The armrest that finishes the chair. You're either configuring your first Vyper chair right now and wondering if armrests are worth it, or you've been using your Vyper for a while and your forearms have been hanging dead at your sides through every bench session. Either way, the answer is the same. Armrests change how the chair feels at hour three, hour five, hour eight. They give your shoulders somewhere to drop. They give older buyers something solid to hold while sitting down and standing up. They steady your arms for the welds, the cuts, and the work where your hands actually matter.
Now compatible with EZ-Lift chairs along with all Quick Height and Acme Rod models. Adjustable height, width, and pad angle dial in the fit to your build, your bench, and the work.
Fits: All Robust Steel Max & Elevated Steel Max models
Compatible with the Big Boy Attachment
Not compatible with the Sidekick Attachment
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Why You Need This Accessory
Gives your forearms a place to rest so your shoulders aren't tense by lunch
Helps older buyers and customers with mobility issues sit down and stand up safely
Steadies your arms for welding, routing, and any precision work where your hands matter
Turns your Vyper chair into the most comfortable bench or office chair you'll ever own
Adjusts for height, width, and pad angle so it fits any build and any workstation
Now compatible with EZ-Lift chairs (plus all Quick Height and Acme Rod models)
Pairs with the Big Boy Attachment for the most comfortable Vyper build possible
30-Day 100% Money Back Guarantee
We get it. The price is more than you've spent on a shop fan before, and you can't test it before you buy it. That's why every Vyper purchase comes with a 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee. Set it up, use it, put it through a real weekend in your shop. If it's not what we said it was, send it back within 30 days and we'll refund every penny and cover the return shipping. We’ve got you covered, so you’re risk-free.
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Limited Lifetime Warranty
You've been burned by warranties before. The fine print, the runaround, the chatbot that loops you back to FAQs. That's not how Vyper works. Steel frame, hardware, and casters are covered for life. Cushions, mechanisms, and everything else are covered for 5 years. If something fails, give us a call (920) 301-3822 or email sales@vyperindustrial.com and a real person at our Green Bay headquarters picks up. Someone that knows the products and can help you along the way. We stand behind every shop stool we ship.
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Without armrests, your forearms hang dead at your sides while you work the bench. Your shoulders drop. By hour two your traps are tight and your elbows ache. The Adjustable Armrest gives you a place to rest your forearms while you work the bench, welding, routing, fine assembly, computer work, paperwork. The chair stops working you and starts working with you.
NEED TO STABILIZE YOUR ARMS FOR PRECISION WORK
TIG welders. Router work. Detail painting. Fine fabrication. Anything where your hands need to be steady. Resting your forearms on a fixed surface stops the small movements that ruin a weld bead or a finish line. Reviewers tell us the armrests make the difference between fighting their hands and letting the work happen.
ARE GETTING OLDER OR HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES AND NEED TO SIT DOWN SAFELY
A real pattern in our reviews: customers in their 60s, 70s, and 80s buying the armrest specifically for safety. Disabled customers. Amputees. Customers with bad knees who need something to push off when standing up. Customers worried the chair will roll out from under them when they sit. The armrests give you something solid to hold while you sit down and stand up. It's not a comfort upgrade, it's a confidence upgrade.
WANT TO TURN YOUR VYPER CHAIR INTO THE ULTIMATE OFFICE CHAIR
A real pattern in our reviews: buyers use a Vyper chair at their desk and replace whatever they had before. The Adjustable Armrest is what completes that build. Adjustable height matches your desk. Adjustable width fits your build. Adjustable angle finds the right pad position for typing, reading, or just sitting back to think. The shop chair that doubles as the best office chair you'll ever own.
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BUILT IN WISCONSIN
Every Vyper chair is hand-built in Green Bay, Wisconsin. No cheap parts, no shortcuts. Every component fabricated by Americans who give a damn about what they build.
30-DAY RISK-FREE TRIAL
Sit in it for a month. Roll it across your shop floor. Beat on it. If it's not the best chair you've ever owned, send it back for 100% of your money.
