CHAIR THREAD
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Gentlemen, in your professional opinion, is a 600$+ chair worth the price difference from an average priced 250$ one?
I just went to the Herman Miller showroom in Dallas. After being there for an hour I dropped $1200 on a loaded aeron.
Never thought I'd do it, but it's a fucking great chair.
>>53523498
i bought a 200$ from a chain office store. I put down for extended warrenty. i plan on returning it and upgrading to a nicer chair like that one
If you can tolerate a used one you can have the best of both worlds.
Yeah before I plunked down the cash for a new aeron I looked on Craigslist. They have a shit ton for ~500. No warranty though. So it's a give and take.
>>53524508
This. 600+ dollar chairs are built to last. I'm sitting on a near-mint Logic 400 chair with all accesoires. Bought it second-hand for 1/4 of the retail price. I was lucky, though.
Expect to pay somewhere between 1/3 and half of the retail price. Also, if you decide on a Logic 400, know that the head-rest is shit tier. Everything else is fantastic.
Looking at a haworth very task myself, anyone have any advice there on the company or chair? Can get it for 500.
http://www.haworth.com/home/seating/task/very-task
>>53524447
That's pretty expensive to be perfectly honest
Would you say it's a fair price for what you get or are they banking on their fame and limited options in high-end chair market?
>>53524770
not OP, but we use Herman Miller Aerons at the office. Never used one before then and never paid more than $200 for a desk chair in my life.
After using the aeron for over a year now, I would easily shell out $1000+ for one if I was working from home full time. They're that good anon.
>>53523498
Haven't tried anything in the $250 range but I upgraded from an Ikea to the one in your pic and it's worth it for the build quality alone. Ikea chairs just don't last.
is this good?
http://www.needforseatusa.com/MAXNOMIC-TITANUS-ORANGE_p_139.html
best cheap chair, it's pretty comfy for me
what's the best task chair (chair w/o arms) for less than $150
and what's the best task chair (price doesn't matter this time)
>>53525048
Steelcase Leap on Craigslist
Steelcase Leap on Amazon
>>53523498
>600$
>for a fucking chair
>A FUCKING CHAIR
just why ?
>>53523498
Just buy one of the $250 gaming chairs if you want something that's highly adjustable
>>53525104
Because ergonomics and build quality. You say this probably sitting on some $100 Ikea that will degrade in a few years. If you sit a lot then a $600 chair easily pays for itself vs going through multiple shitty chairs every decade.
>>53525104
>>>53523498 (OP)
>>600$
>>for a fucking chair
>>A FUCKING CHAIR
>just why ?
Ever heard the expression "you get what you pay for?" ...sub 300 dollar chairs fall apart. I've had many of them lol
>>53524770
After spending a while in the Herman Miller showroom, which might have the best customer service I've ever experienced, it was a easy choice. Yeah it's a lot of money, but I love playing on my comp, so I couldn't justify yet another shitbox $200 chair that would last a year.
>>53525147
Lose weight
>>53525186
Not him but I weigh 115 pounds, I'm a fucking skeletor. Cheap chairs still don't last.
>>53525186
Make more money
I've had this cheap chair for 3 years and the only thing it has done is lose cushioning from my big butt ;)
Got a Duorest for superior back support.
>>53525147
I've been using a $15 chair for 9 years now. It's pretty comfortable too.
>>53525408
>>53525186
sub300 chairs are still terrible for your back
>>53525215
$300 is not cheap. You're clearly a fat ass or someone who buys scams.
>>53525460
Cheap is relative. If you're an adult with a decent salary surely $300 isn't going to make or break you.
>>53525519
Even on an upper middle class salary blindly spending $300 is not cheap.
It's not my fault you bought plastic shit from office depot and generalized.
>>53525589
If $300 is more than two days pay for you then you need to get a better job or stop needlessly spending on other things and live within your means.
>>53525598
Clearly you did not read the post. Now go back to your mother's basement, child.
And for the record you can buy good quality mesh backed chairs that are made for back support without spending even close to $300.
>>53525460
So what <$300 chair would you recommend?
>>53525452
S Spinal posture is literally the worse thing you could do and you'll have a terrible back by the time you're old.
