AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair review
Looking for a chair with more bells and whistles than you can throw a neck pillow at? Then the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair is for you. This massage-enabled seat is much more than a gimmick, however, offering the comfort and support to enable extended, pain-free gaming sessions.
We’ll get the cool stuff out of the way, first. I’m unashamed to admit that upon plugging in the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair, I wasn’t immediately concerned with lumbar support. Instead, I was determined to kick the chair into overdrive, enabling every one of its fancy features simultaneously.
What features? Firstly, there’s a three-setting vibration feature which makes the base of the chair rumble. It’s not force-feedback, but it’s a novel feature, meant to emulate a massage. Then, there’s a cooling option, which blasts cold air from within the chair.
It also houses the opposite: a heating feature which warms up the base of the chair, along where AutoFull expects your legs to be. I was surprised by just how warm this gets, to the point where I was using the mid-setting, which kept me toasty without getting uncomfortable.
Then there’s the back massage option, again multi-setting, which is where things really get fun and a little bit weird. I was initially worried the chair had gained sentience and was about to break my spine as the lumbar support section advanced on my back. But once I’d put all thoughts of a covert, chair-shaped Terminator aside, I was able to lean into the massage. AutoFull states it offers “30mm deep-tissue penetration” (stop giggling at the back) and the pressure it applies is genuinely relaxing.
It lasts about 20 minutes, after which point it shuts off automatically, though there’s nothing to stop you leaning down and re-enabling. The buttons are, sadly, out of view from a sitting position, but your fingers will learn to find them. You can’t enable fan and heat together, but you can have three functions on the go, which satisfied my desire to kick the chair into overdrive.
Granted, that’ll sap the battery sooner rather than later, but I got a good two hours out of the removable battery, setting heat to medium and activating the massage function a few times. Previous iterations of this chair didn’t have a battery, which is what makes this the ‘plus’ model.
When it comes to powering the chair, you’ve got a fair amount of flexibility, which I appreciate. You can run the chair off a battery, via the power cable while the battery is charging, or remove the battery entirely and exclusively use mains power, as with previous models. You can even charge the battery outside of the chair using the built in USB-C port, which could be handy if AutoFull decides to sell additional batteries.
With all that internal gadgetry, I suspected putting the chair together would be a nightmare, but far from it. It’s easy to put together, with nothing more complicated than plugging one cable into another. It is heavier than some chairs but that’s to be expected because of the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair’s other major selling point: it is seriously sturdy.
I am not particularly svelte, but the M6 Ultra+ offers ample support. Even when I started meddling with the 160 degree recline function, I felt completely safe, and in no danger of tipping over. If you require a larger chair, you’ll find that the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair more than meets your needs.
I especially appreciate the wipe-clean polyurethane leather because, as much as I love the Boulies Master Series chair, the fabric still holds a faint paw print and I have no doubt my cat will discover the M6 Ultra+ 2.0’s heating feature.
Lumbar support is automatic, with the cushion shifting as you sit, but virtually every other aspect of the M6 Ultra+ 2.0 can be manually tweaked, from the movable neck support (which caters for the extra-tall) to the armrests, which can be placed at all manner of angles. There’s even a retractable footrest beneath the seat.
Unfortunately, what you can’t do with this chair is lock the armrests perfectly in place, which leads to my main, albeit minor, gripe with it. I’ve got into the habit of moving my chair by pulling on the armrests and half the time I do that, they move to an undesired angle. It’s not a dealbreaker, and I’m slowly getting used to moving the chair by its back, but it’s still mildly irritating.
The other factor to take into account when considering the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair is its asking price. The chair is set to release on April 14th, with an RRP in the region of £900. However, AutoFull typically has some kind of sale going on, so you should be able to get it for between £500 and £600. That’s still quite expensive but you do get a three-year warranty, which makes it easier to view the M6 Ultra+ as an investment.
This is a top-tier chair with a host of features that, while not essential, add a welcome degree of luxury. It’s sturdy enough to handle the bulk of body sizes, taller gamers included, and handles extended gaming sessions with ease (I’m looking at you, Resident Evil Requiem). If its price isn’t too rich for your blood, you’ll find the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair is a worthy, comfort-enhancing addition to your gaming setup.
This review of the AutoFull M6 Ultra+ 2.0 Gaming Chair was facilitated by a review unit provided by AutoFull. The chair will be available from AutoFull from April 14th.
