What chair do you use/recommend?

My desk chair is on its last legs, so I'm going to replace it asap. Which chair do you sit on when you write and which would you recommend?

Thanks, in advance.

(I'm in the UK, btw)

 

I also got mine from Office Depot, but it's a high end operator's chair, rather than an executive chair. I always go for fabric, never leather, I hate leather.

 

Humanscale Freedom. Used for office, writing, gaming. I spend quite a lot of my life in it. Better than an Aeron, IMO.

 

Thanks all (hopefully I receive more replies).

My DIY skills are non-existent, so I might have to plump for a chair that's fully constructed.

 

Am I alone in disliking armrests on office chairs?

If the armrest is the connection point between the seat and the back, that's a no-go. It has to be one where the arms can be left off. I do like the look of the Humanscale Freedom that @NigeTheHat proffered. Can the arms be left off of that one?

 

Pretty much everything I've written has been from an inexpensive stool at my kitchen island, which is where my laptop resides 90% of the time.

 

Interesting.

When I bought my chair about a decade ago, my thought process was "I'm going to spending a large chunk of my life on it, so make it expensive and comfortable". Well... Pointing to my non-DIY skills, the chair was built incorrectly. Leaving me with an expensive executive chair that could've doubled as a rocking chair.

Any other suggestions?

 

On the one I've got, the arms can't be entirely detached, but you can drop them so they're almost flush with the seat, so if you don't like armrests they won't get in your way. IIRC there were variants of the model without armrests, but I've had this one for a few years now so it's been a while since I looked.

 

I use a piano-stool , and my desk is a workers bench.

 

I steal a kitchen chair from the dining table, I'm broke

If I could have a chair of my choosing I would probably get one of those fancy padded leather ones with arm rests.

 

lol. Ok. For that first sentence, alone, this is my favourite reply.

Yeah. I went the padded leather one with arm rests, etc. However, I have the DIY skills of a hungover badger, so, suffice to say, the back of my chair was perpetually moving back. Not good for the concentration.

8 responses?

So, everyone else on this forum stands whilst writing? Impressive..

 

I've got an old wooden kitchen chair that I found in the shed when I first moved in. It might be missing a nail because it can be a rocking chair if I wiggle in it but there's always the chance it will fall to pieces if I take that pleasure. I've been eyeing one of those kneeling chairs for a while but really, this stupid old chair works just fine. I tried replacing it with an ergonomic chair earlier this year and that was just an annoyance. Bulky and tedious and it kept lowering the backrest on itself until I felt like I was driving a low-rider.

 

I use a kitchen chair, as dining table = desk. I don't really recommend it.

That said, anything comfier and I would likely nod off.

Assuming one's monitor is at eye-level, that's probably the best thing for posture. My missus stands at work (they have an adjustable table in the office).

 

I use a couch and my LP sits on a coffee table (well it's a trunk that I call a coffee table.),
and I use a USB keyboard.

 

Jokkmokk, Ikea. I wish it was something less rustic though.)

 

Thanks for the replies, all. Keep 'em coming.

(Still using my rocking/executive chair...)

 

If you're going to be spending a lot of time in this chair you should probably be looking at something that forces correct posture. But then you'll be paying a lot more for it.

 

Good point.

Money isn't really an issue (within reason). The main variable is finding a suitable chair that doesn't require assembly. I have the DIY skills of a Carpenter... With no limbs.

 

Assembly is not really DIY. An office chair is perhaps the easiest piece of furniture to assemble. You shouldn't even need the instructions. I'm not making light of this, but refusing to buy a flatpack chair for fear of not being able to assemble it will limit your options greatly.

 

Knowledge is sometimes born out of experience.

My current chair (which I've used for 10+ years, has never been in a good state, as I put it together wrong) is a testament to my God awful DIY skills), it's akin to a rocking chair at this point. The back has zero resistance.

 

Very nice!

 

I've been using an executive style mesh chair with movable arms for several years. It's adjustable and comfortable.

 

whatever you get make sure it's comfortable for you, something you can sit in for that extended period of time while you write.