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modeski posted:Does anyone know any good places to get proper computer chairs in Australia (particularly Melbourne)? At the moment I'm using a dining chair which is loving awful. I really don't want to buy something from Officeworks. MoJoDirect seem to have a good rep amongst the OverclockersAU crowd.
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Anyone know of a decent office chair for fat bastards? I've been doing 24hr shift work at an inbound call centre for a few too many years now, and as a consequence I've ballooned out to about 250lbs (only 5'7") and want something actually capable of supporting my weight, at least until I can finish knocking my weight down to something more managable.
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VodeAndreas posted:Anyone here from Australia know where to inquire about Hermann Miller chairs? If you're looking at it online then http://www.innerspacestore.com.au has a few different HM chairs on offer, but you're looking at $1200 or so for an Aeron or $1650 for an Embody. Or if you live in Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne/Perth then Living Edge stores sell them too. If you don't want to shell *that* much out for a chair, bestchair.com.au sell the ergohumans for $550 or a bunch of places sell the Buro Metro (which gets a lot of decent reviews) for about $330.
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VodeAndreas posted:Ouch, I was expecting it to cost but that's a bit more than I expected still... Thanks for the alternate suggestions I'll check some more reasonable options out Personally I'd recommend one of the Buro chairs if you can - they're priced pretty reasonably, are AFRDI 6 rated, have 10 year warranties and are made to withstand the weight of the fat neckbeards at Whirlpool (150kg). Edit: and even though they're a bit overpriced there, you can even have them ordered in from officeworks. Tornhelm fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Feb 15, 2012 |
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Tedronai66 posted:If I could find a compact with cherry browns I would. Nowhere seems to have any in stock except EliteKeyboards, and I don't want leopold. Look for the Filco Majestouch2 87key then. You can get it other places than elite keyboards, like Amazon.
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As a heavier dude, the DXRacer has probably the most comfortable/best actual seat out of any chair i've owned for an extended period of time, and it's built as solid as a brick shithouse so I feel comfortable with it taking my weight and leaning back on it. It also helps that it is one of the few chairs pretty much available globally without huge regional markups because there's no way I'm spending $1k+ on a computer chair.
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Atomizer posted:These look like a great find, I can't believe I'm just learning about them now! I have a set on order for delivery tomorrow! I'm putting them on my Leap, which should raise it by an inch or so. I use it on carpeting with a decent pile, and I've been wondering if my piston is sinking or is this just normal: Are you using the original wheels/piston on it? The only time I've had that happen on a chair is when I replaced my wheels with glides or tiny wheels.
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm not advocating for a DX racer since I've never sat in one. Just wondering why a car chair DIY isn't more popular. Because regardless of whether you use a timber or metal base it takes a moderate amount of effort to get the thing together and stable enough so it doesn't tip over. It's much easier (and about the same cost) to just buy a chair instead.
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The best thing to do is look for a chair that has passed the certification for your country. For example the KAB Seating range is fairly expensive but it's passed the AFRDI (Australian) and FIRA (UK) standards for office chairs and have got a good warranty on them (they're mostly built for 24/7 use in monitoring centres so they're built to last). The go to cheaper chair for Australians at least is the Buro Metro - its a task chair thats relatively inexpensive but have passed the AFRDI certifications for large users (150kb/330lbs) and have a 10 year warranty.
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I'd probably hot stapler it first (you can go ghetto mod with heated metal paperclips too) over just going straight epoxy.
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TenementFunster posted:the weight ratings on cheapo chairs from overseas are meaningless. all they have to do is last long enough to be outside the amazon return window, because the “warranty” involves return shipping to china The trick is to look for the certification ratings like AFRDI in Australia. Because the ones with those are legit office chairs.
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