Computer Chair Recommendation?

[paulyron]

Anyone have recommendation for one that cost $50 to $125 at the absolute most?  There seems to be like several types of computer and office chairs.  You have the cheap office chair that is small and has no armrest.  That is the worst right?  Then you have like the middle of the road office chair which is like a mesh chair where there is armrest and you have back support?  However, the mesh chair isn't going to cover like your head area but these are what most people use right?  Then you have like the executive office chair that is made of leather or possibly fake leather?  This is the one where if you lay your head back, your head would touch the back of the chair.

 

 

Then you have gaming chairs and those seem to look expensive but a bit over the top?  Then I heard there was ridiculous expensive chairs that might cost thousands of dollars.  So there are like 5 types of computer chairs only right?  But never get the cheap one with no armrest.  So is the leather executive chair always better than the regular office mesh chair?  The regular office mesh chair seem to cost around 50 to 100 dollars or so.  The leather executive chair seem to cost 100-250 dollars?  Then you have gaming chairs that cost at least that or even more?  

 

 

If you use a computer and sit down for a long time and also use a lot of monitors so you turn your neck around a lot, what computer chair would you recommend?  

[Poinkachu]

45 minutes ago, paulyron said:

what computer chair would you recommend?  

Unless you are really sure that the other person's traits, needs, ailments, usage (and possibly environment too) are the same as yours, it is hardly ever a good idea to ask for recommendation for stuffs like this.

 

Go to nearest store that sells chairs and have display / test units, try them out for prolonged time.

 

45 minutes ago, paulyron said:

the mesh chair isn't going to cover like your head area but these are what most people use right?

There are mesh chairs that has headrest too :x

 

 

[Aleph256]

46 minutes ago, paulyron said:

what computer chair would you recommend?  

Nothing that would fit in such a small budget.

150-200 is the entry-level stuff if you don't want it breaking after a few months - and a good office chair can easily reach the 4-digit range.

 

I've actually encountered that situation at work - they went for cheap, synthetic leather gaming-style chairs for the night shift stations.

Comfortable enough, but the leather started peeling after mere weeks, and having the position adjusted every few days made the mechanisms break in three months.

They were 170€ a pop, on the smaller side, and featured non-adjustable armrests.

 

I would say 400 bucks is when you start getting stuff that lasts.

Went with a Maxnomic seat 8 years ago, and aside from the synthetic leather starting to peel off due to too much sitting right after a shower, still going strong (even if it has relocated to my workplace since I upgraded to a Secretlabs last year after I tested one and fell in life with the feel of the cloth covering).

[Doobeedoo]

If you want something decent and say like ergo mesh chair you'll need to up the budget. It's worth it though.

[paulyron]

Okay so avoid gaming chairs right?  And avoid the small computer chair that has no armrest?  I notice that one on amazon and not sure why anyone would get it.  Are armrest important or not?

 

 

So the one posted above... that is what one should get then right?  But what if it isn't as tall as that for the back?

 

 

$90 Gaming Chair

 

https://www.amazon.com.mx/SELECTSHOP-RECLINABLE-REPOSA-GIRATORIA-Ajustable/dp/B0BM578BRD/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_MX=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=PEWA13W2KYTO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9YcLw_qTluDXtmZRlYtzO4JdErEHwWveTmoxq3iak6w8fEjbAvMFKwJ7tXuyn22Zv1ePdeX72E96Keg1Rcws-LufPR99gt3j-ZjiZVnECzGnrsdbevt467sUWZOG3pcC3_Qnkd2o5yqpulalScVpaG0ox38ET7zDoZ-RK_iQQcW8kLikD9TzPMS1XWyrf0UYSoZq3iUvAHZjKP-eCz-NUEzOGIllYYYCne9em0XXdnyxPJrtCxJxzAfpKYHJq_jGlWC4zjYmlciAtgPX4KiZuT9cb5XmDs-D0OR2Fno34Eo.89bpU8qx25ojERIM2m_bRNa0DwkoBP3dXptwkLx-GHg&dib_tag=se&keywords=gaming%2Bchair&qid=1721026280&sprefix=gaming%2Bcha%2Caps%2C494&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.12c28adc-ede4-4180-8d9e-3d9cc50fec69&th=1

 

 

 