SHIPS FREE & FAST
The ADJUSTABLE ARMREST ships free to your door from our Wisconsin facility. Most orders go out within 48 hours, and you'll get tracking the moment it leaves the dock. No surprise fees, no third-party warehouse delays.
GOOD GUY WARRANTY
Stuff happens. A caster wears out, a bolt strips, a weld doesn't hold. If rare event ever happens, send it back and we'll replace it. Frame, casters, and hardware are covered for life. Everything else is covered for 5 years.
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It was great addition to the seat easy to install looks great and makes the chair more comfortable to sit in i love it and i get a lot of compliments from my co workers.
Today my sidekick arrived l immediately installed it on my chair. It looks so good and it going to give me the space I need for spray can towels and tools. The sidekick is solid
Best shop chair I have ever owned looked up on web and found viper brought 1 liked it my wife sat in it she had to have 1 brought the 2nd elevated it was to high gave her mine needed the lower one brought 3 one. Now I have 3 viper chairs and I love 💕 all 3 thanks viper you got me for life oh yeah also brought the creeper love all viper products made in the USA!!!!
I like the functionality but I have to say installing was difficult because I wanted the armrest to be as close to the seat extensions as possible, which created resistance and getting the through bolts in for the armrest was very difficult. Also the thumb bolts for holding the armrest pad pads are too small to tighten adequately to lock the armrest in place. So they are always sliding around.
This is a fantastic accessory for the Vyper chair. The parts are made of heavy gauge steel, and there is flexibility in how wide the arm rests attach. This gives you plenty of room if you are on the wide side, and it will still be incredibly sturdy. My only regret is that I didn’t see the small hotlink on the ordering page to edit the order and change the color to match the rest of the chair. That’s O.K., I’ll get it right on the next chair!
this is a must for the chair I had purchased earlier; the arm rest brings stability & comfort to the chair when getting on & off the chair. without the arm rest I didn't feel comfortable getting on as I was afraid it would roll out from me. GREAT product
Andy
I like the chair very much. I have placed it in my model studio in front of my paint booth. I build plastic static models and it's a great addition to the studio. It's really more chair than I need but, I like the design and the way it's made. Great chair.
Thanks,
Bill Booth
The armrest are fine. The knobs on the bottom don’t stay tight and I have one of the wheels on the chair that no matter what way I lock lock or unlock it it drags.
i really like the arm rest because due to a medical condition I need the arms to assist me when I get up out of the chair. The only other thing that would improve on it would be that the side-kick could be used with it. Thanks for making a great product.
I love my new shop chair. I want to make that perfectly clear. This review is simply to say that you shouldn’t have let me order both the cup and tool holder as well as the adjustable arms. Only one or the other can be used and give the number of bolts required to put this together it’s not a simple process to switch them out all the time.
I was very happy when Viper made available the color of my Tribute chair. It now goes above and beyond. Thank you for making U.S.A. Chairs and great other items.
Great Chair! I have the Robust steel EZ lift with Big Boy seat and the adjustable seat back with adjustable arm rests. I am using it for my office chair as I think it will be a better fit for comfort. So far I love it as it really helps my posture at the desk. I was a mechanic for 25 years before doing this work and wished for a chair like this numerous times. I will give another update once I have used it for a bit.
Well built chair & very stable . Glad I got the big boy seat and arm rest. Had to move arm rest in a hole. Tight fit but it worked out.So far it’s being used as a computer chair in my wood shop. Might get the adjustable back rest in the future. It’s nice to spoil yourself every now and then. Wife will get over it someday. Ha!
This is the third item I have gotten from Vyper. Started with chair and then fat boy seat and added the armrest. Quality workmanship throughout. Some difficulty with written instructions. Printed text was pretty weak. Thank God for Youtube.
Adjustable Backrest: Replaces the stock backrest with a 10° tilt and 4" of height adjustment, for buyers who want to dial in lumbar support exactly.
Adjustable Armrest: A solid grip for sitting down and standing up, and most importantly, to improve posture / stability.
