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LMFAO. I just had a bit of an accident. Thankfully my brain is well padded so I got out of it OK.

I was sitting in my chair Buddha style (legs crossed under me) like a weebl. I lifted my arms to stretch and leaned back when all of a sudden I heard this tremendous cracking sound and found myself all upside down and on the floor.

Not realising what the fuck had happened I untangled myself and this is what I have.





Hint : don't buy any furniture you put your safety on from Argos.

Any way, I want a new chair but this time I want cloth or fabric, want the cushioning to be super soft (cos this thing is like sitting on one of those old wooden school chairs) and it needs to cost around £80 or so.

Help !!

Lose some weight.

sit on the chair properly?

I either have or used to have that exact chair.

Oddly, for something I spend half the day sitting in, I can't actually remember what mine looks like these days.

I'm pretty sure that was my old one, which was replaced after more or less the same thing happened. I think in the end Bobbyaro cannibalised it for spare parts.

STAPLES.

Go there, look at ex display. Get one that isn't held together by the arms preferably.

Hah, I've done that, except I snapped the metal pole the whole thing sits on. Cheap piece of shit [from Staples, no less]

My work chair 2 years ago





Malc

My Argos chair went on me as well but in my case it was one of the legs that snapped propelling me backwards and slicing my shoulder open on the radiator behind.

I got one for £80 in PC World which is leather and has padded arms. Also ergonomic back which suits my back.

Not on the website for some reason that I can't fathom, definitely have them in store though.

Edit: Ahh just like the one above except only one leg went.

How about something like this?

http://www.staples.co.uk/furniture/oper ... -with-arms

This is the comfiest office chair I've owned so far: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60073178

5'9 12.5 stone. So I'll pass thanks.

No, no, no. You're 6'10'', at least 300lbs, remember.

Too much cornbread

I hads the same chair, did the dame thing. They are cheap shit. Went to Ikea and got a similar one for the same price, much better build, but this too went the way of the great chair in the sky, so upgraded to a 100ish one from Ikea, V.good so far.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20103101

not held to gether by the arms = good thing.

Thank christ this isn't JC going on about having broken his sex swing.

I have one of those high-backed armchairs that pensioners love. Comfiest computer chair ever.

Failing that buy an Xbox*.

*So you can sit on the sofa.

Ikea is a no go sadly. Nearest one is nearly two hours by train and a 20 mins walk, and delivery is £65 here.

Where do you live? I thought you were down south somewhere? Well, take into account that a similar quality chair would cost about 100 quid more elsewhere. Failing that, find a local business that has just folded, should be a few, and buy an office chair off them for £50.

I'd never buy a 2nd hand chair. Imagine how many particles of other people's shite there are in the fabric after they've sat there farting all day.

I live near to Chichester. Nearest Ikea is Southampton, over an hour and a half (and £20) away on the train, and then a 20 min walk into an industrial park not really designed for pedestrians.

We do have a PC world, but sadly without a car you cannot reach it (see again industrial park in the middle of feckin nowhere).

I have found this site -

http://www.officefurnitureonline.co.uk/ ... hairs.html

I fear the chair I am considering won't link to properly due to the way the site works. But basically it's £69. I quite fancy it in blue, would make a nice change

EDIT, yeah it links OK

Staples. They even have them on display so you can press your cheeks against them for testing.

FTFMIC. Really comfy, a steal at £55. You really wouldn't want to lean back on crossed legs on it, though.

As I use it on a hard floor, instead of the hard floor castors (which don't lock when unloaded) I also got a Kolon floor protector. Kolon. Heh.

I'll have a pokesee on their site now. Sadly going to an actual store is out of the question

http://www.officefurnitureonline.co.uk/ ... cream.html

I like that. All metal arms and bottom too.

I've ordered from them before, pretty prompt, but I've never ordered a chair from them. I would have thought that's something you would want to try out first though?

Malc

Wow. Your tastes, JC. Word's fail.

Eh? It's in a bedroom that's magnolia and I have a choice of cream or white sheets with a cream and magnolia carpet. I don't like coloured bed sheets they don't feel the same. I have pine furniture and glass PC desk. So how does a black chair look nice in that?

They also have it in this colour, which would fit in just as well. But I want to out the black.

http://www.officefurnitureonline.co.uk/ ... brown.html

I've just got that one. Bravo.

