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Noisy office chair.
rdl:
The three biggest flaws I've found (almost invariably) in the cheaper* chairs:
1. Poor quality/insufficient cushioning (feels fine at first, but you often begin to "bottom out" within a month or so).
2. Pneumatic adjustment fails (gas lift becomes leaky and will not hold position).
3. Noisy, loud creaking and popping sounds with every movement.
* Apparently $400 is still considered cheap?
GreyWoolfe:
I just bought a Serta Jennings Big and Tall Manager chair, regularly $329 USD at Office Depot on sale for $229 USD. Dead quiet and a very comfortable chair for one sold by a mattress company. We will see how it holds up as I am both big and tall. Most big and tall chairs, I find, don't adjust down low enough. I have very short legs for my height. This is the first big and tall chair that adjusts low enough that I am not sliding to the end of the chair to put my feet flat on the floor. I would love to have a Herman Miller Aeron but even if I could afford a 2nd hand chair, the weight limit won't work. I buy what fits my weight and replace as I need.
rdl:
My last chair purchased was okay until a weld broke a couple of weeks ago. I'm back to using its predecessor, which is noisy and has a gas lift that's not trustworthy. There's an Office Depot a few miles up the Interstate, I may have to go check out that Serta.
nctnico:
--- Quote from: frozenfrogz on April 29, 2018, 05:05:52 pm ---Slightly OT but since we have the mighty crowd of chair enthusiasts gathered here: What model // manufacturer can you recommend leaving the price aside for the moment.
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Usually the big brands you find in an office: Ahrend, Dauphin, etc. My current chair is a Dauphin. When I need a new chair I go to an office supplies store which has a huge amount of used chairs. I tell the sales guy I won't leave without a chair but my ass is doing the shopping today so he shouldn't expect a meaningfull conversation >:D
GreyWoolfe:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 29, 2018, 08:29:15 pm --- I tell the sales guy I won't leave without a chair but my ass is doing the shopping today so he shouldn't expect a meaningfull conversation >:D
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:-DD
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