Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site aesat.UUCP Path: utzoo!aesat!bmw From: bmw@aesat.UUCP (Bruce Walker) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Does anyone use "posture chairs"? Message-ID: <195@aesat.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 09:40:49 EDT Article-I.D.: aesat.195 Posted: Mon Aug 13 09:40:49 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Aug-84 13:13:46 EDT References: <468@turtlevax.UUCP> Organization: AES Data Inc., Mississauga Ont., Canada Lines: 45 [Articles are packed by weight. Contents may settle during shipping] Yes, I have one, and am very happy with it. The particular version I have solves some of the `problems' that might be of concern to terminal users. I bought the Balans(R) Vital (model 6035) made by a Norwegian company, Hag as. (little circle over the `a' in Hag). This is a swivel chair, with a five foot base, castors, automatic height adjustment and a flexible tilting mechanism under the leg cushion. The base is cast, while the support members are of tubular steel. The cushions are quite comfortable, a little `cushier' than those of the Balans Variable, and are available in an assortment of `quiet' colours. I tend to be a "fidgety" sitter, and usually squirm/twist while perched in front of my terminal, so, the flexibility of this chair makes it much more comfortable to me than the fixed, wooden-based versions would be. This chair and two other models by the same company (distributor?) are sold as `office' furniture, so you'll have to hunt around your local office/import dealers. (For Toronto people, my dealer was Finnish Design Imports Ltd., in Toronto.) The other chairs mentioned, the Variable, and the Tripos (sort of 3-in-1: Balans, sitting or reclining postions), are most likely to be found in imported home furnishings dealers. I have two of these on order; the Variable (a rocking frame of laminated beechwood with wool fabric) and the Multi (non-rocking, but adjustable seat/leg angles). For comparison, Model ~ Price ($Can.) Vital $400 Variable $250 Multi $250 Tripos $800 (De Boer's, the local Toronto dealer, also has some `designer' chairs, with prices ranging upwards of the Tripos.) I don't believe that these chairs are a fad. If you are at all con- cerned with your comfort while key-pounding (all nighters, or otherwise), or pretty well any other seated activity, you are well advised to check them out. Bruce Walker ..decvax!utzoo!aesat!bmw