The Ikea Volmar (which is now Vallfjället). After having owned at least a couple of expensive chairs (including Herman Miller Embody), I came to the conclusion

The Ikea Volmar (which is now Vallfjället). After having owned at least a couple of expensive chairs (including Herman Miller Embody), I came to the conclusion that office chairs over 500$ or so are a ripoff (or, to put in other words, they have a high marketing tax), for two reasons: 1. chair feeling is very individual; as long as a chair is robustly constructed, price has nothing to do with feeling 2. as long as a chair has enough knobs (or better: the right ones for one's body), again, price doesn't make a difference. I actually find the Embody terrible on my body, as it has a hard lower back rest, and narrow shoulder rest that pushes the shoulders forward. YMMV - depending on the height, one may not suffer those pain points.