Excellent chair. Moved up from a typical bucket racing style chair and immediately noticed the difference. Arrived exactly 1 week after placing the order in a well padded box with no damage to the main box or sub boxes containing the parts. It would appear the flaws of the original model have been solved with this latest model.
- The ability to tweak lumbar pressure, adjust where your shoulders rest and and tweak how far the seat juts in or out allow for an ideal fit.
- The arm rests are highly adjustable and the foam is nice and dense
- The mesh is firm and not as abrasive as cheaper meshes (bear in mind that a full mesh chair will accumulate dust quite easily underneath the seat)
- Build quality compared to all the office chairs I've sat in over the years is great and the aluminium frame gives it a robust elegance to it. (I did get the free wheel upgrade as well, far better than the usual cheap black plastic ones which also came in the box but are unused).
- The mesh allows your back to breathe and you won't feel as sweaty compared to a full padded fabric chair or a PU upholstered one on a hot Sydney day.
The mesh distributes your mass nicely and I no longer feel my backside after 8-9 hours of sitting (obviously move around every hour!) compared to my old chair or the ones in the work office. (sample period of 3 weeks of sitting at the time of this review)
Obviously this chair is far pricier than any Officeworks thing but when you divide the total cost over the 5 year warranty period it looks a lot more reasonable, especially when you consider that the only things that bear your weight this long on a daily basis is your bed and your shoes, and you won't ruin your back trying to save a buck.
For a sizing reference point, I'm 175cm, 73kg with a wide chest so I really appreciate no longer having the bucket style chair forcing my shoulders to curve inward.