[chaibiker]

Hi HN,

I am one of the founders at https://www.movably.com/. If you work at a desk for extended periods you may have heard the call to “move more” or that "the best posture is your next posture". The problem is we also have to get our work done. That’s what we are solving with our smart interactive chair.

Research shows that moving more often is one of the most effective ways to prevent the health problems caused by sitting. So we set out to create a way to incorporate healthy frequent movement that is easy to adopt without interrupting your work or flow.

Here is a short video to give you an idea https://youtu.be/d0D3-YBj7Zo. Test users have loved it, they usually have the “aha” moment within the first day no longer feeling sore from sitting. We also ran a formal research study with University of Waterloo (who work on chairs/sitting a lot) testing with people who show early signs of discomfort in sitting and standing with really good results- all the participants reported no pain when using Movably when compared to standing or sitting in a high end ergonomic chair. That will be published soon as one of the first times a chair was able to help prevent back pain.

Would love to get your feedback and questions!

Thank you, Mark

[castillobuiles]

Your landing page says there are studies. Where are the doi's or links to check those studies?

[chaibiker]

We finished the research study late last year and it should be published sometime this year. Happy to share the report, email me, mark at movably dot com.

Everyone absolutely should be skeptical. I have tried a lot of chairs, the most recent which allowed me to re-position most was the Hag Capisco. But to some extent it still would interrupt focus. I have also found almost no research studies showing effectiveness of ergonomic chair designs, but would love pointers to any others that may exist.

[CJefferson]

So by "there are studies" do you mean "there is one unpublished study"?

[halfnormalform]

What did the studies actually measure? Pain? Because you’re claiming the chair “outperformed” the others in the study and that can mean anything.

[lnwlebjel]

As a person with persistent hip mobility issues - from sitting all the time - this is a great idea and I hope it catches on.

[bettyx1138]

i’d love to try it. do you need a beta tester in the US 10003?

i wfh, am a ux designer.

[tadelman]

Hello bettyx1138 - funny, it's not exact, but just drove by the flatiron building this AM. Let us know - https://movably.typeform.com/to/Nyo8603J Can answer any questions/concerns.

[chaibiker]

Thanks, we have some chairs circulating in your area, or at leas can try to arrange one for you to try nearby. If you sign up we will follow up: https://movably.typeform.com/to/Nyo8603J