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May 25, 2020 at 9:09 pm #43326
Can anyone recommend a decent office chair please. One of the supports snapped on mine, and the supplier went under a few years ago, so I can’t find replacements. I need something with a high back / head rest, and arms, and ideally a swivel chair on wheels.
I’m looking on the usual sites, but I don’t know anything about which brands are decent, or what to avoid. I’m looking to spend about £100, but can go higher if there’s a difference in quality.
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May 26, 2020 at 12:21 am #43357May 26, 2020 at 7:25 am #43390I bought one of these 5 years ago and it’s still going. The absolutely best office chair I have though is now nearly 30 years old and salvaged from an office closure at work. It’s very much like this and built like a brick outhouse. It may not look as sexy as the “directors” chair but it is very much built for the purpose of sitting on 8 hours a day without pain.
May 26, 2020 at 9:12 am #43393My chair at home was from IKEA – the Markus. Had it now for three or four years and it’s still great. My office one though is nicer, but far pricer! It’s the Conway from BOF, though I have seen very similar elsewhere, and may well get one when the Markus breaks.
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May 26, 2020 at 11:04 am #43395That Conway looks identical to the salvaged chair I have. Lots of £££s but boy do they last.
May 26, 2020 at 12:45 pm #43398Reposting this after the site crashed due to a Database Error.
In 2016 I bought this: https://tinyurl.com/y5bou77t
So good, I bought another for my No.2 gson. Two arrived, so I checked the Order: yes, only one ordered and only one paid for. Waited 3 months, opened box carefully in case of a requested Return. Gave it to my son. All 3 chairs still working well, frames and castors as new. As gson uses his a great deal, it has stood up well and he is a very big lad.
Unfortunately it is no longer available and I cannot find it anywhere Nolan, sorry. At a tad under £55, it was a great bargain. As a BOGOF, even better! If the manufacturer had a habit of sending out 2 items for the price of one, maybe a recipe for business disaster.
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I'm out.May 26, 2020 at 5:46 pm #43469Sorry Ryan, got you and Nolan mixed up again. Not senile yet, but getting there. :scratch: 🙂
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I'm out.May 27, 2020 at 9:12 pm #43478Thanks for the links guys :good:
I think I’ve decided to go with the Cherry Tree Furniture Executive Recline Extra Padded Office Chair (Black PU):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00K5SD3DS/
I had my eye on it anyway, and it’s similar to the padded chairs mentioned, and my existing chair. It’s also got 4.5 stars from almost 2,000 reviews, so that’s a comfort. The Homcom is tempting me too though:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MTRA8QC/
I like the look of the Markus, but £150 is a bit too high for something I might not get on with, although the 365 day returns is tempting. Dave: I’ve never been able to get on with those types of office chairs. I used to use one every day when I worked in a call centre, and I’d constantly be moving around in my seat trying to get it ‘right’ (I’d probably lose a few pounds though :scratch: ).
Sorry Ryan, got you and Nolan mixed up again. Not senile yet, but getting there.

No worries Bob. I’m home with the wife and daughter, so if that’s the worse thing I’m called today I’m doing well :wacko: :yahoo:
May 27, 2020 at 9:48 pm #43479May 28, 2020 at 12:40 am #43481I love the footrest on my electric reclining armchair, and use it a lot for naps during the day, or even when the wife’s back is playing her up and she’s restless overnight and I wake up at 5 or 6 in the morning, it’s the dog’s proverbial’s – but would I want to do that in an office chair??? I don’t really think so.
May 28, 2020 at 7:51 pm #43495I have a swivelling manual recliner, bought just before Christmas with the new chairs that my Gert and I “gave” each other as Chrimbo gifts. We had been measured for the chairs and they are great, but I spotted the swivel chair in another room of the store. It was exactly the same fabric and colour as the chairs, an ex-demo item on sale at less than half price. Tried it, liked it. Now I use it in preference to the chair that was measured and built for me. Reclines and swivels, so I can keep an eye out for my Gert if she is approaching from the rear. (That is a must!) :whistle: :yes:
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I'm out.May 29, 2020 at 12:13 am #43502it’s the dog’s proverbial’s – but would I want to do that in an office chair??? I don’t really think so.
Thanks to my kidney problems, I have to raise my legs every so often to prevent fluid build up, so a built in footrest and recliner would be nice. I doubt I’d be able to sleep in it though.
It’s a moot point now anyway. I decided to go for it, and in the time it took me to transfer money into my shopping account, it had sold out! :wacko:
May 29, 2020 at 9:38 am #43506That’s annoying – and to make matters worse, the similar ( almost same ) ones on Amazon are £40 – £60 more!!
May 29, 2020 at 7:57 pm #43513I have similar kidney problems Ryan, complicated by an enlarged prostate. I have a (fortunately benign) cyst on my left kidney that is almost as big as the kidney itself. Watching TV, the reclining swivel chair is a big help in raising my legs, that is until my calf muscles lock up and my feet cramp, a result of rheumatoid arthritis spreading to my legs and feet. One reason why I walk a lot, it helps to stop that, but my last year’s Deichman shoes are about ready to be replaced now.
Organ donation? – When I peg out, there will be nothing left in any state to transplant!
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I'm out.May 29, 2020 at 9:02 pm #43517Deichman, best pair of shoes I ever had. Unfortunately one fell apart within months. Contacted the shop and they were gob smacked, asked for photos which were sent. I then heard from Decichman themselves with profuse apologies. Needless to say a replacement pair wasn’t an issue, but I’d bought them on holiday in Bridport and the model was now discontinued (I bought them in a sale). A cheque was dispatched that day.
May 30, 2020 at 6:00 pm #43521Yes I will certainly buy another pair when the current ones die Dave. That is an encouraging story, btw. When I bought mine, the sales assistant advised me to keep the box and receipt, “Because Deichman always replace or refund if something goes wrong.” I must have walked hundreds of miles in these, on all kinds of surfaces.
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