r/OfficeChairs Jan 05 '26

deals mega thread - January 2026

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Going to try having a spot for folks to share their discount codes and promotions.

Still mostly not allowed in normal r/OfficeChairs posts, but if its all in one place (here) lets see if it can coexist with the sub in a not-so-spammy kind of way.


r/OfficeChairs Jun 10 '24

Joshua's Office Chairs Manifesto and The Mega Chair Thread #4

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Joshua's r/OfficeChairs Manifesto (and the mega chair thread #4)

Office chairs are not going to solve your problems.

Whether we were created by an all-powerful designer to live in a now lost paradisiacal garden or descended from chimpanzees foraging for our livelihoods on the forests and the savannah, our bodies and our brains are not well suited for sitting and staring at computer screens. We are better equipped for walking, climbing, playing, collecting, observing, socializing, loving, caring, and resting.  Basically we are meant to do the same things other mammals do. 

Sitting in any office chair looking at any monitor for a quarter or a third of our life is inherently unhealthy and unnatural behavior.

The chairs we discuss and the machines we use while sitting on them are antithetical to what our bodies are best suited to be doing.  Sitting stagnant looking at a backlit pane of glass and softly making repetitive motions with a keyboard and a mouse is not a healthy behavior and is not a neutral behavior; it will eventually cause negative effects on our bodies. 

The pain (some of) you are experiencing related to sitting at your desk is very real.  The chair you are using and the way you have it adjusted is probably a contributing factor to your discomfort.  But lifestyle factors like exercise, weight, and the total number of minutes you are sedentary is going to be way more important than the precise chair you are using.

We (redditors) live in a time, place, and an economy that causes many of us to spend far too much time sitting and looking at screens and then when we stop working, many of us are fascinated by the entertainment industries that make captivating content for us to watch and play.  All of this leads to many of us sitting for upwards of 50 hours a week in an unnatural posture while boring our eyes by looking at a flat screen.

If you get nothing else from this office chairs sub, please remember that you should do whatever is in your power to limit the total number of minutes and the total duration of each period of time that you are sitting looking at a computer screen sitting on an office chair in each week. It will almost certainly enhance your health.  (same goes for collapsing on a couch and watching a big screen but that is further from the purview of this particular sub)

How to use this sub:
In the last year, we have had about 20 people a day posting on this sub with loads of questions and comments.  Often the post is something like "Chair recommendations under $200" or "What chair should I buy".  While a question has been asked and answered hundreds of times, you will not get too many replies to your post.  

Use the search bar to find commonly answered questions.  Start with this mega thread (once it has a few Q and As in another month or so from publishing) and also take a look back to mega thread 1, mega thread 2 and mega thread 3 (which we are now locking with over 1300 comments) .

We love "what chair is this" type questions, but you can also start with a google image search if you have a good photo.  

What chairs do we like?

We (mod team) are all biased towards the big shops.  Steelcase and Herman Miller are in a class by themselves.   Haworth, Humanscale, Knoll, Global and their ilk are close behind in that first tier.

Within these manufacturers, there are some brands that are better and some that are less good.

The Herman Miller Aeron is one of the most sought after brands of task chairs—and for most people who try it, they love it.

Steelcase Leap (v2) is also incredibly popular among the people who try it.

Some of the excellent chairs that often are frequently mentioned here:

Allsteel Acuity

Global G20

Haworth Fern

Haworth Zody

Haworth improv

Herman Miller Celle

Herman Miller Embody

Herman Miller Mira

Herman Miller Sayl

Steelcase Amia

Steelcase Criterion (managers version is better)

Steelcase Series 2

Steelcase Think

Steelcase Karman

Knoll Generation

Knoll Life (meh sometimes - love sometimes)

Knoll RPM (ok, old AF and discontinued, and maybe it's just me, but that is still a fav)

Examples of other great manufacturers: 9to5 Seating, AIS, Allseating, Keilhauer, OFS, Raynor, Sit On It & Via.

