The 13 Best Office Chairs in 2024, Tested and Reviewed

Not each seat is simply a winner. Here are a fewer others we similar capable to recommend, but they're not arsenic bully arsenic our apical picks above.

Hinomi X1 Chair for $669: Hinomi's X1 mesh seat has a instrumentality up its sleeve—a built-in footrest! Just widen and flip retired the footrest; voilà, your feet are present propped up. This mightiness not beryllium precise applicable for chap gangly people, arsenic my legs often deed the partition down my desk, but it's rather comfy. The seat is different well-built. I similar the lumbar enactment here, and there's a bully magnitude of adjustments you tin make. The spot itself is simply a spot firm, but I got utilized to it aft immoderate time. Hinomi offers a 12-year warranty, but champion of each you tin snag it successful a dusty pinkish from the company’s website. I'd bargain this implicit the X-Chair mesh seat listed below.

Haworth Fern for $1,335: I deliberation the Haworth Fern is champion for shorter radical (aka anyone not supra 6 feet similar me). It's adjustable to the nth degree—you tin adjacent tilt the spot for a much upright sitting position!—but the spot itself was just wide capable for me, though it's plentifulness brushed and pillowy. When I pulled retired the spot extent to the max, it created a spread betwixt the spot and the backrest, and I didn't emotion this feeling. The backrest is bully and soft, but I'd reason the lumbar enactment is rather aggressive. My backmost conscionable felt similar thing was there each the clip and it felt distracting. I don't deliberation you'd person these issues if you are shorter and narrower than me, and it's different 1 of the softest bureau chairs I've sat on.

Odinlake Ergo Max747 for $899: The Ergo MAX747 is, each around, a large seat to beryllium in. The three-piece backmost provides large backmost enactment and comfort, and the easy-access paddles connected either broadside of the spot marque astir adjustments speedy and simple. Even sitting successful this seat for hours, I ne'er felt uncomfortable, whether I was sitting up oregon reclining (this seat reclines incredibly far, from 90 to 135 degrees). The container holder successful the backmost (which I typically utilized to clasp a chapeau oregon tiny backpack) was a amazingly bully touch, and the mesh backing and spot are breathable, preventing overheating during prolonged use. I inactive don’t cognize however I consciousness astir the polished metallic frame, and the inclusion of gloves for assembly makes maine interest astir however easy this spot volition prime up smudges implicit the years, but the polished decorativeness itself is spotless and good executed. At 6'3", I had to max retired the backmost tallness to comfortably beryllium successful the chair. The secondary adjustments (back height, lumbar support, and headrest height) were awkward to set owed to analyzable ratcheting mechanisms keeping them successful place. However, the comfortableness and breathability of this seat marque it a compelling choice. —Henri Robbins

Vari Task Chair for $375: Vari’s Task Chair is amazingly comfy fixed its comparatively elemental construction. WIRED reviewer Medea Giordano tested it and asked her hubby to usage it during his agelong gaming sessions. They hold that the angled backmost provides ample lumbar enactment to marque those sessions comfortable. It besides takes precise small clip to construct. You tin recline a bit, but adjacent astatine the lowest tension, it pushes you backmost up, and there’s nary caput support. It’s much for rocking than really leaning. Her biggest gripe is that the armrests are rather hard. A small much padding would beryllium a immense improvement.

Humanscale World One Task Chair for $499: Despite hailing from the well-renowned Humanscale, this seat looks rather bland. The setup was reasonably quick, and … interesting. You person to hammer 2 pegs to affix the backrest to the seat, which I've ne'er earlier had to do, aft investigating dozens of bureau chairs. It conscionable feels inexpensive and a small excessively plasticky. Like different Humanscale chairs, determination are nary adjustments to marque arsenic the seat volition grip it each for you (you can set the spot and armrest height). I loved this connected the pricier Humanscale Freedom, which felt similar idiosyncratic was cradling my body. But here, I find my assemblage perpetually shifting successful the all-mesh World One, trying to find a comfy mode to recline. The mesh worldly besides feels similar it digs successful a bit. This could each beryllium due to the fact that I'm 6'4," arsenic the seat feels similar it's amended suited for shorter people. However, I deliberation you tin bash amended astatine this price.

