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design question- office chairs I haver rarely found a chair in which I am comfortable and I think a comfy chair is a pre-req for productivity. Two things I have always wondered about office chairs, and BTW I don't like these features, why are they designed to sink down when you sit in them and why are chairs for doing a forward leaning task such as coding, designed to lean back unless one specifically leans forward?
name withheld out of cowardice
Have you tried a Herman Miller Aeron? People seem to love or hate them. There's just a little sinking of the mesh when you sit down but the height mechanism stays in place. With all the options they have an adjustable tilt lock to prevent them from going back and a forward tilt release in case parallel to the floor isn't far enough forward for you.
Doug
I just got an Aeron chair (see post below) and I must say I love it.
Steve Jones (UK)
I have an Aeron Chair at home and find it superior. I wasn't complaining or looking for a solution. I was actually wondering what the point was.
name withheld out of cowardice
because that's the way it's always been?
mb
I must have the worst posture in the world, yet I never have back pain or any other...
hoser
I am not suffering back pain. I just think it's weird that office chairs are almost universally designed to sink a few inches when you sit in them and are designed to lean you in the opposite direction of your work. Even if it is because this is the way it has always been what was the original intent? Is it relaxing that you can bounce up and down subtley?
name withheld out of cowardice
it's a feature, not a bug. when you sit down, the chair acts as a shock absorber. sometimes too much, but that's a cheap gas piston. some old chairs which use screw jacks don't have any spring, and you'll feel it when you sit down in them if you expect the give of a modern chair.
mb
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