Guess I'm buying a lot these days... I also need an office chair that's comfortable for 6'+. I'm a writer, so I sit for looooong periods of time. I've been checking out the web sites of places that sell chairs built for us taller types, but boy are they expensive!! Before I invest that kind of money, I wanted to find out what kinds of experiences you all had with them. Thanks for any input!
-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
From article <78qg26$qj...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, by tamulle...@hotmail.com:
> Guess I'm buying a lot these days... I also need an office chair that's > comfortable for 6'+. I'm a writer, so I sit for looooong periods of time. > I've been checking out the web sites of places that sell chairs built for us > taller types, but boy are they expensive!! Before I invest that kind of > money, I wanted to find out what kinds of experiences you all had with them. > Thanks for any input!
At work they bought me a new chair, a Steelcase Criterion Plus. It's an oversize chair and I think it has extended height adjustments, oversize backrest, and adjustable height arm rests. It's build big and tough and could hold a large person as well as someone tall. I have no idea what it cost.
Although I had the thought the other night about what if I engineered my desk such that I sat on my butt on the floor, or maybe had a beanbag chair or pillow to sit on as an alternative, maybe I'd be better off.
I've got a chair from Frank Eastern, a local company in downtown NYC that's got a catalog. As soon as I sat down in it, I knew it was for me. It was expensive in 1990, when I bought it, but I'm still sitting in it now at home. I think hell will freeze over before anyone at work would ever think that I'm uncomfortable in my desk and chair.
: From article <78qg26$qj...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, by tamulle...@hotmail.com: :> Guess I'm buying a lot these days... I also need an office chair that's :> comfortable for 6'+. I'm a writer, so I sit for looooong periods of time. :> I've been checking out the web sites of places that sell chairs built for us :> taller types, but boy are they expensive!! Before I invest that kind of :> money, I wanted to find out what kinds of experiences you all had with them. :> Thanks for any input!
: At work they bought me a new chair, a Steelcase Criterion Plus. It's an : oversize chair and I think it has extended height adjustments, oversize : backrest, and adjustable height arm rests. It's build big and tough and : could hold a large person as well as someone tall. I have no idea what it : cost.
: Although I had the thought the other night about what if I engineered my : desk such that I sat on my butt on the floor, or maybe had a beanbag chair : or pillow to sit on as an alternative, maybe I'd be better off.
My favorite is the Herman Miller Aeron Chair. It is excellent for use over long periods of time, comes in three sizes, and has fantastic lumbar support. The nice thing about it is that the parts that contact your body are made of a mesh like material that is both firm, but lets air circulate. I really like that for long periods of work.
They have a website, but are expensive. If you're interested, I can try to find out where I mail ordered it from.
-Anand
On 29 Jan 1999 13:36:03 GMT, Arthur Ellen <a...@panix.com> wrote:
>I've got a chair from Frank Eastern, a local company >in downtown NYC that's got a catalog. As soon as I sat >down in it, I knew it was for me. It was expensive in 1990, >when I bought it, but I'm still sitting in it now at home. >I think hell will freeze over before anyone at work >would ever think that I'm uncomfortable in my desk and chair.
>Dave Rasmussen <d...@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote: >: From article <78qg26$qj...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, by tamulle...@hotmail.com: >:> Guess I'm buying a lot these days... I also need an office chair that's >:> comfortable for 6'+. I'm a writer, so I sit for looooong periods of time. >:> I've been checking out the web sites of places that sell chairs built for us >:> taller types, but boy are they expensive!! Before I invest that kind of >:> money, I wanted to find out what kinds of experiences you all had with them. >:> Thanks for any input!
>: At work they bought me a new chair, a Steelcase Criterion Plus. It's an >: oversize chair and I think it has extended height adjustments, oversize >: backrest, and adjustable height arm rests. It's build big and tough and >: could hold a large person as well as someone tall. I have no idea what it >: cost.
>: Although I had the thought the other night about what if I engineered my >: desk such that I sat on my butt on the floor, or maybe had a beanbag chair >: or pillow to sit on as an alternative, maybe I'd be better off.
-- Anand R. Mehta (remove 'nospam' in my email address) PGP Fingerprint: 0959 E3AE 9146 755F A830 D6F3 F7F7 056C http://www.mehtas.com/anand/pgpkey
Mehta) wrote: >My favorite is the Herman Miller Aeron Chair. It is excellent for use >over long periods of time, comes in three sizes, and has fantastic >lumbar support. The nice thing about it is that the parts that >contact your body are made of a mesh like material that is both firm, >but lets air circulate. I really like that for long periods of work.