Sihoo Doro S300 Chair for $800: WIRED reviewer Medea Giordano tested the Doro S300, which, successful white, looks similar it came consecutive retired of the Space Force concern room. She recovered it comfortable. There are respective adjustments you tin personalize, similar spot extent and recline angle. You tin recline rather far, but she says she wished determination was a footrest to bask the lowest recline position. She typically prefers a cushy gaming chair, but she says she had nary occupation sitting connected this seat each day—the dual lumbar enactment helps too. However, the headrest is excessively debased for her to thin against adjacent astatine its max height, and the arms determination excessively easily. Simply placing her arms down pushes them retired of position. It's besides a squeaky seat and overpriced.

BodyBilt Midcelli Mesh Chair for $949: BodyBilt’s seat looks rather average, but the spot pad is plushy and soft, and it's contoured to your butt and legs, which I liked much than I expected. The mesh backmost has immoderate springiness to it, truthful it doesn't consciousness rigid, and determination are each the accustomed points of adjustment, including moving the spot guardant and back. I privation the arms could fastener to a position. It has a lifetime warranty connected prime parts, portion different seat areas are covered for 12, seven, five, oregon 3 years. There are much customization options connected BodyBilt's website—with the enactment to get a consultation—but I conscionable deliberation it's overpriced.

Razer Fujin Pro for $1,049: Razer is asking Herman Miller and Steelcase prices contempt offering a measly five-year warranty connected this $1,000-plus chair. Still, my workfellow Eric Ravenscraft likes the Fujin Pro (8/10, WIRED Recommends). There are a bully magnitude of adjustments you tin make, the armrests are useful, and the mesh is breathable. Oh, and it doesn't person the over-used gaming seat race-car spot aesthetic.

Tempur-Pedic Tempur-Lumbar Support Office Chair for $352: I deliberation this is simply a bully alternate to the Branch Ergonomic Chair, our apical pick. The Tempur spot cushion is, possibly unsurprisingly, wonderfully comfy to beryllium connected for hours astatine a time. And astir chairs that person a heavy lumbar cushion extremity up causing maine backmost pain, but not here—I've had nary issues sitting connected this seat for a month. The mesh backmost is bully for airflow too. The arms thin to determination astir a spot though, and the mechanics to set them is not elegant. Installation wasn't excessively hard, but the instructions weren't arsenic elemental arsenic Branch's, and the wide physique prime feels cheap.

Knoll Newson Task Chair for $1,370: This minimalist seat looks champion successful the graphite and petal colors; it's a spot drab successful achromatic and umber. It's bully that I didn't person to fuss with immoderate levers oregon knobs much—it's comfy retired of the container and decently adjustable if you request to marque immoderate tweaks—and it feels particularly bully erstwhile you recline. (The reddish knob adjusts the hostility of the recline, but you request to twist it for 5 rotations, and I recovered it hard to crook sometimes.) The Newson didn't springiness maine occupation successful the 2 months I sat successful it. I'm conscionable not a immense instrumentality of however the elastomer mesh backrest distorts, depending connected however you sit. It feels lumpy. This seat besides doesn't fto maine beryllium arsenic upright arsenic I'd like, but possibly you're good with a spot of give. Ultimately, it's the terms that pulls it retired of our apical recommendations, but you bash get a 12-year warranty.

X-Chair X2 K-Sport Management Chair for $879: This utilized to beryllium our apical mesh seat prime but it has been supplanted by the Steelcase Karman. Sitting successful the X-Chair feels similar lounging successful a hammock. Every portion of my assemblage feels good supported, and you tin set astir everything connected the chair. Pull the spot up and propulsion the armrests up, down, and broadside to side, oregon space them successful oregon out. The lumbar enactment feels similar a cushion, and it adjusts arsenic you determination successful your seat. If you privation to remainder your head, you tin wage other for the headrest. It has held up highly good aft 3 years of near-continuous sitting, but I don't similar however bulky it is. X-Chair has respective models to take from. I tested the X-2 K-Sport with the wide seat, and it fits my 6'4" framework well, but it was excessively wide for my partner, who is 5'1". Most radical should beryllium good with the modular X1.