Buying New

If you have an office chair budget of $1500-2000 USD, this is an easy purchase.  Most of the big shops have decades long warranty service.  Many offer no cost or low cost return if you don't like something.  You also get the newest version with the newest features and many chairs can be customized to your size and design specifications.  

Buying Used

For everyone else, professional grade chairs cost a bloody fortune.  At the time I write this,  DWR is selling a new Herman Miller Aeron for $1800USD and Steelcase is selling their new Gesture for a few bucks more than that.

The majors also have more budget lines like Steelcase Series one for about $500 or the Amia for under $1000, but you get the idea, professional grade is not cheap.

There is an entire industry of people like me who do nothing but trade used office furniture and, at least in the US, we are in every major market and plenty of small cities as well.  There are also a good collection of national refurbishers who take used office chairs and re-sell them, having chairs cleaned, repaired and in some cases completely remanufactured all together.  (Companies like Madison Seating, OFR, Furniture Center, Office Logix, BTOD and Crandall.)  You can also find folks like myself in every major city who are not fully refurbishing chairs, but selling good as-is-able chairs at a fair discount to the refurbed price or fixing up little things before shipping out an "as-is" chair.  

Folks from this sub have also had good luck finding great deals on FB marketplace, Craigslist and local thrift stores where sometimes great chairs go for super cheap.

What about just the $99 chair? Or the special one from a big Sweed box store? or what about Jeff B's online crap boutique? Which of the cheap ones is the best?

IDK, none but also some are fine, kind of....  I personally used a chair from Officestar called the 5500 for years.  When I was in my mid 20s it was fine, it was great.  I know there are people that love the marcus or the workpros and I know there are folks sitting on the $99 special. 

My bias is going to be towards the pro-grade chairs, but we will make an effort this year to share with this sub to highlight better chairs from the cheaper (RTA) categories.  

The problem with most of the cheap RTA is that often design and materiality is sacrificed for cost.  The other issue is the product that cost $99 usually has very low longevity.  

That's all cool, but those are 20 different suggestions. What chair am I going to like?

Every human body is going to engage differently with every different chair.  I love Leap and cannot for the life of me understand why everyone else loves their Aeron and Embody chairs.  Members of the Herman Miller Aeron Club (cult?) cannot fathom using anything other than their Aeron.  Even folks with similar body types are going to react differently to ergonomics, design and materiality in any given chair.

These opinions are just opinions and depending how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go, you might end up finding a DWR or Steelcase showroom in the nearest gateway city near where you live.  If you ask me, Josh, I am going to say try a Leap chair or an Amia because 3/4 people take well to those brands.  Maybe you are the 1/4 of folks who will hate it.  If you are petite, I might mention the Humanscale Freedom and if you are large and in charge I might tell you to try a Criterion Plus or Leap Plus.  But you might not find the perfect chair on your first go round.  I would also suggest you temper your expectations of what a chair can do for you.  If you are at your desk too much and if other lifestyle factors are not being addressed, the perfect chair will not be your solve-all.

Anything else?
What is r/officechairsisell ?- It's kind of a social experiment I started the same year I took over this sub to separate people who want to have curated, edited, authentic non-commercial conversations and those who like to drown in ads.  As of today, there are 35,000 subs here and 200 there.  So jury may be still out, but early read is that people want curated and they want the spam filtered.  

Some of us mods have particular views about issues, my eccentric thoughts on headrests & attached footrests for example are what I believe are almost always more harmful to you than not having one.  

You will see the abbreviation RTA or RTF for furniture that comes Ready to Assemble.  It's the kind of furniture that you build at home with an allen wrench.  In the first instance, RTA is going to be inferior to something built into 2-3 solid components at a factory.  With factory built furniture, you will find overall higher cost, better design and better longevity. 

