I'm 6'2 and about 180, tall n lanky build. Using their seat guide measurement vid my seat depth is 52cm.

For some room I was going to go for the 48cm Omni Pro.Problem is that from a flat surface to the top of my shoulders I measures 27 inches, their datasheet says the backrest is only 21 inches high. Is that going to be too short for me?

The Maxis is just too wide for me. My shoulder width is about 18 inches. I currently have a secret lab titan and the armsrests force my arms into a wide stanced position as I can't get them close enough to me. With how huge they Maxis arms are and the width of the backrest I don't want to have the same issue.

I've been using Markus for many years but wanted an upgrade so I bought leap v2 new some months ago (during a sale, 820€) and around the same time I bought protoarc ec200 for another office I regularly go to. I'm 173cm and 70kg, so I'm medium to light build but I've been suffering from chronic back pain for almost 10 years now (yes, it's sad).

First: I don't think i'd buy the protoarc again. It just doesn't feel good to me, it doesn't make me sit a in proper way and the recline is pretty bad. its tension along the recline movement is irregular and it bothers me a lot, it just pushes to be all the way front or all the way back in an uncomfortable way. On the other hand it looks pretty well build for the price and some people might find it okay, but I just don't like it. I guess for the price it's not bad, but it's frustrating because it looks so close to being much better if only it were tweaked and tuned a bit better. You might be better off with the Markus.

Ikea Markus is an incredible chair for the price (120€ here in eu). I swear to you I've been sitting in this for 8-9 years and it works exactly like the day I've assembled it. there's no wiggling, no creaking, nothing. Looks like it could last forever. It creaks even less that the months old leap v2, although it surely has less moving parts, but still... It's obvious that ikea stumbled upon something great here and they 100% did that by chance without even noticing because none of their other chairs works like this, I've tried them. I know that BTOD guys talk shit about this saying something like the build quality is bad. This only means that either ikea sells different stuff in the us or that they wouldn't know good build if it punched them in the face.

The recline is fantastic, it's much better than the protoarc and i think it's better than the leap too, it feels more like an herman miller deal, you can rock back and forth super smoothly and balance the position easily along the travel, of course the tension can be adjusted too. I've never lubricated any part of the chair.

Is it a perfect chair? god, no. The headrest is kind of bad, a bit pushy in the wrong places, the lumbar support is okish to me but not adjustable at all. But most importantly the armrests are horrible. They are hard, large, intrusive, no adjustment at all. That's 90% what pushed me to buy another chair. If ikea had a clue, they would've remade this chair with good armrest and probably win the chair game, but well they didn't. For the price, i'd still say buy this instead of the protoarc, but what a missed chance by ikea.

So leap v2 is the chair I'm using now most of the time. I will say this: if a friend who knows nothing about chairs came to your house, looked at this chair, sat onto it and you told them you've paid it 800-1000-1200 something, they would probably say you've been scammed (and maybe you did). I actually like the way it looks, but still doesn't look or feel impressive in any way, but it also hasn't glaring issues either like the previous two. It already creaks more than I would like for a chair this price, especially the armrests, I hope it doesn't get worse over time, but it doesn't look SUPER well built.

I've seen many reviews, BTOD guys have glowing opinions about leap like it cured their chronic back pain or something. I'd say it's a very good chair for the back, but It didn't cure anything for me so far. The recline is not as smooth as the markus, but it works in a way that it lets you pick a position and be more still there without locking it, you need a bit more "intention" to change the position compared to a smoother recline, maybe it's better for productivity, I don't know, but you can't easily rock back and forth in this. It works in such a way that when you've stayed in a position for a while, if you move forward with your back a bit too fast, the back of the chair takes a second to unlock and will "kick" you a bit in the back, it's not very pleasant, but you get used to moving more smoothly and that usualy doesn't happen.

Some people complain about the seat being thin. I say that it is fair complain, it could've been better for sure. Unfortunately I also have been suffering from seat bones pain for a while, but this started before the leap so it did not cause it, but I'll say it is not making it any better. Also after a while I miss the headrest. For this price, they should *at least* include a good headrest in this.

Now this is already pretty long so I won't talk much about another chair I occasionally use in another office. This is a no-name super cheap chair like around 80€ and has a lot of adjustments, has been there for a couple of years and honestly the seating experience is not that bad, not that distant from these other chairs I mentioned, so... you make your evaluations.

