Looking for an office chair for heavyset people.

[Vishera]

I'm a rather rotund fellow (around 360-375 pounds (or 163-170 kilos), depending on the day), so picking office chairs has always been a challenge. Now when I say office chair, I'm not necessarily excluding those bucket style "gamer" chairs, but in my experience, their weight limits tend to be too low.

So, does anyone else here have a few extra pounds, and some insight on some of the better brands for chairs? I've been using a Serta chair for the past few years, but it wore out far too fast for my liking. I do a lot of working from home, so I'm sitting in my desk chair for anywhere from 12 to 18 hours a day, depending. I need something that'll last, even with near 24/7 use, something that I won't break with my almighty girth, and preferably the price would be $500 or less.

 

[infinitevalence]

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It will NOT be cheap anything under $1000 is going to be crap because the materials wont hold up to long and heavy use. I have gone through several "moderate" priced chairs and they just dont last eventually i start feeling the bolts poke through the seat cushion.

While I have not yet purchased one of these, from talking to a few people who did it sounded like a life changing moment. Currently I have a chair supplied by my company and its nice, but the seat is still not strong enough to keep me comfortable all day.

While I am also only 200lb/5.5ft I hope this experience is useful.

I looked up my office chair and you can see it here https://www.ergocentric.com/product/aircentric/ its ok, good enough but again I would not recommend it but its more reasonably priced than Ironhorse.

 

[EarthDog]

I'm WFH as well and between that and gaming can sit at my PC for a similar amount of time. I'm 6' 200lbs, so not quite where you're at, but I love my Secret Labs Titan Evo. If you get the XL (I got the regular, there is a lot of space in the hips and you can widen the armrests), it's even bigger and supports up to 400 lbs. I've only had the chair for a year or so, but it's holding up to my abuse fine so far. It also has a five-year warranty.

EDIT: I also fear you'll need to spend more than $500 for a new high-quality chair...

 

[Vishera]

I also fear you'll need to spend more than $500 for a new high-quality chair...

I might try to find a good condition used Aeron in the future, they usually go for around $500-$600 from what I've heard.

Ended up going with an E-WIN racing style chair...will report back in a few weeks on how I feel about it, so that people looking through the forums for recommendations of their own can know how it stacks up.

 

[Janus67]

Look on govdeals and other office supply warehouse resellers in your area for a type-C aeron. I think that would fit your needs. Generally in the 300-400 range (sometimes less)

 

[Nebulous]

I get my office chairs from W.B.Mason warehouse. There's one close by me and they specialize in used office furniture. I think I paid $45 for the one I'm currently using which is a Highback leather exec's chair. Quite comfy for my frame (200lb & 6'). I might get a new (used) one and give this one to my kid.