# Tall guy looking for a desk chair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-guy-looking-for-a-desk-chair/795042>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 29, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-guy-looking-for-a-desk-chair/795042 "2017-08-29T17:19:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-guy-looking-for-a-desk-chair/795042/1 "2017-08-29T17:19:05Z")

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I’m 6’5" and I’m looking for a desk chair that sits up at a good height so my feet can rest on the ground.

The most difficult thing to find is a high back to them where I can rest my head back without slouching down in the seat so my head can rest on the back.

The ones at Staples are good except they don’t have the high back to them and my head is over the top of them. I don’t know why what I’m looking for is not more of a thing. I guess they don’t want to waste the materials to make the backs higher or maybe that just works for most people.

Are there some other guys my height out there and which chair are you satisfied with?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-guy-looking-for-a-desk-chair/795042/2 "2017-08-29T18:35:17Z")

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[Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=tall+office+chair&oq=tall+office+&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.8448j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-guy-looking-for-a-desk-chair/795042/3 "2017-08-29T18:55:58Z")

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I’m 6’2". My home office is also my gaming center so I use [a gaming chair](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTUAGGH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1); the back’s top is a little higher than the top of my head.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-guy-looking-for-a-desk-chair/795042/4 "2017-08-29T18:58:43Z")

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If you’re serious about your chair (if you spend all day, every day in it like I do) I recommend [Sitmatic](http://sitmatic.com/)to build a custom chair based on your measurements.

I have a ridiculous body shape (extra short legs, extra long torso, wide ass) and have been sitting comfortably on my custom Sitmatic chair for over 10 years now. Well worth the money!

[Here’s their flier that shows how they target uniquely-sized people with their chairs.](http://sitmatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/AllAboutFit.pdf)