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Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:53 am
by labman
Have used the Carl Tatz PhantomFocus eChair the past 2 years. Can work endless hours as it adapts to you. Changed my life. Literally. And yes, we had LOTS of the other expensive ones before that. No contest.
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:47 am
by FMiguelez
My Herman Miller chair, while very expensive, was one of the best investments I've done. My back is really happy about it.
A correct sitting-height is so important! We spend so many hours sitting down doing repetitive moves...
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:19 am
by MIDI Life Crisis
My fav chair costs $119. They last about 4-5 years hauling my 200+ pound butt but (but butt? lol) they literally feel like I’m sitting in a giant cupped hand. In 12 years or so I’m on my 3rd one. What wears out is the fabric. It’s still waaaaay less then a Herman Miller chair. I can get those at cost since a friend is a dealer but (butt?) I like this one better. Go figure.
https://m.staples.com/Staples-Telford-I ... uct_272064
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:44 am
by Phil O
Hey, MLC. That's the chair I have in my control room. Great butts think alike!
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:51 am
by MIDI Life Crisis
Phil O wrote:Hey, MLC. That's the chair I have in my control room. Great butts think alike!
That's buttheads to you, mister! And crack a smile when you say that!!!
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:48 pm
by Phil O
crack a smile, I get it
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:17 pm
by MIDI Life Crisis
Can’t fool Phil... lol
Re: The Chair, or what do you sit on?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:03 am
by mhschmieder
I have two wonderfully comfortable chairs that I bought at an independent Scandinavian multi-generation family-run furniture store in Berkeley called The Viking Trader, that has real bargains if you shop during mark-downs of "last years fashions".
My main one is a thin-seater, and hard, which I prefer (more comfortable for me). The thick softer-seater is for my desk, which has been too cluttered to be usable for years now, but the chair gets used when a client or a friend or contributor is listening side-by-side with me.
Both chairs support 8-12 hours or more of continuous work, in complete comfort, with no sweating. The thin one is cherry and the thick one is oak; the thin one has nice fabric that is starting to wear, on a cheery slab seat with mild contour, and the oak one has a thin plywood seat (I guess; it isn't visible), covered in thick shag-carpet-like fabric.
If it was daylight and I wasn't tired, I'd turn them upside down and try to read the labels for the woodmakers, in case they're available elsewhere. Most comfortable chairs I've ever owned.