What would I recommend? Of course it greatly depends on the money you have, but the leap is probably the better chair among those, but for the price it's still not very easy to recommend. I'd say buy it only on those deals I hear about in the us, like refurbished or something and maybe with the thicker seat, you can't find those in eu afaik. If you have to pay full price for it, then probably don't. I'm sure some cheaper chairs might make many people just as happy.

Over the years I've tried to find the perfect chair for sitting for long hours, either working 8h a day, or playing for 12h+ (lol). I came across some good ones, but no matter how confortable they were, after 5h of sitting, the pain always came back.

I'm not going to write too much, I just wanted to say that, to all of you that think a good chair takes the pain away, it doesn't.

The solution is simple: start exercising. Start walking/running 2 or 3 times a week, and more importantly, train your back, lower back and abdominal. You should train your whole body of course, but those 3 are the most important if you want to get rid of pain while sitting.

Don't lean against the back of the chair all the time. Move forward, stretch upwards, keep your back straight and try to hold this position for as long as you can. In the beginning you will find yourself automatically switching to the laid back position that you're used to, but with time your body will get used to it and you will start to feel the difference. You don't need to be on this position all the time, you can lean back for some minutes of course.

Even if you don't exercise, you can do this trick. Its just that its much easier if you have muscles on your back and abdominals to help you.

Also, you should have your arms doing aproximately a 90" angle, and relax your shoulders.

Hope this can help someone :)

Male, around 6ft and 180lbs. I have a bit of lower back pain and want something with good support;

Budget > $2000
Location: USA
Work 8 hrs everyday from home

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Yes i've searched through this subreddit but for anybody looking for a value-based option the answer is virtually always used/refurbished which is very US-defaultist. There is no online marketplace where you actually find decent used office chairs, and i'm yet to find any available refurb shops which are available to me, priced well and consistently have stock.

I'm 6'1~, live in rural UK and i need a chair for long hours on a computer. I don't have a super strict budget but i can't drop £1000s for a chair. £700 max, ideally much, much less.

So a little background. I bought my first Aeron in the late 90. Lasted me for 15 years with no issues until I had a numbing issue on my foot. I thought it was the frame causing it and sold it. Later I realized i just need a deep tissue massage on my lower back. So it was simply from sitting too much and not the Aeron. I didn't have a good chair for a few years and then i starting having lower pack issues which I never had for 15 years on the Aeron. So I wanted to buy a new chair but before I got another Aeron, I thought I should check out what's new. So i tried the following and my impression of each. I'm 6ft 170lbs

Haworth Fern online people said the lower lumbar support was aggressive, I felt it wasn't. Didn't have the build quality of the Aeron. But I felt its lower lumbar support was better than the Gesture

Steelcase Gesture this gives you that hugging support feeling similar to a car seat. So initially it feels great. But i can tell its doesn't have that center lumbar support as much as the Fern. So depends what's important to you. If you have no back issues then the Gesture is a better choice. If you have lumbar issues, the fern in a better choice. Also doesn't have the build quality of an Aeron.

Herman Miller Embody so this is one everyone was raving about. Here is why I don't like it. The lower lumbar and upper back support is all one adjustment. And the reason why this is a terrible idea for people with back issues is as you crank it up, it hugs your back and starts compressing you like a clamshell. Not good for people with back issues as this is closing your spinal disc and not opening them. good build quality but not as solid feeling as the Aeron

Herman Miller Aeron Remastered. So for the Aeron, I was considering maybe I should get a B as I still had a slight fear maybe the seat pan caused that numbing issue after 15 years. What I could tell is the lower lumbar support felt much more aggressive if needed or could be backed off on the B compared to the C. The C size couldn't get as aggressive but the C was still comfortable and maybe agressive support is not always the best. I would describe the C support as feeling more natural and not really digging into you. This was with the Posturefit SL. They say you should have 3 fingers spacing behind your legs and on the C i only had one. The B seemed more confining and adding pressure to the sides of my thighs and under my legs as the hump of the pan is further back. So for that reason I went with a C again as the hump of the pan is up front where my thighs are thinner and less pressure. I also feel the remastered will be even less prone to numbing cause Herman Miller removed the foam insert at the front and the seat pan pitch is now forward 2 degrees.

So in the end I went back to the Aeron C remastered and after a week my back is great which is a relief because even thought I bought it new at an amazing price with a legit authorized dealer 12 year warranty, returns aren't accepted. So even though I am breaking the 2-3 finger rule behind the legs, the larger seat pan on the C is just so much more comfortable. So if you are on the border of a B and C, make sure you try a C.

