Dewdman42
Senior Member
Hermann Miller in general is a great office chair company that has been making some of the best products available for a long time. I trust them completely. Not all of their chairs work for everyone, in my experience. But in general they are very high quality chairs with attention too ergonomics. If you can find an actual Hermann-Miller dealer that has a wide selection of their products on a showroom floor, you will probably go home with one of them. IMHO.
I don't know if there is a single works-best-for-everyone chair out there.
Lately I've been seeing ads for gaming chairs and people saying its the most comfortable chair they have ever used. I know I can sit in the car seat of my Audi for literally hours at a time and make long drives for 12 hour shots, etc.. and my back might even feel better at the end then before because of its absolutely perfect ergonomics. My previous Audi was the same way. If I could get my Audi driver seat in a desk chair I probably would call it the final answer. The gaming chairs seem to be more like car seats...hugging the person a bit more, etc. so I don't know, I want to try one of those. But I have never seen them on any showroom floor to try.
My other issue is this, I like arm rests a lot. They positively get in the way when I'm using my guitar.
I'm setting up a new studio room and I plan to arrange it with a motorized desk that goes up and down and while I will have a primary keyboard in front of the computer that I use a lot, I will also have a set of keyboards to the side that I could play sitting or standing. And just move around more throughout the day. That is what the PT's keep telling me. just move around more and all will be fine.
In my previous life I was a software dev in silicon valley working seven 15 hour days a week...and suffice it to say, it took a toll on my back and posture. I was not attentive to these things in those years when I was young and full of confidence that I'll be fine. 25 years and two back surgeries later, I wish I had been more attentive to this topic in my 20's and 30's, and 40's. In my 40's I became more attentive and things are better now...but in the end, it comes down to moving around a lot, and not slumping and keeping all the various muscles moving, stretching, mobile...as much as possible.
Another thing is getting the computer display at exactly the right height. People that have issues in their hands and arms sometimes is because they are straining their neck to look at their display non-ergonomically. Makes a huge difference for me.
I want to hear more about midi keyboard ergonomics, height, etc. where to put the computer keyboard in relation to that, etc, etc, etc. then we add touchpad and CC faders and all that stuff and pretty soon..whew..its hard to find the best chair solution and desk to handle it all.
I don't know if there is a single works-best-for-everyone chair out there.
Lately I've been seeing ads for gaming chairs and people saying its the most comfortable chair they have ever used. I know I can sit in the car seat of my Audi for literally hours at a time and make long drives for 12 hour shots, etc.. and my back might even feel better at the end then before because of its absolutely perfect ergonomics. My previous Audi was the same way. If I could get my Audi driver seat in a desk chair I probably would call it the final answer. The gaming chairs seem to be more like car seats...hugging the person a bit more, etc. so I don't know, I want to try one of those. But I have never seen them on any showroom floor to try.
My other issue is this, I like arm rests a lot. They positively get in the way when I'm using my guitar.
I'm setting up a new studio room and I plan to arrange it with a motorized desk that goes up and down and while I will have a primary keyboard in front of the computer that I use a lot, I will also have a set of keyboards to the side that I could play sitting or standing. And just move around more throughout the day. That is what the PT's keep telling me. just move around more and all will be fine.
In my previous life I was a software dev in silicon valley working seven 15 hour days a week...and suffice it to say, it took a toll on my back and posture. I was not attentive to these things in those years when I was young and full of confidence that I'll be fine. 25 years and two back surgeries later, I wish I had been more attentive to this topic in my 20's and 30's, and 40's. In my 40's I became more attentive and things are better now...but in the end, it comes down to moving around a lot, and not slumping and keeping all the various muscles moving, stretching, mobile...as much as possible.
Another thing is getting the computer display at exactly the right height. People that have issues in their hands and arms sometimes is because they are straining their neck to look at their display non-ergonomically. Makes a huge difference for me.
I want to hear more about midi keyboard ergonomics, height, etc. where to put the computer keyboard in relation to that, etc, etc, etc. then we add touchpad and CC faders and all that stuff and pretty soon..whew..its hard to find the best chair solution and desk to handle it all.