Finding the Perfect Office Chair

 Right from the Stone Age, man has spent more than half of his gainful time in the sitting posture. This could be a valid reason for the Darwin’s monkey to lose its tail and transform into a homo-sapien.  

The onset of 21st.century is witnessing the information technology engulfing the universe as a whole. We are in the midst of internet cloud. Most of the jobs connected with IT need a patient sitting for hours together. This plays have on the ergonomics of a person on the job. He must have a perfect office chair made for each other. 

A person searching for a perfect office chair should first assess the features that he would like to have such as: 

The Features 

• Type of chair 
• Load bearing capacity 
• Work station requirement 
• Seating and Back-rest material 
• Seat height and tilt adjustment 
• Back tilt 
• Arms height 
• Lumber adjustment 
• Swivel properties etc. 

Selection of office chair type depends upon the nature of work for which it is going to be used. As individual, this may be related with long sessions on desk top computer, long session of sitting at the reception counter, class room sessions for one hour duration or more and similar other assignments. 

The load bearing capacity of an office chair is important for persons in the higher weight range. A chair crashing down may be very serious more so when the person is over-weight. 

Work station requirement is also important. At some places, there is excess humidity and heat resulting in sweating and heat discomfort. There are chairs with micro-perforated cushion material which can breathe. This produces a cooling effect. One must check about the seating and back rest material. 

One should be very particular about the ergonomics of the office chair. An unscientifically constructed office chair may hurt the back and neck. It may tire the wrist and the thighs. Injury and pain to the spinal curve is most common. 

The Check list 

1. The work chair must support the spinal curve. 

2. It should have good height, tilt and swivel mechanism to give the best comfort. 

3. The material used for back rest and seating should relieve stress and provide comfortable temperature. 

4. The head rest should perfectly match individual requirement. 

5. The height of the arm rest should adjust as per need. 

6. The shoulder should get enough relaxation. 

Almost all furniture sellers provide free trial of the office chair to be bought. One should take enough time in assessing the features vis-à-vis his requirements. 

Heavy Duty Office Chair

Office chair or a desk chair is now known for its particular design, ergonomic specialities and level of comfort. It is usually a swivel chair. That provides 360 degree rotations as also to-and-fro mobility. Now when most of the office hour’s jobs are sitting oriented, office chairs have to be constructed for heavy duty. This means robust springs, heavy duty hardened ball bearings, strong rollers and a comfortable seat. 

Heavy Duty Office Chairs come in several configuration and design variables. At the outset, it can be divided into three major types: 

1. Armless Chair 

2. Chair with arms 

3. Chair with arms and headrest. 

Armless Chair 

Armless chairs are designed for better seating comfort, large seats and express side accessibility. These chairs are made from special cushion. One such brand uses GelTeq technology. It is neither viscos-elastic foam nor it is a memory foam. This cushion made to provide 100% contact comfort is made from special gel combined with viscos-elastic foam. The armless chairs usually have 3 levers for ergo mechanism and 6 star bases. These heavy duty office chairs can take up 200 KG load. 

Chair with Arms 

This heavy duty office chair comes with multi-functional mechanism.  It has adjustable seat height, seat tilting and back tilting. It has adjustable lumber and arm height to provide better comfort. The seats are made from polyurethane foam, sometimes combined with some percentage of powdered car tyres, to provide good fatigue and compressive properties. The later addition is made in some brands to lower the cost by recycling used car tyres. 

CHAIR WITH ARMS AND HEAD-REST 

There is a continual demand for enhanced seating performance to match the extended working hours in a highly flexible environment. The manufacturers are more focused to the seating comfort. As such they use special material for preparing seat cushion. One such material is Enorsorb. This material disperses the load pressure evenly over the entire surface. This gives better comfort to the legs, thigh and the back of the user. It encourages better posture for ergonomic needs. 

Some such heavy duty office chair come with back made from mesh that may again be a four way stretchable fabric. With more than 15 point adjustable support for lumber, adjustable arms rest, adjustable head rest, flexible seat slider depth and the back ratchet system loaded with heavy duty ball bearing, these chairs leave no seating comfort requirements unattended.  

TRY BEFORE BUYING 

These heavy duty office chairs are one-time long-term purchase by corporate offices, small business firms or individuals. It is wise and worthwhile to obtain a free trial before committing to place an order. Most of the wholesalers and retail outlets offer such free trail.