Best ergonomic chair for cad use?

[john...@yahoo.carrot.com]

I want to buy a GOOD chair that is ergonomically
"correct" for cad use.

I spend a LOT of hours in a chair... and worry that it
will come back to me someday since I use a conventional
office chair with no arm supports, etc.

[Sporkman]

IMHO I don't believe there is any one chair right for everyone. Some
people do well with chairs that are absolute torture to others. Other
people, like myself, have some affliction that requires a particular
posture to prevent aggravating it. My advice is, don't be fooled by
price or specs. The best chair I found for myself was $109 at Best
Buy. That's not to say you OUGHT to buy a cheap chair . . . buy one
that fits YOU, not someone else. Try 'em ALL!!

[dennis deacon]

Ergonomically Correct
11035 Cozycroft Ave
Chatsworth CA 91311
818-494-7625

John,

David Tirsch runs this operation and his products are first class for
reasonable prices. Once you sit in one of his chairs you will see the
light IMO. I bought one 2-1/2 yrs ago and have been very happy.
Recently, the center control adjustment got a bit too loose for my taste
so they shipped me a brand new whole control module for free under the
three year warranty.

David shows up religiously at most of the computer shows in Southern Cal
so you know he does not want to face irate customers.

These chairs are built to high standards.

Dennis

[M.Lehtola]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 john...@yahoo.carrot.com wrote:

*>I want to buy a GOOD chair that is ergonomically
*>"correct" for cad use.
*>
*>I spend a LOT of hours in a chair... and worry that it
*>will come back to me someday since I use a conventional
*>office chair with no arm supports, etc.
*>
Check out these for a good chair:

www.vivero.fi
www.avarte.fi

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[jjs]

I suffered from back problem for years and used some good chairs to no
effect. Try as many chairs as possible - every person is different - I
have thrown away my expensive chair and use a cheap £30 office chair
with a pillow on the back rest.

However do not neglect the position of your monitor. I now have my
monitor high up - 950-1000mm to the bottom of screen and a low seat.
The back problem has gone completely

Make sure your eyes are working well and glasses if you use them are
correct. Straining to see the screen gets to your back because you
stoop forward.. I have found the further I sit back from the monitor
(eyeball to monitor is 700-800mm with a straight back and horizontal
viewing path has been the best.)

This had worked for me. So try out various seating positions especially
those that stop you stooping.

Regards

Jonathan Stedman

john...@yahoo.carrot.com wrote:

> I want to buy a GOOD chair that is ergonomically

> "correct" for cad use.

>
> I spend a LOT of hours in a chair... and worry that it

> will come back to me someday since I use a conventional

[1and...@my-deja.com]

As everyone has mentioned - get a chair that fits you, and can adjust
to the positions you prefer. A pet peeve with me and chairs, is that
they need to have a long enough seat - that is to say that I want the
seat to support my whole thigh, not just part of it.

Get the monitor up and away from you, and the key for my posture
pleasure is to create a workstation desk that will allow you to "belly
up" to the edge. Then with the chair adjusted high enogh that your
feet are flat on the floor, and your elbows ON the table, here's the
benefit:

Now the table supports your arms, which means that your shoulders
don't. I even will put extra mouse pads down for the elbows. Before I
started doing that I would get really tight and cramped shoulders.

My workstation desk has me coming ito a corner of the desk, with a 30
degree chunk added into the tabletop. The keyboard and keypad are 12"
from teh 30 degree edge.

And you already seem to grasp the importance of needing a good chair
(something most people overlook). My solution was a $400 chair from
Eckadams (model 3143) I've had now for 7 years (no arms on the chair
which allow you to Belly Up to the bar.) which has adjustable seat
height, seat tilt and back tilt and whole chair tilt/lock. I suppose
that today with the commercialization of products that show up in
places like OfficeMax, Price Club, Sam's Club etc. etc you can
get "good" chairs at a more reasonable cost.

I did sit in one of those $1000 high-tech webbed chairs once - it was
heavenly :)

Adam.

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Before you buy.

[Steve Vickers]

John

How you sit is as important as what you sit on.

I have gathered together a few useful web sites on the topic. Can be found
here:-

http://www.vickers.de/cphlth.htm

Regards
Steve

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> I suffered from back problem for years and used some good chairs to no
> effect. Try as many chairs as possible - every person is different

Go for the Aeron chair from Herman Miller. Its expensive $1200 retail
but has a street price of about $650.00. Best ergonomic chair in the
world. I've got one at work and in my den at home. I would work in
anything else.

http://www.hermanmiller.com/us/index.bbk/3430

Or you can go with it's competitor the Leap chair from steelcase that
my company (IDEO) designed. www.steelcase.com

[GiChanSanai]

As much as it is over-praised, the Aeron has been a great companion for the
last three years. With average of 12 hours of computer work per day, I
would recommend it.

http://www.hermanmillerred.com/catalog/product_detail_template.jhtml?navActi
on=jump&id=AE1

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