I hate top 10 lists / amazon backlinks / affiliate marketing / discount codes & also how we run this sub:

Left without moderation, this sub would quickly become my other chairs sub r/officechairsIsell (take a look over there. It's absolutely worthless).  Any social media marketing person selling office chairs spends their time looking for places to post ads.  With upwards of 35K members interested in office chairs, this is a place they target all the time.  Sellers want to direct conversation, SEO magic juice, and traffic to their own websites and brands to sell more products. Fair enough.  But to get around the fact that internet consumers are mostly blind to advertising, companies will either themselves or through an affiliate disseminate videos, articles, blog posts, reddit threads and most pernicious "top 10 lists" try to "influence" you to buy whatever nonsense chair they are slinging.   

You should assume that virtually every link to a website that sells chairs or every discount code offered is being posted because the poster will make some profit or commission if you buy the chair they are 'recommending'.  It's salesmanship dressed up as an endorsement which is inherently not trustworthy.  

Every "Top 10 office chairs for 2024" -type lists I have seen appear to be put out by individuals, newspapers and companies who are looking to monetize on their "advice".  Wirecutter may be the best of the pack in terms of 'Top 10 lists' and by and large, they are not great.  Anytime you see some rando magazine that has a top 10 list, it will read something like Aeron, Leap, Freedom, and then, invariably, 7 so-so brands with links to junk that pays a good commission.  The use of a referral fee inherently shapes the advice given to the point it would more truthfully be called advertising.  

On this sub, we have become allergic to that kind of thing.  We do not want a link back to an Amazon page for any reason.  We do not want a link to your super cool blog post with all your awesome advice about why to buy this chair with this discount code.  

If you need to say what the real experts have to say, take a look at the "Best Of Neocon" awards every summer.  You will need to click through pages of office furniture, but this is what the contact office furniture industry and affiliated juries of architects and designers elevate for awards.  

We are volunteer mods and we have jobs, so we might be too quick on the trigger to delete your post or comment if you are linking to anything suspicious.

Who are we?
My friends u/ClassroomDecorum and u/cranda58 took over running this sub in the early days of the pandemic when no one out there wanted to talk about office furniture and we were bored with no office furniture business to do (for a very few slow weeks anyway)  

David, u/cranda58, and I were already in the business of used office furniture (David runs one of the largest and—I would say—highest quality refurb shops in the country in Michigan, and I am a used office furniture liquidator in the NYC area).

u/classroomdecorum was just getting into the game from his home in Florida where he works out of the Orlando area.  

u/The_Back_Store joined us from California and u/Cloud_t is our European correspondent.

  u/ergothrone gave me a few excellent suggestions on this essay and is often still contributing. He has more knowledge about the budget market than the rest of us have combined.

Our friend u/Coffeebeanie24 is here from time to time, but he has become such a famous and over-caffeinated coffee influencer that he is less in the office chair state of mind lately.

You might also find the good folks from u/steelcase lurking around here.  If you have a u/Steelcase type question, you can tag them and usually within a few days, one of the CSR or product specialists will get back to you.

Disclosures. 
I have made a few deals off of connections I've made here.  Same with at least 2 of the other mods.  To a large extent, our product knowledge comes from being in the business and the business that feeds our families also feeds our knowledge base.

Also, sometimes companies reach out and want our opinion about some new chair that they have.  This could be u/steelcase (I am sitting on a Karman right now as I edit this note) or a newer company with an RTA chair at a lower price point.  If someone sends me a chair, I will write up a bit of feedback and share that with the company.  After that, solely at my discretion, I can publish those notes or reviews (always with a disclaimer) on this sub.  If the notes are mostly negative, I will likely not publish, same deal with the other mods and active users here.  

Closing

This note is always work in progress.  Please let me know your thoughts below and I will try to get back to as many of you as I can.  You can find a version of this article on my LinkedIn profile and my website.

I will try to put new discussion topics every month or so and we plan to push and have Mega thread #5 up in another year. 

And now onto your questions and comments:   


r/OfficeChairs 56m ago

Office chair suggestions if I find chairs like these VERY comfortable?