$135 Chair

 

https://www.amazon.com.mx/Amazon-Basics-Escritorio-reposabrazos-Certificado/dp/B081H3Y5NW/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_MX=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OEeTi6yowPjcymMSNRbycb7ziTKCfIn4UAm7QBUJKm1_sqDsy9ExPzC6b_Non_A4zaAswl1Hq30P86b6JnMriYrYHPeACEZhvhguoFYg_cBvitocGKxHbuZkvbC4fZdIu4xRsEbIOSdUF6JPoZpohv8VRQ9o3HKkOmHlyH_ilw-om2JIM-W-KW4ydVEid06GbbGkeF4lAROLI7LDIbxAVNuGa6rUqqM0TUFuMLYw1CJCAFw-QFOnV4zDlAc3fWRkiz2isL6vxumlo78VrE_GfNWro0hcf2KUEu-gEZjLcko.LBuR20ViXPl0inykZs8Q3uE8pkS2B2PAQeNsjar2Jcg&dib_tag=se&keywords=office%2Bchair&qid=1721026238&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.a9e70178-7411-4f75-8d83-e6796a165895&th=1

 

 

 

$185 Executive Office Chair

 

https://www.amazon.com.mx/SEATING-ejecutiva-ajustable-escritorio-ergonomica/dp/B089QV97F1/ref=sr_1_2?__mk_es_MX=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OEeTi6yowPjcymMSNRbycb7ziTKCfIn4UAm7QBUJKm1_sqDsy9ExPzC6b_Non_A4zaAswl1Hq30P86b6JnMriYrYHPeACEZhvhguoFYg_cBvitocGKxHbuZkvbC4fZdIu4xRsEbIOSdUF6JPoZpohv8VRQ9o3HKkOmHlyH_ilw-om2JIM-W-KW4ydVEid06GbbGkeF4lAROLI7LDIbxAVNuGa6rUqqM0TUFuMLYw1CJCAFw-QFOnV4zDlAc3fWRkiz2isL6vxumlo78VrE_GfNWro0hcf2KUEu-gEZjLcko.LBuR20ViXPl0inykZs8Q3uE8pkS2B2PAQeNsjar2Jcg&dib_tag=se&keywords=office%2Bchair&qid=1721026238&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.628a2120-cf12-4882-b7cf-30e681beb181&th=1

 

 

 

$85 Gaming Chair
 

https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/silla-de-oficina-ejecutiva-reclinable-ergonomica-reposapies-color-negro/p/MLM23039205#reviews

 

 

 

$45 Mesh Chair

 

https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/silla-de-oficina-silla-ejecutiva-base-metalica-antri-trans-color-negro-material-del-tapizado-mesh/p/MLM16071218#reviews

 

 

 

$45 Mesh Chair

 

https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/silla-de-oficina-top-living-anatomica-y-giratoria-color-gris-material-del-tapizado-mesh/p/MLM16071219#reviews

 

 

 

$65 Mesh Chair

 

https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/silla-oficina-escritorio-ergonomica-mesh-giratoria-secretarial-ajustable-y-apoyabrazos-regulables-femmto/p/MLM20911445#reviews

 

 

 

 

Physical Office Depot Store Here Where I Can Check The Chairs Out.  Any of those look good?

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/search/?text=silla+de+oficina

[saintlouisbagels]

1 hour ago, paulyron said:

Okay so avoid gaming chairs right?  And avoid the small computer chair that has no armrest?  I notice that one on amazon and not sure why anyone would get it.  Are armrest important or not?

So the one posted above... that is what one should get then right?  But what if it isn't as tall as that for the back?

It is proper courtesy to tell us what country you're in, what retailers you can use, and what currency you're working with.

People will always default to North America and USD if you don't say anything, and it becomes annoying for both sides if we make recommendations that are not available to you.

 

Have you looked at your local FB Marketplace or Craigslist (idk if it's available outside the US lol)

A of companies purchase expensive $1000+ Herman Miller Aeron, Steelcase Leap, Steelcase Gesture chairs and then they go out of business and the chairs end up in the used market for amazing affordable prices.

 

I would probably choose

https://www.amazon.com.mx/SEATING-ejecutiva-ajustable-escritorio-ergonomica/dp/B089QV97F1/

or

https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/silla-oficina-escritorio-ergonomica-mesh-giratoria-secretarial-ajustable-y-apoyabrazos-regulables-femmto/p/MLM20911445

 

I like standard office chairs with mesh backing and lumbar support.

[paulyron]

9 hours ago, saintlouisbagels said:

It is proper courtesy to tell us what country you're in, what retailers you can use, and what currency you're working with.

People will always default to North America and USD if you don't say anything, and it becomes annoying for both sides if we make recommendations that are not available to you.

