My physical therapist and hand therapist have given me instructions on what kind of PC desk chair I need. If y'all could help me find such a chair, that would be great.
Able to customize the depth and angle of the back - my back is mess due to hEDS
Adjustable height - virtually all desk chairs have this feature
Ideally, no arms on it - hand therapist explained that resting elbows on the arms messes things up for my hands and back
Good cushioning
Seat wide enough to accommodate wide hips - many chairs are made too narrow
Able to change the angle of the seat itself so my knees are lower than my hips - if my knees are higher than my hips, it irritates the osteoarthritis in my right hip
Be on wheels
No footrest is necessary, seeing as I have one set up under my PC desk.
My last PC chair was $200 USD, leather, and is bow as comfortable as sitting on a slab of stone because it's nearly 10 years old. For thr last year, my husband will carry my sewing chair to and from the living room for me. It has wheels, yes, but my sewing room doorway is too narrow to push it around. It works well sitting short bits, like 10-15 minutes, before it gets uncomfortable. Fine in my sewing room, not great for doing any computer stuff.
If you know of any such chairs that meet the criteria I need, please reblog or reply with links. My max budget is $300 USD. If you would rather buy thr chair for me, feel free to suggest I put it on my Throne list. You can purchase it anonymously there.
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Yesssss, the cylinder removal tool I ordered arrived today (the actual replacement chair lift cylinder arrived a couple of days ago) so I was finally able to replace the lift cylinder on my chair. The original cylinder definitely was not up to supporting the weight the chair was supposedly good for (iirc it was supposed to be good for something like 300 or 350 pounds, and I'm considerably less than that), and started doing the inching-down-over-time thing shortly before the 1-year warranty expired. At the time I considered getting a replacement lift cylinder under warranty, but then thought about how it'd undoubtedly be the exact same cylinder, and I'd rather replace it with a sturdier one if I was going to go to the trouble of replacing it.
I then procrastinated on looking up info about lift cylinders and how to replace them until this past fall, when the inching down was driving me bats. Because it'd go for days to weeks at a time with no issue, and then suddenly be letting me down multiple times in a day. What the hell.
Anyway, decided one of my Christmas presents to myself was going to be a replacement cylinder, and after looking at several different tutorials and videos about how to remove the old cylinder, I decided to also spring for a cylinder removal tool (the contraption in the first photo). The theory behind it is, it's two collars. You place them both on the cylinder right up against the seat bottom, leaving the one against the seat bottom loose enough that it can still slide, and tighten the other enough that it has a firm grip on the cylinder. Then you insert and gradually tighten two long screw that are placed vertically. As they tighten they put pressure against the loose collar, which puts pressure against the base of the chair, and this gradually works the cylinder out of the chair base (see 2nd photo).
Worked like a charm. Got the base freed, whacked the bottom of the old cylinder a couple of times with a hammer to knock it free from the wheeled part, put in the shiny new replacement cylinder, and voila, repaired chair!
In replacing the old cylinder I went for a Class 4 replacement, which is supposed to be capable of holding up to 1000 pounds (the original was probably a Class 3, which is good for people of average weight). I also decided I wanted to get a replacement with a longer stroke (min-max height difference) than the original, as the original didn't raise the chair seat high enough. Even with an ergonomic seat cushion on top (my tail bones appreciate the extra padding) it was a touch short - and this on a chair that I'd bought because it was also supposed to be big enough to accommodate tall people... yeah, I'm very disappointed with whomever wrote up the specs for this thing. Anyway, I measured the stroke of the original chair (lower the chair all the way, make a little mark against a vertical surface, raise it all the way, ditto, measure spacing between marks) and it came out to only about 3.25" (8.25cm). Eventually settled on a replacement cylinder with a stroke that was around 5.75" (14.6cm) whose maximum length was therefore a full 16.5" (41.9cm) in height (measured original after removing it - maximum length was 12.5" (31.75cm) so that's a pretty big difference).
I. Am. LOVING. It.
It's actually so tall that at maximum height the top of the seat almost reaches the horizontal support beneath the front of my desk, and the top of my ergonomic seat cushion is above said trim (see final photo). Sitting down on it at full extension with cushion, my toes touch the floor but my heels are actually slightly lifted, so that I had to let it down a little to get the proper seat height. I think it's now the first computer chair I have ever owned that is actually high enough for my leg length.
Well worth the <$100CAN total for the cylinder and removal tool.
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Sooooo. My husband loves me A LOT because guess who got her computer set-up before Christmas time? This gal. Some may say it's too much pink, but I say, You can't sit with us xoxoxo Chisperwinas
