Bought new chair

Kosmiche · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:41

Bought a new chair and a new monitor recently, bought the monitor before the chair.

With my old chair which was a wooden dining table chair that was uncomfortable, the height was about right and I was looking straight on at the monitor.

With my new chair, I am now looking downwards at my monitor. I've tried angling the monitor back so its beaming into my eyes but it barely helps.

Any solutions? The monitor is vesa compliant so I could either wall mount or get a desk arm, but this is additional expense.

I could put some books under the monitor but this would be unsightly I think, but I might end up doing that and just man up.

Guys?

02goswej · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:43

How long is your neck, can you afford to lose a few inches?

Kosmiche · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:44

02goswej said:
How long is your neck, can you afford to lose a few inches?

Capacious

peterattheboro · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:46

Yellow Pages or some sort of small paper filing system underneath.

bledd · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:50

does your chair not go up/down?

Kosmiche · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:50

Its as low as it gets.

Devrij · 23 Aug 2012 at 15:59

Set your desk/chair height up so that your forearms are horizontal when holding m&kb, use foot rest if necessary to keep your feet flat with no excessive pressure to your thighs on the chair, and then set up your monitor so your eyes are about level with the top of it. Raise the monitor if you have to. Well worth getting it right if you plan on spending long periods at your pc.

ince · 23 Aug 2012 at 16:12

picture please

Theophany · 23 Aug 2012 at 16:14

Can't go far wrong with a good wall mount imo. Cost me something like £7 from Sainsburys, solid as you like, perfect viewing angle and gives you plenty of extra space where the stand would be

That's the 30" Dell on OcUK too - so no issue with strength!

antijoke · 23 Aug 2012 at 16:18

Stop sitting on your jumper.

norm · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:09

You need something like this.

Kosmiche · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:23

Ditched the chair, bliss.

Devrij · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:34

Eames said:
my old chair which was a wooden dining table chair that was uncomfortable

Eames said:
Ditched the chair, bliss.

So you're sitting on the floor? The monitor can't have been THAT low?

Kristoph · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:42

Put something under the monitor? :confused:

Kosmiche · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:47

No I'm back on the old dining room chair.

I'll take the new chair back for a refund.

grudas · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:55

did you buy an operators chair in the first place? Those are very high even on the lowest setting.

Kosmiche · 23 Aug 2012 at 18:58

Yeah. On the product page it says its 48cm high on the lowest setting. Is that rather high?

grudas · 23 Aug 2012 at 19:15

Eames said:
Yeah. On the product page it says its 48cm high on the lowest setting. Is that rather high?

mine is ~35cm on the lowest! so yeah that is quite high.

norm · 23 Aug 2012 at 19:36

I would argue your table is abnormally low, but there you go.

cosmos55 · 23 Aug 2012 at 19:42

Invest in a tape measure for future purchases