The technology of computer chairs.

[lumberjim]

I would love to know how many hours I've put on this chair. I've worn out one piston already.

[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.

[squirell nutkin]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I would love to know how many hours I've put on this chair. I've worn out one piston already.

Tally up your hours from your pay stubs and multiply by .75
The ,25 should account for all the times you had to get up, go to some salesman's office and ask him WTF is this supposed to mean?

[jinx]

Maybe you should get an uncomfortable one so you get up more.

[skysidhe]

Somehow I don't feel quite so sorry for myself. Some of you need new chairs too.

Imagine all of us sitting in our chairs moaning from the discomfort....well except for jinx with her jeep seat.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I don't think a good chair would help me, I sit on my left leg anyway, getting myself all out of whack and giving myself hip pain. Right now, though, I'd try just about anything. My spasms have spasms!

yeah, I do that ...when I forget not to. And I'm in physical therapy for left knee pain. Go figure!

[skysidhe]

I'm thinking I am a geek since no one mentioned how they ..just ..Love.. the lumbar support or the tilt-mechanism feature.




Well I guess balls,drum stools and kneel chairs and chairs from a hundred years ago wouldn't have those.

...although the backrest attachment on the drum throne seems appealing.

[skysidhe]

I think I am going to go with this one. It's 89.99 It might take me some time to release my fist from the cash, though, or until this chair I am on now wobbles some more.

[xoxoxoBruce]

It looks like it will jettison you if your computer crashes.

[skysidhe]

No that's jinx's jeep chair. It actually belongs in a moving vehicle.


Well on second thought. If my computer crashes and I flinch A LOT and grab one of those levers. It just might jettison me!

[HungLikeJesus]

Two years ago I spent weeks looking for a new desk chair. I sat in lots of chairs. Some were too big, some were too small, some were too hard, some were too soft. I found the Allsteel 19 to be just right.

http://www.allsteeloffice.com/allste...ts/seating/19/

It was a little expensive, but I was spending about 12 hours per day sitting in it.

(I was going to include an image, but I'm still unsure about the hotlinking issue.)

[Clodfobble]

That's false advertising. There are clearly non-steel materials on that chair. I was hoping to see some crazy sculpted metal piece that didn't need padding because it was just that ergonomically correct.

[skysidhe]

Nice features HLJ!

[HungLikeJesus]

(Cellar God must have added that image. Thanks Cellar God.)

There was another chair that I really liked that looked like a human exoskeleton, but it was a bit expensive. If I remember the name I'll post a link.

[skysidhe]

An exoskeleton?

...ok I am curious now