>They have a website, but are expensive. If you're interested, I can >try to find out where I mail ordered it from.
>-Anand
>On 29 Jan 1999 13:36:03 GMT, Arthur Ellen <a...@panix.com> wrote:
>>I've got a chair from Frank Eastern, a local company >>in downtown NYC that's got a catalog. As soon as I sat >>down in it, I knew it was for me. It was expensive in 1990, >>when I bought it, but I'm still sitting in it now at home. >>I think hell will freeze over before anyone at work >>would ever think that I'm uncomfortable in my desk and chair.
>>Dave Rasmussen <d...@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote: >>: From article <78qg26$qj...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, by tamulle...@hotmail.com: >>:> Guess I'm buying a lot these days... I also need an office chair that's >>:> comfortable for 6'+. I'm a writer, so I sit for looooong periods of time. >>:> I've been checking out the web sites of places that sell chairs built for us >>:> taller types, but boy are they expensive!! Before I invest that kind of >>:> money, I wanted to find out what kinds of experiences you all had with them. >>:> Thanks for any input!
>>: At work they bought me a new chair, a Steelcase Criterion Plus. It's an >>: oversize chair and I think it has extended height adjustments, oversize >>: backrest, and adjustable height arm rests. It's build big and tough and >>: could hold a large person as well as someone tall. I have no idea what it >>: cost.
>>: Although I had the thought the other night about what if I engineered my >>: desk such that I sat on my butt on the floor, or maybe had a beanbag chair >>: or pillow to sit on as an alternative, maybe I'd be better off.
-- Anand R. Mehta (remove 'nospam' in my email address) PGP Fingerprint: 0959 E3AE 9146 755F A830 D6F3 F7F7 056C http://www.mehtas.com/anand/pgpkey
In article <36b1d1cf.738...@news.apk.net>, an...@nospam.mehtas.com (Anand
Mehta) wrote: >My favorite is the Herman Miller Aeron Chair. It is excellent for use >over long periods of time, comes in three sizes, and has fantastic >lumbar support. The nice thing about it is that the parts that >contact your body are made of a mesh like material that is both firm, >but lets air circulate. I really like that for long periods of work.
>They have a website, but are expensive. If you're interested, I can >try to find out where I mail ordered it from.
>-Anand
I use the Herman Miller Aeron chair (large size) also. I'm 6'8" and about 260lbs and it works great for me!
> Although I had the thought the other night about what if I engineered my > desk such that I sat on my butt on the floor, or maybe had a beanbag chair > or pillow to sit on as an alternative, maybe I'd be better off.
Sometimes we have to wonder. :-) I'd definitely want something in which the top half of my leg could be horizontal, with the rest vertical and my feet touching the floor. I finally realized that some of the meeting room chairs at work bug me because my leg is not horizontal, which creates a force that wants to tip the chair backwards on me, and the spring isn't strong enough to prevent me from leaning back because of this combination. So I'm constantly leaning back in them, which I don't want (I want to be upright), or have to lean on my arms on the table. I most definitely do not want my legs out in front of me (as would be the case sitting on the floor) - too uncomfortable.
-- #### |\^/| Colin R. Leech ag414 or crle...@freenet.carleton.ca #### _|\| |/|_ Civil engineer by training, transport planner by choice. #### > < Opinions are my own. You may consider them shareware. #### >_./|\._< "If you can't return a favour, pass it on." - A.L. Brown
tamulle...@hotmail.com wrote: > Guess I'm buying a lot these days... I also need an office chair that's > comfortable for 6'+. I'm a writer, so I sit for looooong periods of time. > I've been checking out the web sites of places that sell chairs built for us > taller types, but boy are they expensive!! Before I invest that kind of > money, I wanted to find out what kinds of experiences you all had with them. > Thanks for any input!
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
I found wonderful custom chair maker. 911 service desks and computer programmers use the chairs lots.
These chairs are designed for the individual's size/height and/or weight plus can have special options for functionality, e.g., adjustable height arms, different arm sizes (width and length arms), no arms, lumbar supports, longer seat posts, wider seats and backs, diffenent numbers of wheels, etcetera. The chairs have different type covers and such also. Check their big and tall section. Sitting in the chair was like sitting on a cloud.
