Here’s How The Tilt Tension Controller Works On An Office Chair

Hopefully your office chair allows you to adjust the chair’s tension to match with your body weight.

When you’ve got things correctly you should be able to lean back in to your chair comfortably without applying excessive pressure or conversely feeling as though you’re suddenly sinking right back with little or no resistance.

So what’s involved in setting it up? With most office chairs you’ll find a knurled knob midway under the seat pad. Normally, you turn it clockwise to increase the tension and stiffen resistance or anti-clockwise to reduce the resistance.

Just experiment until you get it set to your liking.

Some more sophisticated ergonomic office chairs have a crank control on the side of the chair that actually makes it easier to adjust.

Tilt tension is just 1 of the 5 essential features that an office chair needs, to discover the other 4 see this article on what you need an ergonomic office chair to include.