X4 Executive leather chair review

X-Chair's X4 offers oodles of class and comfort, but not all buying options are essential.

5 Star Rating
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Our Verdict

X-Chair offers four iterations of ultimately the same chair, with an abundance of options, including different materials such as memory foam. In its fourth iteration, the X4 Executive leather chair provides deep comfort and exceptional support and is very adjustable. We're not 100% convinced by all the options, such as the massage and heating features, but for an ergonomic chair, this is close to perfect.

For

  • Fantastic quality build
  • Comfortable
  • Highly adjustable

Against

  • Too many buying options
  • Not sold on the massage/heater

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Update (December 2023): After another year of using X-Chair's X4 chair as one of my primary work seats, I've decided to up the score from its initial 4.5 stars out of 5, to a full 5. In short, it's really hard to fault this beautifully built chair, and it remains supremely comfortable and supportive 16-plus months after first using it. Back to the original review...

X-Chair is somewhat the new kid on the block. Whereas the likes of Herman Miller and HÅG have been releasing iconic office chairs for decades, X-Chair is relatively new on the scene. But they are no pretenders, and instead of trying to compete with the output of the aforementioned chair producers, X-Chair has played it clever. The US company has put all its focus into making the very best single ergonomic, stylish chair that they can. There's one major design – the X-Chair – and then there are iterations of that main design (X1 to X4, plus the X-Tech for the US market), which range from $799/£685 to $1,299.99/£1,063. 

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The Verdict
10

out of 10

X4 chair

X-Chair offers four iterations of ultimately the same chair, with an abundance of options, including different materials such as memory foam. In its fourth iteration, the X4 Executive leather chair provides deep comfort and exceptional support and is very adjustable. We're not 100% convinced by all the options, such as the massage and heating features, but for an ergonomic chair, this is close to perfect.

Beren Neale
Ecom Editor

Beren has worked on creative titles at Future Publishing for over 13 years. Cutting his teeth as Staff Writer on the digital art magazine ImagineFX, he moved on to edit several creative titles, and is currently the Ecommerce Editor on the most effective creative website in the world. When he's not testing and reviewing the best ergonomic office chairs, phones, laptops, TVs, monitors and various types of storage, he can be found finding and comparing the best deals on the tech that creatives value the most.

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