Reviewer: NNA
Rating: 5,0 de 5 estrelas
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Review: Really love this chair. Like the adjustable knee section for those of us taller. Very easy to install and also liked the leather cover.
Reviewer: MikeMayArt
Rating: 5,0 de 5 estrelas
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Review: I’m 6’1″ and 300 lbs. I purchased this to relieve my lower back and hip/leg pain from my sciatic nerve issues deriving from a bulged disc. Common to this condition, I suffer lower back pain, extremely painful, debilitating muscle problems in glutes and legs… piriformis syndrome… and this chair is a wonderful relief from all of this. Along with physical therapy (traction, stretching, exercises) and medication, the true turning point in what I consider my recovery (it’s only been a couple days since I’ve had this chair), is in my use of this chair. Every single time I get out of a normal chair, I suffer nasty pain in my hip and lower back. I’ve been pain free every single time I get up from this kneeling chair! I can already walk much much better. I’m sure I have a great deal of my PT to thank for that, but this chair is a massive help.I’ve read other reviews where people need to swap back to their normal chairs. Being a particularly big guy, I can empathize easily with the relief of that- but I find I can already pretty much go all day without switching back. In my “usual” posture on this chair, much of my weight is redistributed to my shins (The memory foam is great for them, by the way- and I’ll report back here after a week or so, to see how it holds up), but I can shift around and put the pressure on my knees, or even move one or both legs out to the side, placing the pressure back on my pelvis- but at a much improved posture than I’d be sporting on my typical office chair.For anyone who’s heavy and/or suffers similar pains, this chair is for you… but keep in mind, weight loss is going to help a great deal. I’m already down nearly 8 lbs since I began suffering sciatica, and I think that’s already playing a significant role in my recovery. The chair, I anticipate, will become more comfortable as time goes on and weight drops. I will report back in on that. I will say, however, that the $85 I paid for this chair has already proven well worth it… and if the pads wear out in a couple weeks, I’ll still consider it a worthy investment, and either replace them or the chair. However, this chair is well built, and I don’t anticipate it wearing down so quickly.I was careful to make sure each bolt was screwed in tightly before putting my weight on this chair.Pros:-Supports well over what the weight limit is- just be careful testing it. I’m 6’1″ at 300 lbs, and I’m using it comfortably right now.-Easy to assemble: make sure to tighten the bolts down well, so the overall structure is good and sturdy. Every couple of days, check them and tighten as needed. It’s common for bolts to loosen with the side-to-side movement.-Remarkably affordable: Similar chairs built for heavier people were far more expensive: At least 3 times the cost. Those chairs also had much lower ratings than this chair.-Standing up from using this chair has been remarkably pain free for me.-Therapeutic for lower back/sciatic nerve issues.-Very light! I haul it to/from work in my mini cooper. I’ll have work buy me one just like it, but meanwhile, I consider it quite portable. It doesn’t fold down, but it’s much smaller than a typical office chair.-Very nice looking chair.-Conversation piece. Many people at the office are curious about it- and every single person who’s tried it out (including my girlfriend) exclaims how comfortable it is! The move around and realize they don’t need a back to lean on.-Great posture!Cons:-Um… now this is reaching… but all I can say as far as a con, is that, through no fault of the chair, the shins get to help support my weight, which is no small feat. I do find myself shifting around quite a bit after staying seated a while. However, I’m supposed to get up and walk around every hour, which pretty much negates the discomfort issue. [Edit] I actually caved in and started swapping out with my old chair.
