w00t - Lazy chair has arrived!

DarkShadow · 5 Sep 2007 at 10:58

Recently I was hunting for a decent chair, my tatty, fake leather chair from Argos was starting to get rather uncomfortable. I was originally after the Herman Miller Aeron, however it was a little too pricey for my studenty needs.

I ended up buying this chair:

http://www.reclinersdirect.co.uk/restwell_rimini_brnutm.php#;

I've just finished assembling it and quite a few people wanted to know how it would fair out.

My first thoughts are that it's very well built and it's definitely built to last. It's very comfortable and I like how it adjusts to your posture - perfect. The footstool does exactly what you'd expect it to do, however I won't be using it much as I usually rest my foot on the sub!

However there are two problems. Firstly, the height is rather low, about 5-10cm from what I'd call perfect, it's making gaming and typing a little more difficult. Secondly, the lack of wheels . . . I didn't think it would be much of a problem, but boy was I wrong

However, I managed to get around that, I turn it around, sit in and spin around and do the say to get out

All in, I got it for £180 delivered and I think it was definitely worth it, just hope I don't get RSI from using the mouse and keyboard!

If you guys are interested in any pictures, let me know and I'll post some later on.

MarcLister · 5 Sep 2007 at 10:59

Looks VERY good for a nice relaxing chair in the living room but with the height issues and lack of wheels its perhaps not the best chair for gaming. Still looks cool though.

gumbald · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:00

Cut down the legs on your desk?

DarkShadow · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:01

MarcLister said:
Looks VERY good for a nice relaxing chair in the living room but with the height issues and lack of wheels its perhaps not the best chair for gaming. Still looks cool though.

I've got an idea though, it has small rubber things at the bottom so it doesn't move, I thinking of replacing it with some that raise the height by about 5cm . . result!

MarcLister · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:01

dark_shadow said:
I've got an idea though, it has small rubber things at the bottom so it doesn't move, I thinking of replacing it with some that raise the height for about 5cm . . result!

nikebee · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:02

Very nice

You using a wireless keyboard mouse with that? (What have you got the mouse on?).

It does look a bit low... I'd rather it in black if it were me, but that's just personal taste.

How'd you get it for £180 ? Site you linked to is £199... I presume price has just gone up, or you got it from somewhere else?

More pics would be appreciated! I'm in the market for a new chair

sniffy · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:02

dark_shadow said:
All in, I got it for £180 delivered and I think it was definitely worth it, just hope I don't get RSI from using the mouse and keyboard!

I need a new chair and that is bloody nice.

*looks over at his £200 sitting on the side*

More pics would be appreciated! I'm in the market for a new chair

Yeah, more pics would be great.

james.miller · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:03

thats looking VERY lazy. i like :cool:

Tom0 · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:05

buy some weighing scales now, you'll never be getting up again!

DarkShadow · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:05

nikebee said:
Very nice

You using a wireless keyboard mouse with that? (What have you got the mouse on?).

It does look a bit low... I'd rather it in black if it were me, but that's just personal taste.

How'd you get it for £180 ? Site you linked to is £199... I presume price has just gone up, or you got it from somewhere else?

More pics would be appreciated! I'm in the market for a new chair

I've got the Logitech Dinovo and an Icemat V2. I'll some pics after I come back from the gym. I'll also post how I got it for £180 delivered

nikebee · 5 Sep 2007 at 11:08

Brilliant cheers

DarkShadow · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:40

Sorry for the uber late update but I blame this lazy chair! :eek:

Over the month, I think my backside now has an adequate understanding of the comfort it has provided.

Due to the lazyness that has been instilled within me, I couldn't be arsed to process the pictures so, I hope screenshots from Lightroom are adequate!

I've now done the following on this chair:

Put up a lightbulb
Fart
Eat
Sleep (for 4 hours)
Play Guitar
Game
Watch Movies
Read books
Have some quality relaxing time

It has excelled in all areas as suspected.

However, my biggest issues with this chair is navigating around in it and the height. I shall address these issues further down. I have carpet in my room and moving this chair is a pain, however I've found hopping with it works for me. The height I've gotten used to but it would be nice to have another 5cm or so.

Luckily I found a pic lying around from last year! Here's the benchmark:

In comparison to the three seater recliners we have downstairs it puts up a fairly decent competition. Bearing in mind those above cost 10 times more! The padding is great and it's in the right areas. It does tend to get warm at times which is understandable. The footstall does what it says on the tin. I'm surprised at the strength of the stool, I've stood on it plenty of times (it's not recommended to do so) and it's been fine for me! The overall build quality of the chair is great, the bolts do tend to come a little loose after a few weeks so it's worth checking on a monthly basis or so.

Here are a few pictures:

Pic from "Show us your desks" thread (I realise it has one duplicate pic, but it wasn't intended for this thread):

DarkShadow · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:40

Now in order to solve this height and manoeuvrability issue, I had the following idea. However, I need the help of you wonderful DIY'ers!

One of the legs came scratched, so I sent an email to the place I bought it from and the great people from their factory had sent me a brand new leg for free! Great, I can now experiment!

Now, from my old leather chair I have 5 castors and they fit as follows:

As you guys can see there's they're a tad bit too long! Now if I were to saw the metal pieces by 3/4 and then drill a hole in the base, with the castors flat on the base . . . it should work out shouldn't it?

What do you guys think?

JoDaMa · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:43

That is a fine looking chair. I've got a solid wooden chair to sit on when using my laptop

Usel · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:29

I don't think there will be enough strength in the wood to hold those casters. It may work for a month or two but it won't last.

You really want a steel support running down the length of the leg so it can be screwed into the wood many times and then have a steel holder at the end for the caster to sit into.

Now my drawing skills are terrible but I hope you get the idea. The bit in white would be the holder for the caster.

Basically you need to visit your local Black Smith.

blighter · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:33

I'm sitting on a cheap Argos one and I'm starting to feel the screws poke through from under the chair

Tis rather uncomfortable!

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:41

Does anyone here own a La-Z-Boy (as seen on Friends)?

Spitfir3 · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:44

You have one awesome desk sir

Bubo · 14 Oct 2007 at 21:08

Could you get some of those carpet protector things, put one under each foot so that it is much easier to slide the chair about.

<F0rb> · 14 Oct 2007 at 21:38