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Ask HN: Which chair do you code in?

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I am moving into a new apartment and am setting up a new office space. My previous chairs were pretty garbage.

Which chair do you code in?

Links appreciated.

I'm on a Steelcase Leap I paid $200 for. It's way better than my old chair but you can probably get better if you were planning on paying full price.

Next chair I'll probably go for something with a headrest.

Another Steelcase Leap fan here. I've got one at home and at work.

Not really worth paying full price when they are available in great condition on eBay (same with a lot of high quality office chairs IMO).

Personally I'm using the IKEA Markus Chair. It's an excellent chair for the money and I'd definitely recommend it.

Link: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00103102/

I use that chair too (at home). Just about everyone who's visited and tried it said it was one of the most comfortable chairs they've used. Only disadvantage (for me at least) is that the arm rests aren't adjustable, but they are removable.

I have the Herman Miller Embody http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/performance-wor...

At my last job I used the Stealcase Leap (v1) http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/seating/task/l.... It was good but not so good that I wanted to come home from work and work in the same chair.

We just picked these up for most of our team. Everyone seems very happy with them. Very adjustable and I've found it to be quite comfortable and sturdy. http://www.amazon.com/Lorell-Executive-High-Back-Chair-Fabri...

Roche Bobois Mistral Armchair [1], when not standing or sitting on the ball.

But around here we just call it the chair. It's perilously difficult to escape from.

[1] http://www.roche-bobois.com/#/en-US/products/all/armchairs/a...

http://www.needforseatusa.com

This is my specific model: http://www.needforseatusa.com/chair_dxracer_master

After almost a year of using it I have no regrets; the chair is comfortable and sturdy.

The Markus chair from Ikea. It's a fantastic chair if you have a head:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00103102/

You might consider the FreedMan: http://freedmanchair.com/ although perhaps wait until it's received some user reviews.

It looks intriguing, but why are there no photos of someone sitting in it? They have photos of a man holding it up in the air, but that is not the primary use case of a chair.

Ah. If you go to Kickstarter there are some (small, I cannot find a way to enlarge them) photos of the chair in use. They should put some of those on their actual website.

None: I use a stand-up desk at work, and at home I alternate between standing, sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table, and lying on the couch.

I code and work standing with a high chair to sit for 10 mins per hour, relieving some stress on the feet and legs, if need be.

Herman Millar Mirra chair.

I prefer them to the Aeron - a higher back makes them good for people with longer torsos.

I like my Swopper http://www.swopper.com

Have an Aeron at home and a Knoll Life @ work.

Herman Miller Aeron size C

A $20 exercise ball.

i'm standing.

In which chair do you code?

Ha.

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