Reviewer: Pearlie Mae
Rating: 4,0 de 5 estrelas
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Review: I just received this chair and after assembling it (1 hour including accidentally switching the seat screws for the knee rest screws and having to fix that), I’m sitting/kneeling on it now! So far so good. I’m not that tall and it’s pretty comfy. The chair does sit high, so based on other reviews, I left the casters off. The important thing is, the seat is angled forward so it maintains a curve in my lower back, and my knees rest comfortably on the knee pad. The distance between the seat and the knee pads does seem more suited to people whose hip-to-knee length (their femur, in anatomical terms), is short. Due to that, I can see someone with short legs but a long torso still having an issue because they might be too high at their desk. In a nutshell, this chair seems better for people with short legs AND short torsos.Let’s see, the ‘espresso’ finish has a nice deep black/brown tone, the wood is sturdy, and the foam is cushy (for now). The seat height is adjustable, but raising the seat also increases the seat angle (in other words, the seat comes more forward over the knee pads) as opposed to just getting vertically higher. Adjusting the height does not seem to make the seat get much further from the knees. Again, fine for short legged people, possibly less fine for long-legged ones.The main drawbacks of the chair are: the seat and knee fabric doesn’t look like it’s that durable (I’m going to cover it); and though they weren’t on the parts list or the blowup diagram, some screws had lock washers, so I had to call the 800 number to find out where they went (the Office Star person was very helpful on the phone).The main thing to keep in mind about kneeling chairs if you haven’t had one is that you have to engage your core or you’ll be uncomfortable after a few hours. Slouching not allowed! Also, no matter how good the chair is, if you sit too long, your shins will let you know!Bottom line: for under a hundred bucks, this is a solid, comfortable chair.
Reviewer: JPDeG
Rating: 2,0 de 5 estrelas
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Review: It is a solid product that appears to be well made. There were only a few challenges associated with assembly. It is made of wood; however, what you see is a veneer that is finished with something that sticks to other pieces of the chair covered with the same veneer. It is adjustable. I believe it suffers from a fatal design flaw.I could not adjust it such that I did not slide off the seat.This could be an ergonomic problem or an upholstery problem. In essence one ends up with far too much weight on the kneeling pad. Now many may presume that this is normal for such a chair. It is not. The bulk of one’s weight should be born by the seat. These chairs are supposed to ensure that you maintain a specific posture -rather like that associated with the lotus position. The tilted seat only ensures the maintenance of this posture if you are actually sitting on it. If you slide forward, as I did, you end up with far too much pressure on your knees while gaining little benefit from the angled seat.I could adjust the height (and angle) of the seat such that I no longer slid of it but at that point the seat was almost horizontal so there was no benefit. I have a good office chair with a tile forward option. I am using it. Its angle of tilt is the same as the angle of tilt of the kneeling chair when it is at the right height for me. My office chair has no kneeling pad yet I do not slide off it. My office chair has a vastly superior seat shape and different upholstery.I suspect that the people who like this chair are not using it properly. As someone who meditates in the lotus position on the floor I know exactly how to align my spine so that no stress is placed on my disks. I am quite certain that this kneeling chair cannot be made to work for me.I am 6 feet tall and weight 200 lbs.Now I must wait for the vendor to approve my request to return this chair. If my request is not approved this chair will go into the garbage.
Reviewer: Nyla’s Mommy
Rating: 1,0 de 5 estrelas
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Review: Not entirely sure what people were thinking when they said this was a great chair. I did a lot of research before ordering this chair. Read tons of reviews and all for naught. I bought the chair to use at my desk job. I thought it would be worth the money to have a chair that was back friendly. The only good thing I have to say about this chair is that it is back friendly. That is if you can stand the extreme pain in your shins as you sit in it. HORRIBLE. I put the chair in every conceivable adjustment setting there was. No relief. I am 5’6 about 170 lbs. and there was no relief from the terrible pain in my shins after only about 15 minutes (sorry but I sit in my chair 8 hours a day). The pain was so bad that it hurt even after I got up and moved about. The cushions are plenty “cushiony” but that does not help the issue. By the end of the day my rear was almost as sore as my shins. The other TWO major drawbacks to this chair – #1 the material the pads are made with is super shiny and slick. My dress pants slid right off the seat so I had to be very careful each and every time I sat down on it and then kept slipping down all day long. POOR choice of material for this chair. #2 – YOU CAN NOT SWIVEL IN THIS CHAIR. I knew this going in; HOWEVER, I did not know it would be THIS difficult to maneuver about. If you need to swivel around at your desk, even to turn to the side, a bit away from your keyboard to write on a piece of paper or do any other paperwork, this is NOT The chair to buy. I don’t think any of the kneeling chairs would be as none of them swivel that I am aware. What you end up doing is twisting your whole upper body OR you have to use your feet to roll the chair into the new position. I have a file drawer at work that is behind me, in my normal chair I just spin around … in this chair it was virtually impossible to get at that drawer. You have to reposition the whole chair if you move from just sitting at your keyboard. Had I been able to find a chair like this locally it would have saved me a ton of hassle. So disappointed.