| I recently remodeled my home office, giving the place | | | | has "waterfall" leg position, which DOES help with |
| a much-needed face-lift and consolidating the sprawl | | | | circulation and posture, but only if I remember to sit |
| into some proper, appropriate office furniture. Having | | | | right. When I get involved in a project, posture goes by |
| found the desk I wanted and placed it in just the right | | | | the wayside and there is no significant support. I have |
| spot to best enjoy the view, there was just one thing | | | | to acknowledge that part of the problem is my own |
| missing. I absolutely was NOT going to sit on that | | | | fault for not sitting properly in it. There. I acknowledged |
| cheap, threadbare "secretary" chair one more day! | | | | it. Doesn't do a thing to make the chair more |
| Until you've been out shopping for office furniture (and | | | | comfortable, though. |
| chairs) you have no idea how many choices there are! | | | | The high-end chairs start in at $300 minimum street |
| Some are very futuristic, others very traditional. Most | | | | price, usually closer to $550, and go up above a |
| are minimalist, and aside from the Executive chairs, | | | | thousand dollars. I'm sure there are some that are |
| while they all have different details, they all seemed | | | | three thousand dollars or more, but I'm talking real |
| pretty much the same. How could I possibly decide | | | | world now, not designer labels. So why isn't there a |
| which one to get? All these facts and figures, what | | | | happy ending? |
| ones really mattered? | | | | If I'd thought it through a bit further, I'd have realized that |
| What I learned the hard way is that the most | | | | the only other place I spend 8 hours a day is my bed. I |
| important factor in the entire search, more important | | | | don't spend as much time in my car's seat, and yet I'd |
| than style or your personal taste, even, how long the | | | | worried more about it being comfortable. When it |
| chair is going to have you feeling comfortable. What | | | | comes down to it, the chair is worth whatever it costs |
| felt good for the first few moments often became | | | | to make me comfortable. If it can do that over the |
| uncomfortable quickly, once I started to pay attention | | | | next 5 or 10 years, then it will more than have paid for |
| to what my body was telling me. The difference | | | | itself. At $600, based on only a 5-year life expectancy, |
| between a cheap chair and a mid-priced chair, it | | | | that office chair would cost me less than 50 cents a |
| seemed, wasn't as significant as the jump from | | | | day. How many times would I have gladly given |
| mid-priced to high-end. | | | | several times that much to not be sore at the end of |
| When I saw the high-end price tags, I about fell out. | | | | the work day? How much more work would I have |
| How could a single chair cost more than my sofa and | | | | gotten done if I wasn't getting sore and having to get |
| loveseat? More than my 32" television? These things | | | | up and shift my weight, fidget in the chair? |
| were outrageous, they must be nuts! I bought the | | | | A quality ergonomic chair is probably the most |
| mid-priced chair, found one I liked that was on sale. | | | | cost-effective thing I could have given myself to |
| Happy Ending story? Not hardly. That mid-priced chair | | | | improve my comfort and efficiency. So I'm back in the |
| was rated for 3-4 hour occupancy - PER DAY. Yep, it | | | | market for a new chair, but now I'm looking at the |
| had lumbar support, but not where I needed it. Yes, it | | | | buying decision from a very different perspective. |