Items8The creator’s order
  1. 1Staples Hyken Ergonomic Mesh Task ChairStaples Hyken Ergonomic Mesh Task ChairThe cheapest way into a chair you can partly fit to yourself. Staples' own-brand Hyken often sells well below its $299.99 list price, and for that money you get adjustable lumbar support, arms that move up and down, a headrest that adjusts for height and angle, and a tilt lock with tension control.…0
  2. 2IKEA MARKUS Office ChairIKEA MARKUS Office ChairA budget chair, and an honest one about its limits. The MARKUS gives you adjustable seat height, a tilt lock and tension control for the backrest, built-in lumbar support and a tall mesh back with a head section, all backed by a 10-year limited warranty, twice the Hyken's. What it cannot do is…0
  3. 3Steelcase Series 1Steelcase Series 1The step up that buys you the full set of fitting controls without flagship money. The Series 1 seat slides for depth as well as height, the lumbar support adjusts, and the arms move four ways: up and down, in and out, forward and back, and pivot. That combination is what lets a single chair be…0
  4. 4Steelcase LeapSteelcase LeapIf you want one chair that adapts to almost anyone, this is the safest buy. The lumbar support moves up and down and has its own firmness dial, the arms adjust for height, width, depth and pivot, and the seat glides as you recline, so leaning back does not mean losing your support. It is rated to…0
  5. 5Humanscale Freedom Headrest ChairHumanscale Freedom Headrest ChairThe pick for people who never touch the levers. Niels Diffrient designed the Freedom Headrest to replace the usual tension knobs, locks and springs with your own body weight, so the recline responds to whoever sits in it. The arms are attached to the backrest and move with you as you lean back,…0
  6. 6Steelcase GestureSteelcase GestureChoose the Gesture if your arms are the problem. Its arms swing through a full 360 degrees and, by Steelcase's account, have the widest width range of any chair on the market, so they can be set close for typing or swung out wide. Broad-shouldered sitters who find most armrests pinch should start…0
  7. 7Aeron chairAeron chairThe Aeron fits by size rather than by seat slider, and that is the thing to understand before buying. It comes in sizes A, B and C, with seat depths of 16, 17 and 18.5 inches, and Herman Miller says the range covers nearly everyone from the 1st to the 99th percentile. Pick the size that matches…0
  8. 8Herman Miller Embody ChairHerman Miller Embody ChairAmong the priciest chairs here, aimed at people who shift and fidget through a long day. Instead of a mesh sling or foam cushion, the Embody uses a matrix of small supports Herman Miller calls Pixelated Support, which conforms to small movements and spreads pressure. Its Backfit control lets you…0