Secretlab Titan Evo Review: Worth A$899?

The short answer: the Secretlab Titan Evo at A$899 is worth it if you order by the size chart and accept a firm, flat seat base; the cheaper AndaSeat Kaiser 3 at A$649 is the rational pick if it fits. Full rankings and the bench plan below.

Ask a PS5 forum which chair to buy and the thread converges on one answer before lunch: the Secretlab Titan Evo. It is the default enthusiast chair the way the Samsung 990 Pro is the default SSD, and around here defaults get audited, not applauded.

A$899 deserves the audit. That is more than half of our entire A$1,500 GTA 6 streaming setup, and within shouting distance of a serious 1440p 120Hz monitor. And with GTA 6 locked for Thursday November 19, 2026, the hours logged in front of a PS5 are about to climb across the board. At that point the chair stops being furniture and starts being equipment.

So, worth A$899? The short version: yes, with two conditions. Get the size right, because the S, R, and XL builds fit differently enough to make or break the purchase. And make peace with a firm, flat seat base before you order, because that is the one thing people genuinely bounce off. Two cheaper alternatives, the Corsair TC100 Relaxed at A$399 and the AndaSeat Kaiser 3 at A$649, are here to keep the price honest.

The field at a glance

The pick: Secretlab Titan Evo

The default enthusiast chair, and the default is earned. Three sizes, integrated 4-way adjustable lumbar, 165 degree recline, a choice of NEO Hybrid Leatherette or SoftWeave upholstery, and a warranty running up to 5 years. No other chair in this comparison ticks every one of those boxes at once, and that completeness is the actual product. The breakdown below covers where the money goes, and where it stings.

Sizing: the spec nobody reads

The Titan Evo ships in three builds: S, R, and XL. Most chair regret we see in setup threads traces back to size, not brand. A chair that fits is doing posture support work every minute you sit in it. A chair one size off is expensive upholstery.

Secretlab publishes a size chart keyed to height and weight. Use it, and order what it says even when the answer disagrees with your instinct. The R build is the default for a reason, but the S and XL exist because the default does not fit everyone, and pretending otherwise is how an A$899 chair ends up resold at A$500.

The three-size lineup is also the quiet argument against both alternatives. The TC100 Relaxed comes in one size, rated to 120kg. The Kaiser 3 comes in L and XL, rated to 180kg, which covers bigger sitters well but leaves smaller frames with nothing. The Titan Evo is the only chair here with a genuine small build, and for a lot of buyers that single fact ends the comparison.

Lumbar: integrated beats pillow

The headline structural feature is the lumbar system: 4-way adjustable and built into the backrest. You set it to your back once and it stays set, session after session.

The cheap way to do lumbar is a pillow, which is exactly what the TC100 Relaxed does with its memory foam cushion. Pillows work until they move, and they always move: every reach for a controller, every recline, every stand-up nudges the thing out of position. The Kaiser 3, to its credit, matches the Titan Evo with its own built-in 4-way adjustment, which is a large part of why it is the credible rival here and the TC100 is the compromise.

For posture support across long sessions, set-and-forget adjustment is what this category is actually about. It is the line we draw between chairs we shortlist and chairs we skip.

Upholstery: pick by climate, not by photos

Two options: NEO Hybrid Leatherette or SoftWeave fabric. Leatherette photographs better, wipes clean in seconds, and reads more premium in person. SoftWeave runs cooler and is more forgiving through an Australian summer in a room without all-day air conditioning.

Structure, sizing, lumbar, and warranty are identical across both, so this is a pure lifestyle call. Our lean: SoftWeave for hot rooms and long sessions, leatherette for shared spaces and desks where food happens. Decide on climate and cleaning habits, not on which colourway looks best in the product render.

Assembly: budget an hour, recruit a friend

The chair arrives flat-packed, and the box is heavy enough that stairs are a two-person conversation. Plan for about an hour of clear floor space. Nothing in the process requires skill, just patience, and the job moves from annoying to easy with a second pair of hands holding the backrest while the bolts go in. Sort the help before the box arrives, not after it is wedged in the hallway.

The warranty math

A$899 reads differently when you divide it by the coverage. Per covered year, lower is better:

The Titan Evo's warranty runs up to 5 years, which puts A$899 at roughly A$180 per covered year. The Kaiser 3 is the outright per-year winner: A$649 across 6 years is roughly A$108. And the budget option quietly loses this entire argument: the TC100 Relaxed at A$399 with a 2 year warranty is roughly A$200 per covered year, the worst rate in the field.

