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    Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    I've been trying a used/refurb Steelcase Leap v2 but, I don't know if its a bad refurb or if it's me. But it's really not compatible. Too fancy in a way, armrests move around etc etc.

    Any ~£100-£200 suggestions?

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    I have to love the Ikea desk tops and the adjustable height legs matey... they just work.

    Thick.. cheap... different sizes... easily changed if you damage the top in a few years.. the legs are genius. And you can move them.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    I have to love the Ikea desk tops and the adjustable height legs matey... they just work.

    Thick.. cheap... different sizes... easily changed if you damage the top in a few years.. the legs are genius. And you can move them.
    They're a bit uncomfortable to sit on for any length of time though, I find.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    I have to love the Ikea desk tops and the adjustable height legs matey... they just work.

    Thick.. cheap... different sizes... easily changed if you damage the top in a few years.. the legs are genius. And you can move them.
    Sorry, I wasn't very clear, I'm just looking for a chair, not a desk.
    Last edited by Marcos; 10-01-2016 at 11:37 PM.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    The Humanscale Freedom looks like a good alternative to a Leap. I haven't tried it out myself but reviews suggest that it's a competitor to the Leap. I did try a Leap V2 myself though and found the same as you Marcos.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    oh I SEEE... sorry!

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    mmm.. so hardest

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Just search online office stores for chairs designed to be in use 24/7.
    Mainly reception, call centre, dispatch or control desk functions. Far better and usually cheaper than most of the over-marketed gubbins out there, including the special 'Gaming' chairs.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
    Just search online office stores for chairs designed to be in use 24/7.
    Mainly reception, call centre, dispatch or control desk functions. Far better and usually cheaper than most of the over-marketed gubbins out there, including the special 'Gaming' chairs.
    The problem is I don't trust these hacky box-shifting retailers. I'd rather find out about a real manufacturer that has a reputation to uphold.

    Seems to be a growing trend in any product I get frustrated with.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Quote Originally Posted by Marcos View Post
    The problem is I don't trust these hacky box-shifting retailers. I'd rather find out about a real manufacturer that has a reputation to uphold.
    Seems to be a growing trend in any product I get frustrated with.
    Then either get some reccomendations for decent retailers, or be happy paying lots more money for the same basic thing (albeit with a lower spec) merely because it has "designed by gamers, for gamers" written on the box...

    Officesupermarket.co.uk comes well recommended, for example, including on a number of PC enthusiast forums.
    By contrast, Officefurnitureonline.co.uk is heavily rubbished everywhere I look.

    I'd get one of those well before I dropped £600-odd on something like a Humanscale Freedom... especially when it only earns 3/5 stars!!

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
    Then either get some reccomendations for decent retailers, or be happy paying lots more money for the same basic thing (albeit with a lower spec) merely because it has "designed by gamers, for gamers" written on the box...

    Officesupermarket.co.uk comes well recommended, for example, including on a number of PC enthusiast forums.
    By contrast, Officefurnitureonline.co.uk is heavily rubbished everywhere I look.

    I'd get one of those well before I dropped £600-odd on something like a Humanscale Freedom... especially when it only earns 3/5 stars!!
    Maybe my pessimism comes from having worked at a marketing agency that just cooks up "testimonials" and awards and other BS for sketchy retailers. So I don't trust the bullet point "Designed for 24/7 use" from a no-name brand. Because there's a decent chance that isn't the creation of countless meetings and trials with chiropractors and more likely some words a marketing intern has typed in under instruction from the corrupt marketing manager.

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    Also, another favourite of mine. Every retailer is the UK's leading retailer ;-)

    Or at least that's on the header of every one.

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    Re: Suggestions on desk/work chair that doesn't break the bank?

    Quote Originally Posted by Marcos View Post
    Maybe my pessimism comes from having worked at a marketing agency that just cooks up "testimonials" and awards and other BS for sketchy retailers. So I don't trust the bullet point "Designed for 24/7 use" from a no-name brand. Because there's a decent chance that isn't the creation of countless meetings and trials with chiropractors and more likely some words a marketing intern has typed in under instruction from the corrupt marketing manager.
    Which is why I went scouring forums to see what people recommended, based on user results.

    If you actually *need* a chair designed by numerous chiropractors because your back is that knackered, then yeah go find one of those... chances are it won't be a £150 chair that charges you £600 for the designer name it carries, though... I forget the brand, but the one that was advertised with Jennifer Aniston bouncing on it - We have those here at work... they're flippin' awful!!

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