I’ve been looking at this one. I think I’ll buy it when I retire the one I have now.
One suggestion...check Craig’s List for a few days.....you just mind find something really good, at a real bargain price...
http://www.staples.com/Tempur-Pedic-TP4000-Ergonomic-Fabric-Mid-Back-Task-Chair-Black/product_324022
I got some really comfy high backs from Office Depot several years ago. For like $55.00 or so. Look online.
I got the $100 one at costco a few months ago. Its on sale right now, I think. The one with the see through netting seat and back. Best home office chair ive ever had, and ive had a few.
Office chairs.com has a big and tall section. If you have a $500 budget I would check out the executive chairs.
http://big-and-tall-chairs.officechairs.com/
A couple of the links above I don’t recommend, because they have fixed armrests and backs. I got one of those for my home office, and I regret it. You want one with adjustable seat height, back height, and arm rests at minimum. Here are the adustments:
1. Set the seat height so that, when you stand in front of the chair facing toward it, the top of the seat comes just under your knee cap.
2. Sit in the chair, and adjust the seat back until it is putting support right in the small of your back.
3. Still sitting, adjust the arm rests so that, when your arms rest normally at your sides, they just barely touch the armrests. (Or don’t have arm rests at all, there are two schools of thought on this one.)
To stay on the safe side, go to various office furniture stores and try out various chairs before buying. Stay in the various models for 10-12 minutes with a laptop. The store will understand.
This is your area of expertise LP
The Herman Miler Equa 2 hands down best office chair. Discovered it after having back surgery and am now on my 2nd one in 25 years. The seat and back flex with you and support you. Its not cheap, but spread the cost over ten or more years and its quite reasonable. Forget the Aeron, poor support
http://www.my-officechairs.com/ergonomic_office_chairs/herman_miller_equa_2_ergonomic_chair.php
Can we offer this fine fellow in need of a new chair any advice?
http://www.staples.com/Office-Chairs/cat_DP4972
Head to the local staples, find one that suits your body shape.
Expect it to be somewhat pricey.
http://www.staples.com/Big-and-Tall-Chairs/cat_CL166254
Millions of satisfied Herman Miller Aeron desk chair customers can't be all wrong. It's been one of the most popular model 'sit all day' desk chairs for a decade or so, and may be the biggest selling ergo-metric desk chair in history.
Because it was high-end and popular, all of the dot-com companies bought them in bulk, and hundreds or thousands of companies went under with bulk inventories of new or lightly-used Aerons.
It was/is available in a big size, has height adjustments, is breathable, and has good lumbar support.
If you Google the Aeron, you can buy it new, but it's slightly above your price-point.
Because so many are out there, you should be able to find a new or lightly-used one on Craigslist or eBay with relative ease, even this long after the dot com bust.
Just a thought.
I needed an orthopedic office chair. SweetiePalm was looking around and found myergohealth.com
When I called the company I got Khris Devoto (Senior Ergonomic Specialist)
Direct: (877) 225-4139
BODYBILT Custom Chairs | myergohealth.com
Their chairs are NOT cheap. They are very high end, strong, and built for YOU. They can be adjusted sixty ways to Sunday. The set-up video take about 45 minutes to complete and you will need an assistant. When you get through it's perfect.
My chair was $1500 and came with a full money back guarantee. When Khris called me to see how the chair was the first thing I said was, "You can't have it back."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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My husband has a $1000 leather office chair — swivels, rocks, adjusts, etc. It’s nice. Just as nice, however, are the $180 leather office chairs that I got for myself at Office Depot (I have one at the office and one at home). I was developing blood clots in my legs from perching on an antique ‘Baltimore’ with a rush seat and hard bar across the front which is why I bought 2 new chairs for myself.
I got a very comfy Global (top quality, better than Staples crap) ergonomic executive fabric chair, in an upgraded fabric, from http://www.zerbee.com/?atrkid=V1ADW3B824E98-2409216366-k-zerbee-23741884686-b-g-m-1t1&gclid=CK2ljuuvob0CFeMSOgodzx4APA. Then I didn’t have to pay tax or shipping to NYC.