I'd try making a computer chair from scratch if I thought it'd last longer than a year or that I wouldn't end up getting impaled in the ass.
I'd try making a computer chair from scratch if I thought it'd last longer than a year or that I wouldn't end up getting impaled in the...
Grow up and get a refurbished Herman Miller or Steelcase from Facebook marketplace.
this. There's no way you beat cost/reliability of a Leap v2. Don't use moronic gaymer chairs
sitting in a used aeron.
had it for probably 6 years so far. i can't believe the shitty chair i used for so long before.
have the PrepHole tards finally found this place?
there are dozens of cheaper, better chairs tahn those overhyped memes
imagine it is 2023, and people shill for antique spine killers that freeze your neck in one position
aint broke dont fix
>there are dozens of cheaper, better chairs tahn those overhyped memes
go on, then share with us your chair knowledge
you are to lazy for a reverse image search, you dont deserve the spoon (or intact disks by age 40)
>600+ euros
That's not exactly the same price range as most garbage polish and chinkshit gaymer chairs. Maybe the ultra progaymer stuff with extra stripes.
that was a specific reply to second and third post shilling >1k chairs
see these getting thrown out all the time
not necessarily HMs but perfectly usable
Car seats get vastly more engineering than chairs, so mounted one to a power recliner base and another (van seat) to a steel dolly I fabbed.
That's fine turning an actual car seat into a chair. Most car seats are extremely durable and strong because they have to comply with crash standards and shit like that. But those moronic "gaming" chairs aren't car seats, they just look like car seats.
I'd want to get one of those fluffy seats that you see used for pilots in airplanes. They look very comfortable.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256002782374
>still cheaper than a Herman Miller
I think you're onto something...
Ejection seats are not comfortable unless you add cushioning.
I owned that exact chair and the back support catch was designed so moronicly it failed within 6 months
Go to the junkyard and buy an old car seat. Looks less autistic, comfier, more durable.
Passenger side seats often get little wear. Try Scion seats if you can find them. My bro just got a pair for his Chevy truck (fabbing mounts was NBD) and they're quite comfy.
>Try Scion seats if you can find them
Find something from the 90s or 80s. Cloth. Japanese or American. Shit's divine.
We agree. The Scion seats were cloth. VW Beetle (the modern Beetle) seats are hard to find in good shape but comfy too.
I'm having difficulty visualizing how you would use a car seat as a computer chair. It can't be used by itself, so what would you mount it on?
So I did this at work. A boss man didn't want anyone driving with him so he unbolted the passenger seat from his f250 and installed some work equipment there just to just removing the seat lol.
Well I took the seat and some bolts and mounted it to a furniture dolly we had laying around. Kinda too low for a computer chair but it was awesome in our shop. Super comfy, you could lean it all the way back and it was Uber stable.
We had a big wig vp come by once and not only did he not write me up for it, he said I was a genius kek.
Make it like a regular office chair, put it on a swivel base and give it adjustable arms.
This is everything this chair is made of, its just office chair stuff, but with a car seat instead.
how much did all of that cost
Seat was free
arms were £6 on ebay
the steel to attach the arms was £10
the base, gaslift and wheels were £58
and the tilt mechanism was £40
Obviously its much cheaper to buy used, But I wanted to make a nice job of this one.
It will be almost free if you use and old computer chair base. The biggest hurdle would be fabricating the mounts.
Correct, this is my first chair I built in 2018, free seat and free office chair brought together.
There is enough metal in the sliders on the bottom of the car seat to dismantle and use to connect the two. You can get away with drilling holes and bolting things, but its better with a welder.
With all the slider and height adjust crap removed from the car seat the gaslift can comfortably lift it to change height like a normal office chair.
May sure you get the passenger seat from a junker. It's going to have fewer hours on it than the drivers seat.
I see you swapped out the arm rests, or are these different chairs?
Different chairs, the new one is half leather and the old one was cloth. I changed the office chair bits too because the old one was all steel and really heavy, new one is partially plastic, has tilt and a shorter gaslift so it goes lower.
Its just luck that I got the chance of the same model seat again, it shortened build time as I already knew how I would mount it.
I've been thinking about making one myself, but changing the material and general design. Make it simpler(though i would want it to have variable incline like a recliner), make it out of wood rather than plastic, and just cushion it with something.
I feel like i'm gonna be horribly disappointed when i build it and discover there is some pressure point i didn't know about because all real chair manufacturers have known for the last 800 years or some shit about this anatomical feature that all chairs everywhere subtly accommodate for in a way i never noticed.
You probably would since you cannot match millions invested in car seats. Self-service salvages are awesome BTW. If you score any pyrotechnic seat belt retractors they have much fun value.
imo the Lifeform Executive is the best task chair ever made. (I can't afford it)
I don't want to do it myself, what chair do I buy if I plan on improving it?
Get a car seat and make a stand for it
Even seats from a cheapo civic shitbox are better and more comfortable than couple hundred dollar office/gayming chairs
lose weight or get one appropriate for your weight