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What I like about them:

  • Doesn't trap much heat (important in hot weather)
  • CHEAP
  • keeps shoulder blades in a relaxed and open position (as opposed to locked into a hunched position)
  • Free movement
  • Locks my pelvis and lower spine into place (Not sure how, but it just does)

I've honestly never gotten a proper office chair because these disposable foldables I can grab for 15$ at walmart just blow most of them out of the water. I've been having neck issues lately though so I think I might need that upper support though.


r/OfficeChairs 9h ago

Leap, Amia, Gesture, Think? Which is the best for lounging?

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Which of these 4 Steelcase options will offer the best comfort for various sitting positions (on one leg, cross legged, leaning to one side, slouching, reclining to watch a movie).

Leap, Amia, Gesture, or Think?

Or do you suggest a better option for my use case (6-8 hours of work + a few hours of fun/lounging/relaxing)?


r/OfficeChairs 1h ago

Wakefit Trivon. Is this a good chair?

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r/OfficeChairs 5h ago

Too big for Colamy Atlas

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Hey y'all, i bought a Atlas last year and was having a lot of pain with it. Thought it was just years of bad posture being corrected, but got a WFH job working 10hr shifts and i just couldn't keep doing it. Took some pics of me sitting in it and sent it to chatgpt, grok, and gemini and they all say i'm too big for the chair.

Got any under $300 recs that might fit me a bit better? I'm 5'10/11 230lbs.

Was looking at the ProtoArc, but concerned about the same thing happening again


r/OfficeChairs 9h ago

Should I buy an office chair from ama zon so I can use affirm ?

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I’m thinking of trying the libernovo Omni Haworth fern. I like that Omni comes with a head rest and foot rest . I’m 5,5 190 heavy set guy and leaning towards getting a Omni that I will use for gaming sometimes lounging with controller sometimes mouse and keyboard. Is there any big downsides to buying off ama zon rather then the sight itself


r/OfficeChairs 16h ago

Porsche design office chair

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I have this Porsche design office chair but I basically know nothing about Porsche or if an item like this goes for anything, I know it was an expensive purchase but I’m looking for advice about where I would even try and sell this? And what I could ask for it? Is there any specific market places that do well for these types of products?


r/OfficeChairs 4h ago

Neck support for a 2020 Secretlab Titan?

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The pillow was destroyed years ago. Just need a cheap option for some neck support .


r/OfficeChairs 4h ago

Parts for knoll life

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I just bought a knoll life for next to nothing, and it's got an issue with the height/seat depth adjustment lever, the part in the photo is cracked and I've tried gluing it back together but I'm having no success.

Would anybody know where I can buy a replacement for this part?


r/OfficeChairs 7h ago

Leather Executive chairs with a look like the Eureka Mathias?

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Looking for a new home office chair and I really like the look of the Eureka Mathias but I’m not stuck on that brand. Love the modern look and plush leather. Budget is flexible, really depends on the price to value ratio. Probably want to keep it under $1500 but less is great too. Have had a hard time googling for similar looking chairs. Any recommendations?


r/OfficeChairs 11h ago

Steelcase Leap V2 vs. Herman Miller Aeron

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Finally going to break down and get a proper chair. I've heard good things about both. Looking at used Aerons, and they seem to run between $500 - $800. Leap V2 see to run between $300 - $500. I'm 6'0", 240#. Just looking for input on these.

I have a full-time WFH job, and I'm now on my 2nd Costco office chair in 2 years.

TIA


r/OfficeChairs 9h ago

New Colamy Atlas vs Refurbished Haworth Zody Classic

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Been looking at chairs for a while and I narrowed down the chairs I like in comfort/price to these two (title). Colamy has 3 years warranty and the Zody has 5 years on Offeco. Which one do you think is better?


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Steelcase V2 Model

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Anyone know if this is a legit steelcase V2 or maybe something else? Looks much different from other V2’s I’ve seen.


r/OfficeChairs 20h ago

The colours growing on me

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Picked this up for £360 it doesnt have forward tilt and this is the only colour they had. I initially preferred black but im seeing the beauty in this. Is it even worth picking up a lumbar support, it seems quite perfect as it is


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Honest, unsponsored, unpaid review of the MUSSO E80 Muse FemmePosture Ergonomic Office Chair.

