Office chair. Does anyone actually spend this much?!

[NugsNotDrugs]

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 was using one like this when working from home, my back pain was horrendous, it provides very little support.

I was using an Ikea chair like this for a while, my back pain was horrendous. I eventually went to an office furniture store and tried some out. They staff wete really helpful in finding a suitable chair.

Kneeling chairs all the way - chronically bad back and sciatica and have used one for years with great results.

Probably not for the majority of staff. Likely for a specific staff member who needs a specialist chair for a health reason.

Which Magazine top 3 best buys include 2 Herman Muller chairs at £600-700 and an IKea at £179 ( in 2nd place)

You can get expensive office chairs second hand.

These are what DH’s company sent home for everyone to work on during Covid. They are excellent chairs-very good for the back!

Just looked up which Ikea chair I bought and it's a Markus, had it since 2018 and it's still great. Was £150 at the time, it's only £159 now.

If you post a pic of what this 1400 chair looks like maybe we can find a cheaper alternative. Its hard to guess without seeing it. Ive bought many office chairs in the past but never for that much so im wondering is it a sofa armchair type office chair or ?

It is worth looking at second hand office furniture outlets. I went to one in Farnham and picked up a used Herman Miller chair for about £280. There are loads of these companies about and the furniture is generally in good condition.

I have a posturite ergonomic one and it’s the best chair I have ever had it was £400 but work paid for it. I have ADHD and my fidgeting means I am a good chair tester. IKEA one lasted 12 months, and cheap Amazon one was about a month.

I had a really nice retro looking green velvet and wooden arm rest chair which I paid about £90 for, but after around 12 months it got very uncomfortable.

I've just bought this: Efomao-X-Embroidery-Adjustable-Computer-Executive

It's really ugly but is big, squishy and comfortable and I can sit in various positions such as cross legged, feet up etc and the fold out footrest is great - really helps with my ADHD fidget tendencies!

This is mine:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/alefjaell-office-chair-grann-golden-brown-00419984/

Yes, me! £900 anyway. Self employed though so claimed against tax. Still love it after 10 years