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We've had all kinds of discussions about what computer setups and monitor setups we have...but now I'm considering getting a new desk chair for my home office. If I decide to put a little money in it to get something nice that lasts what would you recommend? Or do most people go with a cheap walmart chair?
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Put money into a good one.
Cheap ones are made down to a price, and in particular I've noticed that the ever-so-comfy seat pan is made of rubbish foam which compresses until you are sitting on the lump of rough wood under it very quickly.
I replaced my office chair about two or three years ago, and I've had to re-upholster it completely with proper foam (and decent leather) already. The chair it replaced was twenty plus years old when I binned it (and I wish I hadn't)
Remember that you will be sitting in this thing for at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week - that's probably a similar amount of time to that you spend in bed! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Wise words indeed, choose carefully. About 5 years ago our company changed locations, in the process I was given a new chair. Oy was is terrible (my aching back and backside)! spent a couple of days hunting down my old one, took the person who ended up with it out for lunch a couple of times before I convinced them to switch with me, twas worth it I tell you!
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I threw out my last 100€ chair a very long time ago and replaced it with a fairly schmick one[^] (sorry, couldn't find an english site showing it). Did cost quite a bit but in my eyes it's totally worth it, I've never had any back aches or whatever since and the only thing that had to be replaced after several years of almost daily use were the armrest-pads.
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Griff is absolutely right. The cushions of cheap chairs get compressed with use and start hurting you in places where you didn't know you had places, especially if you spend many hours in it every day. A couple of months ago I threw out my old chair for this reason. I went to Office Depot and bought the best one they had. Yes, it was over $200, but worth it. Now all my places are at peace! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I won an expensive ergonomic office chair a year or two ago now, and it has made a huge difference to my life. I was struggling at the time with back and hip problems after a car accident, and within hours on the new chair I could feel improvement, and withing just a week or two most of the problems I was having at work had gone away.
Most important features of it that I can tell is good, thick, properly supportive seat, properly configurable arm rests, with plenty of width, and a high back that can be adjusted to get the support in the right areas of the spine.
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My example is of 'No chair'. All my coding, reading, writing are done sitting on the floor. 
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From this we can deduce you either use a laptop, have a very low desk or have long arms stretched up to type blindly on the keyboard on the desk above your head. I'm going for the latter; am I correct? 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Laptop. Sometimes, this laptop is on the floor, as now; sometimes on a low, slanting desk.
I am a normal 5 feet 9 inch tall human being
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awww darn, I was hoping you were going to say you used a periscope to view the monitor.
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--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Gives new meaning to the Math.Floor(); function :P
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I got this Humanscale Freedom Headrest chair a few years ago. Pricey, and when you first sit in it you'll be like "nice, but why so expensive?". The value becomes clear after you've been sitting in it for 8+ hours a day, every day. It helps so much, and it's so nice to sit in.
Here's the configuration page for the chair:
Humanscale[^]
Go with the gel armrests and seat - it's extra but VERY worth it.
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The difference between a crappy standard office chair and a relatively inexpensive ($200-300) one that suits me well and has a strong enough tensioning system was night and day for my back. The $150 officemart char with the wide and tall back, did wonders for my comfort as well; but the tensioner for the tilt system was too weak and my fat backside crushed it to death in relatively short order.
I haven't been impressed with the durability of any of the chairs I've bought - none lasted more than a few years before having some sort of major wear - but I'm unwilling to drop $1k on a chair without trying it out, and I can't find anyone selling big/tall chairs in retail closer than a full days drive each direction. (Being stuck with a $250 chair that didn't suit my back and for which I couldn't return because the cylinder was permanently friction locked into the wheel base preventing the required disasembly was bad enough.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I spent $500 USD on my chair. It was worth every penny. It has a 12 year 24 hour/day warranty which means three shifts of people can sit in it continuously for 12 years. It's 10 years old and looks brand new. Very comfortable but alas no fart muffler.
Herman Miller Aeron[^]
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Reduces heat build up, which is another "nicer" way of saying it allows your farts to pass through your chair more freely, thus reducing heat build up on your bum. 
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I have an elastic band chair[^] and I find it rather comfortable. It might not be for everyone, though.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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The look reminds me of cheap lawn furniture my parents had 25-30 or so years ago that was always trying to pinch you in the gaps between bands. IIRC they were a non-stretchy plastic; but I might've just been too small to give any stretch from them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I followed the link and was told I should use SQL server exclusively.
At least I assume that's what "Access denied" means...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I use my piano stool as my desk chair - it is great as I have to sit up straight and it is quite comfortable.
I realise it's a bit of an eccentric suggestion but sometimes chairs with poor back support are worse than having no back support.
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That must be a bitch when you lean back. 
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Where is middle C on your keyboard?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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...next to C#?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Clever comeback! I should have seen this coming!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Spend the money, get something that is comfortable and supports your back! Our office went for the cheap seats, bloody uncomfortable and would not rise enough so my legs were horizontal.
Bought a $400 one from Ikea of all places and have been happy with it for 5 years so far.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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