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Anyone go from padded office chair to mesh? What do you think of it? Pros/cons?
The pro is the breathing during hot days if you do not have powerful AC going on, cons is last cushy but that will tend to be quite subjective.Anyone go from padded office chair to mesh? What do you think of it? Pros/cons?
I keep a floor fan in my computer room during the summer for that reason. It's a cheap remedy if it's an option.The pro is the breathing during hot days if you do not have powerful AC going on, cons is last cushy but that will tend to be quite subjective.
Good thing I decided against a mesh chair.Gimme da padz or gimme death....cause my backside aint as tough as it used to be
I've used both, but the one time I took a chance on buying a meshy, I regretted it within the first 30 seconds that I sat in it.... so I got rid of it & haven't looked back since....
And for the record, I absolutely HATE & despise Herman Miller's chairs....every one I've ever sat in was extremely uncomfortable, from their low end ones up to their super-duper $4k "Executive" models
Normally a proper mesh chair gives the proper support and flexibility and distance from any hard support pieces that your legs feel like they are floating or padded. But, you also pay a small fortune for that.It is personal. I add extra memory foam to pad. Better support for legs.
Sticking during summer is the worst part I agree. It can be fixed with laying some sort of fabric on top usually, but rather completely avoid leather to be fair.The material I really don't like for a home office chair is leather or pleather. It's hotter than a padded cloth covered chair and your legs stick to it if you're wearing shorts
Good chairs, whether they're mesh or padded, are pricey up front but in my experience is they're not expensive on a per-year basis. I'm pretty sure I went through 4 $150-200 chairs between 1998 and 2009. Just went to Office Depot or whatever and bought whatever felt nice. Armrests fell apart, fabric tore, etc. On one of them the seat base broke, and I don't mean the adjustments. The seat base broke. It was a padded chair and some screws pulled out of the piece of plywood that held the whole thing together. Then in 2009 I bought a $700 Raynor Ergohuman. Between that chair and replacing a cheap bed with good one in 2007 I have less back problems (really don't have any) at 46 than I did when I was in my 20s. That chair lasted 12 years without needing any work. In 2021 I replaced the seat base and cylinder. That's the other thing about good chairs -- you can get replacement parts. The cylinder was leaking a little and the recline mechanism wasn't working right. I forget exactly how much it was, but the parts were in the $200-250 range. Now it's working like new aside from the armrests being a little worn.Normally a proper mesh chair gives the proper support and flexibility and distance from any hard support pieces that your legs feel like they are floating or padded. But, you also pay a small fortune for that.
Ya, this is where that investment in quality does pay off, that initial sticker shock may hurt, but when you have the chair for even 5-6 years +, and what it does for your body, its something to look back and wonder why you didnt do it sooner! Once my basement reno's are done, I will be adding a pretty expensive chair to my set up!Good chairs, whether they're mesh or padded, are pricey up front but in my experience is they're not expensive on a per-year basis. I'm pretty sure I went through 4 $150-200 chairs between 1998 and 2009. Just went to Office Depot or whatever and bought whatever felt nice. Armrests fell apart, fabric tore, etc. On one of them the seat base broke, and I don't mean the adjustments. The seat base broke. It was a padded chair and some screws pulled out of the piece of plywood that held the whole thing together. Then in 2009 I bought a $700 Raynor Ergohuman. Between that chair and replacing a cheap bed with good one in 2007 I have less back problems (really don't have any) at 46 than I did when I was in my 20s. That chair lasted 12 years without needing any work. In 2021 I replaced the seat base and cylinder. That's the other thing about good chairs -- you can get replacement parts. The cylinder was leaking a little and the recline mechanism wasn't working right. I forget exactly how much it was, but the parts were in the $200-250 range. Now it's working like new aside from the armrests being a little worn.
Metal foldout chair ftwWood chair or your soul is weak.