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A used steel case or Herman miller chair. (Unless you can afford to buy new) Instead of a godawful PU leather spine shattering gaming chair.
The chairs may not last a lifetime but are very durable and will help your spine last your lifetime.
Their CEO took a bonus and told employees in a video to work hard instead of being in "pity city" when they were left without bonuses.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1170669245/millerknoll-ceo-andi-owen-video-bonuses
Even more reason to buy used. The CEO might be a cunt, but that doesn't change whether it's good for your body.
The point is that a chair designed for ergonomics of sitting at a desk all day will do you much better than one designed to look like it belongs in a racecar.
That advice stands whether that's Haworth, Steel case, Herman miller, or any other serious office chair brand.
Working somewhere that had only Herman Miller chairs fucking broke me.
Almost like ergonomics is individual and not a fucking brand name.
I've yet to find a "serious office chair" that actually properly supports MY spine the way my supposedly shitty "gaming" chair does.
Mainly because the concept of a "serious office chair" is horseshit. A chair is either good or bad and sucking off one particular name over and over doesn't change the fact that a well-made uncomfortable piece of shit is still and uncomfortable piece of shit.
I use steelcase, who have an extremely adjustable chair in the leap and the gesture.
Perhaps you weren't using the correct size for your body. I know that the aeron comes in three sizes as well as the old and new models.
It's not about the brand name, they're well known to be adjustable for the individual, as well as being well made.
Or maybe they're just not the magical pixie dust so many people that don't own them think they are. Multiple sizes of Mirra and Aeron killed my upper back. As it turns out, having shitty mesh doesn't actually support your back so much as it just wedges it into a vaguely U shape. I tried "superior office chair" after "OMG AMAZING OFFICE CHAIR" and the only thing that doesn't leave me reaching for pain pills are good quality gaming chairs, which are typically stiffer.
Because, again, ergonomics is an individual thing and not a fucking marketing point. An "ergonomic" chair is only "ergonomic" if you happen to personally fit that manufacturer's definition of "ergonomic."
It tends to mean that it's adjustable to your own body. Which gaming chairs rarely are.
I'll add Haworth to that list. Especially their Zody chairs. I swear by them for having to sit 8 hours a day on.
I was tempted by the Haworth fern but never got to try it, and never saw one used.
And they are repairable for reasonable prices for the things that do break.
I worked in a building full of Herman Miller Aeron chairs, which cost more than $1000. I did not find them comfortable. The plastic frames dug into the back of my legs.
This isn't to say that everyone will find them uncomfortable or that they're bad. But don't buy a chair based on a brand. Sit in the chair.
Yeah that's a common complaint with the aeron. Mesh held in place by plastic simply isn't as comfy as a cushion. It works for some.
But yeah, definitely go to a furniture showroom and try out the different models to see what suits your body first