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by avgDev 1457 days ago
Um, the website is making a lot of claims and saying "there are studies". I would like to see the links to all studies to support made claims.

"Proven by Science Recent study results prove that Movably is a highly effective solution. All participants reported no back discomfort. Using Movably outperformed standing and ergonomic chairs."

Link to study? Highly effective solution to what? Back pain? Leg pain? Participants reported no back discomfort vs control who did report back discomfort using other chairs or standing?

Lack of arm support.

There is an image of a male sitting on the chair. The position IS NOT ERGONOMIC AT ALL, here are the issues:

-He is forced to look down, this will result in neck pain.

-The monitor should be at eye level or just below it about arm length away.

-His arms are pressing against the desk and hands are above the elbows.

This all very basic computer work ergonomics. All this work on this product and 0 actual science on the page about ergonomics.

There is a claim, "Sitting is the new smoking".....I mean you are out of your mind.

From Mayo clinic, "Any extended sitting — such as at a desk, behind a wheel or in front of a screen — can be harmful. An analysis of 13 studies of sitting time and activity levels found that those who sat for more than eight hours a day with no physical activity had a risk of dying similar to the risks of dying posed by obesity and smoking. However, unlike some other studies, this analysis of data from more than 1 million people found that 60 to 75 minutes of moderately intense physical activity a day countered the effects of too much sitting. Another study found that sitting time contributed little to mortality for people who were most active."

Link to source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/ex...

The website stinks of hyper marketing to sell an overpriced product.

EDIT: The only positive comments here so far are from users with 2 hour old accounts. OP decides to respond to POSITIVE comments from the new account but not to most upvoted negative comment. Yikes.

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I take ergonomics in my home office very seriously, and am theoretically the target customer for this, but I have the same concerns you do. The marketing material on the website is blatantly BS.

For the price of this you can buy a used ergo chair and hire an ergo consultant to come to your house and help you set it up.

Yeah. If this site doesn't have your bullshit radar going nuts, it's time to recalibrate.