ORIGINAL: droddey ~ The riser thing though leaks and it slowly sinks back down...

Interesting... the chair is still new.

The riser thing (pneumatic cylinder) should still be under warranty regardless if the head rest is broken off or not.

If it's slowly leaking that would be a manufacturers defect... if you care to pursue it I'm sure the manufacturer has a toll free number.

ORIGINAL: mwd

ORIGINAL: droddey ~ The riser thing though leaks and it slowly sinks back down...

Interesting... the chair is still new.
The riser thing (pneumatic cylinder) should still be under warranty regardless if the head rest is broken off or not.
If it's slowly leaking that would be a manufacturers defect... if you care to pursue it I'm sure the manufacturer has a toll free number.

Yeah... it's worth a call at least. I've gotten replacement pieces and parts on lots of stuff (including furniture) for free just by calling a customer support line. The pneumatic riser sounds just like something that they could package up and send to you.

ORIGINAL: losguy

I tried this chair in a local boutique recording studio and I loved it:

Herman Miller Aeron

I would have bought one for myself, too, until I saw the price tag. I'm still waiting for some competition in this high-end arena to bring in some similar features at a lower price point.

Agree - this has been the closest thing to an industry standard studio chair for years and it's expensive (over a grand if I remember correctly). I saw something similar but less expensive at a local office supply store. Stay away from Office Max quality furniture. If it costs less than a hundred bux more than likely it's crap.

We have a really good hi end office furniture store not too far from here. They make their own products and sell other stuff too. You want something in the $300+ price range in order to get the quality you need for long term use. Life is too short to sit in crappy chairs for hours on end. Get a good one - your back and other areas will thank you for it

Yep is right about squeeks and rattles. This becomes even more of an issue if you're recording in the same room. It's been my experience that the cheaper stuff will start squeeking a whole lot sooner than the good stuff.

Yeah those Aeron chairs are awesome. We use them at work and I have a couple at home. Mine are all black though and no chrome like the pic, but still the same mechanically.

Balbs

One that doesn't squeek when you're sitting in it.

I thought I'd revive this thread. I'm looking for a good chair to sit in all day. I've progressively gone up the 'office depot' type chairs. Started with the $40 then $70 then $100 chairs. But they all ended up hurting after a bit of sitting. However, $900 for a chair just doesn't seem to be able to register in my brain at this point. So what are you guys using to sit in all day that can be in the $150 or bellow range? What are you guys and gals using?

This is the absolute weirdest thing. I was looking for a computer chair for my kid, and wound up with a surprise find. Check out the IKEA SNILLE.

Looking at it, you'd think, "How could this ridiculous-cheap (and cheap-looking!) plastic chair ever pass for a comfortable studio chair?" That's what I thought, at least until I tried it out. Yes, the plastic is not soft like a cushioned cloth or leather fabric would be. But it is not completely hard, either. It has a slight "give", or "springy" feel. And then they molded the thing to the anatomical shape of a human posterior. It basically form-fits to your hind quarters like a glove.

What's surprising is that it's actually more comfortable than a cushioned chair at twice the price! I think it's because the cushion chairs have the cheap low-density type of foam in them, and not too thick besides (unless you spend maybe $200 or more on the chair), so when you sit on them, the foam, ahem, "bottoms out", and then your tailbone is in direct contact with a hard, un-anatomically flat surface. It's weird, but when I tried this ridiculous plastic SNILLE chair out with my desk, I could sit in it for hours without getting tired!

Another weird plus about this chair: It's quiet! Maybe it's the plastic "giving" like it does, but it's sort of like a shock absorber for the hardware. No groans or clicks when you twost or rock around on it.

Check it out if you can. At around 20 bucks, it's not much of a risk, and IKEA has an excellent return policy anyway.

ORIGINAL: losguy

This is the absolute weirdest thing. I was looking for a computer chair for my kid, and wound up with a surprise find. Check out the IKEA SNILLE.

Looking at it, you'd think, "How could this ridiculous-cheap (and cheap-looking!) plastic chair ever pass for a comfortable studio chair?" That's what I thought, at least until I tried it out. Yes, the plastic is not soft like a cushioned cloth or leather fabric would be. But it is not completely hard, either. It has a slight "give", or "springy" feel. And then they molded the thing to the anatomical shape of a human posterior. It basically form-fits to your hind quarters like a glove.

What's surprising is that it's actually more comfortable than a cushioned chair at twice the price! I think it's because the cushion chairs have the cheap low-density type of foam in them, and not too thick besides (unless you spend maybe $200 or more on the chair), so when you sit on them, the foam, ahem, "bottoms out", and then your tailbone is in direct contact with a hard, un-anatomically flat surface. It's weird, but when I tried this ridiculous plastic SNILLE chair out with my desk, I could sit in it for hours without getting tired!

Another weird plus about this chair: It's quiet! Maybe it's the plastic "giving" like it does, but it's sort of like a shock absorber for the hardware. No groans or clicks when you twost or rock around on it.

Check it out if you can. At around 20 bucks, it's not much of a risk, and IKEA has an excellent return policy anyway.

That chair looks horrible! Have you tried it for long term sitting (8 hours or so)? I've got to go to IKEA anyway, so I'll check it out, but I'm highly dubious.....

Well, you were warned, I did say that it's ridiculous!

To be honest, I have not sat in that chair for 8 hours straight. Probably 4-5 hours with some breaks in between. (Breaks are healthy BTW. Maybe a seat like this could force you to take healthy breaks? ) I did get sore legs once, but it was because I had the height set too low and the edge of the seat was binding my legs. Once I set the height properly, it was no problem.

It's great that you have an IKEA to go to, because really, this is a matter of personal choice.

Dean, you're gonna laugh, but I'm actually using a DRUM THRONE for my studio chair. I have a (short) history of back trouble thanks to injuries while I was a concrete test technician (summer job). I'm also a professional violinist, which can be pretty tough on the back, particularly an injured back. Add to that the fact that I've got a long torso, and I'm a great candidate for physical therapy.

That said, the drum throne, more so that any other chair I've used anywhere, requires that I sit upright with good posture. It also is incredibly easy to access and leave. So I find that:

1) While I'm on it, I sit correctly and strain my back less
2) Since I don't have to pivot or move it to get up, I get up and move subconsciously all the time. I'll find myself standing up to listen to a take or jumping up to grab something just a few feet away.
3) The posture that I have while sitting on the throne involves my leg muscles for balance and support. So it spreads the work of balancing my body to my largest muscles and keeps those muscles warm and active.

There was actually some recent research that points to long periods of sitting as a culprit for many Americans' weight problems. [My mom is an RD/LDN, so I talked to her about it.] Apparently there is some part of the metabolic functions that totally shuts down when one sits for a long time, resulting in a huge drop in burned fat (if I remember correctly - this is a bit out of my league). So the the drum throne is good for more than anatomical reasons.

If nothing else, it's cheap. You can get a simple but well-built throne from GuitarCenter for about $30. You might try it, because at that price you have nothing to lose. It's the best studio/computer chair I've ever found, in the 16 years or so that I've been tied to a computer. I've got mine set up at a height so that my knees are a few inches below the seat when my feet are flat on the floor.

NOTE: The throne was a bit uncomfortable for the first few days, until the seat pad broke in. I know that sounds kinda weird...but now you know.