Ikea Markus Chair for $290: The Markus is simply a perfectly good bureau chair. It’s not the astir comfortable, but it’s acold from the worst. The mesh plan keeps you cool, and the gangly backmost lets you afloat thin into it. It’s alternatively bladed and isn’t obtrusive successful a tiny location bureau oregon bedroom. It was annoying to enactment unneurotic (lol, Ikea), and you mightiness request idiosyncratic to clasp up the backmost of the seat portion you decently connect the seat. Unfortunately, if you often beryllium with astatine slightest 1 limb up oregon with your legs crossed, the width betwixt the arms volition marque you uncomfortable.

X-Chair X-Tech Executive Chair for $1,899: Functionally, the X-Tech is akin to the X-Chair above. In this version, the M-Foam cooling gel spot is so fantastic to beryllium on, though it's not arsenic heat-wicking arsenic the all-mesh X-Chairs. It’s the Brisa Soft Touch worldly that impresses the most—it’s ridiculously soft. I urge you instrumentality with the modular armrests alternatively of the FS 360 armrests, which thin to determination astir excessively much. But my biggest gripe with this exemplary is the price. Why connected world does it outgo that much?

Mavix M7 Chair for $777: If it looks strangely akin to the X-Chair (see above), that's due to the fact that some are owned by the aforesaid company. WIRED reviewer Louryn Strampe ran into immoderate issues with assembly, but lawsuit work was capable to speech the exemplary without overmuch effort. The M7 has likewise adjustable armrests and spot angles, but you get wheels that lock. The mesh backmost and wide spot operation support you chill and comfy during sweaty League of Legends sessions, and the lumbar enactment does the job. If you're short, interaction lawsuit enactment portion ordering—Mavix offers shorter cylinders truthful your feet interaction the ground.

Hon Ignition 2.0 Office Chair for $431: This seat is casual to acceptable up and looks great, but it gave maine truly atrocious backmost pain, which is wherefore I primitively placed it successful our “Avoid” section. I thought it was possibly the agelong hours I was working, truthful I switched backmost to the Knoll Newson Task seat and my symptom rapidly began to ease. Sometime later, I gave it a changeable again. After a fewer hours, the symptom came back, and switching to different seat dissipated it. Color maine confused, due to the fact that this seat has affirmative reviews astir the web. I past asked a person who is astir 5'4" to effort it for a fewer weeks, and she has had zero issues. This seems to beryllium the answer. It's imaginable the Ignition doesn't enactment for my 6'4" aforesaid and is amended suited for smaller folks.

Hon Ignition 2.0 Big and Tall for $787: I had a overmuch amended acquisition with this Hon chair, which, arsenic the sanction suggests, is suited for large and gangly radical similar me. It has a reinforced alloy framework that tin enactment up to 450 pounds with a wider seat. It's comfy, transfers vigor distant well, and does a bully occupation supporting my back. However, it looks incredibly dull successful Boring Black. I had a good acquisition successful the chair, speech from the arms that thin to descent near and close whenever you enactment immoderate unit connected them. I'm conscionable not definite it's worthy the weirdly precocious price.

Pipersong Meditation Chair for $369: Have a occupation sitting successful a accepted chair? If your legs request to beryllium bent and twisted for you to beryllium comfortable, you'll privation to cheque this seat out. It has a 360-degree swiveling footstool that tin accommodate beauteous overmuch immoderate sitting presumption you want. I tin spell from kneeling to cross-legged to 1 limb up, 1 limb down. It’s imaginable to beryllium regularly too, with the footstool down you and your feet level connected the floor. It's the lone seat I've recovered that's designed for unusual sitting habits. There are nary armrests, which I didn’t caput due to the fact that that’s what makes it imaginable to beryllium successful galore of these positions. The existent stool and seat backmost could basal to beryllium bigger and taller, respectively. I had to usage a pillow to support my backmost comfy.