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ILikeVoltron posted:Yea, you should stop using this chair right away. See my post on the last page or two, I've got some nerve issue from using a Mirra that either isn't sized properly or something. I'm around 6'1" 235lb and found the Steelcase Criterion to be a great chair. This worries me. I'm 6'4" and fluxuate from between 230-280lb and I want to start saving for a chair that doesn't hurt my back/break constantly. What's out there for people who are genuinely large rather than corpulent midgets?
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get out posted:Thanks everyone. Much appreciated. I'm under pretty frequent chiropractor care and if he knew I was using a chair like this he'd probably kill me. I'll see what else they have on Wednesday. Your chiropractor will eventually kill you anyway. Stop going to pretend doctors with no medical qualifications.
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I posted earlier about needing a chair that was friendly for a 6'4" 250lb+ person, and people suggested a chair called the "Yao Ming". I've been working with my company's HR department, and they'll reimburse me for a chair if I get a doctor's note, but only up to $331. Do you guys have any recommendations for a chair that would cost me that or less with shipping/taxes/etc, or at that point should I just go to Staples and just sit in every chair until I find one that isn't painful. I'm equal parts long leg and torso, and I have fairly wide hips, so I need a chair with a longer lumbar support on the back, and a relatively deep and wide seat.
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Mar 8, 2012 21:20
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Rotten Red Rod posted:$300 is how much they should be spending on their STANDARD chairs - ergonomic specialty chairs will not be anywhere that cheap. Maybe you should buy the chair and foot the difference yourself? I'd love to foot the difference myself, but I can't afford to ATM and I need to get something that isn't making my back hurt 10 minutes into sitting down ASAP. I'm so stiff at the end of the day. I know I won't get the perfect chair on that budget, but I need to get as comfortable as I can so my back will stop aching nonstop. My hips even pop sometimes in the chair I'm in now because it's too narrow and it pushes me into weird positions. I'm in the Madison area. Does anybody know if there's any liquidators in the area I might be able to track down a better chair at?
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Kim Jong III posted:Check out the previously mentioned http://www.nationalofficeliquidators.com/ if you can't find anything closer to you. I see a leap v2 in purple on there for 299. The Leap is pretty universally liked around here, right? I see from their inventory that my home chair is a Steelcase "Sensor". It's a godawful chair, I only have it because someone gave it to me and I have no money. Any other tall goons rocking a leap v2?
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Alright, I got my chair purchase approved. I went and sat in a Leap at a store here, and it was pretty nice. The only thing was that the seat could have been a little wider. They had another model that had exactly that, but it had no price on it, and I can't find any used ones online anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find a Leap with a wider seat for cheap online before I go ahead and order from here: http://www.nationalofficeliquidators.com/products/steelcase-leap-v2-task-chair-purple
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Mar 17, 2012 16:44
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ILikeVoltron posted:National Office Liquidators shipped me a new brace for the chair, except they are missing one of the bearings that hugs the rod the chair uses for its gas chamber. God, what a loving failure. Anyway, I would not recommended using them, it took them almost 2 weeks AFTER I reported the lack of a bracket. So from start to finish it took 5 weeks to get the chair and replacement parts which STILL isn't all the right parts. Screw these guys. Love my chair though, thankfully I was able to replace the missing parts with my old chair. Now I can't even sell the old chair, I have to throw it away. I wish I'd heard these posts last week, because I made my order on Tuesday 
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ILikeVoltron posted:I posted this : http://imgur.com/a/O7Wov @ Mar 09, 2012 They take a long time to ship. I ordered last Tuesday and after a week of not even receiving shipping info I emailed their warehouse manager and he said it was scheduled to ship next Tuesday. That kinda annoys me for a $90 shipping cost.
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Mar 29, 2012 20:56
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My chair came. It looks like this: I am so pissed off it is unbelievable.
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He called me back and said that he was sending another chair right away and having FedEx come to my office to box up and take away the broken one.
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Apr 6, 2012 16:59
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So after a lot of waiting, I have gotten a full refund from NOL for the leap I ordered because they won't ship a replacement until FedEx compensates them for the broken chair. I guess I will have to find the best chair I can for $380 or less at office depot.
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May 31, 2012 16:43
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Rotten Red Rod posted:That's pretty bullshit... And also pretty typical. This is the exact reason furniture dealers are so wary about selling to individual clients instead of bulk-selling to businesses. I've looked, but there's nobody in my area that has any good chairs. Madison, WI is not the place to find used furniture apparently.
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Jun 1, 2012 00:01
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rawrr posted:For $390 or $400 shipped, you can get a V1 leap. Is the V1 significantly less comfortable? I managed to find a lone v1 leap going for $250 on craigslist, but I could order from either of these places as a backup.
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I picked up a V1 Leap from a local via Craigslist this weekend. It is basically in brand new condition, bought last year by a couple who have to be two of the skinniest humans I've ever encountered. The only thing it doesn't have is the slider to adjust lumbar height. The lumbar height seems fine on it, but can you buy an attachment to add that adjustment? Even without, $250 for the most comfortable chair I've ever owned ain't bad.
