanted to or needed to for some reason. It also features arms that adjust forward, back up, or down and you can pull the arm pylons out from the side of the chair to widen their placement. Although, these were perfectly adjusted for me out of the box. That’s the only adjustment that requires the use of tools. You have to loosen two screws per side to move the armrests out from the seating area.

Secretlab TITAN Dark Knight Edition Lumbar Adjustment

The chair’s seat reclines back a bit from a normal office chair type of paddle. You simply turn it up or down to lock and unlock the mechanism. The tilt-back is adjusted like a racing car seat. There is a lever you pull and the seatback snaps forward like it would in a car and you use your back to position it. The arms move forward and back via buttons at the thumb position when sitting with your arms in the armrest. The armrests raise and lower via tabs you pull up on under the armrests. The adjustments are notched so you can feel each locking position as you move the armrests up and down.

Taking additional queues from the automotive world, the lumbar adjustment is a wheel-like you’d find in manual car seats. It’s a bit hard to reach while sitting in the chair, but it can be done if you lean far enough forward.

Secretlab Memory Foam Pillow

The chair has a high back but it doesn’t really have a headrest as such. If you were to lay your head back, you can use the built-in seat back but only if you are fairly narrow. For my body, my shoulders are too wide to do this comfortably so I had to use the included memory foam pillow. This thing is utterly amazing. While the headrest cushions that these chairs use always seemed kind of gimmicky to me, it is none the less very comfortable and well-executed here. The pillow has a microsuede material that’s soft to the touch. It also had a well-made strap that secures it in place. The memory foam itself is amazing. It returns to its shape very quickly and when you lay your head on it, your melon simply sinks into it slowly in a way that’s deeply satisfying.

Of course, chairs like this have castors which are probably the only real part of the chair that feels like a compromise in the quality department. They are sturdy, but look a bit on the cheap side. They lack the attention to detail seen throughout the rest of the design. However, they do work incredibly well on multiple surfaces. The chair rolls smoothly but does require some deliberate action to get it going. This prevents the chair from rolling around when you don’t intend to do it.

Dan Dobrowolski
Dan has been writing motherboard reviews for the past 15 years, with the first decade or so writing for [H}ard|OCP. Dan brings his depth of knowledge about motherboards and their components to his reviews here at The FPS Review to help you select the best one for your needs.

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