![]() Since I finished building the chair completely, that piece has fallen off three times. I was able to get it back on, but noticed that the inserts weren’t perfectly shaped for their holes. This may be the shipper’s fault but shows that the piece may not be 100% secured and is scratchable. My package came with all the parts however, the side plastic covering the mechanics where the seat and backrest meet fell off during shipment and was scuffed. The first victory in any assembly project is having all the pieces. Cooler Master has an installation video on its website, but I was able to build my review chair with the included print-out instructions (also available here). Assembling the Cooler Master Caliber R2īuilding the Caliber R2 took about an hour, and while it was handy to have a friend for the final step, I could’ve done it completely on my own. I appreciate Cooler Master not overdoing it with logos, but you still pay the price through the Cooler Master Purple dominating the chair. The back of the Caliber R2’s head holds a Cooler Master logo crafted of discrete black stitching. While the frame is steel, the base / legs are metal. The Cooler Master Caliber R2 sits on an aluminum base, and there are five 3.4-inch (60mm) casters to pop in. Divets in the holder on the backrest do a good job of keeping those straps in place. ![]() Handily, you can place the lumbar pillow lower or higher on your spine, thanks to the strap mechanism. So if you prefer softer lumbar support, you should look elsewhere. As someone who likes a lot of attention here, I found this fabulous, but the pillow also doesn’t give much. The lumbar pillow, on the other hand, is properly stuffed to provide an impressive amount of support. The bulky headrest’s strap isn’t adjustable, so it’d easily pop off the chair when I tried finding a way to make it a welcomed addition to the chair. ![]() The former looks like a car seat headrest and is unforgivably thick, resisting my head as I tried to lay into it. They can move up or down and lock in three different positions (left, center or right).īoth the included neck pillow and lumbar pillow are removable. The armrests on the Caliber R2 are quite hard and hardly showed any give at all when I squeezed them with maximum strength. However, the backrest on the Caliber R2 was quick to return to shape after being smushed. The Secretlab Omega 2020 I use regularly has more consistent thickness in its backrest. The backrest, meanwhile, had some areas that were thicker than other areas. Because it was less dense, I could almost feel the steel frame in the winged areas when I squeezed them. In general, the Caliber R2 was comfortable to sit in, but I could tell that the backrest wasn’t stuffed to the max with its cut foam. These are minor issues but also unappreciated ones for a chair that costs $300. On top of that, there were a couple of small, loose threads on the back of the chair., as well as some worn material on the left armrest. No part of the chair is that ultra-buttery soft you sometimes find with premium leather, but it stayed cool without getting slippery or slick, even after hours of use. The PU leather on the Caliber R2 shows varying textures, from its smooth black parts, to its slightly textured purple wings and aerated cutouts on the backrest and cold-molded foam seat. PU means the artificial leather uses polyurethane, a polymer that’s supposed to be stronger and tougher than rubber, while offering more flexibility than plastic and fighting off abrasion.
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