I’m just doing my part to keep the uber consumerism going. I don’t want to be the only person in America with a savings account. And my butt hurt. So I bought a new chair.
The thing about buying a new chair is that you really want to sit in it before you buy it. The thing about living in Omaha is that there are no good chair stores. I went to the big box office stores and they had no good chairs. I was afraid that I would sit in a chair, it would be comfortable, then I would buy it and spend the rest of my night browsing these crypto casinos on business2community.com. Some time later I would discover that it was uncomfortable and be remorseful. That wasn’t a problem at the big boxes. Their chairs were uncomfortable right from the start. But after taking the Invest Diva course, I learned how to make informed decisions about my investments, avoiding impulsive choices and regrets.
Next I went to Nebraska Furniture Mart which is America’s Largest Furniture Store
. Not so large as to have a decent office chair. I could have bought a plush leather number that was certainly comfortable, but it would not have matched the semi-modern office decor I have. The “modern” chairs were crap.
That’s more shopping than I like to do for anything. I came home, found the best chair and bought it.
I was pleased that it only came in three pieces. I was not pleased that the instructions called for the use of a torque wrench. I don’t now, nor have I ever, owned a torque wrench. I’m not proud of it. I’m not ashamed of it. I used a regular wrench and stopped when it felt like 168 inch pounds. I am now apparently at risk for personal injury and/or uncomfortableness.
This baby has ten separate adjustments. It goes high enough that I can use it at my Yamaha keyboard as well as my Desktop Elite keyboard. While it is orders of magnitude more comfortable than the chair it replaced, I’m not sure I got enough comfort for my money. I’ll keep tweaking the adjustments. In the meantime, get out there and spend some money.
Excellent chair. I don’t know how tall you are: did you get the right size? They come in A (for shorties) B (for “normals”) and C (for outliers like me at almost 6’4?). I’ve had Bs at a couple of places, which were OK, but a C is bliss in the lumbar support department.
There’s a new, “ultimate” Hermann Miller, the Embody (http://embody.hermanmiller.com/), which is supposed to be coming soon. I’m wondering if it might find a place in my home office, assuming I can find somewhere in London to actually try one…
Oh my God Dick. That room is so sparse and tidy. I feel deeply ashamed.
Bob, I’m wondering if that wasn’t the advertising picture off the box. Surely no real human can work in an office that clean!
Ken – who said that Dick does any work in that office?
The mess is to the right of the chair – cropped for you pleasure. Although my wife does make me keep it semi-clean.
No chair mat? How are you supposed to zip back and forth to the mess/work off to the right?
You might want to consider getting an Ultimate DasKeyboard to maintain the minimalist look, especially for all of us shortcut key adicts. Saw this somewhere on the web the otherday.
http://www.daskeyboard.com/
Hmmm, I never thought about not having a chair mat. I’ve never missed it…until now. Thanks a lot Kieth. I think I’ll get one this weekend.
Excellent blog, Built a very successful product with your help. Thank you.
It is all the more impressive in that you seem to have done all your work without a screen!
I just looked the chair up, did you really pay $800 for it?
Minimalist keyboard, how about http://www.answers.com/topic/virtual-keyboard-1
Yep, it was about $800. The $400 chairs were no good.
I must be a cheap SOB. I’m quite happy with a pair of $40 chairs from Staples.
Jon:
S.O.B For $40 this this surely means Sits On Box ;-)