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Jun 4, 2012 00:02
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krooj posted:^^ That's a great deal. Congrats. I really like the Microsoft Natural line of keyboards. It has a really tall riser on the front and a curved/split keyboard so your wrists are perfectly straight the whole time you use it. I'm still trying to convince work to hook me up with an ergonomic mouse, though. This gel wristpad mousepad is just not doing it.
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Jun 11, 2012 16:03
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Our on-staff ergonomist basically just wanders in, tries to bully you into getting a standing desk, and then leaves.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Well... You should listen. Sit-stand is the healthiest, most ergonomic way to work. If your company actually offers to pay for a good height adjustable table, you should jump at the chance. It's not height adjustable. They bring you a desk with long-rear end legs, one height fits all.
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Jun 12, 2012 01:50
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Veinless posted:Can anyone identify this Steelcase? Dunno the name, but I have one that my grandmother found used. It's horribly uncomfortable and broke after a couple of months. It's more of a "sell in bulk to corporations" chair than anything like the Leap.
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Well, the back of my Leap broke. Was just sitting when it suddenly went POP and fell into the fully reclined position (jarring the poo poo out of my neck in the process). It now does that every time I try to lock it into another position. I got it second hand and it's lasted a year, but that loving sucks. I'm 6'4" and about 280, so I get that these chairs aren't really meant to handle me, but the lightest I've been is 230 (which still exceeds the recommended weight on most chairs) and my doctor told me I was underweight at that point I guess I'll try an Aeron or Embody next time. Only downside is I probably can't get my work to pay for another chair, so I'll have to save up a while and buy one out of pocket. Fun times in the stock office chairs ahead 
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Mandalay posted:That's a 28 BMI which is technically overweight by the simplest metric we use here at our medical clinic. BMI is used as a guide, not as an absolute metric. I understand that it seems unbelievable, but I am really big. At 230 all of my ribs were visible and my elbows were wider than the rest of my arms. My natural healthy active weight is about 260 pounds.
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Maneki Neko posted:Aeron B & C are both rated up to 300 lbs. Most of the tall big dudes I know have been perfectly happy with an Aeron C. Yeah, I think I'm going to save up to buy an Aeron C new. That way I have the warranty. I'm not going to post pictures in a thread about chairs, but to slake your curiosity somewhat, at 230 pounds I wore size 33 jeans. I wear size 38s at my moderately chubby 290 weight right now. I understand that this sounds weird. It is weird. My nurse always ends up triple-checking my blood pressure after she weight me because it blows her mind that a 290 pound man has 120/78 blood pressure and perfect cholesterol. I am a statistical anomaly, but darn it I deserve to sit in comfort  Since I'm going to buy a chair brand new, and money is no object because I will save for as long as I need to, what are the three best chairs I can try out? I'll try the B and C Aerons for sure. Should I give a new Leap in a large size a try, or will I just kill the back again? I hear good things about the Embody too. Is it worth a test sit?
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The back tilt on my Leap V1 has broken. It will stay locked in the first two upright positions, but anything behind that it falls back to the most reclined positions. What are the likely culprits here, and is it something I might be able to fix myself?
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Jul 29, 2013 22:49
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:The back tilt on my Leap V1 has broken. It will stay locked in the first two upright positions, but anything behind that it falls back to the most reclined positions. What are the likely culprits here, and is it something I might be able to fix myself? I know it's the same page, but this is a slow thread so I'm going to self-quote just to make sure nobody has any idea about this before I start saving money for a new chair.
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AmericanBarbarian posted:Lego ikea things together. It kinda defeats the purpose of a standing desk to have to look down at your monitors.
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Did you see if they had larger-sized Gestures? I'm saving up for a new chair (my used Leap's back tilt adjustment broke), but I'm 6'4" and 280 pounds, so the standard size typically doesn't have enough seat depth for me and the back is generally too short and narrow.
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OK guys, what's the cheapest possible place I can get a Herman Miller Embody, new or used, and pay with a credit card? The cleaning people in my office broke my Leap by shoving it under my desk and my company will only foot $300 of the bill on a new chair, and will only reimburse if I show them a credit card receipt. The leap was nice, but still not as comfortable as possible. I'm 6'4" and 285 pounds, and the Embody looks like it's a little more accommodating to larger frames as well. edit: I found a bunch of Mirras for cheap on this page http://officefurniturecenter.com/seating/task.html?limit=all How giant friendly are Mirras? The MUMPSorceress fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Jan 30, 2014 |
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I'm thinking of diy-ing a sit stand platform to sit atop my desk. Was thinking of using a scissor jack of some type and a big piece off wood. Have any of you tried something like this and had success? I really want to do sit stand, but the cheapest two monitor sized adjustable stands I can find are 500.
