The Best Office Chair Tier List
The Best Office Chair Tier List
I’ve tested a lot of office chairs, and while comfort is very subjective, I do think some chairs are better than others. So here’s my tier list of what I personally think are the best office chairs for the home office. But I wouldn’t take these rankings too seriously, as “lower” tier chairs can still be great and “higher” tier chairs don’t guarantee a better experience.
**Check out my dedicated office chair review videos below**
Herman Miller Embody
Logitech Embody Chair
IKEA Office Chairs
Steelcase Leap and Gesture
The Problem with Gaming Chairs
What to Look for in an Office Chair?
00:00 – Who is sitting in the chair?
00:41 – Steelcase Leap v2 with Headrest
01:10 – IKEA Markus
01:34 – Staples Hyken
02:00 – Herman Miller Embody
02:22 – Logitech Embody
02:46 – Autonomous Kinn (ErgoChair Pro+)
03:14 – Gaming Chairs
03:43 – IKEA Volmar
04:06 – IKEA Jarvfjallet & Hattefjall
04:21 – Herman Miller Aeron
04:46 – Herman Miller Mirra 2
05:09 – HAG Capisco
05:28 – Steelcase Gesture
05:49 – Steelcase Amia
06:03 – Final Insight
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Chairs I purchased (Leap, All the IKEA chairs, Logitech Embody);
Chairs that were provided to me in the past (HAG Capisco, Autonomous Kinn)
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Your content is good. But I can’t enjoy your soft voice tone like ASMR and sleeptalking. I have to pay extra attention effort to listen. People come for the content of the video. Especially this video has nothing meaningful visually. All the useful information is on the voice explanation. And your background music is good but it overwhelmed your voice because of your tone.
I want to thumb down for the harsh listening. But I try not to discourage you because of this. I hope you will make better video for the future. Cheers!
I’m against gaming chairs. Not at all comfortable as most office chairs, if not all. And It doesn’t help with your gaming!
Human scale do some good ones.
Check out the QOR Ariel chair, it’s an active sitting designed chair
I clicked dislike, not because I dislike the video but because I dislike youtube taking away the public dislike count.
My God, clear and to the point, finally! Thank you. :p
Please try an Interstuhl chair! I would love to hear your opinion on the VINTAGE for example. For gaming chairs try the Backforce One or One Plus, but I am not sure if they are available in your country as of now…
I’m very disappointed with the steelcase leap. I can’t figure out how to make it comfortable.
E is for Eat shit chair.
Great video! I do cross my legs a lot as well and I always need some kind of support for my legs/feet. I feel uncomfortable with EVERY chair ever. Maybe I need a custom made office chair
great video! Although as someone who’s be using the autonomous Kinn chair for awhile now, I’m gonna have to hard disagree about it being E tier, as It’s been an extremely comfortable chair to use, although I will say it took about two weeks of constant use and fiddling with the adjustments until the seat actually started feeling comfortable for longer time periods, but now it’s hand down one of the best office chairs i’ve sat in and I can easily go a full day without it hurting. I think a big part of it was just my bad posture, and that’s why it was uncomfortable for a bit. I would probably give it a B or C, because while I feel the back has plenty of support as i’ve had no back issues from it, I think the seat will just be either a hit or miss for people, since it is much more firm, and with the new much higher price, it’s definitely not worth it. got mine when it was like $400.
I just bought a Volvo S60 passenger seat at the local scrap yard for 20 bucks and put it on the base of my old office chair. Best decision I made. Real leather, real lumbar support… I even can wire up the heating part if I want to 🙂
Why are office chairs so expensive i’m still trying to get it lol 🙁 at least here in my country… even the second hand uncomfortable ones cost $100
You gotta try the X3
Please test the steelcase series 1 chairs.
I’ve tried the Steelcase you put in A tier, it’s indeed amazing..
So your top picks are Steelcase Leap v2 with headrest, Steelcase Gesture with headrest, Herman Miller Embody.
I tested like 60 chairs couple of days ago, I feel like price doesn’t matter I found 100$ really comfortable but missing some features I like, and 600$ ones really uncomfortable, settled on generic 400$ from furniture store
You should add affiliate links in the description. Good video, may as well make a few extra bucks from it
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THOSE ARE CHEAP
All of those office chairs look like a no bueno to me, especially IKEA. I would never buy any IKEA products.
No S tier because when everyone contemplates being productive who wants to stand when you can sit? who wants to sit when you can lie flat? Who wants to work when you can sleep?
You could’ve just said $1000+ good chairs and saved 7 minutes.
Thank you!
thank u soo so much
Can you tell me your pc screen reference? The big flat screen
monitor name
BRI-LI-ANT video!!
Let’s be real, the best chair is having strong core muscles.
So xqc was right all along…
Have you tried a Kab chair? Is rated for 24h use and many say it’s the most comfortable chair they ever used.. Need review of that chair!
Me, who has like £200 maximum budget for a chair, watching this list.
Where would the Autonomous Ergo Chair rank?
nice
I´m currently sitting on a piece of unbalanced log for home office, so I guess the lowest ranked chair of your list would be like heaven to my left butt that´s already killing me
Do you agree with my list? What is your favorite chair?
Stressless office chairs.
hi nice vid, which one is the best, the difference and why? embody original / embody logitech, nowadays they are in same price here in europ
and what pro & Cons? exept the price
i still hesitate to buy Steelcase Gesture or herman miller Embody (normal or logitech)
Any experiences with the Humanscale chairs?
Re
Vitra Ea 117 is my favorite.
I am wondering where you would slap the Herman miller Sayl
Would have been nice if you talked more about the best chairs other than the best lounging chairs you liked.
I subscribed just bz of your workspace only but the videos are awesome too
I got a fully loaded Aeron Remastered with the Atlas headrest and I love it. The restrictive position should really only bother people who want to fold both of their legs In the chair which is understandable, but not an issue I have personally. It’s an A tier chair for me easily, but I understand why some would place it lower. Thanks for the vid.
Any update for the best chair?
Me with a plastic folding chair that I found on the side of the road…………..
is leap v1 close enough to the v2?
When I went office chair shopping a while back, I went to buy the most comfortable chair they had regardless of price. If I had to spend a thousand dollars to get a good chair I would have.
Surprisingly, there was a negative correlation between price and comfort (at least in the chairs this particular store had on offer). The best chair I found in terms of comfort was the stores second cheapest at only $150 (don’t hate on me, but it was a gaming chair, but in all black at least). The more expensive chairs tended to have more adjustments but they didn’t feel any better than the cheaper chairs no matter how I adjusted them.
I think when it comes to chair shopping, it’s always a good idea to try before you buy