Big Boy: Adds 7" of seat width, for larger frame buyers or anyone who wants more room and stability.
Tool Tray: Bolts to the underside of the chair to hold sockets, loose bolts, and shop rags.
Sidekick: Side-mounted attachment with cup holders, a tool holder, and storage for spray bottles, polishers, and shop towels.
All accessories are made in Green Bay, Wisconsin and ship with the same warranty and 30-day guarantee as the chairs themselves.
What's the difference between the Sidekick and the Tool Tray, and do I need both?
TheSidekick mounts on the side of the chair for what you're actively using (spray bottles, polishers, microfibers, a cold drink), while the Tool Tray bolts underneath for what you've already used or what might fall (loose bolts, dropped sockets, shop rags, small parts).
They're built to work together, not against each other. Detailers and fabricators who run the Complete Package (Robust Steel Max + Tool Tray + Sidekick) consistently say the two-accessory combo turns the chair into a real mobile workstation. Sidekick at hand for the polisher you're using right now, Tool Tray below for the spent microfibers and parts. If you can only pick one, the Tool Tray is the accessory most buyers later say they wish they'd added from day one.
Can I use the Big Boy and the Sidekick together on the same chair?
No. The Big Boy and the Sidekick cannot be installed on the same chair, they mount in the same location and you have to pick one. Our specialists at (920) 301-3822 can walk you through the right choice if you're not sure.
The decision is usually clean. If you're a larger-frame buyer (or an older buyer wanting more leverage when standing), get the Big Boy. If you're a detailer, fabricator, or anyone who works with supplies at the seat all day, get the Sidekick. The Adjustable Backrest, Adjustable Armrest, and Tool Tray all work with either choice, so you don't lose any other accessories by picking one over the other.
Is the Adjustable Backrest worth the upgrade over the stock backrest?
For most buyers, the stock backrest is built right and works exactly as designed. The Adjustable Backrest is the upgrade for the buyer who lives in the chair, taller height range, up to 10° of recline, and the ability to dial in the support position to your specific body and the way you actually work.
Roughly half of buyers add it during initial chair configuration. The other half buy it months later, after deciding they want to fine-tune the backrest position even further. Reviewers consistently describe it as the upgrade that turns the chair from "comfortable" into "I never want to get up." Compatible with the Robust Steel Max and Elevated Steel Max chairs, and pairs with either the Big Boy or the Sidekick.
Who should buy the Big Boy attachment?
The Big Boy adds 7" of additional seat width, built for two specific buyers: larger-frame customers (280 lbs and up, or anyone who finds the standard seat too narrow) and older buyers who want more leverage when sitting down and standing up.
Reviewers consistently call it a confidence upgrade. The wider seat means you don't have to perfectly center yourself when sitting, and the wider surface gives you something to push off when standing. It's the most-recommended upgrade in the Vyper review base for buyers in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. Available on all Vyper chairs except the Low-Pro and Robust Steel Sport. Cannot be combined with the Sidekick.
Can I add Vyper accessories to a chair I already own?
Yes. Every Vyper accessory is designed to bolt onto chairs already in your shop, you don't have to buy them at the same time as the chair. Roughly half of buyers add accessories during the initial chair configuration. The other half buy them weeks or months later, after deciding what they actually need.
The Tool Tray, Sidekick, Big Boy, Adjustable Backrest, and Adjustable Armrest all install with basic hand tools and ship with instructions and hardware included. If you bought your Vyper chair years ago, the accessories from today's lineup are still compatible with the standard chair models. Call (920) 301-3822 if you're not sure whether an accessory fits an older chair.
Which Vyper accessories work with the Low-Pro and Robust Steel Pro stools?
The Big Boy is not compatible with the Low-Pro, but is compatible with the Robust Steel Sport. The Tool Tray and Sidekick are designed primarily for the Robust Steel Max and Elevated Steel Max chair frames. For a stool-specific tool-holding solution, the Robust Steel Pro ships with a built-in stationary tool tray as a standard feature, no add-on required.
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