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I would. I have a hip injury and it hurts to stay in one posture for too long. I need to be able to switch back and forth but I don't have a grand to drop on a desk and won't for a long time.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Then totally go for it. If you actually use it, putting your monitor on top of a bunch of books can be a sit-stand desk. I've tried that, but storing and shuffling around enough books for two 24" monitors, a keyboard, and a mouse is an insane hassle, thus me getting crafty. If it works I'll report back with a trip report.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Not to toot my own horn, but... Oh, gently caress it, I'm tooting it. PC Gamer had an article about chairs for gaming that features my company's chairs (page 2): http://www.pcgamer.com/best-pc-gaming-chairs/ Do you guys have sales ever? The article has me convinced to try the OM5, but the 450ish ergodirect charges is still out of the range that my company will reimburse me,.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Yes, they're height adjustable. I don't know the exact material, but I highly recommend ordering the RP45 (which is the one with the sliding armpad) armrests over the standard ones, as the RP45s are softer. Just double-checking, because I'm really timid when it comes to negotiating, especially on the phone. Do you think it's reasonable to talk them down into the mid $300s? My company will reimburse me $330 for a chair, so I need to minimize how much over that I'm spending. edit: Also, I'm 6'4" and built like a football player. Would you recommend going with the XT model instead of the regular? The MUMPSorceress fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Feb 11, 2015 |
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Just chatted with a very nice sales rep at Ergodirect and I will probably have an OM5XT on the way in the next couple of days. She has to get back to me on price, which I assume means they won't come down too much, but even so $500 is a great price for a chair that fits my linebacker rear end. I will post a review after I've sat in it for a couple weeks.
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Been sitting in the om5 for a couple of days. It's way too eager to recline. Maybe this works for waif people, but it's clearly not resisting my 295 pound body that well, despite being the "xt" model. I can't find anywhere to adjust how much it resists reclining, so I'm finding myself slouching forward in this thing to avoid sitting all the way back.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:PM me, I may have a fix for you. Email sent.
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Alright, I've been sitting in the OM5 for a couple of weeks. Here's my thoughts: *Although I got the "xt" model, the seat still isn't as wide as I'd like. Other goons are not likely to run into this because I am a giant. *The purely weight-driven recline is an interesting idea, but I'm finding it annoying in practice. If I'm sitting bolt upright or leaning all the way back the chair feels great, but if I want to recline to any degree in between I basically have to flex the poo poo out of my abs to help it resist me. This is even after maxing out rrr's adjustment trick. This also might not be a problem if you're not giant. I'm 6'4" and 290 pounds, if those stats are useful to anyone. I don't even think of myself as particularly top heavy, as I have 31" quads from doin dem squats and deadlifts. *The adjustable arms that keep getting reccomended I could take or leave. They have about 15 degrees of swivel and like 3" of back-and-forth travel. I don't think I'd do the basic arms, but I could see doing this chair with no arms at all. Now, that said, even though you have to work pretty hard to recline in this chair, I find my back hurts less at the end of the day than it did in my old chair, but it's more tired. If you don't mind working your abs all day to sit in a chair, this might be the one for you. If you want something that will let you recline easily into whatever position and lock it there, you might want to look elsewhere.
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Knifegrab posted:Well that is seriously disappointing. Stupid American manufacturing being designed for fat pieces of poo poo. It's really not though. I'm a 290lb muscleperson and even the slightest lean sends the chair sitting all the way back. I'm guessing that you're significantly beneath the average weight-wise and the OM5 seems to be tuned for someone in that 170-190lb average range.
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Knifegrab posted:So after having the office master OM-5 for a while now I can no longer recommend the chair to fellow goons. I agree with everything in this post. Corollary to the adjustableness thing, though, I have to flex my abs constantly to maintain anything above "fully reclined" and I used the secret trick to up the resistance of the back even.
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Knifegrab posted:Is there a secret trick to reduce the resistance? I haven't heard of this trick. There's a pair of bolts on either side of the tongue where the back attaches to the base. Loosen them, then slightly adjust the Allen bolt retaining the tongue. Then retighten them. That one OM5 seller in here asked me to keep that quiet but he's basically disappeared and he severely misrepresented the shortcomings of the chair so I don't feel so bad about posting it.
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Aquila posted:Can anyone comment on office chairs available from Costco, especially for in store purchase? My Aeron broke and I need something while I figure out repairs. Costco chairs are all just plywood, sometimes wrapped in some cushioning. When I've used them, they generally break or become too broken in to sit in comfortably after 6-8 months.
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black.lion posted:Okay well I'm 6' 170 so according to that lovely graph I may fit either, really I just want to know how to tell if this is a ~real~ Aeron because there's another I on CL for $300 that I'll take a look at if these aren't the real deal. Buy the C and mail it to me. I'm 6'4" 290 and I haven't been able to find one drat reasonably-priced ergo chair in my area since the janitor broke my Leap shoving it under my desk.
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