Amazon office chair recommendations

MatsyLR

MatsyLR

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We are swapping to full WFH in 2 weeks (finally) and we have been given a £300 amazon voucher for desk and chair. Not much but will make do. Can get a standing desk for around 150 which will do.

Anyone have any recommendations on the chair side of things? The two most popular I can find from YouTube reviews is Sihoo m18 and Ticova around the same price if just over £100 on promotion currently. Leaning towards the m18 but I tend to cross my legs and worried about seat depth.

Currently have a old dx racer which is way past due
 
I got the ticova for £119 a while ago
For the money it's pretty decent
The arm rests are a bit hard for my liking
But other than that it's OK

Not sure about seat/cushion hardness/softness
As use a coccyx cushion due to back trouble
So that adds padding to it
 
Some of the Realm of Thrones stuff is decent for the price, they're often on sale too.

A friend of mine picked one up recently (Admiral model) for a little over £200 and I was quite impressed with it. The Valkyrie model is currently £200, but can be had for £150 with a £50 off voucher on the store page.
 
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I have a Sihoo chair that is very similar to the M18 (maybe a updated version of mine).

Had it about 3 years and is still going strong.

I will say though, i removed the arm rests as i could not get them in the right position for me. I also find the seat can be a bit uncomfortable after a long time. Maybe i need to invest in one of those cushions mentioned above.
 
MatsyLR said:
We are swapping to full WFH in 2 weeks (finally) and we have been given a £300 amazon voucher for desk and chair. Not much but will make do. Can get a standing desk for around 150 which will do.

Anyone have any recommendations on the chair side of things? The two most popular I can find from YouTube reviews is Sihoo m18 and Ticova around the same price if just over £100 on promotion currently. Leaning towards the m18 but I tend to cross my legs and worried about seat depth.

Currently have a old dx racer which is way past due
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Do you have to spend the cash with Amazon - if not - then look for a decent 2nd hand RH Logic. They retail new at £1200 and you will be able to pick one up for about £300 - deffo money well spent - go back to your boss and tell them £300 isnt enough for a desk and a chair - no way!! can you take your office chair home?
 
DSESolutions said:
Do you have to spend the cash with Amazon - if not - then look for a decent 2nd hand RH Logic. They retail new at £1200 and you will be able to pick one up for about £300 - deffo money well spent - go back to your boss and tell them £300 isnt enough for a desk and a chair - no way!! can you take your office chair home?
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Yeah has to be Amazon.
That's the limit unfortunately :rolleyes: bought the sihoo M18 being delivered Today hopefully it's fine. Also yeah it's for Home use.
 
MatsyLR said:
Yeah has to be Amazon.
That's the limit unfortunately :rolleyes: bought the sihoo M18 being delivered Today hopefully it's fine. Also yeah it's for Home use.
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It's a pretty good chair for the price. Noticed the pure black one is on offer for £100.

There are some decent looking standing desks within your budget, but do you need one?

My brother WFH and his company bought him a standing desk and i think the only time it was raised was when he first got it and it has just been a sitting desk ever since.
 
Got the chair, amazon messed up my original order and managed to squeeze 25 goodwill, so worked out to 75.

I have 3 complaints.
1. Seat depth is much shorter than my dx racer, makes it difficult to cross legs (although I guess that's a good thing?
2. Lumbar Support is far too aggressive, even the lowest setting, I don't really have a curve in my back at all (something that will cause issues later in life I imagine) I took it out which improved comfort immensely but left it looking rather silly at the back. I managed to screw down the plastic thread further into the Lumbar itself which has taken the edge off, the pad doesn't touch the mesh now until I'm sat in the chair which feels more comfortable to me, need to test for longer period though.
3. The tilt mechanism only has 3 options. Straight up which just feels odd and too upright, all the way back and in the middle. Middle is too far back to make work comfortable and tilts the arm rest/bottom upwards. I'm used to having like 20 different recline positions to get it exactly the way I like that only moves the backrest not the whole chair.

Keeping for the time being to see how it goes. Seems most office chairs at are built like this.

I'm not keen on spending 400 on a secret labs chair (although I'm pretty sure it would be comfortable to me). There are cheap alternatives on Amazon but basically the same as my dx racer with the sides which I'm not fond of.

With the standing desk it's mainly for the middle brace as I want a 200cm long desk and so I can stand if I want.
 
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Before i got mine i had a couple of cheap and nasty chairs from Staples which i used for way to long so mine was a big upgrade.

Lumbar support feels ok on mine and tried the tilt when i first got it but has been upright ever since.

Like i said before, i removed the arm rests as i didn't like them and the seat for me was a bit uncofortable after a long time, but i only usually sit in it for a few hours a day (i don't WFH).

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With the standing desk it's mainly for the middle brace as I want a 200cm long desk and so I can stand if I want.
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That's fair enough and at least you have a extra £25 to put towards it, or maybe get a foot rest as mentiond earlier.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
I ended up with this following a few recommendations and am very happy with it:


Picked it up when it was £170

Also added this foot rest that I now couldn’t live without:

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This thread was exactly what I was looking for.. but difficult to find a cheapish decent chair..

I like the look of yours there and 170 is a good price. I guess I'll wait for it to drop again because that increase is a bit much...
 
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