In need of a cheap chair

[Craftsman_2222]

I need a relatively cheap chair that is pretty comfortable. I really wouldn't want to go over 250$

 

[StrongAsFe]

DXRacer

[Nico559]

 

[Craftsman_2222]

DXRacers are kinda over my price range

[DigitalHermit]

 

Try looking in your local furniture shop... They might have something there...

[thekeemo]

Go find a local liquidation sale

I got a $3000 chair for next to nothing

[StrongAsFe]

DXRacers are kinda over my price range

They're worth the extra $100

 

They last longer than those cheap chairs

 

 

Save up and get one, you will not regret it.

[Craftsman_2222]

Well, i think i'll test some at a local furniture store. I might just get the DXracer

[Syntaxvgm]

If you can don't cheap out on a  chair. I'm 6'2. I break chairs within a few months because I lock them in place and try to sit up strait. I'm not even overweight, but I'm at the threshold for what most chairs are rated for. Or, since most lock on the right side only, they begin to lean, meaning the lock arm likes to fall out and scare the shit outa me. 

I've spent so much on cheaper office chair I keep breaking, that next time I'm just gonna bite the bullet and spend money on something that will last. And won't hurt my back like my current one does. 

 

Is worth mentioning I'm 240 pounds. Sounds like a lot but I'm out of shape at best, not fat for my height. BMI calc puts me in the obese range, but skinny I'm 220 give or take. So I'm pretty dense I guess. (Maybe my long hair is heavy?)

What does that mean? 

There's literally no chair made for me under the 300$ range, even if I lost the weight I've gained. 

Top that off, if I had a skinny frame, like a friend I have that's 2 inches taller and like 150 pounds or something crazy, the back support factor would still come in- very hard to find tall chairs in a decent price range 

So if you are either tall or at least my weight, really avoid plastic made office chairs, buy something more expensive. In the long run it will serve you better. I regret not doing it myself as the "cheap" office chairs i keep breaking are 70-150$ each

[Craftsman_2222]

If you can don't cheap out on a  chair. I'm 6'2. I break chairs within a few months because I lock them in place and try to sit up strait. I'm not even overweight, but I'm at the threshold for what most chairs are rated for. Or, since most lock on the right side only, they begin to lean, meaning the lock arm likes to fall out and scare the shit outa me. 

I've spent so much on cheaper office chair I keep breaking, that next time I'm just gonna bite the bullet and spend money on something that will last. And won't hurt my back like my current one does. 

 

Is worth mentioning I'm 240 pounds. Sounds like a lot but I'm out of shape at best, not fat for my height. BMI calc puts me in the obese range, but skinny I'm 220 give or take. So I'm pretty dense I guess. (Maybe my long hair is heavy?)

What does that mean? 

There's literally no chair made for me under the 300$ range, even if I lost the weight I've gained. 

Top that off, if I had a skinny frame, like a friend I have that's 2 inches taller and like 150 pounds or something crazy, the back support factor would still come in- very hard to find tall chairs in a decent price range 

So if you are either tall or at least my weight, really avoid plastic made office chairs, buy something more expensive. In the long run it will serve you better. I regret not doing it myself as the "cheap" office chairs i keep breaking are 70-150$ each

Thanks. When you do buy a more expensive chair, what would you be looking at?

[Syntaxvgm]

Thanks. When you do buy a more expensive chair, what would you be looking at?

I'm not sure yet, all I know is it's gonna hurt the wallet. I was looking at dxracer and maxnomic. The car seat style and dense not too soft padding is exactly what I'd like, but being slightly tall means I basically have to pay extra to get a chair my size, they're basically fitted. What's more is I'd want the metal replacement for the legs and casters, which adds a lot to the price. I tend to lock the chair and place my weight towards the back, putting a lot of stress on the legs. I had a chair that was cheap, like 125$ maybe, and reasonably tall and padded (was pretty decently comfortable for me) and one of the wheels literally snapped off in the middle of the leg and hit me in the face while I was typing. I weighed around 215 ish then too, and that's about as skinny as I could go (without being malnourished, different more recent story). I would not like a repeat of that. 

Though, since that chair was near the right height, I did abuse it and lean back and watch movies and stuff in it, so that probably weakened it

 

Given you are maybe 5'10" and under and not too heavy, you won't be limited in your choice of seat from dxracer or maxnomic, nor will you need the stronger legs. Hell I could probably get away without them, that chair was a freak occurrence, and just replace them with the tougher one if they break, not sure yet.