It's amazing how civilized white people have all these spine problems meanwhile even tribal people in Africa who do labor everyday have no back issues at all simply because they keep it in a J shape
>>53525650
>>53525681
You mean they do physical labor and don't sit down at all? Or sit on the ground without back support?
>>53525681
they also get their clits chopped off
>>53525710
OR they have a natural spinal posture while Americans have some unnatural retarded ass S spine that leads to issues while a J shape spine has been shown to lead to practically no issues.
Your can continue to kill your back with these shitty expensive chairs or you can buy a ball for $30 and develop perfect posture
>>53525035
This one, I got it for 13 dollars from good will perfectly fine
I'll give the same argument I give for spending money on a good bed. You're gonna spend a lot of time in it, don't cheap out.
Personally I picked up a Herman Miller mesh-looking chair for ~$700 and even after 5 years (I'm 160lb) now is still incredibly comfortable and you will stay comfortable for very long periods of sitting. Spend the money if you can and you don't hate yourself.
Maybe. I have an Embody and honestly I am not sure it was worth the price. Its much better for my back and has the super long warranty, but it isn't really padded at all so it isn't really comfortable. However it is supportive and after a long session your tailbone doesn't hurt from the padding sinking.
It certainly has benefits, but it's hard to say its necessairly worth it, but if this one chair lasts me 12 years instead of buying a shitty one every 2-3 years perhaps its not such a bad investment.
>>53525682
Something that works for a desk?
>>53525827
Are you telling me you don't have a height adjustable desk?
My dad is friends with a master woodworker and he made me a custom wooden chair that's perfect. I've had it for close to 8 years now.
It's made of solid oak, it's all joined via strong wooden joinery practices and he shaped the back to perfect fit a proper back so you just slide right into it if you sit properly.
The butt is also cushioned.
He sold it to use for about $350.
>>53525861
Sure I do but that chair wouldn't even work even if it was height adjustable. I would need angle adjustment as well. I already have lounge chairs like that.
>>53525956
It most definitely does work.
>>53525975
Works like shit sure but I guess I'm supposed to take your word for it? Like I said I already have a lounge chair like that. I tried to make a custom desk myself out of a adjustable rack so I could play games with M/KB with my TV/Projector setup. It works terribly.
>>53525956
This honkey's got an eagle-vision.
He's probably 4 feet away from the monitors
>>53526009
>>53526009
>I tried to make a custom desk myself
There's your problem. Leave the professional work to the professionals.
I bought a Herman Miller Embody when they went on sale right before Christmas... I fucking love it.
Plus, I got it marked down as a tax write-off for medical purposes.
>>53525912
Sounds pretty comfy desu.
>>53525827
I haven't received it yet but I'll built a custom desk around it either way
>>53526038
Moving the goal post? What difference would a height adjustable desk make? It's the exact same shit. Pretty pathetic trolling you got going on here.
>>53523498
>is a 600$+ chair worth the price difference from an average priced 250$ one?
yes, you can get an Aeron for $700 with adjustable arms and the high-end adjustable back support, and it will last you tens of thousands of hours of use, no sweat.
nobody want to sit on a wobbly piece of shit.
>>53526075
You are the one who moved the goal posts by bringing up desks.
The only pathetic troll here is you. You try to switch topics and then get btfo and cry again.
>>53523498
Just buy a recliner senpai. Way more comfy and cheaper as well. It's not like you'll be moving much anyway.
>>53526099
What, are you supposed to work with nothing but a laptop or a tablet on your lap or something? This thread is clearly about desk chairs. This is fucking /g/, not home improvement.
>>53526048
how does it compare to a tricked-out Aeron?
they seem a bit $$$/fugly, but I've still wondered about getting one anyway.
>>53526099
So you concede that you're wrong and it works like shit for a desk. Thanks for playing.
>>53526083
250-300 range have adjustable arm rest and reclining back too
Although the absolute best sitting solution for the fat no-muscle first world PC user would be a mini-swimming pool.
Think about it. You wear a comfy zip diver suit, immerse yourself in minimal gravity, and enjoy countless hours of pain free shitposting
>>53525035
>>53525756
is it durable?
i'm 4'11'' 346 lbs
>>53523498
Absolutely.
I had an IKEA Markus chair for several years, and recently upgraded to an Embody. Working at my desk all day is a breeze now, and the quality and general comfyness of the chair is 100 times better.
