Computer chair needed

[brutal]

Think of it as it's something, for your dumper.

FIFY.

[Jer]

I would skip all these options and go to a used office furniture store, personally. You want a chair designed for all day computer work, where the ergonomics are likely to be very different from a gaming chair, even an executive one. I am using a Steelcase Leap they let us take from work when they closed our office down. These are $1200+ chairs designed to last 10 years or more in an office setting in use for 8 hours a day, and much better than the $150 chair I threw out when I brought this one home. My ass no longer hurts when I get up at the end of the day, nor does my back. I'd take your $500 budget to a used office furniture store and look at a used Steelcase Leap, Silq, or Jaku in good condition, all of which have high-back versions.

Agree with this 100% and would add another chair to the list to check out used: Herman Miller Aeron.

Skip anything with the word "gaming" in the description and avoid anything with fake leather like the plague. Mesh or that heavier fabric is the ONLY way to go.

[enfield]

Since having to work from home, I too was tired of the cheap office chair I had. I ordered a Steelcase Leap from these guys: https://www.crandalloffice.com. It was remanufactured with new seat cushion, fabric, wheels and gas piston. No more butt pain. The chair is very well built.

[whitewalrus]

Agree with this 100% and would add another chair to the list to check out used: Herman Miller Aeron.

Skip anything with the word "gaming" in the description and avoid anything with fake leather like the plague. Mesh or that heavier fabric is the ONLY way to go.

I as well recommend Herman Miller?s chairs. Getting them used under $500 shouldn?t be too hard. Make sure you get the models with all the adjustments - this makes a huge difference if you are not whatever normal sized they think people are when they make the chair.


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[brutal]

Good stuff all.

After some more research, watching reviews, etc., I'm going to shop the best price with warranty on a Leap V2 with the 4-way arms.


@enfield, thanks for that link, that might be the best source.


I want to strap a couple cans of Tannerite to this chair I'm using now and put it out of its misery.

[gnihcraes]

If you roll much, get a wheel upgrade, these are awesome.

Office owl on amazon

[Little Dutch]

Agree with this 100% and would add another chair to the list to check out used: Herman Miller Aeron.

Skip anything with the word "gaming" in the description and avoid anything with fake leather like the plague. Mesh or that heavier fabric is the ONLY way to go.

The Aeron is the only computer chair I’ve found worth having. OP said no mesh though, so I didn’t have anything else to offer.

[Jer]

The Aeron is the only computer chair I’ve found worth having. OP said no mesh though, so I didn’t have anything else to offer.

I must have missed that. There's a reason almost all respected higher end office chairs use mesh or fabric and not that gross fake bonded leather BS. I'll never make that mistake again. Landfills are overflowing with "leather" office chairs. I wouldn't recommend buying a chair that's made to last 2-years but that's just me.

[Irving]

The wheel upgrade looks like it might help protect a nice home floor as well.

[JohnnyEgo]

I remember when the Aeron first came out in the late 90s / early 00s. I was an Equities Analyst for Merrill Lynch's New York Nasdaq trading floor. The first ones showed up as a bonus for traders who made a lot of money for the firm. Within a week, traders started buying their own. Then the chair theft wars started, and caused so much havoc on the floor that the following Monday, we came in and every single chair had been replaced by an Aeron. I thought they were hideously uncomfortable at the time, so I swapped my assigned chair with a guy down in technical support on the floor below.

I like them a lot better now, and I think there is a lot of positive about the ventilation they provide. Had our office not given away the Steelcases, I probably would have bought a used one for myself. But since the OP wanted to avoid mesh, the Leap is what I recommended. And it is a great chair. I snagged three of them when we closed the office. My son has no idea how spoiled he is.