The technology of computer chairs.

[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.

Does it support your back? I guess you have that negative lean and so you sit straighter huh?

Jinx, Nice chairs and they are on sale and free s/h too! A little out of my price range since I am saving for tires for my Explorer. They look comfortable but they do not fit the decor of my room. I have a bohemian chic bedroom.

If I were going to do it I would buy the red one and re-do my a kitchen in ice cream shop red and black motif. It would work. Oh and I would have to get larger too. They are huge with a seat depth of 26.6!

I will show them to my son so when he graduates and moves away and needs a nice pc chair for a good price. He might dig them.

S.N. I wonder if you can refurbish the chair you have. They sure don't make mechanics like they used to that's for sure.

I'm not going for big since I don't have a secretary to run and get me things. I want to sit comfortably yet be able to eject myself out of it...unlike this one which sucks me in and tries to kill me at my pressure points. It is wobbly and falling apart yet it is only over a year old. Yes you are right. You get what you pay for but I hope I get lucky and get more than what I pay for this time.

SO....I am on the staples site rfn searching!
What I like about the staples selection is you can design your own chair. How cool is that ?!

( edit- I guess 'design' means you can chose an alternate color) I'm still looking around though.

[limey]

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.

Does it support your back? I guess you have that negative lean and so you sit straighter huh?
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The way it tilts your pelvis forward with the sloping seat means you have to sit straighter. When I sit "wrongly" on it, I lean with my elbows on the table in front of me, but my back is still pretty straight .

[tw]

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.

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.