Are People Overlooking the Real Value of a Quality Office Chair?

“aeron chair may be smartest investment i ever made, 7 years later,
it is still going strong. $0.31 / day… i got my moneys worth”

This recent tweet on Twitter shows the importance of applying the right mindset when buying an office chair.

Here is someone who bit the bullet and shelled out $800 for an Aeron® and was prepared to do so because they viewed it as a long term investment.

And 7 years later they are still deriving the benefits that a good chair can bring long after they got over the shock of the initial outlay.

Whilst I realize not everyone has $800 to spend on an office chair, those who can afford it should bear in mind it’s likely they would buy 3 budget chairs over the same time period as well as suffering from a lack of comfort cheap chairs usually bring.

An Aeron® is far from the only quality office chair in town, simply the best known, here are several others which will last you 7 years and more along with their daily cost of ownership.

• HÅG Futu daily cost of ownership $0.25
• Steelcase Think® daily cost of ownership $0.27
• Steelcase Leap® daily cost of ownership $0.34
• Humanscale Freedom daily cost of ownership $0.38
• Herman Miller Embody™ daily cost of ownership $0.47

And when you take into account the great comfort, support and productivity any of these chairs will give you then the price no longer seems so daunting.