What bothers me to no end when someone makes outstanding claims at being 'the best product to accomplish task x' is that they're usually not accompanied by soli

What bothers me to no end when someone makes outstanding claims at being 'the best product to accomplish task x' is that they're usually not accompanied by solid evidence. Why not film some comparative long-term lab experiments that involve more than just someone sitting on it for a few minutes, run some Autocad or Matlab simulations or so on? Perhaps even provide just a table with numbers for the metrics they used to determine that this chair is indeed better than most, if not the best? Besides the 27 degrees angle that is supposedly optimal. Also, from what I'm aware, osteopathy is not actually real medical science, it's an alternative view/philosophy of healthcare. This is a device touted to be a preventive cure for so many problems, yet there was not mention of it being validated by real doctors. The designer himself is probably not a doctor, I doubt he would've missed the opportunity of garnering extra-credibility for his KS campaign by adding Dr. next to his name. The unfortunate truth that most people don't want to deal with is that the best way to prevent back pain, assuming you don't have major anatomical problems, is to simply exercise regularly. It takes a bit of time and willpower to not give up after the first few seconds. I've also had some pretty serious back pain caused by prolonged sitting. Resting even more in a fancier chair or worse, in bed, did not make them go away. What did fix the issue was simply using an exercise bike for a few minutes per day. In conclusion, I don't think you should feel sorry for not being able to easily afford spending $1.3k on a chair. Consider pressuring your boss to get an exercise bike for the office instead. It is unlikely that there'll be that much of a difference between a $200 chair and a $1.3k one.