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Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by aggie »

vlokshin wrote: post #52

Just went pretty deep in researching these... If you're not budget conscious, look at the Herman Miller Aeron, Steelcase Leap V2, Steelcase Gesture, or Humanscale Freedom. Budget, seems to be a serious crapshoot. Lots of people like the top end Ikea chairs and those will cost 1/4 as much, but depends on if they fit your body and if you're ok with rigid arms. Steelcase Leap V2 seems like the winner to me. Most adjusta…

I have a fully-adjustable chair from Office Depot similar to this one for $350: https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/448575/WorkPro-Quantu...

$450 for separate lumbar support: https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9518879/WorkPro-12000...

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by tobylane »

An exercise ball, the right one for the height of your desk. I'm tall, at a high fixed desk, so I'm on a 75cm ball. It forces me to wiggle a little, and to straighten my back. They're better than the mesh chairs, and under £40. It's certainly more acceptable for home than the office, though I hope that changes.

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by wink »

I got a Steelcase Gesture a few years ago, I found a marked down exhibition piece with a few scratches. It's the best office chair I've ever had, but I've never had a Herman Miller, so not sure how they compare.

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by wink »

moepstar wrote: post #14
Someone1234 wrote: post #4

Steelcase Leap. I went and sat in a bunch of high end office chairs including the Herman Miller Aeron, Herman Miller Embody, and Steelcase Gesture. I feel like the HM chairs are a lot more "opinionated" about how you sit, and sitting wrong will be punished with pain (e.g. back of the legs for folding your legs under the chair). I have heard that shorter people find them more comfortable though (6'1" here). The Steelc…

I find the not-really-locking arms on the Gesture infuriating - this is my chair, i sit on it each and every day and after some initial adjustment i don't expect it to move, like, at all :/

While they are not "locking" it happens to me like once a month that I move the chair too near to the desk and twist them. It hardly ever happens with my elbows, so this might not be a problem for other people.

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by inertiatic »

eHNTi wrote: post #39

None! I use a very uncomfy IKEA wooden step to sit on. I've got a standing desk for years and had a treadmill for a while. But those are loud and take up too much space. You don't WANT to be comfortable. You need to move your body and be forced to stand up as much as you can. Otherwise your body will wither. Every artificial "support" will tell you body it doesn't need to support that part on it's own. That's true fo…

I don't think being comfortable when you're supposed to be comfortable and be able to focus on other things is a bad thing.

You can be uncomfortable outside of your focus or leisure time and be perfectly healthy.

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by shem73 »

gulbrandr wrote: post #34

I use the Variable balans chair from Varier [1]. It is particularly useful to keep your back straight and in a good position. It's also important to place your screen at the correct height to avoid neck pains. [1] https://varierchairs.com/product/variable-balans-quickship/

I've had a Stokke Duo for 23 years. Varier is a new name for the company and the Duo is a milder version of Varier Gravity Balans [1]. It's been so good that I just recently had it reupholstered. I've tried Gravity and find it excellent as well. With a nudge you can change between four different positions. The positions are quite stable, it's not like a rocking chair.

[1] https://varierchairs.com/product/gravity/

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by pxtail »

tareqak wrote: post #62

I got the Steelcase Gesture based on the recommendation from The Wirecutter here: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-office-chair/ . I like it.

My Steelcase Gesture has uneven armrests, after I noticed it I also checked other chairs in the office and almost every one of them has this flaw. It's not much - maybe 0.5cm but it is impossible to adjust it to same level. It's not that much of a problem - after sitting for a while and concentrating on work my mind loses 'awareness' of this problem (or maybe body adjusts? skews?) Another thing is that seat/seat angle is profiled in such way that I have feeling of slowly sliding down over time. Overall chair is sturdy solid etc. but for this price it shouldn't have mentioned flaws. I wouldn't buy it again.

Re: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

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Post by joshschreuder »

Krasnol wrote: post #50
tummybug wrote: post #40

Probably not the answer you want to hear but the best office chair is no chair. I only have a standing desk at home and my back/legs are so much better after 3 weeks of WFH than they have ever been.

It surely is not something for everybody. I'm almost 2m tall so always had back and chair problems so I took the opportunity to switch my desk to a standing one for 4 months with a college who went on a project abroad. It was hell from the first to the last day. Not only was standing problematic, it distracted me so much I got angry and used every opportunity to get away from it and to sit and talk to other colleges…

I’m tall too (190) and found standing very uncomfortable too. I had a standing mat and monitor arms too, and I think it made my mid back pain worse than it was before. I think a lot of ergonomic recommendations are very personal.
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