>>53526137
>moving the goal posts
>cries when he gets called out
>tries to continue to move the goal posts
just get out already. You lost.
>>53526173
No, if anything it shows YOU have a shit desk. You even said it yourself that your custom pile of shit didn't work. That's your fault.
Once again, it's you who is derailing this thread from the topic of "chairs" . Not I.
>>53523498
HIGHBACK+HEADREST ERGOHUMANS ARE LITERALLY BETTER THAN ANY CONFIGURATION OF AERON
I HAVE 2 OF EM
>>53526184
my point is that you can get arguably the best chair on the market with the upgrades for not much more than $600, not just the cheapo bare bones models.
you can of course get $200-$300 chairs with similar features, but they don't tend to be build nearly as well as Steelcase/HM/etc. models.
>>53526048
>>53526199
How do you guys have them adjusted or have a good guide for it? I like mine but I feel like its not that comfy and constantly shift my butt forward so my back isnt fully against the chair. I must be doing something wrong.
>>53526161
I don't know. I went to the showroom here in Houston, and tried out the chairs for a bit. I felt the base Embody was significantly more comfy than an Aeron of the same price. Moving in the Embody feels amazing, and it feels like you're floating.
>>53526206
>have to buy some angle adjustment desk for some shitty lounge chair to work
Yeah, makes total sense.
>>53526174
Yeah, I'll do something like that only with the plate(s) being straight & no table legs in the way of my real legs & with my lower arms always resting on a plate
Costs like $50
>>53526206
>claims it worked
>gets called out that it wouldn't work
>keeps crying that the goal post was moved anyway
Yeah ok bud, whatever makes you feel better. Enjoy your fatass chair
>>53526257
If you're willing to dump $1000 on a chair might as well be comfy.
>>53526286
>It didn't work for my shitty setup that i made myself
>must not work for anyone
Are you taking your talking points straight from a Trump University pamphlet?
>>53525681
>tribal people in Africa who do labor everyday have no back issues at all
and how do you know this?
do you talk to a lot of african tribal folk?
even if you did, which you don't, but if you did you wouldn't know about their back problems cus they have more important things to worry about, like ebola and getting eaten by lions
>>53526268
ANY GOOD MESH SEAT GIVES YOU THAT SADDLE SHAPE
CHAIRS DONT AUTOMATICALLY SET YOUR SPINE, YOU ALSO HAVE TO SIT PROPERLY
$70
>>53526306
>>must not work for anyone
Please show me where it has worked.
>>53526337
But a mesh seat is like $200 for even the cheap plastic ones.
>>53526306
>>It didn't work for my shitty setup that i made myself
If you can find a way to make any height adjustable desk not shit for a lounge chair I'd love to hear it.
>>53525741
>or you can buy a ball for $30 and develop perfect posture
I think i'd rather have back problems for the whole last half of my life than to ever be seen sitting on one of those balls
>>53526320
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/06/08/412314701/lost-posture-why-indigenous-cultures-dont-have-back-pain
Don't fool yourself into $600 gimmicks. It costs nothing to fix your spine and to sit in a proper posture.
>>53526345
>DRAGON DILDOS.JPG
>>53526345
how are you sitting on that?
>>53526395
>You're not going to be able to go from the S- to the J-shaped spine without having good core muscle strength. And I think that's key here.
I've been cucked my entire life and now it's permanent. I'd sooner kill myself when bad back pain sets in than do exercise.
>>53526449
It compresses quite a bit.
>>53526470
>>53526470
What's the point of the rest of that chair?
She literally is only using the ball portion of it. You could remove all the other shit and it would be the same.
>>53526470
DOING IT COMPLETELY WRONG, WHAT A WASTE
SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE GLUTEAL STABILIATOR UP HER ASS
i went to an office furniture liquidator and got a haworth very task with all the upgrades besides the head rest for $225. It was still in the plastic wrap and had never been used. I'm very satisfied with it. Never had a chair with so many adjustable things. Makes adapting to different things a lot easier (homework at the desk, leaning back and watching some videos, playing games, etc.)
>>53526497
It keeps the ball from moving around, a common problem with people who just use a ball like you suggest.
Here's another innovative product from Gaiam that accomplishes the same thing. $80.
