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Originally Posted by skysidhe
Limey, I've always found the kneeling chair intriguing. If I ever see one in a store I will sit in it just to see what it feels like.
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I had one for years - even back when I first discovered the Cellar. Even spent 48 plus constant hours on it while doing a program for a masters program. Sun went down and up multiple times and I was still in that chair.
Over the years, I had to repad the knee supports. Eventually changed (redrilled) the swivel point position to make it more comfortable.
Conventional chairs had two problems. Arm rests (ie on the one with curving arm rests) can be too high so that the desktop at keyboard level blocks the arm rests. Even chairs with adjustable armrests sometimes could not be lowered. Kept the chair too far away causing leaning forward.
Put your elbows against your side. Put your forearms perfectly horizontal from your body. That is where the keyboard will be. Can the armrests sit many inches lower - get under the keyboard table? If not, arm rests are too high.
Second, the hydraulic piston in cheaper chairs fails quickly. No problem if it can be replaced. But I never found a replacement. Chair remained too low. Had to 'seal' the piston at a fixed height.