Computer chair suggestions?

Afran

Afran

Afran

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I've been using the same chair for years now and it's starting to get uncomfortable and just very worn etc so I'm looking to buy a new one.

There's a few things I need to factor when purchasing one and as it'll be the first I've ever actually bought myself I'm not really sure what to look for.

So, I'm at the computer anywhere from 6-14 hours a day and the material of clothes I tend to wear are uncomfortable after a while on leather chairs especially during the summer so I'd want to avoid a leather base, also I'm 6'4 and am heavily built, lastly I'm weird and I play/type/blabla with the keyboard on my lap so the chair has to be armless (or have adjustable/removable arms).

So, all in all; heavy duty chair that's comfortable for many hours of usage & that isn't leather and has removable/no arms. :)

Budget wise, I'm willing to spend up to around £150 though the cheaper the better.
 
Afran said:
Yeah thanks, and how many suit what I'm looking for? :) Not many (any) from what I looked at, not that I looked at all 270, and not many are all that recent.
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And the one suggestion posted doesn't meet your criteria anyway?

It's a chair
only x places sell chairs
only x chairs to choose from
even fewer meet your criteria

this isn't finding the bestest pebble on the beach out of trillions,
this is eney meany miney mo.

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Seriously this forum needs a computer desk and chair sub forum or sticky.
This dumb question gets asked once a day.

you wont get a decent fat man chair for £150 quid
 
We use the MARKUS at work and it's great for the price.

However, we recently hired a new developer who brought his own Herman Miller Aeron and the difference is night and day.

Yes, I know the Aeron is almost 10 times the price and way out of the OP's budget but given my new-found appreciation for a decent chair, I would side with pitchfork.

Get a second hand Herman Miller.
 
See?
This proves the absolute idiocy of these weekly threads, none of these suggestions fit the OP's criteria, everyone just wants to talk about their favourite chair or what they personally spent £250 on.
 
Indie said:
I have this one, and its wonderful...

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20103101/

had it for years and years! and still no sign of any wear! Still as comfortable as when I had it!

Arms can be removed.

EDIT: somebody beat me to it :D
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Everyone seems to recommend this chair, and whilst it has been pretty comfortable over the last 4 or so years, now all of the padding in the base has pretty much worn out and it feels like sitting on bricks.
 
bitslice said:
See?
This proves the absolute idiocy of these weekly threads, none of these suggestions fit the OP's criteria, everyone just wants to talk about their favourite chair or what they personally spent £250 on.
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then let him buy a patio chair from argos and a cushion
 
I picked up mine for about £200, and it's going to be a hell of a lot better for your back than some cardboard tat from Ikea.

Valid suggestion I reckon. No use having a cheap piece of crap chair in front of your pc.
 
Do Hermon miller honour warranties on second hand chairs? Another el cheapo chair is getting dodgy as hell, making bad noises on it. I purposefully bought a cheap chair as my very old one broke and needed something short term till I finally made a decision on what to spend real money on. Now the replacement is on it's way out, was terrible to start with.

I almost feel like £850 new + 12 year warranty would work out cheaper than a £200-300 second hand abused chair that started to have bits fail after a few years. or is there pretty much no chance of even a second hand Herman Miller chair falling apart?

More to the point, why are they £850 new in the uk yet sub $700 direct from them in the states, that is about £500 after conversion with 20% tax added..... they cost about 70% more new here :( If i could get one for £500, brand new, direct with a decade + warranty it's a no brainer. You can easily spend £100-150 on a chair that falls to pieces every few years anyway.
 
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Go to ebay and get steel case leap refurbished for £150-200. Thats my next route i think. You can get the steelcase think for under £200 on there but i heard that is not a great chair as the wires in the back end up annoying your back. The leap v2 looks good but a bit more price. I wouldn't buy them new though as too much for a chair. Currently have the staplers kashmir chair and it was good when i first got it, but soon after it loses seat cushioning and the back is not upright enough so end up sitting on my lower back and leaning back too much. I don't think its good for posture but it is comfortable and better than leather i think.
 
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