Kneeling office chair

LiE · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:14

Anyone use these? How do you find them?

PapaLazaru · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:31

I have only ever sat on them for shortish periods of time but found them to be more comfortable that I initially though they would be.

Might consider one myself as I have noticed my slumped position in front of my PC is getting worse.

Deadbeat · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:33

It's not a chair.

qqg3 · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:34

Always thought these look awful, wheres the back support? I need that or I get so much pain.

antijoke · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:37

Deadbeat said:
It's not a chair.

It's a trap?

Fireskull · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:37

We had one, but it ended up being used to play xbox, by sitting on the bit where your knees go and slouching away

Twentyone · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:39

Not really comfortable, and it looks ridiculous!

I need something to lean my back to or else it will start hurting but maybe that's just me

Kol · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:41

twentyone said:
Not really comfortable, and it looks ridiculous!

I need something to lean my back to or else it will start hurting but maybe that's just me

which suggests you have poor posture which needs correcting.

I get around · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:43

I tried using one for a while but it gave me a bad back. And it made my toes go dead.
Plus, have you ever tried getting out of one? Not easy.

PapaLazaru · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:45

qqg3 said:
Always thought these look awful, wheres the back support? I need that or I get so much pain.

The design of the chair forces your back into an upright position. Seems strange but if you put yourself into that position now, you will find that you cannot slouch.

BennyC · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:45

Kol said:
which suggests you have poor posture which needs correcting.

Rolling your hips foward will stop you slouching and puts you into a pritty damn good spinal allignment.

Burnsy2023 · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:46

PapaLazaru said:
The design of the chair forces your back into an upright position. Seems strange but if you put yourself into that position now, you will find that you cannot slouch.

I used one at work for ages, if anything it's better on my back.

Aero · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:51

I found it made my legs go numb after a bit when I tried one, but it might not have been setup correctly for me.

EDIT: I personally like a chair with a high back so I can rest my head and also arm rests.

Twentyone · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:52

Kol said:
which suggests you have poor posture which needs correcting.

That and also a previous job that was a strain on my back (heavy lifting etc)

At job I use a chair that is long-ish with support for the whole body that also forces you into a proper posture. For me that works better than this kind of chair.

Freefaller · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:56

They're good, but I wouldn't want to use one all the time.

Morgoth · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:58

There was a research article about how they think slouching is now better for your back.

Mint_Sauce · 2 Feb 2010 at 10:59

I got one last week and go between it and my chair equally. My back was starting to ache in the mornings and this has sorted that out for me already. It was around £30.

philip2009 · 2 Feb 2010 at 11:02

I used to use one and they are reasonably comfortable despite the way they look. Having said that I no longer use one and don't miss it one bit - so don't expect it to change your world.

stockhausen · 2 Feb 2010 at 11:14

I used one of these for about a year in an office where I worked; I found it stored and forgotten in a cupboard. It was incredibly comfortable but ungainly to get onto and off - especially in a hurry.

It was eventually taken away and destroyed by the H&S Gestapo during a risk assessment - they wouldn't even let me take it home

derkaderka · 2 Feb 2010 at 11:29

Used one for a while ended up in attic

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