What makes a good office chair?

This is not as easy as it sounds to answer as there are many variables to take into account such as how long will the chair be used for each day, the size of the user, the size of the room and many other questions.

The quality of the chair is a good place to start.

If the chair is really cheap then there’s a good chance it won’t be good quality and will not last long.

If you’re spending £39 on a ‘leather’ office chair from a large store you get what you pay for.

A decent office chair should have a good amount of padding and it should be good quality padding. Push your fist down on the seat and you should not be able to feel the bolts etc.

The front edge of the seat should have a shaped or ‘waterfall’ front edge. A seat with a straight front will cut off circulation. A good rule of thumb is that you should be able to slide your fingers between the inside of legs and the front edge of the seat.

On a higher quality chair the seat may have an individual tilt function and/or seat slide. These are useful for finding that comfortable seating position.

The back of the chair is also very important. The back should be shaped to compliment the natural posture of your spine and should offer good support.

The back should be adjustable for tilt and ideally should be adjustable for height to accommodate different users.

The shape of the back will promote good posture.

The chair should of course be height adjustable to accommodate different users.

Posture and how you use your chair is another issue. I have covered this briefly in another post here; http://theofficechairshop.blogspot.com/2011/11/posture-chair-whats-that-all-about.html

The width of the chair should be adequate for you. More generous sized chairs are available if you have a larger frame so don’t squeeze into a chair that is too small.

Many better quality chairs have adjustable arms. Height adjustment is common and many have width adjustment and more to help find a good position.

If you are spending long periods in your chair then an executive type chair is not a great chaice as they tend to have very limited adjustability.

You are better off looking at task type chairs with lots of adjustment built in as we have mentioned above.

We have a wide range of office chairs at www.theofficechairshop.co.uk. We welcome the opportunity to talk to our customers so please feel free to call us and discuss any questions you may have.

This week on theofficechairshop.co.uk.........


What have we been up to?
Well, we've uncovered some archive footage of Hitler trying to buy a chair from us!!!

As well as uncovering rate and fascinating video footage, reception furniture has been a bit of a focus this week.

We've added some funky reception suites to the range that are available in a whole host of colours.

This is the start of a range of chairs that are all available in hundreds of colour options.


There will be operator chairs, task chairs, executive chairs and everything in between.
I'm looking forward to it. It will add a new dimension to your chair buying experience.
You'll be able to select your chair and have it upholstered in a colour of your choice.


Just a quick little update today, it's late and io've still got loads to do!


Bye for now...

The Facebook Social Media revolution for theofficechairshop.co.uk

Continuing with our quest for global domination we have launched a new Facebook shop.
Facebook are obviously huge so when we were approached about setting up a store it seems a great idea and and didn't hesitate.

It is a toe in the water at the moment so i haven't loaded it with too many products, but now we have proved it we will add more and more products.


It's a great idea from Facebook, as you would expect.

You can visit the store by clicking here 


This links in well with our social media presence where we encourage anyone to join us, interact with us, become our friends, make suggestions, pass comment, judge us, whatever.

 

                                    


                                     We would LOVE to here from you. 






Click any of these links to find you way to us. 

Dave Clark Automotive furniture on theofficechairshop.co.uk

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It's been an interesting week here at theofficechairshop.co.uk.


In my last blog i told you about the incredible Dave Clark Designs furniture.

I had a good chat with Dave last week and we have agreed to offer his furniture through our site which i'm excited about.


Dave's work is incredible. The quality is second to none and the designs are just stunning.

There are lots of variations on the theme of car seat furniture.

These tend to be standard office chair hardware such as base, piston and mechanism, bolted to the bottom of a car seat.

In my opinion these are boring, ugly and unimaginative. 


I would be concerned that the centre of gravity may not be correct, weight distribution may not be correct, the angle of the seat base may not be correct for an office chair as the seat is fixed at a slightly more laid back angle in the car.








For me the biggest crime is lack of imagination. In most cases they are simply an office chair with a car seat replacing the office chair. 


These chairs can be anything from £200 ish to well over £1000. I've even seen these on one web site for several thousands! Madness.

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When you compare these after-thoughts with the furniture produced by Dave Clark it's like night and day.

Dave's designs are pure art, like a sculpture that happens to be functional furniture.

Over the next couple of days we will be adding some of Dave's chairs to the site.
I'll post the links as they are added.


One of the most amazing aspects of this furniture is the price, or lack of it!


These are truly hand built pieces and due to the fact that these chairs can be specified to highly personalised degree it is likely they will be totally one offs.


For example, if a clip chair is specified with stainless steel frame with a blue Panamera seat it's possible that no one will specify this combination again making it a one off.


For a bespoke piece of incredible quality, beautifully hand crafted furniture you would probably expect a price tag of several thousands of pound. Not so!


This amazing furniture is available for very reasonable prices making them a realistic proposition.

This is the Clip which will be offered for circa £395 depending on frame finish and chair specified. Now that is incredible value.










We sell a range of reception suites that are hundreds of pounds.


Can you imaging having a bespoke, hand made Dave Clark suite instead? What a talking point, what wow factor. 

It's not just seats either. Anything is possible.
If you have a requirement, just pick up the phone for a chat. What have you got to lose?
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