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by tdavis 6371 days ago
EDIT: Guess I should have read the $200 limit. I know of no chairs in that range which are any good. If you're going for $200, you might as well shoot for $50-75 and get something cheap from Office Max; I don't think the extra $100 or so would buy you anything much better. You could probably get an improved surface type (leather instead of pleather, etc.) but that's probably it.

==== HERE BE EXPENSIVE CHAIR ====

I love my Humanscale Freedom (get the headrest, too). It has gotten to the point now where I can't really sit in anything else without my back killing me because I've become so used to the perfect support it provides.

Definitely pricey (mine was $1,200 I believe, after a $200 rebate), but wow has it been worth it. The only complaint I have is that the quality of the arm rest connectors are pretty poor; I had to have a replacement shipped after I leaned on one while getting up and snapped the thing off. My ~160 lbs frame shouldn't do that.