 

Have you looked at your local FB Marketplace or Craigslist (idk if it's available outside the US lol)

A of companies purchase expensive $1000+ Herman Miller Aeron, Steelcase Leap, Steelcase Gesture chairs and then they go out of business and the chairs end up in the used market for amazing affordable prices.

 

I would probably choose

https://www.amazon.com.mx/SEATING-ejecutiva-ajustable-escritorio-ergonomica/dp/B089QV97F1/

or

https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/silla-oficina-escritorio-ergonomica-mesh-giratoria-secretarial-ajustable-y-apoyabrazos-regulables-femmto/p/MLM20911445

 

I like standard office chairs with mesh backing and lumbar support.

Thanks for the response.  Located in Mx.  Yea the rate is 1700 pesos = $100 approximately.

 

I'm not sure you could even buy Herman Miller Aeron here and if so, I'm not spending 1000 dollars on a chair.

 

Okay so those 2 you mentioned seem to be very similar in that they are mesh.  But the 1st link is the premium one right since it cost a lot and because there is head support?  The 2nd link is a cheaper one but it's still good?  

 

So the $45 mesh chair, those should be avoided because they aren't tall enough?

 

So avoid gaming chairs, chairs with no armrest and the leather office chair or fake leather office chair right?

[paulyron]

Is this one at Office Depot Mx good?

 

 

There is a discount on it right now with a lot of other computer chairs.  This is a mesh one but it appears to be lower?  The second link seems to be superior and that is why there is no discount to it?  

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Ejecutiva-Office-Depot-QG2134A-Gris/p/100176732

 

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Ejecutiva-Techni-Mobili-Nápoles-Malla-Negro/p/60148

[saintlouisbagels]

@paulyron honestly, I don't know anyone at work that uses a head rest, and I've never personally seen a Herman Miller Aeron in office with a head rest.

[paulyron]

Okay so a head rest isn't recommended then?  So most people who lay their back on the computer chair, their head isn't touching anything?  Or it's partially touches the back of it?

 

 

Would you say the cheaper $45 mesh chair is good enough or not?  What about the one below it that is $65?  The last 2 links, those are superior mesh chairs right?  But the 1st one seem to be not as good as it isn't that tall?  That chair is on sale but the one below it isn't.  

[paulyron]

Anyone can comment on any of the links I posted?  The last 2 I posted, I could probably try those at the physical store.  Any chairs that you could recommend?

[saintlouisbagels]

You should always try a chair instead of blindly purchasing. Everyone is different.

I personally hate head rests, but obviously someone out there probably loves them.

[paulyron]

So I went to a store to try many of these chairs.  The first thing I noticed was like at least 80% of these chairs at least seem to have a slight lean back to it and it isn't straight on the back.  Is that normal?  So when I sit on these chairs, only a few of them where I sat on it where I go... okay the back of the chair is straight and thus my posture would be straight.  Isn't that what most computer or office chairs should be like?  I must have tried over 30 chairs and 5 chairs at the most was like this.

 

 

Almost all gaming chairs seem to have a lean back to it.  Most office chairs are like this even which shocked me.  Now some of these office chairs, you could lean back as well on it but it felt like you are lying on a reclining chair almost.  Is this normal?  There were a few chairs only where one was a gaming chair and the other was an office mesh chair with a headrest where the moment I sat on it, I am in straightforward position in terms of my posture.  Is that the chair one should get then?

 

 

The thing is I am using several monitors so I will be going from left to center to right etc.  Imagine the laptop screen on the left and big 43' 4k monitor in the middle and a smaller 24' to the right of it.  If you are going to move your neck a lot, do you want a chair where you could move left and right without moving your neck?

 

 

 

[paulyron]

I tried this one out at the store.  My first thought was the moment I sat on it, posture was straight.  But if I want to lean back, you can't really do it at all.  I also have no need of the headrest.  But this seemed very comfortable.  The problem here is with like 45 chairs at this store, there were very few that when you sit down, you are sitting straight up.  Almost every other computer or office chair there, it's like your back is leaning back a bit which didn't feel comfortable to me at all.  Is that right or wrong?

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Ejecutiva-Techni-Mobili-Nápoles-Malla-Negro/p/60148

 

 

I tried some chairs like these below and I do not like how the moment I sit down on it, I'm not sitting fully straight up.  These seem to have more of a lean back to it?  The thing is like 80% of chairs at least seem to be like this?

