Has anyone ever really invested in a chair to take care of their back? They have a nice one for $2200-2800 range.
I’m having a lot of joint pain and longterm effects of bad posture and medical problems, and this chair has controls for all the axes involved. It’s great in the store. I just worry big ticket purchases feel different at home.
I looked around and most ergonomic office chairs have almost no controls, basically height only. I couldn’t find competing products for a chair with all these options, at $2500 or any price.
The big question is what is their return policy. I expect a fair number of people here have bought mattresses which felt great in the store–but were not all that great after being purchased.
Or perhaps you could rent one for a month from somewhere.
I don’t know what you’re looking at, but you can certainly find good, name brand office chairs with many adjustments for well under $2,500. Here is one from Steelcase for about $1,000. Here is another. Even some of the ones at Staples for about $200 or less have a variety of adjustments.
About 15 years ago I got their Lifeform Executive High Back Office Chair. I’m still sitting in it today. I’m a video editor and sometimes spend 12-14 hr a day in it. It appears they still offer the same chair – at least it looks like the same one. I don’t remember the price back then, but it was expensive.
After I had it for about one year the swivel mechanism started making a noise when I leaned back. They came on site and fixed it for free. Except for that it still works fine and the leather surfaces are in good shape.
Like you I questioned spending that much money on it back then but it’s very adjustable and comfortable. If it broke or wore out I would do the usual market survey of what’s available today. If I could find something cheaper that worked that well I would get it, but back in 2003 it was the best I could find.
I’ve seen some chairs designed for video gaming which seem to have lots of controls and aren’t nearly as expensive. Unfortunately the fit of a chair is very individual, so without plenty of time to try it out it’s difficult to say how well it would suit you.
Well, these are not executive chairs, meaning there are less options and more importantly they’re not as comfortable for long sittings, watching videos, etc. $1000 for one of them might be steeper than the purchase I’m considering.
I’ve been in all the chairs at Staples and I know they would be no good for me. They barely have any where you can adjust even one of the axes anymore. I bought an executive chair over ebay and I did a little diligence first, but it sucks, for $200.
This is the one I’m considering. Thank you for finding this thread. I’m overjoyed that you have had a good experience. What is the warranty that you are under when you buy? 15 years is a very good review.
They are making some gaming chairs that look cool but I have a feeling they aren’t as comfortable as they look.
So what I linked to were office chairs while you’re looking at executive chairs. What’s the difference? And BTW, how is a thousand-dollar chair cheaper than the one you’re considering that costs in the “$2200-2800 range”? On the other hand, it’s your money.
BTW, twenty or thirty years ago, my mother worked for the phone company. They spent thousands on ergonomic office chairs and then did a study. Some large percentage of the staff never changed any of the adjustments but instead used the chairs as they came. Perhaps you won’t do that but rather than spending all this money on a fancy chair, how about getting an ergonomics consultant to advise you how your posture and workspace should be adjusted? (And I say that as I’m sitting here slouched in a cheap-ass office chair.)
This is the chair I was looking at. I think you can see it’s in a different category of product. Yes, an exec chair is more comfortable and padded. Your chairs don’t seem to be adjustable along any axis. Check the cited chair.
One of these for 2500 seems comparable or even favorable to the pricing that your chairs have at $1000 is my point, depending on needs.
I’ve been looking into an in home ergonomic consult. Is there a professional category to do it for an individual. I haven’t had any luck on google so far. I’m going to go to a chiro too. It might be wise to wait til I do this to make a purchase.
When I moved, I bought a really good quality office chair for my computer station, and it murdered my back, no matter how many of the infinite vabiables of adjustment I tried. I threw it a away and replaced with a 4.97 plastic stackable chair from WalMart, and my back is perfect, after more than ten years.
Sometimes there is too much choice I guess. I just want to be able to use the chair to recline healthily, as well as sit up and work. I might see if I can play guitar in it.
Did you find out any back wisdom in your travels? What did Drs say?
I think it’s possible to buy chairs that say they are good and have them not be. Most things are meant now to be disappointments and thrown away. That’s exactly my mission now: to get the real thing.