Office chair. Does anyone actually spend this much?!

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I’m overdue a new chair for my home office.
I did my usual scroll through fb marketplace and I couldn’t find anything much better than the tatty one I want rid of so I looked online for a good one (I have a bad back).

The best one (according to google) costs just under £1400! 😱

Does anyone have any good suggestions for a cheaper option?

I have a Herman Miller in office and at home and wouldn't be without it. Saves my poor back which otherwise aches almost immediately

Yes absolutely. Mines a Håg Creed with optional extras. It cost more than that. Work paid as a reasonable adjustment because I have spinal issues. In the grand scheme of business costs my productivity is with a proper chair.

I have a preloved Herman Miller chair at home. It's amazing. Was under £200 and in beautiful condition. Second hand office furniture shops are your friend.

I've got a Sihoo M57 and it's excellent. But some of their fancier ones in the £250+ range look even better. They're well-reviewed too.

DH has a £500+ chair (it's a gaming chair, but he uses it for WFH) and that's also great but so bulky.

A lot of places sell second-hand/refurbed Herman Millers though, and they're the best of the best.

Mine was over £1000 in 2003 as it was a made to measure ergonomic chair. It's the worst chair I've ever sat on.

Prior to retirement I was a home worker for almost two decades.

I bought a chair from a company similar to this, it was a fully refurbished chair from a corporate office, so the quality was equal to what you sit on at work and the cost was far, far cheaper.

Used Office Furniture Store | Leading UK Provider of Office Furniture

edited to add, I bought a Steelcase chair, as Steelcase were the preferred supplier to the corporate company I worked for (everyone's heard of them).

@SexIsNotNebulous is right, ORS and companies like them are the way to go. I bought a £700 Herman Miller chair from them during lockdown for about £120.

Any decent quality adjustable chair will do, the main thing is to go somewhere with a selection and try them out.

We have a much cheaper than £1400 (I think £200-300) gaming chair which is so much more comfy than an “office” chair imo. And no, I’m not a gamer.

They do spend that much on chairs in the civil service.

Don't be silly.

This is my work chair (not in that colour!), it's very adjustable:
https://www.mikeodwyerofficefurniture.co.uk/operator-office-chairs/15-517748-t550-high-back-premium-operators-chair.html#/32-base-black_base/34-seat_slider-seat_slider/36-seat_tilt-seat_tilt/92-choose_your_upholstery_type_and_colour-phoenix_taboo/433-arms-none

I bought a refurb one which was delivered in great condition https://corporatespec.com/

Mine was £350 back in 2022, had to order from a specific supplier so probably could have got it cheaper if I’d been allowed to shop around. Work paid hence being limited to suppliers

@user765847363 well I wasn't suggesting it as a possible option (the chair in question is now in police possession until the court case). I was trying to emphasis the point of more money spent does not mean better chair

The Humanscale Diffrient chair is very comfortable. It cost about £500 including delivery. I liked it because it was available in white and it still looks as good as when I bought it about 5 years ago

My CS chair was a fraction of that last year...

Honestly if you need support for a bad back then this is the chair you need.
Otherwise you will fall into the trap of buy cheap, buy twice.
Also the company are amazing. The chair is delivered and set up for you. Any problems and they come out to deal with it.
I have two of these, one for work, which my company very kindly paid for and I have one at home. Its not the comfortest chair ive ever sat in but my god it is good for my back and other musculoskeletal issues I suffer with.
Posturite

Herman Miller doesn't adapt to suit your working environment, you adapt your office setup to have the privilege of owning one!

Had these at work, shit chairs and uncomfortable. The RH Logic ones are much better. Would you work allow you to purchase second hand from an online shop that provides a receipt?

I have a Herman miller chair in the office and a HAG SoFi at home, also suffer with back issues and both are great, you’ll soon notice the difference after sitting in a basic chair for a day.

Also recommend the RH Logic chair above from Posturite, DH buys these for his business and he really rates them, you can configure them to your requirements.

I can confirm from experience that a generic John Lewis or Ikea office chair is not as good as good
as one of the specialist brands. Def recommend getting something decent if you use it every day.

I have one of these - but I bought a seller refurbished one from EBay for less than £200. It looked like new when it arrived.

www.johnlewis.com/humanscale-liberty-office-chair/black/p5300221?s_ppc=2dx_mixed_home_BAU&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20151160929&gbraid=0AAAAAD2el1y_C3Hs6zEGdKQpP3Ofp0yJw&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy_fOBhC6ARIsAHKFB78Wcjsp9vTLl3XY6V2nLbFSmk9dOVLIt1RDorhc--W8vVC_bEk96L8aAmu8EALw_wcB

Could you get a second dentist's chair?
I find them very comfortable and seemingly infinitely adjustable. In fact I think I could have dropped off to sleep in one if I hadn't had a great big fat hand wedged into my mouth!

I can only imagine how my face must have looked as I read that.

I also have a Herman Miller. Cost a fair bit, but I do spend 8-10hrs in it a day so very much worth it.

My employer negotiated a staff discount with them which I think was 15% off, anyone considering one could ask their employer to do the same (which I think is normal for any employer who buys bulk to furnish their offices).

Be careful. That chair says it’s intended use is 5 hours a day only. I made that mistake in Covid and had to return one to John Lewis.

I found my work chair so good that I just got the name, googled it and bought exactly the same one x

I've got a Posturite ergonomic chair, work had negotiated a discount, so it wasn't too bad, but it's a reasonable price anyway, and you can get 20% off if you subscribe.

We've had it around 6 years and it's still going strong

www.posturite.co.uk/homeworker-black-ergonomic-chair

We looked at getting a Herman Miller chair for the office and they are very comfortable but we’ve not taken the plunge yet as I’m still trying to sort out how I want to style the office. I did notice though that there are a lot of refurbished Herman Miller available online at about a third of the price, or less. DP has a Herman Miller chair where he works and he really rates it.