I'm personally a big fan of the Ikea Markus. Have tried much more expensive chairs and for some reason I prefer it.
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#13The Steelcase Leap is my personal favorite office chair of all time, but it retails for around $1,000.00. You can sometimes find them for cheaper if a company gets liquidated and is offloading their old equipment.
I regularly find refurbished liquidated Steelcase Leap v2 chairs in the Bay Area for between $250-350. Find a set of gel wheels on Amazon for $25 to replace the plastic casters and you've got a great chair. There's actually a used chair store right next to YC HQ in Mountain View.
That said, these days I slightly prefer the much cheaper Ikea Markus with the arm rests removed and angled at approx 135 deg.
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#14After going through a whole sequence of fancy office chairs, an exercise ball, a kneeling chair, and their odd ilk, I find my old (purchased in 1983) teak dining chair with arms and a wooden back and woven natural cord seat is the most comfortable for long stretches (4-5 hours).
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#15After going through a whole sequence of fancy office chairs, an exercise ball, a kneeling chair, and their odd ilk, I find my old (purchased in 1983) teak dining chair with arms and a wooden back and woven natural cord seat is the most comfortable for long stretches (4-5 hours).
My body hurts just reading this comment.
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#16Go second-hand. If you've had a good experience sitting on a particular chair in the past, consider one of those.
I'd sat in Aerons in workplaces, so I bought a second-hand one on Craiglist for about 50% of list price. It's still going strong 5 years later.
Be aware of the options. Aerons come with one of two forms of back brace (or neither) and in three sizes, for instance.
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#17I like the Humanscale Freedom. Wouldn't swap mine for anything.
I’m on the Humanscale Diffrient World, and it’s a really nice chair that also fits the OP’s budget
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#18Herman Miller Aeron, spring for the headrest and soft wheels.
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#19I'm personally a big fan of the Ikea Markus. Have tried much more expensive chairs and for some reason I prefer it.
Seconded.
I could have sit on it for 15 hours a day without problems. Other types of chairs caused back pain after only several hours.
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#20I have a Laura Davidson chair (clone of the Herman Miller Sayl)
https://www.lauradavidsondirect.com/products/bowery-manageme...
Some things are definitely not to the standard of the original (armrests) but the lumbar support and adjustments as well as the general fit are excellent for what I paid (~$200).
I had an armrest break and they sent me a new one the same day. And speaking to your request, they give you a 60 day trial.
I would buy another if I needed one. I spend 6+ hours in it regularly.