Get a standing desk with a bar stool. Standing is much more ergonomic than sitting. And the arrangement with the barstool lets you very naturally switch between sitting and standing. Your body will tell you what it wants and half a second later you have the better pose. Also invest in a monitor at the right height, ergonomic keyboard and vertical mouse. If you have wrist pain like I also did, try alternative keyboard layouts such as QFMLWY. And a Mac-style keyboard where you copy/paste with the strong thumb (Cmd), not the weak pinky (Ctrl).
Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
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Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#22Ikea MARKUS it's $200 but has been pretty good to me, the price of a used Aeron is higher. The things is the MARKUS has a 10 year warranty though Ikea and is pretty comfortable and a solid price. I have used both and they are both pretty comfy to me but the Aeron is too much to pay.
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#23I have an old Aeron I bought during my first work from home stint 10+ years ago. It's my daily chair for hours of time, and has held up wonderfully.
Cost me something like $600 back then, so at $60/year so far of service, it's cheaper than burning through cheap office depot chairs.
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#24Some old armchair/recliner my grandparents had, the chair or bench outside, or previously various couches.
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#25Ikea MARKUS it's $200 but has been pretty good to me, the price of a used Aeron is higher. The things is the MARKUS has a 10 year warranty though Ikea and is pretty comfortable and a solid price. I have used both and they are both pretty comfy to me but the Aeron is too much to pay.
This is my chair too. It's great: affordable, comfortable, and I've had it for years.
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#26If you are in a major city you can often find used "high-end" chairs for reasonable price. I'm on a 5-year-old used Aeron I got for $275. Herman Miller has made newer fancier chairs but I'll ride this one for probably a decade before I upgrade.
Used Herman Miller chairs are my favorite answer to this question.
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#27EAG Management. It's expensive, but I'm over the moon about it. Phenomenal chair. I got one for cheaper by ordering a scratch and dent (hardly) from the ebay store of a HM distributor.
edit: Also, you start seeing this chair _everywhere_ in movies and TV.
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#28The Ikea Volmar (which is now Vallfjället).
After having owned at least a couple of expensive chairs (including Herman Miller Embody), I came to the conclusion that office chairs over 500$ or so are a ripoff (or, to put in other words, they have a high marketing tax), for two reasons:
1. chair feeling is very individual; as long as a chair is robustly constructed, price has nothing to do with feeling
2. as long as a chair has enough knobs (or better: the right ones for one's body), again, price doesn't make a difference.
I actually find the Embody terrible on my body, as it has a hard lower back rest, and narrow shoulder rest that pushes the shoulders forward. YMMV - depending on the height, one may not suffer those pain points.
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#29> Can you recommend a chair
No.
I'm going against the grain of most replies here. It isn't a specific chair you need (perfectly good, bog standard office chairs are fully adjustable and ten a penny) but to instead take regular stretch breaks and don't slouch.
If I was a Silicon Valley geek, I'd recommend regular 10 minute yoga breaks, but since I'm British I find frequent walks around the garden with a cup of tea do the job just as well :-)
Re: Ask HN: What kind of chair are you using for WFH?
#30Ikea MARKUS it's $200 but has been pretty good to me, the price of a used Aeron is higher. The things is the MARKUS has a 10 year warranty though Ikea and is pretty comfortable and a solid price. I have used both and they are both pretty comfy to me but the Aeron is too much to pay.
I got one nearly brand new for $25 off Craigslist, which I think is a steal for the price. At $200 though, there’s some other competitors that I feel would be better.