Good article on chair ergonomics

[Leo3]

Good article on chair ergonomics, particularly where it explains the seat should have a waterfall seat, i.e. the thighs are lower than the hips. This is the reason my expensive chair hurts, my thighs are higher than the hips, pain!!!

click here for article. Ignore the picture because that seat has contoured seat!!! Bad

 

[narnia]

I have an Aeron chair in my office - it's incredibly comfortable, and incredibly expensive (about $1,000!). Worth every penny if you can get someone else to pay for it.

 

[jimsocal]

Leo3 wrote:
Good article on chair ergonomics, particularly where it explains the seat should have a waterfall seat, i.e. the thighs are lower than the hips. This is the reason my expensive chair hurts, my thighs are higher than the hips, pain!!!

click here for article. Ignore the picture because that seat has contoured seat!!! Bad

Will there soon be a whatsthebest-chair.com forum??

Too bad there are no (that I know of) chair sellers who offer a trial like they do with beds. I wonder why not? They surely couldn't get more returns than mattress co's do! Does CostCo sell furniture with a return/exchange policy? I don't usually shop there so don't know...

Does anyone know if these "truths" about chairs (thighs lower than hips,etc.) are really true or is it just another theory designed to sell certain types of chairs? I'm not saying it is not true, I am just wondering because I really don't know.

It's been years since I sat in any chair that didn't hurt my back after a half hour or so...

But standing hurts my back too!

So does laying...

(or is it lying? I never could keep that lay/lie thing straight...)

Anyway, thanks for this info. I can't afford to spend much on a chair right now but some day soon I want to do a bunch of research and see if I can find an affordable chair that might work for me. Right now I'm thinking about just buying an old fashioned rocking chair and putting my own HR foam on the back and bottom, then using a footstool of the right height...

 

[Leo3]

narnia wrote:
I have an Aeron chair in my office - it's incredibly comfortable, and incredibly expensive (about $1,000!). Worth every penny if you can get someone else to pay for it.

Aaron chair is the one I tried at Copenhagen I liked the size C of course, the most expensive. I wouldn't want to sit on the plastic sides and you would in size B, or you would be too close to the tight part of the side of the chair (my theory).

 

[narnia]

LeoC the chairs are sized based on a height/weight chart, and that's how you determine whether you need an A, B, or C chair.

 

[fantasticalice]

I just returned 2 office chairs to Costco! At the time I didn't even know why just that they were super uncomfortable. I actually found a great chair at Overstock for $100. It is deep and wide and has the "waterfall" effect.
Alice
My life changed overnight when Leo3 sent the link for hips because what they were really talking about was NERVES and I have been complaing about nerves all along. I think many of the people on this site could use a whole home make-over of their seating!! You don't really have to go out and buy stuff. One of the better ideas I read on here was the person who put a thin wood "skin" over his springs and then his foams.....smart!

 

[Leo3]

Alice, you should include the link for the waterfall chair at O-stock

I looked at the chair chart for Aeron chairs and it says I should get B, but I sat in B and I know it would push up on my hip. I just know it. I wonder what their returns are if it hurts me if I finally would get one. If you sit too close to where the edge is I just know it would hurt. But been wrong many many times before. So don't think I can risk it. Maybe I will email them. I am just tired of sitting on horrible chairs and not sleeping in horrible beds.

I agree Jim, I could have returned lots of chairs over the years. I looked at Costco chairs, didn't see any I would like.