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My setup: http://i.imgur.com/HKhovMT.jpg

I used to sit on a normal desk chair but it felt wrong. I can sit here for longer without issue, though I still get up every half hour. As long as I ensure my head is touching the back of the chair as well as the bottom of my back (i.e., no hunch), my spine is easily straight and I have absolutely no back problems after working for a long time, which happens on occasion, believe it or not.

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I have a similar chair but with dual mounted "Atdec Visidec VF-AT-NBC Notebook Arm and Monitor Arm Pole Mount Combination"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044DHU0M/ref=wms_ohs_prod...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10557283/CAM00161.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10557283/CAM00164.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10557283/CAM00165.jpg

I did not know this was a thing I wanted until now...

Wow, I have that chair, and it gives me back ache after about 5 minutes! There is no lower back support at all, at least for someone my height... Nice to know it works for you though.

How tall are you? I'm taller than average.

This chair is better than the office chairs I've had in previous lives. I think for me the ideal for long periods of work would be a deeper incline but since I get up every half hour or so anyway, it would be a PITA to get up and down.

I'm not perfectly comfortable but I'm more comfortable than is typical.

For other readers, thats the Ikea POÄNG chair

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/07472/

This chair looks comfortable but is it really for long time sitting and programming? Does it have a good lower back support?

Where do your arms rest/float? Looks like gorilla-arm.

Gorilla-arm?

They rest on the arm rest of the chair.

What about your wrists? The angle of your monitor stand would suggest that they have to be bent at least 20 degrees or so.

They actually rest very comfortably. My elbows are on the arms of the chair and my wrists are completely flat against the keyboard. If I had to guess at the angle of my forearm against my upper arm, I'd say it is close to 90 degrees. I don't think this image shows much, but here you go anway: http://i.imgur.com/kDEHDmt.jpg

Seems like the monitor is too low for proper ergonomics.

Possible. That is the lowest setting.

Did some experimenting based on your comments and it looks like the ideal position to improve my setup would be:

1. Some form of a foot rest

2. The monitor raised to the next height

3. A bluetooth keyboard so my wrists can rest on my lap

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