Keeping a chair still on a hard floor

bazzabear · 26 Jul 2017 at 20:26

I'm shortly going to be moving to a house where my computer will be in a house with a hard floor.

I play a fair bit of racing games, with a steering wheel attached to a GT Omega stand. On carpet, my office chair just about stays still while driving, unless I get a little carried away during a stressful moment. But on a hard floor, surely it will just rocket backwards?

Anyone dealing with the problem already, and have a suggested solution? I was looking for lockable castors, but haven't found any yet.

hornetstinger · 26 Jul 2017 at 20:50

Castor cups.

Not tried any myself. But yeah got a steering wheel and computer chain and it moves about, swivelling and rotating it's very annyoying and you screw up.

bazzabear · 26 Jul 2017 at 20:51

I found 'gliders' as an alternative to castors. Don't know how effective they might be though.

Pocah · 30 Jul 2017 at 11:14

Hard floor, yes, the average chair wheel is totally unsuitable for a hard floor. Incidentally you can buy replacement soft wheels from most places, but in your case I would suggest a using a barrier mat. They are basically a thin carpet with rubber backing. The rubber side grips the floor and provides cushioning for hard chair wheels. The carpet side slows down the movement of the chair. They come in all sorts of colours and different sizes. You can get them from ebay or amazon.

UTmaniac · 2 Aug 2017 at 09:35

Rugs are your friends.

Sent from a rug on hard floor pc operative.

Glanza · 2 Aug 2017 at 10:15

Never had the problem of rolling backwards on hard floor when I used to use my wheel and pedals, this is in an Ikea Markus chair.

FurryLemon · 2 Aug 2017 at 22:09

UTmaniac said:
Rugs are your friends.

Sent from a rug on hard floor pc operative.

+1 for common sense.