Two caveats. Warranty length is a manufacturer commitment, not a comfort guarantee. And note the "up to" in Secretlab's figure: coverage terms are the manufacturer's to define, so confirm the current conditions at checkout. Even so, warranty is the closest thing this category has to a rated spec, and it is the number we trust most on any chair sheet.

The catches

Two honest problems. First, the price. A$899 is a decision, not a purchase, and the A$250 gap to the Kaiser 3 buys a 2TB PS5 SSD with change. If the Kaiser 3 fits your frame, the Titan Evo has to win on size range, upholstery options, and track record, because it does not win on the spec table.

Second, the seat base. It is firm and flat, and it splits opinion right down the middle. Some sitters settle in and end up preferring it; others never stop noticing it. If your reference point is a plush office chair or a couch, the first weeks will feel stern. How that break-in curve actually plays out over months is exactly what the bench notes below are for.

The budget alternative: Corsair TC100 Relaxed

The right answer when the budget stops at A$400, with eyes open about what was cut. One size rated to 120kg, a memory foam lumbar pillow, 160 degree recline, fabric or leatherette upholstery, 2 year warranty. At A$399 it is less than half the Titan Evo, and it looks the part in a way most sub-A$400 chairs do not.

The cuts are structural, though, not cosmetic. The pillow lumbar needs repositioning all session. One size means it fits the middle of the bell curve and nobody else. And the 2 year warranty hands it the worst per-year cost in this comparison. For a few sessions a week it does the job with money left over. For daily long-session duty, the missing integrated lumbar is the corner that was cut to hit the price, and you will find it.

The mid alternative: AndaSeat Kaiser 3

The spreadsheet rival, and the chair that makes the Titan Evo sweat. Built-in 4-way adjustable lumbar, the same 165 degree recline, a longer 6 year warranty, and a A$250 lower price at A$649. Per covered year it is the cheapest chair in the field by a wide margin. On the comparison table above, it concedes nothing.

Where it loses is the size run: L and XL only, rated to 180kg. Bigger sitters are arguably covered better here than anywhere else in this price band, but smaller frames have no option at all, and a chair that is too big fails exactly the way a chair that is too small does. Upholstery is PVC leather or linen fabric, a fine pairing without quite matching Secretlab's range.

Our position: if the Kaiser 3's size chart fits you and brand cachet means nothing, it is the rational buy and we will not argue. The Titan Evo's case rests on fit range, upholstery choice, and a longer run as the category default. That case is real, but it is worth exactly A$250 and not a dollar more.

From the bench

A chair review without hours in the chair is a spec sheet with opinions. So this page gets the same treatment as our DualSense Edge long-term review: a long-term file that fills in as the hours accumulate, per our methodology. What we log for chairs:

• Session comfort notes at the 2, 4, and 6 hour marks, recorded per session
• Seat base break-in: when, and whether, the firm base stops being noticeable
• Lumbar drift: whether the 4-way adjustment holds its position over months of use
• Upholstery wear at the seat edge and lumbar zone, with photos
• Anything that creaks, loosens, or needs a re-torque

Until those notes land, the 8.7 is provisional and every figure above is the manufacturer's: sizes, weight ratings, recline angles, and warranty terms come from published spec sheets, and prices were checked at publish time.

How to choose

• Budget stops at A$400: Corsair TC100 Relaxed. A presentable chair with real compromises in lumbar and warranty. Fine for casual hours, outgrown by daily ones.
• Around A$650: AndaSeat Kaiser 3, if L or XL fits you. Integrated lumbar, the longest warranty here, and the best per-year math in the field. The rational pick for medium and large frames.
• A$899: Secretlab Titan Evo. The full size range including the only small build, two strong upholstery lines, integrated 4-way lumbar, and the category's deepest track record. Order strictly by the size chart and expect the seat base to feel firm for the first stretch.
• Any budget: size beats brand. Every dollar in this category is wasted if the chair does not fit the person in it.

The chair is the one piece of the setup you will use for every hour of GTA 6 and every game after it. Sort it before November 19, then run the rest of your gear through our PS5 readiness check to see what else needs attention before launch week.