Gaming chairs have come a long way from stiff, race-inspired seats with flashy logos that do little more than quietly destroy your back. As a gamer, and as someone who’s worked in the gaming industry their entire life, I unfortunately learned that lesson the hard way.
You see, as you get older, your body starts pushing back against bad habits, and for me, long hours in poorly designed gaming chairs and bad posture finally caught up. Around five or six years ago, I ditched the “gaming” label entirely and moved to a more traditional, comfy office chair. It was nothing exciting or flashy, just something that actually supported my back.
So when DXRacer reached out in late 2025, asking me to test their new Martian Pro chair, I was skeptical. Very skeptical. Still, the promise of real comfort, long-term support, and tech-forward features like electric adjustments, built-in seat heating and cooling, and even a massager, I had to agree, and it was a decision that ended up surprising me for the better.
A Premium Gaming Chair
Out of the box, the DXRacer Martian Pro Chair feels like a premium product. Everything from the seat to the armrests and frame feels solid, and far surpasses the quality of other gaming chairs on the market. The build was relatively simple and took around 20 minutes, and after I made the stupid mistake of building it downstairs to take it up to my office, it was time to put it through its paces.
I’ve had the chair for a good eight or nine weeks now, and one of the more surprising features is its comfort. I don’t just mean the seat feels comfy, which it does, but the features it offers bring a lot more quality of life. Have a niggle in your back? No worries, turn on the massager for ten minutes. Is it hot outside? No problem, turn on the seat cooler. It’s these types of features that make working and gaming for long hours manageable.
The seat itself is firm, but not too harsh, and after eight weeks of daily use of sometimes 12-hour work sessions, it’s still in pristine condition. It doesn’t feel like it’s being “broken in” too much, or feel like it’s going to lose its quality any time soon. As with most gaming chairs, the arm rests move to cater to a wide range of body sizes and postures, but the headrest pillow is a standout feature for me. On previous gaming chairs, the pillow would just go around the top of the chair with an elastic strap, but with the Martian Pro, it’s a magnetic pillow that sticks to the back, ensuring it stays in place without any movement.
A Technical Marvel
What I particularly love about the Martian Pro is that it feels like the next step up in a gaming chair. The chair’s real standout feature is all of the electronics that have been incorporated. Gone are the clunky and flimsy pedals to adjust your position, and instead, it’s all now smoothly adjusted with the click of a button. The lumbar support, which uses a built-in airbag system, has been great in being able to adjust it perfectly to match my posture.
I was initially concerned about having a wire going from the plug socket to the chair, which, in hindsight, is a little on the shorter side, but the chair’s built-in battery means that you can get plenty of use without it being plugged in. The chair can go a good couple of weeks using all of its features on occasion (massage, heating, cooling, adjustments), and when the time comes, it seems to charge fully in a matter of hours.
Downsides
So, are there any downsides to the DXRacer Martian Pro? Well, like most things in life, nothing is perfect. The biggest and most obvious drawback is the price, which comes in around 580 pounds for UK customers. It’s definitely justifiable once you actually use it, but the price may prove a hard barrier of entry to a lot of people (although it’s currently sold out in the UK at the time of writing).
Another small issue, as mentioned before, is that the charging wire is on the shorter side, probably just a metre long. It’s something I was able to get around easily, but I suspect it may be hard to navigate for others.
Overall, I think the DXRacer Martian Pro is a brilliant chair, and it’s something I will be using for the foreseeable future.
You can learn more about the DXRacer Martian Pro gaming chair here!
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