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Ejecutiva-4Tune-FIO5624R-Gris/p/100174999

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Gamer-Techni-Mobili-Racer-Polipiel-Negro-con-rojo/p/81466

 

 

 

If you compared the 1st link with the 2nd link, notice how the back of the 1st one is more straight up so your posture would be straight up?  But the 2nd link wouldn't be because it's more lean back?  Now I'm not even sure how your computer chair should be because I'm not sure why so many chairs have a more lean back to it?  Is that how you suppose to sit on a chair?

[paulyron]

Okay this might be a stupid question but is it possible that the chair that I liked and it doesn't lean back... it can always lean back if I wanted it to?  I am talking about the 1st link in my last post.

 

 

Is it correct that when you on the chair and put your back to the chair, you are sitting straightforward immediately?

 

 

Is it possible all the other chairs that lean back and lean forward or those chairs do not have that option?

[paulyron]

I checked some old reddit threads.  If you check out the bottom right picture of the 1st link, isn't that the most comfortable position?  When you take a look at the office chair, notice how it is upright and not leaning back like in the top right?  So why are 80% at least of office chairs like the top right?  I have no idea how anyone finds the top right position comfortable at all unless maybe if you watching a movie?

 

 

In the 2nd link, someone drew a sketch of them sitting upright with a lean back chair which they do not like and the one below it shows that person sitting upright with a chair that doesn't lean back.  Notice how the 1st position is like the chair is lean back and the 2nd position is chair is more upright.  

 

 

Shouldn't you be sitting upright like in the 2nd sketch for the 2nd link if you using computer for long hours.  Not only that, if you are using a keyboard and wireless mouse and using multiple monitors?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[paulyron]

How do you know if a chair has a tilt option if you are checking the chairs out?  When I was at the store, lot of the chairs I tried, I noticed the obvious handle that is the height adjustment where you can go higher or lower.  The tilt option... tilt is reclining correct?  So that would be somewhere else below the chair correct and not on or right next to the height adjuster?

 

 

The thing is does that tilt thing is very clear to anyone checking below the chair?  So there should be like 2 things under it if it can height adjust and tilt?  The chair that I linked and said felt comfortable, there are like 2 levers in the 360 degree photo of it.  So one is the height adjuster and the other is the tilt option correct?  So if you check other office chairs at the store, if it doesn't have 2 levers, then it can't tile correct? 

 

 

 

Thus it either

 

 

 

1.  Can't height adjust or tilt

2.  Height adjust but not tilt

3.  Both height adjust and tilt?

 

 

 

Is that correct?

[paulyron]

Is the first link the best one?  Would you recommend this?  Cost a bit more than $200.  The moment you sit down, it is very comfortable because you are sitting upright.  However, I tried the lever for tilt and untilt and it doesn't seem to recline?  There is height adjustment as well.  

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Ejecutiva-Techni-Mobili-Nápoles-Malla-Negro/p/60148

 

 

 

 

 

I tried this one below and it felt comfortable as well but not as good as the above one.  It cost about $70 or so.  The back is obviously not as high but you are sitting straight the moment you sit on it.

 

 

https://www.chedraui.com.mx/silla-cuory-de-escritorio-ergonomica-azul-3828926/p

 

 

 

 

The other thing is this.  How hard is it to assemble an office chair if you have no experience?  For the 1st chair, they offer a service where someone can install it at your apartment for about $20 or so.  The 2nd one you buy it at the store or they ship it to you and you have to assemble it yourself.  The thing is if I don't know how to assemble it, then I have to bring it to an office furniture assembly store then?  For someone with zero experience assembling, would you recommend doing it yourself?  I want to buy the first one for $200 but it doesn't seem like it has recline?

[paulyron]

Tilt is not the same as recline?

 

 

Someone else tells me the techni mobili chair does recline?  They use the word tilt but tilt is the same as recline?

 

 

https://pdf.lowes.com/productdocuments/02ab98c3-7181-489e-a51b-40cf6954c08c/64255606.pdf

[paulyron]

My other thread was getting very long so I want to make the quicker one.  I want an office chair where I could use for at least 12 hours a day minimum and even longer.  I use 3 monitors total including my laptop monitor so I move my neck around a lot on a 6 foot folding table that I use.  I use a wired keyboard and a trackball mouse so you understand the setup that I am using.

