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Forget Aeron, here's the best programmer's chair in the world
- andrewcooke 17y agoheh. but programming on a laptop in a chair with armrests can be frustrating (i have a beanbag in the corner of my office that's perhaps a better candidate for best programming chair ever...)
- theli0nheart 17y ago+1 for beanbag chairs.
- finnomenon 17y agoand it doesn't end well if you fall asleep with a laptop
- pmorici 17y agoTotally impractical as a work chair. You'd kick your desk over the second you reclined.
- joshu 17y agoThe actual chair: http://www.varierfurniture.com/default.aspx?menu=686 http://www.varierfurniture.com/default.aspx?menu=686
- theli0nheart 17y agoI think I'm going to stick with my Aeron.
- k7d 17y agoI had Aeron at office and didn't like it that much... sure you can customize it every imaginable way, still it's conservative and quite static chair, and it wasn't that comfortable for really long hacking sessions
- mgrouchy 17y agoI dunno, my girlfriend is an occupational therapist, she would probably have a mental breakdown about how unergonomic this chair would be to use with your workstation.
- vidarh 17y agoDon't be so sure. Take a look at the PDF product sheet linked from this page: http://www.varierfurniture.com/default.aspx?menu=686 http://www.varierfurniture.com/default.aspx?menu=686 The positions where you are actually sitting either supports you, or put you in a position that lets your spine stay upright and well supported.
- ciupicri 17y agoThe chair is nice and interesting, but it's good only for relaxation, not for working. I don't know how many people could work, or better said type, while laying on their back. Also, I prefer laying on a bed or a couch.
- khafra 17y agoI've had a dream, for years, of buying a La-Z-Boy, the Datahand keyboard, and either mounting a monitor on the ceiling or getting some really good resolution video goggles. After mounting half the datahand on each arm of the easy chair, and reclining, I figure I'd have reached the ultimate nirvana of ergonomic computing. Unfortunately, I'm still a long way from being rich enough to justify dropping $1K on a friggin' keyboard.
- lutorm 17y agoLying on your back is only one of the possible positions. You can sit like in a normal chair in it, too.
- ciupicri 17y agoI prefer a normal chair + couch/bed, instead of wasting my money on this.
- hs 17y agoi always ask myself, "would woz (or any other heroes) better off using these luxuries 'back then' when he first did apple ?"
- lutorm 17y agoI wonder if this chair is VaporWare, I've seen a bunch of posts just like this one obviously only are based on a press release. I've so far found not a single link to someone who's actually tried it.
- vidarh 17y agoHere's at least one UK retailer that claims to sell it: http://www.backinaction.co.uk/gravity http://www.backinaction.co.uk/gravity
- Harj 17y agocan anyone find a price for it?
- scotch_drinker 17y agoAt the risk of commenting on a piece of furniture I'll never try, I think there should be a clear divide between where you work and where you relax. Ideally, I'd like to be in a comfortable, ergonomic chair (like the Mirra I recently bought) when I work and then take a nap on the couch. When I get tired, I want to get up, disengage from my work and let my body (and brain) relax. The concept of taking a nap in my chair seems strange to me. I can see the appeal of being able to recline while contemplating something but as a person who almost instantly falls asleep when horizontal, I wouldn't get much contemplation done.
- jbellis 17y agoI worked like this for two years: http://www.dqd.com/~mayoff/images/alfa.jpg http://www.dqd.com/~mayoff/images/alfa.jpg (picture shows the guy I got the idea from, not me) the backsaver zero-gravity line is not as flashy as the one in TFA but it allows locking the recliner at any angle you want, not just 3 pre-set ones. A backsaver will run $1000+ new, and the one in the TFA is probably more; if you want to try the idea out you can get a cheap lawn chair version for $65 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Strathwood-Anti-Gravity-Adjustable-Recliner-Champagne/dp/B001BSQB94 http://www.amazon.com/Strathwood-Anti-Gravity-Adjustable-Rec... (I've tried that one too, and IMO it's a great value, although even more limited to "reclined" and "not reclined"). I stopped coding in a recliner since it was too hard to add a 30" monitor to the setup in a cubicle environment.
- jplewicke 17y agoI think my ideal chair would be a treadmill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadmill_Desk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadmill_Desk . Being able to walk a couple miles every hour would definitely increase my energy level and focus.
- mcaruso 17y agoThat's a pretty brilliant idea. Currently I just pace up and down my office.
- k0n2ad 17y agoFurniture porn always reminds me of the scene in Fight Club where Ed Norton is cataloging the furniture in his apartment. Still, I want that chair.