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  • 89th8 Offline
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    89th
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    #7

    I've never wanted to be a chair more

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    • CopperC Offline
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      Copper
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      #8

      I tried lots of office chairs, with every imaginable feature.

      After decades of looking for the perfect chair, I ended up with something like this.

      It just fits, no pain, simple

      image.png

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      • MikM Offline
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        #9

        Steelcase is a forever chair. I suspect they would look askance at spending that much. Aeron's are comfortable but ugly.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • AxtremusA Away
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          Axtremus
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          Something like this: https://a.co/d/btID0wg

          Doesn't have to be that particular one, but you get the idea.

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          • MikM Offline
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            Don't get anything upholstered that is not all real leather or cloth. Fake leathers disintegrate.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • CopperC Copper

              I tried lots of office chairs, with every imaginable feature.

              After decades of looking for the perfect chair, I ended up with something like this.

              It just fits, no pain, simple

              image.png

              HoraceH Offline
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              Horace
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              #12

              @Copper said in Let's talk office chairs:

              I tried lots of office chairs, with every imaginable feature.

              After decades of looking for the perfect chair, I ended up with something like this.

              It just fits, no pain, simple

              image.png

              It's funny imagining someone in a suit sitting in one of those all day.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • 89th8 89th

                For years I have been sitting in a normal office chair (at my computer desk), probably bought for $100 somewhere. I spend more time in this chair than pretty much anywhere else in the house, and I just got a random company benefit to upgrade your home office if you work remotely (which I do). Anyway... has everyone used a Steelcase "Gesture" chair? Among a few, it seems to be a clear favorite across Reddit... but it ain't cheap. Like $2,000 or something stupid.

                Curious if anyone has an office chair they swear by. No @Doctor-Phibes not a chair that you swear in.

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                Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                Doctor Phibes
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                @89th said in Let's talk office chairs:

                No @Doctor-Phibes not a chair that you swear in.

                This might suit you - it's a recliner with a built in foot rest

                8c8560f0-f69e-47e3-8072-7d945abc849a-image.png

                I was only joking

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                • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  I use no chair of any kind. I stand all day.

                  Behold, the ungovernable.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    I use no chair of any kind. I stand all day.

                    Behold, the ungovernable.

                    Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                    Doctor Phibes
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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Let's talk office chairs:

                    I use no chair of any kind. I stand all day.

                    On a soap box?

                    I was only joking

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      This

                      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09CZ3Q83D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                      with these wheels

                      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JMMN6W2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                      has been excellent for me. I place a premium on the height, so it's easy to get in and out of.

                      George KG Offline
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                      @Horace said in Let's talk office chairs:

                      This

                      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09CZ3Q83D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                      Difficult to judge from the video. Does the whole chair recline or only the back reclines back?

                      If the seat doesn't recline along with the back, that's a non-starter for me. I want tilt and rock.
                      This is what I mean.

                      Screenshot 2024-07-25 at 2.05.48 PM.png

                      Also @89th , avoid "bonded leather." It wears poorly and if you're in the chair for hours at a time, seat and armrests will wear through.

                      Bonded leather is crap.

                      Bonded leather is made by shredding leather scraps and leather fiber, then mixing it with bonding materials. The mixture is next extruded onto a cloth or paper backing, and the surface is usually embossed with a leather-like texture or grain. Color and patterning, if any, are a surface treatment that does not penetrate like a dyeing process would. The natural leather fiber content of bonded leather varies. The manufacturing process is somewhat similar to the production of paper.[3]

                      Lower-quality materials may suffer flaking of the surface material in as little as a few years, while better varieties are considered very durable and retain their pattern and color even during commercial use.[3] Because the composition of bonded leathers and related products varies considerably, and is sometimes a trade secret, it may be difficult to predict how a given product will perform over the course of time.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Let's talk office chairs:

                        I use no chair of any kind. I stand all day.

                        On a soap box?

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                        Aqua Letifer
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                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's talk office chairs:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Let's talk office chairs:

                        I use no chair of any kind. I stand all day.

                        On a soap box?

                        Metaphorical soapbox. Literally the floor.

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • CopperC Copper

                          I tried lots of office chairs, with every imaginable feature.

                          After decades of looking for the perfect chair, I ended up with something like this.

                          It just fits, no pain, simple

                          image.png

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                          blondie
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                          @Copper said in Let's talk office chairs:

                          I tried lots of office chairs, with every imaginable feature.

                          After decades of looking for the perfect chair, I ended up with something like this.

                          It just fits, no pain, simple

                          image.png

                          I’m with you @Copper. This is what I do too.

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            @Copper said in Let's talk office chairs:

                            I tried lots of office chairs, with every imaginable feature.

                            After decades of looking for the perfect chair, I ended up with something like this.

                            It just fits, no pain, simple

                            image.png

                            It's funny imagining someone in a suit sitting in one of those all day.

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                            Copper
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                            @Horace said in Let's talk office chairs:

                            It's funny imagining someone in a suit sitting in one of those all day.

                            Sorry, the bare chair is my current seat, during the days of the suits I used the fancy chair.

                            I remember the guy who bought the fancy chairs told me that I was sitting in "The Chair of the Year".

                            I felt privilege.

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                            • CopperC Copper

                              @Horace said in Let's talk office chairs:

                              It's funny imagining someone in a suit sitting in one of those all day.

                              Sorry, the bare chair is my current seat, during the days of the suits I used the fancy chair.

                              I remember the guy who bought the fancy chairs told me that I was sitting in "The Chair of the Year".

                              I felt privilege.

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                              George K
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                              #20

                              @Copper said in Let's talk office chairs:

                              I felt privilege.

                              White, male privilege, no doubt.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • JollyJ Offline
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                                Jolly
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                                #21

                                Buy American?

                                https://fineleatherfurniture.com/collections/leather-office-furniture/products/anthony-leather-swivel-tilt-chair

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  You could have bought James Holden’s workstation chair from The Expanse for only $2400..

                                  The Brad

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    You could have bought James Holden’s workstation chair from The Expanse for only $2400..

                                    George KG Offline
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                                    George K
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                                    @LuFins-Dad said in Let's talk office chairs:

                                    James Holden’s workstation chair from The Expanse for only $2400.

                                    iirc, it didn't have wheels, did it?

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • markM Offline
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                                      #24

                                      I had and liked an Aeron for a few years but the arm rests wore out. After replacing them, the seat broke.

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        @LuFins-Dad said in Let's talk office chairs:

                                        James Holden’s workstation chair from The Expanse for only $2400.

                                        iirc, it didn't have wheels, did it?

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                                        LuFins Dad
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                                        @George-K said in Let's talk office chairs:

                                        @LuFins-Dad said in Let's talk office chairs:

                                        James Holden’s workstation chair from The Expanse for only $2400.

                                        iirc, it didn't have wheels, did it?

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                                        There, fixed…

                                        The Brad

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                                        • 89th8 Offline
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                                          Good advice (mostly), thanks!

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