Chairs never last me more than a few weeks/months

atomic7431 · 26 Aug 2017 at 22:18

I have spent between £45 and £200 on chairs for my daily pc activities ( i have fibromyalgia ) and spend a lot of time at my pc.

The chair i currently have was bought for me on fathers day, a pu leather chair for £130 and at first as always all seemed better, previous chair i got near xmas had started giving my bruises on my butt.
This chair had now done what i call gone flat, the cushioning on the seat to me now seems to be on the wood/plastic/metal what ever it may be.

I am sick and tired of constantly paying out for chairs that dont last, i tried a Noble chairs when they first released and the build quality was shabby at best, and i see a lot of reports are still the same.

I had a DX racer and sold it to a friend as i found it had little support on the seat and was hard, the friend reports the same after sitting in it for more than an hour at a time.

Why is it so difficult to find a comfy chair that can last a year or two minimum

atomic7431 · 26 Aug 2017 at 22:21

wedrum said:
Get a couch

whilst much better, i wouldnt be able to sit at my desk very well

atomic7431 · 31 Aug 2017 at 11:27

BigBANGtheory said:
...because you are not looking beyond a certain style, range or price bracket?

Have a good read of some of the other threads in this forum and you'll find the answers you seek.

I did try a leather Noble chair at over £400 but it was not very well made and had many flaws in both the replacement and initial one i purchased. But still a `gaming` variant.
I only had it for a few days, and wouldn't buy another.
I have found somewhere that sells second hand Herman Miller Mirra with a years warranty for what seems a good price.
The seat portion looks very different to what ive had before and almost looks like it has no padding, are these really that comfy lol

atomic7431 · 19 Sep 2017 at 15:15

Took my 3 month old chair back to the shop today and they agreed straight away that the wear on the seat padding should have lasted way longer and gave me a refund instantly.

So going to put this towards a Mirra i think and see how i get on, there is a possibility we are off to try the seats out in a reasonably local shop.

atomic7431 · 19 Sep 2017 at 17:05

faxfan said:
+1 Herman Miller, 12 year warranty - no brainer to me and absolutely amazing and comfy chairs. But please try them first!

found them second hand and some less than a year old, for just over 300 quid with a years warranty

atomic7431 · 21 Sep 2017 at 19:21

Is it better to get the fully loaded mirras or will a triflex office designer be ok?

atomic7431 · 22 Sep 2017 at 10:00

ok sent 2ndhnd a message about their mirra chairs and in fact they are actually fully loaded version, with new seats (black colour).

Ordered mine just now, 3 to 7 working days for delivery.

atomic7431 · 22 Sep 2017 at 12:29

Hater said:
Take your current chair to an upholsterer and get it fitted with proper foam, and get it fitted out with a removable cover so you can change out foam pieces in the future?

it was 3 months old and i returned it. im sat on a hard chair usually used as a dinning chair from the kitchen.

atomic7431 · 26 Sep 2017 at 08:33

Chair arriving today will be hoping its a keeper, need it to last

atomic7431 · 1 Nov 2017 at 19:49

Just a small update, the quality of the chair seems very good and so far ive had good results, much better than any other chair ive owned.

atomic7431 · 9 Nov 2017 at 08:13

mistersprinkles said:
Are you, as Trump would say, "yuge" by any chance? This has never happened to me.

I only had one chair go flat and it was a cheap p.o.s.

Try one of the serta bonded leather office chairs.

I am 14st exactly and 5`7" so you decide if im huge or not

atomic7431 · 9 Nov 2017 at 11:48

mistersprinkles said:
Are you slamming yourself down into the chair when you sit down? Are you just extremely picky? I'm trying to understand because I've only ever bottomed out the cushion on one chair, which was a piece of garbage to begin with, and I weigh significantly more than you.

no i dont slam down or anything like that, as ive posted in this thread i have bought a herman miller mirra and this has been night and day difference so far, had the chair about month and a half now.
Even the woman at the last shop could see the chair had flattened down and was no good, chairs just dont seem to last.

atomic7431 · 21 Dec 2017 at 12:10

NirK said:
Get a memory foam pillow and sit on that (on top of the DXracer or whatever chair you have).

Thanks but as i posted just a couple of posts up i purchase a Herman miller mirra and couldnt be happier with it.
I have tried one of those foam pillow chair seats on top of a chair and i have to say they dont come close to what i now have.