Jokes aside, ours was a replica and we just got rid of it a few weeks back. You can find the replicas for $200-400 dollars depending on your local Marketplace listings.
Fun resto projects from what I’ve heard.
For actual office use: Steelcase Leap/Leap 2’s never fail but I highly recommend looking at a local office furnishing/decom spot as they usually have great deals on used chairs + you can sit in all the common models.
@MaximShoots
before you edit post and add extra text when it first just picture
I yell in real life at the picture
is the replica comfy, I think to buy one on marketplace
I recently went through this process as well!
As someone who doesnt have a car or any other easier means of transporting 2nd hand chairs I needed to buy new.
I went with the Haworth Soji, i dont have any comfort issues but it is missing the nice to haves like more adjustable back and armrests.
Our chair was meh. I’ve heard they very from replica to replica, but the cushion we had would become pretty uncomfortable after 30-45 minutes of sitting. Our cat loved it through, it was her favorite scratching post 
I heard that you pay a little more for Crandalls chairs (still less than new) but that warranty is great; and I even heard that the materials they use are sometimes BETTER than OEM. That’s a win-win for me.
Hmm, guess I’ll have to give the Atlas a try before giving it to my wife. Also, please drop the deets for the electric standing desks. I’m not currently in the market, but if I can find a decent, longer/deeper one, I wouldn’t be opposed to replacing. Especially if there’s even more stability at max height.
You joke about that Eames, but I was seriously considering it when I came across it about a month ago, but that’s a little outside of the (already extra) budget I had earmarked for a single chair
@yoyojoe how do you feel about the Sayl? How long have you had it? Any pros/cons?
Same questions as above to you @Upmanyu
@JSERR I ended up going with “Yes everything + stool/footrest converter” except I went with BioKnit as I detest leather plus at least one reviewer mentioned that the stitching on the bottom pad around the leg area was noticeable when sitting for long periods. Was actually thinking of going for the micro-suede (secret option?), but it still has that leather stitching issue.
I say all this to point out that, with all the fixin’s the chair still came out to about half as much as a brand new where, to re-iterate, the only config options are material and color. Obviously, I can’t yet speak to how well it’ll turn out yet, but I plan on updating here when it arrives and my journey of it’s daily use
I try almost every major brand of sit/stand desk at office reseller (steelcase, herman miller (not good btw) and all company in between)
believe it not, the most stable high quality sit/stand we find is this from ikea. it go up/down 20% slower than other, but make up for it in perfect stability at max height. also it is very deep and big. the legs weigh like 40lb each
the legs and up/down mechanical overall I would say 5x better than the 20 other I try. also the table top solid wood and very heavy, not like other ikea desk.
many people use this legs and get expensive real-wood or butcher block table top and bolt right into legs to use instead.
chairs can be debate for us because everybody like different comfort things, but this is best sit/stand desk without question or room for argue from what I try before I buy a few
thankyou for reading!
Pros and cons? Ive had the Soji for 8 months
Pros are that it costs less, ive sat on leaps and its probably on par comfort wise(just wish the seat would be a bit longer)
Cons: All the aspects could be more adjustable(Armrests, Back, lumbar support)
In my opinion it is a sufficient chair. Its not the best, its not as adjustable as the pricier options but I have no complaints about quality. Nothing has broken, chipped or made a sound. The fabrics seem good enough, no jarring issues there.
@kawaii.kaede You have piqued my interest. It just so happens I’ll possibly be relocating my office (still in discussion with my SO), and this just so happens to be perfect. I’ll for sure be getting real wood because I like a lot of stuff on my desk (anti-minimalism crew represent!) and also a lot of heavy stuff as well as clamped monitor arms. Particle board would absolutely be a no-go.
I wish I had the ability to try out major brands of chairs, but I’ve called around a 30 mile radius and none of the (few) places I can find carry brands I’m actually interested in (like i said in the OP, either dirt cheap house brands or brands so ludicrously expensive that you can only afford to know the name if you have three houses and a super yacht (there’s also the faux-luxury, which is just dirt cheap, marked up, and given fancy “brand” names)
Many thanks for sharing your research and experiences!
@Upmanyu Thank you for sharing your thoughts. These look remarkably like our regularly unused, special “guest only” chairs that we have in our office. I agree, they are sufficient, but the give me “you got thirty minutes to do your work or I’m gonna mess your back up real good” vibes. That said, they are significantly more comfortable only while leaning back, but there’s still that thirty minute time limit
Edit: just to clarify, I’m not knocking it, I’m only critcal of it because I’m looking for a chair that I can sit in for more than thirty minutes. Under thirty minutes those chairs are hella dope
no problem for help with my information, thank you to allow me to share
I have 4 monitor arms clamp to this desk with a 49" ultrawide and 2 27 side monitor and a 34" ultrawide on top of the 49 with expensive heavy monitor arms. probably have over 100lb clamp to this desk. it is really good! the table top it come with is really good and solid
DANG! My wife barely allows me to have three (although I’ve had to reduce to one ultrawide because of OS issues), but outside of the ultrawide on top of the ultrawide, that’s pretty much my set up as well.
New question, what did you use to get that 34" ultrawide on top of the 49" ultrawide?
Yo 4 monitor arms!? Lets see the setup haha 
Steelcase series 1 at home, Steelcase Criterion 453 series drafting height (25+ years old) for my standing desk at work. Both are good. I think the older one is actually more comfy/sturdy and has better lumbar support. If I remember right, I preferred the Steelcase series 1 to the Aeron when I had the chance to try both side by side.
That Criterion 453 looks like THE office Chair. If there ever was a contest for what chair best represents the office chair, that’s it. That said, it is not available new anymore and can only be bought refrubrished (personally, not a dealbreaker)
Yeah, it’s from the 90s but has a very 80s look to me (which could just be me blurring design aesthetics between the decades). I didn’t seek it out either, it just came with the drafting table I found on CL years ago when I thought standing all day was a good idea. Now I try to sit as much as I can, but find myself on my feet most of the time out of habit.
If you run across one and don’t mind the look, it’s a decent chair.
For sure. All that padding makes it look pretty cozy, ngl.
My older Herman miller I got when my previous form started throwing out office furniture
The standing desk was also from work
It’s an old model over a decade old at this point and no longer sold but holding up just fine. If I had to get another chair I would get another used herman miller hands down
I also have a Leap from Crandall. I like the Aeron too (have used them in offices before) but slightly prefer the Leap.
do you work in a walk-in closet?!?!? if so that seems cozy lol, i may try that if i ever get a place with more than one walk-in.
i’ve had the steelcase gesture alongside an uplift desk since 2020, and they have served me well. my office has the herman miller aerons and they’re great too. in my opinion you can’t really go wrong with any of the dedicated office chairs (read: non-gaming). as long as they have good lumbar support they should keep you comfortable, so long as you spend some time adjusting all of the knobs to suit you
one hindsight i had was that any upholstery other than black gets visibly dirty pretty easily, which is why i have a towel that i often swap out on the seat…
