July 29, 2009 at 9:40 am
mikefolden (7/29/2009)
At my office in Mpls, the purchasers saw fit to buy "Herman Miller" chairs for everyone, and I have to say that the money has been well spent. I've had mine for nearly 9 years now, and day in, day out, it is absolutely the most comfortable chair I've ever had. If you are going to spend 8, 9, 10 hours a day sitting, a Herman Miller chair is well worth the money, IMHO...
Are those the Aeron chairs? Or a different model?
July 29, 2009 at 9:51 am
That's a great idea for recruitment at growing companies, but not so good at larger ones. However larger ones could make a deal with a used furniture company to swap out chairs at a nominal cost. Let them person pick a new one, swap it out.
July 29, 2009 at 9:57 am
The standard here is Steelcase's Leap Chair...
http://www.steelcase.com/na/leap_products.aspx?f=11852
IMHO, a very good chair. I'm particularly fond of the chair because the seat is adjustable in length/depth as well as tilt. So those of us with longer femurs are comfortable. I'm also pleased that it has a weight rating close enough so that I don't feel like I'm going to kill myself when it collapses.
It functions well for my coworker who's 4' 13" & 82 pounds (literally), and for me at 6' 5" 300 +/- pounds...
At home I have a Nightingale Legacy 1600D chair... The best I've found...
http://www.nightingalechairs.com/legacy_home.html
As far as your overall comfort, the chair is the basis, but it is certainly not alone. Is it correct for your height of desk, monitor, etc.
I'm quite fond of my cell. The table height is perfect to rest my arms on, and comfortably type.. I've been with this set-up for 7 years now. No complaints.
I've been "geeking" (as my wife says :-P) for 16 years now. In my previous full time employment, the stable I was kept in wasn't that comfortable. Probably had something to do with the desktops, monitors, and semi- assembled thermal roll printers I had crammed into my cell.
I also consulted before and after that last job, and as such I've had the opportunity to test out numerous setups. This one is pretty good.
Honor Super Omnia-
Jason Miller
July 29, 2009 at 9:58 am
jack (7/29/2009)
http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Embody-Chairs .
Jack: That "Embody" has got to be the "Rolls Royce" of task chairs. Does anyone actually have one of these? It's probably worth more than my car.
I rounded up a task chair comparison chart[/url]. Have a look.
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July 29, 2009 at 10:29 am
I like the comments and the wide range of ideas that all still say the same thing, get a good chair. And they are right, it doesn't have to be new, or expensive. In my current position, I spend way too long in a chair. So what chair do I have? I don't know.
When I was at the office, we got new chairs and they were good chairs, I found mine comforatable and didn't mind sitting in it all day. We also got several batches of used chairs from other closed offices that came in a wide variety of styles. One day they decided having enough chairs in the office for each member of the staff to have 3 was a little excessive, even with a conference room. They picked a bunch of the mismatched ones and said take what you want.
I picked out two simple ones, same style, for use at home. I picked them because they were comfortable and the ones I liked sitting in when in conference. Then I got the opportunity to go remote and work from home. Guess what chair I sit in all day now? 🙂 Yup, I didn't bring the chair from my cube with me, just the computer. And with out realizing it, I picked out two very good chairs.
So, yes, from the corporate line, the company has to provide you with a comfortable, ergonomic chair. But you should be the one to pick it out, and definitely sit in it before buying. Really hard to do with most companies using catalog sales. And if you can get a really comfortable used chair, go for it! 😀
July 29, 2009 at 10:44 am
A few years ago I had my chair replaced with a Herman Miller Aeron. This is absolutely the best chair I have ever used. Adjustable, and comfortable. I do spend 6 or more hours in the seat. It is at least 3 years old, and the only casualty on mine is the adjustable lumbar pad. I am sure I could get a replacement, but I don't use it due to the chair's curved back.
Don't skimp if you spend a large amount of time in your chair. My chair cost the organization about $500. Since they have had many carpal tunnel injuries over the years, the policy was to replace chairs as needed. They had set money aside for these type of expenditure, and have a few people trained on ergonomics. Supervisors were asked to have each employee's workstation assessed, and all problems addressed. They bought a lot of chairs that year, hopefully it helped reduce the injuries:-D
The Herman Miller Aeron was the "defacto" replacement in IT. It comes in several sizes to accomodate folks of various statures. I find it almost invisible in my day to day work. Being a large person, most chairs are hardly invisible:-P
Hmm, spell checking against an empty dictionary:hehe:
July 29, 2009 at 10:53 am
It's very clear that chairs are a very personal choice for most of us. It would be great if companies would recognize that the ergonomics and asthetics are not the end of the decision process and that personal preference ultimately leads to a happy, healthy, and productive employee we would all win.
