Desk Chair

Raymond Lin · 19 Aug 2013 at 10:55

Housey said:
I do see a consultant as I have an old injury causing my pelvis to be prone to moving out of line needing adjustment. One of the route causes is a crap seating posture...

Surely the user is as much to blame as the chair he is sitting on?

Pianist sits on a stool, with no back, they don't have a problem, in fact, one can argue that having a back to the stool makes one lazy and slope into it.

anything I don't mind · 19 Aug 2013 at 11:06

get the markus

Housey · 19 Aug 2013 at 11:08

Raymond Lin said:
Surely the user is as much to blame as the chair he is sitting on?

Pianist sits on a stool, with no back, they don't have a problem, in fact, one can argue that having a back to the stool makes one lazy and slope into it.

How you sit has an influence, but it's not simply a case of sitting up straight as any consultant will tell you. If it were we would all be sitting on a couple of bits of 3 by 2...

Sliver · 19 Aug 2013 at 11:09

I don't know many people who sit correctly in front of their PC's. Personally I seem to spend most of my time in position 1 above. I don't have any back problems though, even after about 20 years. I put this down to taking regular breaks, where I either recline, as in position 3 above, or I simply get up and walk away to do something.

Raumarik · 19 Aug 2013 at 11:15

I've shoved a footstool under by desk so I'm like position 3 - but with my feet up too

All on my £5 chair off ebay, most comfortably little chair imaginable and it's got no daft wheels on it!

Housey · 19 Aug 2013 at 11:17

groen said:
get the markus

Oh in that case I'll buy another then, if you say so.

pitchfork · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:25

Never found a desk chair which didn't suck.

Then again they don't build chairs for 6'6" 21 stone blokes and if they do they cost a bloody fortune.

scrlk · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:30

If you spend a lot of time in a chair, surely it makes sense to get a decent one that will be healthy for your back, even if it does cost a little bit more?

anything I don't mind · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:33

I heard the markus is good chair

You can get it from ikea

Caged · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:39

pitchfork said:
Never found a desk chair which didn't suck.

Then again they don't build chairs for 6'6" 21 stone blokes and if they do they cost a bloody fortune.

The Size C Aeron would fit you: http://www.hermanmiller.com/content...ts/product_literature/other/AP_SizeFitRef.pdf

Not the most affordable chair in the world, and quite rare to see a Size C for sale, but worth keeping an eye out for them.

MrMarvelous · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:40

Which chair for £50-£60 then guys?

Caged · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:42

Does it have to be new? And what area of the country are you in if you don't mind a used one?

V4NT0M · 19 Aug 2013 at 12:52

MrMarvelous said:
Which chair for £50-£60 then guys?

This one is ok, very much like the markus:
http://www.ryman.co.uk/1075086003/High-Back-Mesh-Chair/Product

I had one for a while, though the fabric started to wear quite badly on the seat after about 2 years. I don't think there is any chair you're going to get for that amount that will last more than 1 - 2 years.

And there are no "quality" ones for that price. You should probably just go for the one you think looks the best fit.

Basher · 19 Aug 2013 at 13:02

I have a Markus and have found it quite poor. The padding is thin, it's not that comfy after a couple of months and it's a bit wobbly.

MrMarvelous · 19 Aug 2013 at 13:35

Skyfall said:
This one is ok, very much like the markus:
http://www.ryman.co.uk/1075086003/High-Back-Mesh-Chair/Product

I had one for a while, though the fabric started to wear quite badly on the seat after about 2 years. I don't think there is any chair you're going to get for that amount that will last more than 1 - 2 years.

And there are no "quality" ones for that price. You should probably just go for the one you think looks the best fit.

Cheers, ticks all the boxes but the back looks a bit iffy with the sticky out thing. Was it comfortable when you had it?

kona786 · 19 Aug 2013 at 15:19

Raymond Lin said:
That looks like a Herman Miller knock off, interesting, currently sitting in an Ikea Markus but it is half the money of that one there.

We have loads of those £1k herman's at work, they're ok but they're not worth 1k. I'd pay £250 tops.

andy_mk3 · 19 Aug 2013 at 15:30

I bought this one around a year ago: http://www.staples.co.uk/furniture-...ve-chairs/serene-leather-look-manager_s-chair

It was £99.99 at the time.

I'm not impressed. It's split open all over, there's no padding left in the bottom. I have to use a cushion! I'm only 8 stone so I'm hardly fat and crushed it all.

Here's the back:

And the arms:

Caged · 19 Aug 2013 at 15:38

The Aeron is a very old chair now, and far from the best ergonomically - the steel bar at the front of the seat being the main issue in terms of squashing the back of people's legs. The Mirra is an excellent lower-cost version of it which has an adjustable seat depth (sort of). The Embody is their new top of the range option.

daz · 19 Aug 2013 at 15:58

We have an office full of Steelcase Think and Leaps. Both excellent chairs.

If you don't want to go for a brand name like Herman Miller or Steelcase then look for an 'operators' chair.

Angilion · 19 Aug 2013 at 17:00

Skyfall said:
This one is ok, very much like the markus:
http://www.ryman.co.uk/1075086003/High-Back-Mesh-Chair/Product

I had one for a while, though the fabric started to wear quite badly on the seat after about 2 years. I don't think there is any chair you're going to get for that amount that will last more than 1 - 2 years.

And there are no "quality" ones for that price. You should probably just go for the one you think looks the best fit.

Something that stood out for me regarding the Markus is that the back is a lot higher than the "high back" chairs I looked at for <£100. The phrase "high back" doesn't really mean anything because "high" is a relative term. A seat with a 6 inch back has a high back compared with a stool. I looked at, or looked at detailed measurements of, about a dozen chairs under £100 described as having a high back and none of them would have given me any head support at all. The backs came up to about 2/3rds the way up my back. I'm 5'11", so I'm not unusually tall. The back on the Markus comes up to an inch or two above the back of my head.

So, my advice to the OP is to pay close attention to the real height of the back of the chair, measured in inches or cm, and hardly any attention to meaningless advertising terms such as "high back".