brightball
Since the keyboard thread has been going strong for a while I wanted to start a similar thread for desk chair recommendations. I’m in the market and looking but the variety (and cost) is all over the place.
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sribe
You might be surprised how easy it is to get bosses to agree to put you in hamster wheel.
josevalim
This is the chair I use.
I was starting to get back and neck pain about 8 years ago and this chair basically changed my life. It feels invisible. I never feel it is pressuring me.
PS: I had no idea it is this expensive. Long story short: I bought it at production price because a company imported about thirty units for another company which went bankrupt. So the intermediate company was selling it at cost - basically half of the price on the website. But to be fair, most of us spend one third of our days on those chairs - so the investment is worth it. I have had mine for 8 years and it is still going strong.
AstonJ
I use one of these:
Bought from Amazon (originally posted in this thread)
If I was to get another, I would like to try this one as I think it allows you to sit with your legs a little wider (which I think is probably more suitable for men).
If you want to go to the extreme… you might want to try a squat desk:
https://thepolymathproject.com/how-to-work-using-a-squat-desk/
Or maybe a hamster wheel desk
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sanswork
Thanks for the heads up. I move and redo shawnonthenet so often it’s only up about 20% of the time
I should probably stop advertising the url