I'm considering a very expensive investment on my back. I have minor scoliosis, about a 16 degree curvature. I'm 23 now, and I'm fortunate to say it has not gotten worse since I was a young teen, but I feel it affects my sitting posture in a weird way that makes me incredibly picky when it comes to chairs. When I sit for long hours, I get the classic lower back pain, sometimes tailbone pain as well as shoulder soreness. I know there is no miracle chair, but I'd like one that I can sit comfortably in that keeps good for posture for long hours.
I graduated college in May and will be started a new job as a software engineer in a couple weeks, and plan to make the purchase within the next month when I get paid. There is a lot of sitting in this career as it requires getting in the 'zone' for long hours. For this reason, I want to ensure that whenever I am sitting, its not completely fucking over my back, even at home. Currently I sit on a $120 AKRacing gaming chair - the most expensive chair I've ever bought, unfortunately the leather seat is deteriorating, and the bucket seat has no lumbar support.
During one of my internships, I found that I disliked sitting on the Herman-Miller Aerons, but at least they were better than most other chairs. I shared a nice big office with my intern buddy at the time, and we were able to grab an additional Steelcase Leap from the floor above us so I could be more comfortable. I don't recall the chair giving me an initial impressive "wow" factor when I sat in it or that it made me feel like a million bucks. However, it was certainly better than the Aeron for me because it reduced the back aches and I felt it had a superior seat pan. I liked the Leap V2, and ended up using it for the remaining 3 month internship.
Concerns/TLDR;
Is it worth $900-1000 for one of these top tier chairs at home? Is it worth considering the lower tier models from Steelcase like the Amia, Think, SILQ, etc.? How noticeable/much greater would it be of a compromise for price? I have also never sat on a Steelcase Gesture and do not know if that is a better chair than the Leap V2 for me or not. Are the seat pans of these chairs similar to thickness as the Leap V2? I'm 5'10 155lbs, although I do lift and squat, I have a stiff ass that doesn't like thin seat pans.
Submitted August 14, 2018 at 06:24AM by EnglandlsMyCity https://ift.tt/2P8jilC