>>53526497
so she doesn't fall backwards when she forgets she fell for the ball meme and leans back
>>53526470
damn, imagine you inflate it each time you fart to make a fart bomb
>>53526539
>>53526470
I can't help but imagine they are sitting on a dildo when girls use these balls to sit on.
I actually worked in a place where the HR lady sat on one of these. I swear she would bounce up and down randomly and all I could think of was that she was fucking herself with one of the balls that come with a dildo attached.
>>53526539
It looks pretty silly
Makes me pissed that office chairs are so expensive.
It is the year, 2016, and office chairs still cost hundreds of dollars even though they aren't even made of carbon fiber.
Feels like office chairs are an expensive scam just like how Texas Instruments continues scamming new generations of highschool teenagers every year with their graphing calculators they haven't updated since the 60s or 70s.
You think 3D Printers could lower the cost of office chairs one day or will they remain expensive pieces of shit forever.
I think the point a lot of people are missing when it comes to the expensive chairs is that they'll typically be cheaper in the long run because you don't have to keep replacing broken and ratty $300 chairs for 12 years, which is the warranty period for Herman Miller chairs iirc.
>>53527099
How to get a perfect desk, then?
Is there some math that can determine the best office chair and desk combo?
Do you have to measure how long your arms are or something like that?
>>53527419
>>53527631
What chair would you suggest for a person who eventually puts his legs on top of his desk at home like his body becomes a L shape?
>>53527770
>>53526750
>3D Printers
GOOD CHAIRS HAVE THEIR FRAME MADE OF STEEL
THERE'S DEFINITELY HIGH PROFIT MARGIN IN OFFICE FURNITURE, OR MOST BRAND NAME FURNITURE, ITS A GOOD BUSINESS
>>53527419
STANDING DESKS ARE ALL THE RAGE NOW
THEY SAY SITTING FOR LONG PERIODS IS AS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH AS SMOKING A PACK A DAY
>>53526189
Holy fuck u dwarf
>>53523498
I bought some steelcase top of the line ergonomic chair from some office furniture broker for $300. It was used but a quick steam clean brought it back to almost new condition.
>>53527631
Everyone know you need to be in 20-30 degree angle when sitting to reduce g-force
>>53527909
This would be perfect if only somehow my monitor could hover in the air and I could control it just using my brain without needing to use any hands.
Fuck, I think physical monitors are holding us back from true comfort.
Hologram monitors when so we can free ourselves from the desk and potentially, office chairs.
>mfw gayming racing chairs are comfier than your placebo shits
>>53528144
I don't really get how anyone could sit at a 90 degree angle without your butt eventually hurting after sitting like that for so long.
They claim it is a good posture but I don't believe such sitting happens in reality because everyone I ever seen sit on an office chair never sits like that.
When people have to write something or type something, they always lean forward too.
Heck, in regular classrooms, everyone always leans forward to write too.
>>53528160
Everything can hover in the air if you get a mechanical arm or build a custom desk
I also dislike my huge triple monitor setup
But in the near future they can be replaced by high res VR HMDs
I wouldn't wait for holographic monitors though
>>53526345
This is something Marissa Mayer would force everyone in the office to use
>everyone but herself of course
>>53526189
wtf im 6.1 205
>>53528194
THOSE SHITS ARE EMBARRASSING
>STRAP IN FOR XTREEEEM SITTING
TOSS ME A GAMEFUEL BRO
>>53528205
Ideal 90 is normal sitting aka 0 degree as it is you starting point . 20-30 is when you lean backwards
>>53526345
>>53526449
>>53526470
>>53528270
Ironic all the pictures of people sitting on these bouncy ball chairs are women.
I believe because a male would find his balls being uncomfortably squashed if he sat on a bouncy ball for too long.
Am I right?
>>53526750
People spend 700$ for electronic devices made from the same material as soda cans
>>53525956
Did Zach Braaf's career nosedive that much?
>>53526539
I can't stop watching this picture.
>Not doing your shit on the pc while laying on the bed.
You guys need to learn a thing or two with our NEET masters.
>>53526189
I think you'd be better off sitting on a wooden crate or something senpai desu
god damn lose some weight
>>53530292
I'm trying senpai!
I only have 6 big meals a day now
>>53530410
that's my boy