Have you been to Ikea in Southampton ? , if you come out of the train station you can *see* the top of the building and its at most 8-10 minutes walk away through a shopping area (which okay has a lot of parking for cars but its not an industrial park)

Although i'd agree going there by train to get a chair is not a good move , and although your last Argos chair went bad theres no reason why you should rule them out (at least you've got quite a good range of chairs and will get reasonable delivery)

I've seen it from the station Zaph. I have to change there when pretty much going anywhere (Oxford, Manc etc).

Problem is with these high back chairs is they're so darn heavy !

Any way, I went to Staples and looked through their clearance line. Sadly the same cream chair (pretty much identical with metal important bits) was £80 on clearance + del. The office place? well theirs had VAT sneaked on at the end (crafty gits) but free shipping, so it came to £79.35 del. So I've ordered that one

Just saw that, made I laugh lots. Which I need today

The high-back chair I pointed at has a sort of stretchy net back, and comes semi-flat pack.

Still pretty fucking heavy, though, to lug about trains and that.

I don't see anything wrong with that.

(Unless of course he decides it doesn't have enough LEDs in it )

Ooo now there's an idea

Why does everybody have photos of old chairs they've broken in the past?

I would imagine because the incident was either really funny or really bad. When chairs fail it's pretty epic.

I did pretty much the same damage as JC to my chair (broke the plastic arm that holds the back onto the seat), but I did it by drunkenly tripping over it in the dark. I emailed Viking (from where I bought it) late that same Friday night, confessing all, stating it was entirely my fault, but asking if it was possible to buy replacement arms.

Imagine my surprise at getting the following email early on Saturday morning:

I love Viking.

Hey everyone. Chair arrived today. I didn't hear anything from them yesterday (the scheduled ship date) so I emailed their CS last night around 8. Woke up with this in my inbox.



To which I replied.



To which I recieved this -



OK about an hour later the chair arrived. The leather is like a woman's thighs. It really is the most gorgeous supple leather I've seen. I started putting it together and the fit and finish was absolutely top notch. Padding is three times thicker than the chair before, arms are heavy solid and well padded.

Sadly right as I was about to meet the two parts I noticed this.



Which isn't the end of the world. For reasons my next email sum up.



So basically I was whining very quietly and fully prepared to leave the chair as it is and take my chances. Within five minutes of sending that email though?

I got this.



So hey, really can't ask for more than that. My favourite part though was not only does the box have their company name all over it but they seem to carry all the spare parts for their chairs. Saving you the bollock busting aggro of packing it all back in the box and sending it back.

The chair itself is just gorgeous, no flex in the arms and no creaks or noises (unlike the last one) and is like sitting in a soft cloud. I love it.

So very strongly reccomend that company

And the chair itself.

If any one needs a filling just holler old JC and I'll sort it out for you

Jokes aside, it's definitely much more cheerful and less funeral than the last one.

Looks good, JC. Very pimpin'

JC I love your posts sometimes.

Black would've gone better with your PC, keyboard, amp and speakers.

That computer is so huge, it is excellent.

It looks better in the flesh. Sadly anything with chrome on looks pretty tacky in photos. I still get this lovely leather smell when I walk in the room, kinda like that new trainers smell.

Also. It has helped me kick a 15 year habit. I tried hippy squatting on it (legs crossed underneath me) but it isn't wide enough for my fat ass. So I have had no choice but to adjust my posture to a proper one.

Hey fat ass !

I'm not fat I'm big boned

Well you have a huge bone in your ass.

Myp. TBH man I'm seriously considering painting the Alienware white. I've always been a bit old fashioned with PCs but the pearl white (and hard to get) Alienware was gorgeous. It would also come with the added bonus of not looking terribly dusty five seconds after I have cleaned it.

Like cars, yeah.

http://www.limmy.com/playthings/xylophone/

Also PS3s and black, shiny laptops.

Where were you guys when I needed you?

We were probably dragging your unconcious body back from the pub.

I've requested a new chair at work, as I suspect that the one I'm using now is a contributing factor to my back pain.

If I get to pick one... what should I get. The pain is in my lower back, right at the base of the spine.

You need something orthopaedic. Decent supportive chairs start at about £300 and go up from there. They should also be properly set up by an ergonomics expert.

See if you can get the company to spring for one of these

http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Aeron-Chairs