Yeah I know this gets asked a lot here, sorry in advance. Searched through old threads but most are 2-3 years old and half the chairs mentioned aren't even sold anymore, so figured I'd ask fresh instead of resurrecting a dead thread.

Working from home for a while now and just realized my chair is actively wrecking me. It's one of those cheap mesh ones, no lumbar support, arms don't adjust, the whole thing just kinda sags now.

Budget is $200 max, ideally less. I've seen people mention Steelcase Series 1 refurbs, Hbada, Sihoo, and some IKEA options but no idea which actually hold up long term vs just look good in reviews.

Main things I care about:

• actual lumbar support, not just a pillow strapped on
• something for a smaller frame, I'm not a big guy
• needs to survive 8+ hour days, not just occasional use
• assembly that doesn't take 2 hours and 3 YouTube tutorials

Anyone here upgraded from a cheap chair to something in this range and actually felt the difference? Trying to avoid buying another chair I regret in a year.

Some info to help narrow it down:

• Location: US
• Budget: up to $200
• Time spent sitting: 8+ hours/day, work + some gaming
• Height/size: smaller frame, not a big guy
• Physical issues: lower back pain from current chair
• Pets: no dogs/cats

Just thought I’d put this out there for anyone looking at buying a noblechairs Real Leather chair.

I went back and forth with Overclockers about this because the chair was being advertised as real leather, but after questioning it and doing some research, it became clear that the whole chair is not actually real leather — only the contact areas are.

After I raised this with Overclockers, they have now changed the listing. However, the change has been made pretty discreetly in the specifications, where it now clarifies that only the contact areas are real leather.

The noblechairs page still gives the impression that you're buying a real leather chair, without making it obvious that this doesn't mean the entire chair is leather.

I know a lot of people on here will say, “No, mine is definitely all leather.” I thought exactly the same thing. But it isn't.

Just putting this out there so anyone paying extra for the Real Leather version knows what they're actually buying. If you're spending the premium because you think you're getting a chair fully upholstered in real leather, check the specifications carefully first.

Ive bought four chairs over the last 3 years. started with an $80 mesh chair from amazon, then a $300 ergo one with lumbar support that felt fine for the first week. then $600, and now a $900 chair and by 3pm im doing the exact same thing I did in the $80 one. shifting around, leaning forward, not touching the backrest at all.

every time I upgraded I told myself this was the fix. but i realized every chair is designed assuming im gonna sit correctly. back against the rest, feet flat. but I dont work like that. i lean in when im focused. I slouch when reading. I tilt back during calls. the chair only really 'works' in one of those positions and its the one im in the least.

someone in a thread the other day mentioned a kickstarter for something called lavenne r9 pro. i looked at the page because it doesnt assume you sit rigid. it seems to adjust to your movement instead. I wouldnt say its the answer, crowdfunding a chair feels kinda risky. but it made me see my whole criteria for evaluating chairs was off.

i kept chasing 'more comfortable when I sit right' instead of asking what happens when I dont. now im kinda torn between just rolling the dice on that crowdfund or trying to find a physical store to test things in person before I drop more money.

Due to a couple of herniated discs I've been struggling with low back pain during long gaming sessions. I've tried every conventional solution: standing desks, lumbar supports, etc (and please, don't start with the "exercise more" mantra. I'm a veteran weight-lifter, I do yoga on my off-days and and I've been working on my back extensions for more than a decade).
Because nothing seems to work, I have reached the conclusion that I'm only ever going to be pain-free by gaming HORIZONTALLY.

So I've been looking for a recliner chair that would fit taller users (I'm 190cm), and I've quickly ran into a wall: there seems to be virtually NO recliners out there, that have VERTICALLY TILTING armrests.

What I mean is: in 99% of office chairs, when you recline backwards, the armrests tilt upwards with you (which makes it functionally impossible to use the mouse and keyboard on your desk). I need a recliner with independent armrests that can stay flush with the desk surface AFTER tilting backwards.

It seems the only options out there are either:
1- Monstrously expensive metal contraptions you would see in a BDSM dungeon (like the Levo Zero Gravity Workstation).
2- DIY set-ups which look very time-consuming and trial-and-error to build.
3- Lap boards meant for couch+TV or couch+laptop setups (like the CYCON couch master).

HOW is it possible that with entire generations of aging gamers/programmers/remote workers, not a single brand out there has noticed this massive gap in the market? They could make a fortune.