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NFT: Best Home Office Chair???

rasbutant : 9/23/2016 9:06 am
Looking for opinions on the best office task chair for full time home office use.

Aeron?
Leap?
Others?
The Aeron is really nice  
jcn56 : 9/23/2016 9:08 am : link
Picked one up post-dot com collapse. Has held up extremely well. They're not cheap, though, not sure if I'd pony up full boat on what they're asking these days.
I've used both  
jv : 9/23/2016 9:10 am : link
the Aeron and the Leap. I liked the Leap a lot better. When it comes to comfort though I think that's gotta be a personal preference. They're both great chairs.
love the Leap  
jlukes : 9/23/2016 9:21 am : link
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No chair, standing desk  
Scyber : 9/23/2016 9:29 am : link
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I just bought a 'standing desk'  
buford : 9/23/2016 9:35 am : link
which is really a table, but for crafts, not computer. But I can see how it would be great for a desk. It adjusts to from about 2 feet to 5 feet. It's electric. Yeah, it cost a lot, but when I saw it, I had to have it. I also bought a stool that is also adjustable. Both from Ikea.

For a regular office chair, you can't beat the Herman Miller chairs. I bought one for my husband a few years ago. I forget which one. Again, expensive, but worth it.
Go big or go home...  
Chris in Philly : 9/23/2016 9:40 am : link
I suggest the HM Embody Chair  
Ed in Ann Arbor : 9/23/2016 9:59 am : link
I headed and evaluation of Herman Miller Aeron versus Embody chairs for a client. Both were well liked. Aeron was preferred buy people who slumped. Lots of designers who had many screens and kept key board on their laps liked them. Embody chairs were preferred by people sitting upright and everyone who had preexisting back and neck issues.
I would probably be in the slump group  
rasbutant : 9/23/2016 11:24 am : link
I tend to lean to one side or the other also putting lots of pressure on the arm rest.
RE: I suggest the HM Embody Chair  
Jim in Fairfax : 9/23/2016 11:27 am : link
In comment 13137326 Ed in Ann Arbor said:
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I headed and evaluation of Herman Miller Aeron versus Embody chairs for a client. Both were well liked. Aeron was preferred buy people who slumped. Lots of designers who had many screens and kept key board on their laps liked them. Embody chairs were preferred by people sitting upright and everyone who had preexisting back and neck issues.

It looks nice, but there's no way I'm dropping over $1K on a desk chair.
I work from home  
pjcas18 : 9/23/2016 11:31 am : link
so I struggled with some expensive chairs initially that were just uncomfortable.

I got this one at Office Max for $250 and it's been great for 3 years though it's probably 6 - 12 months away from being replaced with the same chair. It's a Serta.


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Best chair in market.... currently is  
George from PA : 9/23/2016 11:48 am : link
Steelcase Gesture with headrest.

2nd Steelcase Leap.

3rd is either Steelcase Think or Amia.

Best non-Steelcase humanscale freedom with headrest.
I got a steelcase LEAP black leather chair  
jcp56 : 9/23/2016 12:54 pm : link
about 10 years ago. It has held up well except for a split in the vinyl on one of the arm rests. It has a lot of adjustments.

I actually got it at Costco for $500, but I only saw them that one time. (I've bought some other office chairs from costco, but they didn't hold up very well.)
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