July 29, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I could not find a chair that really expressed me so I built one.
It is from a 2007 Corvette. The recline still works and it is great to sit on for 8 hours a day!
July 29, 2009 at 6:08 pm
When it comes to my own well being I take matters into my own hands.
Not only do I bring a small stereo to the Office, I also bring a wide screen monitor, and a good comfortable chair. I have even brought my own UPS into buildings with questionable power.
This not only makes me more productive - it makes my day more enjoyable
Don’t waste time fighting the system when you can bypass it, and be Happy
July 29, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Richard (7/29/2009)
I could not find a chair that really expressed me so I built one.It is from a 2007 Corvette. The recline still works and it is great to sit on for 8 hours a day!
Richard, very cool. I like it! I've thought about a car seat before, and you make me rethink that as an idea. One arm on my current chair broke, so I'm considering a replacement.
July 29, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Working in the governement is 😎 . Atleast they provide us with really good chairs.
Before they brought in the new chairs; there was a trial period of 3 weeks, where we had to try a few different chairs and then vote on it.
I feel relieved everyone voted for the same chair that I voted for.
Dont know what model or make it is; but it is fully adjustable and comfy, with mesh back and padded arm rests that can be raised and lowered.
the good the thing is that chairs are changed every 2-3 yrs. This way we always get the new and comfy chairs. The older ones which are still in good condition are auctioned off.
🙂
July 30, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Bill Nicolich (7/29/2009)
jack (7/29/2009)
http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Embody-Chairs .Jack: That "Embody" has got to be the "Rolls Royce" of task chairs. Does anyone actually have one of these? It's probably worth more than my car.
I rounded up a task chair comparison chart[/url]. Have a look.
In some companies you can lie in the ergonomic survey and get the company to spend a lot of money. The person hired to join me for the .NET project lied and got a lot of what I think was nonsense. Now this company refused to buy Visual Studio which at the time was only $200-$900. I think more than one thousand was spent to what I think was crap.
I want the best development tool make my chair $50.00 because I will spend less time on pedestrian tasks.
Kind regards,
Gift Peddie
July 31, 2009 at 4:16 am
Gift Peddie (7/30/2009)
I want the best development tool make my chair $50.00 because I will spend less time on pedestrian tasks.
I understand the "taking it to extremes". In a previous employer, we had this funky junky flunky (SysAdmin who transitioned into a web developer)... Had some exotic chair that was the rage at most of the DOT gones - 3+ grand for a chair. It should have come with some domestic help. Christ for that money it should make my lunch.
Honor Super Omnia-
Jason Miller
July 31, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Had some exotic chair that was the rage at most of the DOT gones - 3+ grand for a chair. It should have come with some domestic help. Christ for that money it should make my lunch.
There should be laws against such waste, now we know why there is no money for development tools.
:hehe:
Kind regards,
Gift Peddie
August 3, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Best office chair I've ever had was something along the lines of this one. Adjusted a dozen different ways, plenty of padding in the seat, back, and armrests. I was in a very small department at the time and they brought in four or five different chairs for each of us to try out. All of us voted on that one. I got to take it with me when the company was sold and the IT department was let go, and I have fallen asleep in it many times while playing online at night. I keep it at home because I'm afraid to bring it in to my current job for fear of it walking off when someone sees how much nicer it is than what we were given.
Recently I picked up one of these after pulling something in my lower back during Aikido. I found that I couldn't tilt the seat of my work chair enough to force me to sit up properly and it was just making my back worse. We were under serious budget restrictions so I bought it myself and I'm glad that I did. It takes some time to adjust to the firmness of the ball (the first few days I had to keep switching between it and my regular chair because my butt would fall asleep), but the only real drawback I've found is that it doesn't have any way to adjust the height, so you need to make sure you can adjust the height of your keyboard. The frame brings it up higher than just a standard exercise ball would (about the right height for a standard desk) and keeps it in one place, and the casters lock to keep it from rolling away from you. And it keeps you from nodding off when you're at the height of post-lunch food coma hour :doze: because there's nothing more embarrassing than falling off your desk chair. I prefer not having armrests because they tend not to adjust to a low enough height to keep from pushing my shoulders up to my ears (yes, I'm a little on the short side), so that's not a problem for me. And the comments I've gotten from co-workers and visitors are way too amusing.
Jennifer Levy (@iffermonster)
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