New chair time.
Ages and ages ago I remember posting on here about chairs. In the end I went for a cream, almost white leather office chair. I had it for a couple of years and then I moved in with my lady so basically a desk and all that was out. I put my PC in storage for ages, then when we moved into the flat about two years back I brought it over. Sadly the bum foam had gone and I was sitting on plywood (a trait of cheap chairs) and the hydraulic went too so I was constantly getting this sinking feeling. I decided I needed something a little higher in quality and started doing my research. It wasn't long before I found Herman Miller and ended up finding a Sayl in sage green locally. The guy had only owned it for six weeks and I got it for £130, a fraction of the £500 or so new cost. This is what it looks like.
Overall it's been a very good chair to own. The only complaints I have are that it feels kinda small (I've put on weight) but I'm sure it was a size A, which is a bit small for me. Then the armrests split and one of them has began to crumble. I have tried fruitlessly to glue it back but now lumps are falling out of it. Given what I paid I decided it was time for something newer and possibly better. I spent ages looking at the Mirra, Mirra 2 and Aeron but they are all mesh chairs and with me being as clumsy as I am I was worried about ripping the mesh. Once it's gone the chair is useless. I looked around a bit and found some for £360 delivered, a fraction of the £1000 ticket price. However, none of the sellers of the chairs second hand will offer you any warranty at all on the mesh.
So I kept looking and after reading about Humanscale chairs I found one I particularly liked the look of, the Freedom Headrest. A headrest is something I had in my wish list also..
What makes it different is that there are only three adjusters. One for the height, one for the seat itself (it slides to create or remove depth depending on how long your legs are) and then one to slide the back and headrest up and down. What makes it different though is that it acts like a car's suspension when you sit in it and lean back.
They're not cheap either. Prices start at around £600 with no arms and by the time you add in a custom colour and so on they easily match the Aeron for price. However all was not lost, because I found a guy called Barry who owns a company in London. They bring in office chairs and then reupholster them. Most of the Freedom's frame is carbon graphite but they repaint the base, then give you a choice in colour. This was something I did not get with the Sayl and it doesn't really go with our cream/duck egg/seaside colour scheme.
So for £250 delivered and completely recovered I chose this colour
I got a phone call yesterday to tell me that the work was done and it should ship soon. Really looking forward to it