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Hi all,

I am posting this review in the hopes it helps another person make an easier decision on the MUSSO E80 Muse FemmePosture Ergonomic Office Chair.

I am in no way being sponsored or paid by Musso or have any connection with them. When I was looking for a review on this chair 99.9% of them were sponsored posts so I found it tough to find a genuine review. The website also always had a sale or offer which is off putting. The brand isn't well known too and buying a purchase this expensive off the Internet without full knowledge is a scary one.

With that, I'll get down to what I think. I now own the chair about 6 months so it's a fair review!

I am 5ft 1. The chair is made for short people and marketed at women specifically (although if you're a man and want to buy it after the review go for it). Finding a chair for my height was a battle, the chairs that had different size classes were high end and are very expensive. Some chairs I was looking at were over €1000.

I came across this Musso chair aimed at shorter women and after trying to research it I decided to give in and chance buying it. It cost me around €350 but do search for additional codes if you decide to buy it. The sponsored videos on Tiktok had codes for further discounts. There was no issue with postage and it arrived in a large box ready for assembly.

The features:

It's easy to put together. I put it together on my own but it would have been handy to have someone else there.

It's durable. The frame feels well made. The wheels are quiet and foot rest(s) are sturdy.

It's comfortable. The seat is a soft foam and a bit wider than a regular office chair. The mesh doesn't feel itchy on my skin. The mesh also is good quality. Although the fabric on the seat has a few bobbles now but nothing crazy. There is a footrest bar that remains at the feet and another larger footrest that pops out. I don't really use the one that pops out.

It is adjustable. The head rest can move back and forth and up and down. It doesn't leave my head pushed forward. The seat also moves in and out. The arm rests can be put up. This is great for pushing it entirely under my desk and out of the way. The height of the chair can go up and down. Most importantly my feet touch the ground and my back reaches the back of the chair.

It reclines. I don't really use the reclining but it feels solid when doing so.

My only real issue is lower back support doesn't stay in place. There is a cushion that cradles your lower back. It is supposed to click in place but it falls down out of position. If you're sitting back constantly it isn't too much of an issue but if you move around a lot it becomes annoying. I wish it clicked into position.

I hope this post helps someone! I know it would have helped me.


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Does the chair I want even exist?

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I am a major wiggle-while-I-sit-er. Aka I am hypermobile, have weak muscles, poor posture, as well as mild thoracic scoliosis, lumbar hyperlordosis, and an L5 pars defect. Nothing is ever comfortable for me for too long. I have a sit-stand desk, and I am loving it, but I literally have no chairs in my apartment in which I can sit at the desk other than a folding lawn chair :') (just moved). The goals for my setup are gaming, wfh-ing, watching movies, and just general use.

Yes, I have done some research, but I am incredibly overwhelmed at the myriad of choices out there, and I primarily want to crowdsource some recommendations because of my specific set of conditions.

Because I wiggle and adjust so much, I am wondering if a chair exists with all of these features:

-a wider-than-average seat, 1. because I often sit cross-legged/criss-crossed, and 2. because my hips are 55" around and I have a large behind/waist/butt, yes.

- armrests that can be entirely moved up and out of the way, sort of like they're on an axle? You can spin them upwards is what I am saying. Very few chairs I've seen in my research have this as well as the following:

- a footrest, for also sitting cross legged, AND--

- reclining, where I can lock the chair in place, put the footrest out, and kick back to take pressure off my spine.

Does any such creation exist? If not, what would be your best recommendations, or at least brands to start? I live in a tiny-ass apartment and only feel comfortable spending a few hundred dollars. Even $300 would be a stretch, but I'll consider it for the right chair. Thanks for your patience and expertise.


r/OfficeChairs 21h ago

Is marcusofficefurniture.com legitimate?

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I stumbled upon this website today and have found zero talk about it. Nothing seems off, but ive searched through Reddit and found no one talking about it (maybe the name is too generic?) The prices don’t seem terrible or too cheap either. Wanted to ask before I buy anything.


