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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Very informative post, thank you. A couple more questions if you don't mind:
What is your opinion of Haworth?
From a comfort perspective, is leather less desirable than other fabrics?
I tend to slouch and then slide forwards off the seat after a while sitting which is really annoying. Are any of these high end chairs known for that?
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Haworth makes some good chairs. There are two dealers in town. HBI and Office concepts. I prefer HBI myself.
Leather is usually not recommended if you sit in your chair for large hours of the day. It doesn't breathe as well as most of the fabrics out there and contributes to that sliding off the front of the chair depending on the seat pan design. There is an artificial leather out there called Briza. It wears better and much cheaper. It also stays at room temperature much like real full grain leather does.
Your slouching is probably because of two things. The first being you need a chair with an sliding seat pan. That allows you to sit with your back against the back of the chair to get your lumbar support but also adjust where the seat pan's edge hits the back of your legs. Never buy a chair without a sliding seat pan...especially if you have long legs.
The other is the type of syncro-tilt the chair has. Most of the cheap chairs have a tilt mechanism that pulls either pulls your arms away from the work surface when they tilt or cuts your circulation off at the legs. This is huge difference ion many chairs.