A few questions for people with ergonomic office chairs

[jon86]

Hi,

I am looking for an ergonomic office chair and plan to visit an office furniture showroom tomorrow to test some out. Before I do so, I would like to ask some questions to people who have ergonomic chairs already.

- What chair do you have and does it have a headrest?
- How far can the chair recline? I am looking to use mine in full upright, semi-recline and full recline modes. I will spend many hours in semi- and full- recline with an ottoman or my (tall'ish) bed.
- Does the chair provide good lumber support?

I would like to get a chair that has a headrest and have picked out these five to try:

- Steelcase Leap
- Humanscale Freedom
- Ergohuman (the showroom only has one)
- Okamura Contessa
- Orangebox Spina

I want to try the model of chair I buy before I get one and I don't live near an IKEA so the IKEA Markus is not being considered. I did try some chairs in Staples but didn't like any so they are not being considered either.

Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for anymore to try? I am going to be visiting Hunts Office Furniture showroom which boasts that it is the largest showroom of its kind in the UK. http://www.huntsoffice.co.uk/


Thank you for your time,
Jon

 

[jon86]

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Thank you for your input. That's really helpful to know. Just out of interest, do you think I might find that the chair does not recline enough for me? I like to spend hours in a reclined position with my feet up on an ottoman watching DVDs on my laptop, etc.

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That's great to hear, thanks. Which Okamura chair did you try? It sounds like you tried the Cruise workstation (chair)? Unfortunately I don't have £3500 to spend () and I'll be testing the Okamura equivalent of the Steelcase Leap called the Okamura Contessa.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I will also be trying out the Orangebox Spina.

 

[jon86]

That's excellent to hear, thank you. I might try the Steelcase Think when I am there, although I think the Leap will be the better chair.