Office-Chairs

Once you cross the thousand-dollar mark for an office chair, you are not paying for padding or a gas lift anymore. You are paying for engineering — adjustments that move exactly when and how you want them, materials that hold up for a decade, and a warranty that actually covers what breaks. We spent six weeks testing twelve premium chairs from Herman Miller, Steelcase, Humanscale, Haworth, and others. Each chair was used for at least three full work days by our testers — two of whom work from home full time. These are the seven chairs we would spend our own money on. ...

Lower back pain is the most common complaint among people who sit at a desk all day. A good lumbar support cushion can fix posture problems that expensive ergonomic chairs sometimes miss — especially if you’re working from a chair with built-in lumbar that doesn’t line up with your specific spine. The right cushion fills the gap between your lower back and the chair back, keeping your pelvis in a neutral position and preventing the slouch that compresses discs over an eight-hour day. ...