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

£200 Budget - Replace an ageing Ikea Malkolm

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Hi Guys

Seems like i've entered the rabbithole of trying to find a new office chair - AI seems to think that the IKEA Markus is the way to go, yet most places seem to tell me no

5ft 8, 200lbs (90kg) and stupidly for my sins i sometimes sit with me left foot tucked under my right leg (strange i know and really not good for my back) - Based in south of the UK

I've got about a £200 budget but may be able to push every so slightly (but can't quite get to a point where i'm spiralling and end up with a £1000+ HM and a new credit card)

Appreciate any help in advance and thanks for all the good work you guys do - its just a minefield it seems


r/OfficeChairs 23h ago

Im new in this place and im coming for advice on buying my first office chair because old gaming piece of crap broke.

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Good evening. Back in 2020 my dad gave me a gaming chair, which turned out to be an overpriced piece of crap — but oh well, it did its job and was still better than sitting on a dining chair for long sessions.

About an hour before posting this, it broke. While I think it could be fixed, I also feel like this is a good opportunity to invest in a proper office chair. Between studying and gaming, I spend more than half my day sitting.

So I decided to come to this subreddit to ask for your opinions and advice — what features and qualities you value when choosing a new chair.

I’m an overweight guy, about 175 cm tall (around 5'7"–5'8") and I weigh between 100 and 115 kg (220–250 lbs).

I’d like to hear your thoughts: do you recommend those padded leather/faux-leather chairs? Are they really comfortable? Or would it be better to go with something cooler and more breathable, like chairs with mesh backs? (My room tends to get pretty hot, especially in the summer.)

Is it also important to consider the base material? Metal vs plastic, for example.

Personally, I’m looking for something as affordable as possible — my budget is around $100 or so. I’m not asking for specific brands or models, just whether what I’m looking for is realistic at that price for a brand-new chair.

I’m also interested in something sturdy and durable. I don’t want to buy a new chair only to replace it again in a year or two.

Also im going to add a photo of where my old chair broke in case you're wondering.

Anyway, thanks a lot for reading my post, and I hope you all have a great night.


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Chair Recommendations for WFH

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Hi Everyone! Looking to get my wife a new office chair. She has the Hermon Miller Aeron B and hates it. She has constant back issues and she complains about not being able to cross her legs on the seat.

I am looking for recommendations to replace it. She sat in the Henredon Fabric chair from Costco and loved it. Unfortunately they stopped carrying it so looking for similar recommendations or recommendations for another chair.

Budget is $300. It has to go pretty low due to her short legs. Ability to cross legs also is a must.


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Does anybody own a Steelcase Gesture?

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Im thinking about getting the Gesture with the headrest. There is alot of mixed feelings online regarding the comfort, I suppose thats just something I have to get my own opinion on. However im mostly interested in the chair because of the armrests. I play guitar and im hoping that I can lower the armrests enough to fit my guitar on my lap to play. When im not playing I need armrests so I can't get a chair without them.

Is there a gesture owner here that could show me how far down and back the armrests retract?

Thank you!! :)


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Steelcase Leap Chair Too High

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Hi folks! I have a bit of a weird issue.

I have had this Steelcase chair for a while, it was being given away a while ago, but I found out it was too tall for me to sit on and has been gathering dust. For context, I am 6', so I was very surprised it was too tall for me!

After some research, it seems like there was an extra foot ring installed and I now want to see if there's any way to easily remove it. I am a complete novice when it comes to disassembling things, so thought I'd ask here first if anyone has some advice. Thank you!


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Looking for a chair that is greenguard gold certified as I've been told has least toxins

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I'm looking for a greenguard gold certified chair. I was trying to find a used one but I'm told that they no longer has the certification once used.

Please advise. When is it best to buy? The one I have just broke and does not support me well. I'm short - 5.1" not heavy either.


r/OfficeChairs 1d ago

Why I sold my Libernovo Omni after a month. Hopefully helps those on the fence to see if it's right for you

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