 

 

I tried this office chair below at the store not long ago and it feel comfortable because the moment I sat down on it, I was sitting upright in a straight position where there is no lean back at all.  Like 90% of the chairs at that store leaned back which i did not like and didn't feel comfortable.  Is the one below good?  It doesn't seem to offer option to recline?  However, is reclining a big thing?  You only do that when you want to relax on the chair for a short bit right and never recline when you are actively looking at your monitors?

 

 

https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categoría/Todas/Muebles-y-Decoración/Sillas/Sillas-Ejecutivas/Silla-Ejecutiva-Techni-Mobili-Nápoles-Malla-Negro/p/60148

 

 

The link below seems to be the same office chair?  When you check out the video on each of them, it's literally the same video.  However, is it ridiculous that it costs $200 and it can't recline?  Again, I don't want to recline when I'm on the computer 12 hours a day looking at monitors and moving my neck around... but you at least want this option when relaxing like watching youtube or something like that?

 

 

https://technimobili.com/products/techni-mobili-modern-high-back-mesh-executive-office-chair-with-headrest-and-flip-up-arms-color-black

 

 

 

How does the techni mobili office chair compare to these 3 office chairs below?  They all look the same but these 3 below all can recline I believe?  So if you had the option of buying the officedepot.mx/techni mobili one or the ones below, which would you choose?  Assembly should be simple with all of these?  The ones below cost less than the officedepot.mx/techni mobili one from the two links above.  That one doesn't seem to recline but these 3 below do?

 

 

https://www.amazon.com.mx/SEATING-ejecutiva-ajustable-escritorio-ergonomica/dp/B089QV97F1/ref=sr_1_5?crid=6NM227I3PRJR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CR6DC8qrVu1T5BEINeu2r3_LfnGezywBlAN3FfWk_cL7mex5z-JGFmzB7LnmLxY0a9QdQtnUNbuT7AAp7vuVTBFbTd2ZIrkbE820hogf60SS5N6KknQLxzRBt1ocVncbXb4g7-_MyKvKraCOId-t1ZivolQ9vSsxVgRk5Zyd4JnWuOZXFK1p4UcA_TIFcwIscataOXeYWA2IPOglL_6B9lzqrCI7PvNoIKvfzF0888KXZ_v5MJDAmZJGYY-xOTFk1Le-1pymzIaFg4icP7zcaEcS0D1IdF9Fs994SGpyTJ8.aCKxOWoRH4uGK4xxpFNV7lqSrf8yxT1OmWiXx1jXFTs&dib_tag=se&keywords=i+seating+silla+oficina+ejecutiva&qid=1722235563&sprefix=iseating+%2Caps%2C391&sr=8-5&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.628a2120-cf12-4882-b7cf-30e681beb181

 

 

https://www.amazon.com.mx/ALTALIA-HOME-OFFICE-Escritorio-ergonomica-reposabrazos-ergon%C3%B3mica/dp/B0CWJ9TQW5/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=0QZyc&content-id=amzn1.sym.399fe468-7ecf-4dfd-b9b1-01b237c608d3%3Aamzn1.symc.5111b5a7-85f4-4b0c-88b2-c0a74bb618a6&pf_rd_p=399fe468-7ecf-4dfd-b9b1-01b237c608d3&pf_rd_r=HCQZDT8XG2W29SE50CFE&pd_rd_wg=UeKeR&pd_rd_r=20879cb5-94fb-4cc2-a878-1a3a57fb3a4e&ref_=pd_hp_d_btf_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

 

 

https://www.amazon.com.mx/ALTALIA-HOME-OFFICE-Escritorio-ergonomica-reposabrazos-reclinable/dp/B0CWJ2VVZZ/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=0QZyc&content-id=amzn1.sym.399fe468-7ecf-4dfd-b9b1-01b237c608d3%3Aamzn1.symc.5111b5a7-85f4-4b0c-88b2-c0a74bb618a6&pf_rd_p=399fe468-7ecf-4dfd-b9b1-

[paulyron]

Another thing is what about the dimensions of the office chair?  The techni mobili is 26.5' Depth, 26.5' Width and 45.5-49.5'H.

 

 

However, the other 3 links, the 1st chair from those 3 links seem to be 29.5 D, 59W, 70H Centimeters?   So if it's centimeters, then the width is 23.2' but the height is 27.5'?  That certainly is not a correct listing?

 

 

The last 2 links from what appears to be the same chair where one has lumbar adjustment and the other doesn't, the dimensions are

 

 

68D x 69W x 1.7H CM.  

 

 

That has to be incorrect?  The depth would be 26.5' and width is 23.6 but the height would be how much?  I'm not sure how 1.7H cm means?