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Computer Chairs

Glirk DientGlirk Dient Registered User regular
edited July 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
I am looking to buy a new computer chair. My searches on the internet have come up with these 2.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YD8RN8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.overstock.com/Office-Supplies/Ergo-Mesh-Medium-Back-Task-Chair/3242004/product.html

I was wondering if anyone has any insight on which might be better.

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  • Skoal CatSkoal Cat Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    If I cared enough to make a thread about it, I wouldn't buy a chair without sitting in it. Head over to your nearest office supply store and/or Ikea and put your butt in everything.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I got one of these, it is excellent.

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  • Disco11Disco11 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Glirk Dient wrote: »
    I am looking to buy a new computer chair. My searches on the internet have come up with these 2.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YD8RN8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
    http://www.overstock.com/Office-Supplies/Ergo-Mesh-Medium-Back-Task-Chair/3242004/product.html

    I was wondering if anyone has any insight on which might be better.

    The one from overstock. It has a lumbar angle adjustments. I sell office chairs for a living :(

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  • UrQuanLord88UrQuanLord88 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Having switched from those $10 swivel computer chairs with coarse fabric cushions to a 2nd hand $80~ costco office chair, I would agree that having lumbar support is probably one of the things you should be looking for.

    Helps a ton if you manage to get your ass in one.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Skoal Cat wrote: »
    If I cared enough to make a thread about it, I wouldn't buy a chair without sitting in it. Head over to your nearest office supply store and/or Ikea and put your butt in everything.

    I would agree with this.

    Buying a piece of furniture online that you will be spending a lot of time on is excessively silly.


    Just go to a store dude. Computer chairs are a very subjective topic. You're not going to learn anything more from us than you will by just looking at pictures of one and thinking "gee that looks comfy".

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  • Glirk DientGlirk Dient Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    These aren't in any stores near me. I have gone to office depot and office max and didn't like any of their chairs.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Try to find an office surplus place and get an old herman miller or steelcase. They're the fucking balls.

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  • Glirk DientGlirk Dient Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I was trying to find a meshback chair, and none of the places near me have one. I was wondering if the two I linked are good chairs to buy. I am trying to buy something around $200 and it is really hard to figure out what a quality chair is online.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    chrishallett83 wrote: »
    I got one of these, it is excellent.

    These chairs are alright if you only sit in it for maybe a half hour or so at a time. But if you're going to be sitting in for hours on end, you'll be miserable.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I sit in mine for hours at a time and it is very comfortable.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    chrishallett83 wrote: »
    I sit in mine for hours at a time and it is very comfortable.

    I had 2 of that chair in an old apartment and any time my friends and I had a lan party or something, those chairs equaled misery. Something about them made everyone's back and ass hurt.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I have the exact model Chris uses as well, and I find it largely comfortable, though not nearly as nice as the ones we have at work, which are similar to the ones the OP links

    it is completely falling apart after two years, including having one of the wheel legs break clean off

    I am just waiting to move to my next place and I'll be getting a nicer one

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  • MyDcmbrMyDcmbr PEWPEWPEW!!! America's WangRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    MushroomStick wrote: »
    chrishallett83 wrote: »
    I got one of these, it is excellent.

    These chairs are alright if you only sit in it for maybe a half hour or so at a time. But if you're going to be sitting in for hours on end, you'll be miserable.

    I have the same chair and I love it. I sit in it for hours upon end without a problem.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Glirk Dient wrote: »
    I was trying to find a meshback chair, and none of the places near me have one. I was wondering if the two I linked are good chairs to buy. I am trying to buy something around $200 and it is really hard to figure out what a quality chair is online.

    If you can up that price a little bit, you can probably score a refurb steelcase or herman miller, which won't break down after a few years like a lot of other chairs.

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  • Disco11Disco11 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    MushroomStick wrote: »
    chrishallett83 wrote: »
    I got one of these, it is excellent.

    These chairs are alright if you only sit in it for maybe a half hour or so at a time. But if you're going to be sitting in for hours on end, you'll be miserable.

    That's more of a boardroom type chair then a task or computer chair. Try to get something more adjustable as if one thing is off and doesn't fit you right it will drive you nuts.

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