[Music] every year after testing a ton of chairs I pick the best ones and create an ultimate chair buying guide for you that means this video is not a these are the chairs that I like at these price points no because we're all built differently we all sit differently some of you are spreaders some of you are Tuckers some of you are moms so you Mother Tuckers out there have different needs than dadbot folk like us some of you are taller some of you are shorter some of you are top contributors to global warming with how much Booty Juice you release per day to help organize the video we're going to divide it into three height categories 5'3 and under then 5'4 up to 6'2 and then 6'3 plus and within each of those height categories I'm going to have three price subcategories you're going to get the budget which is0 to $400 then the mid- tier is $400 to $1,000 and then the high tier or what I like to call the I'm rich botch tier I'm rich B is going to be anything above a $1,000 at the end of the video I'll also have a section on active seating chairs that I recommend active seating chairs are chairs that are generally meant for you to use more muscles and stay energized throughout the day timestamps will be your friend but this year I'm going to create a spreadsheet guide to go along with this video so it helps keep things even more organized and in that spreadsheet you're going to find a few things one is going to be obviously the division of the chairs the second is going to be coupons sales all of this will be updated to the most recent thing even if you're watching this video years from now I'm going to continue updating that spreadsheet so please make sure you check it the third thing you're going to find are going to be video links of individual reviews of each of these chairs yes I've reviewed each of these chairs individually with the exception of one this chair here this video the review should come out next week so I'll update the spreadsheet with that link as well and then finally you're going to find my affiliate links in there I please ask you when you purchase your chair please consider using my links it really helps support this channel keeps these videos like this going or you guys can donate to the channel via PayPal or YouTube super as well and please like subscribe comment to the video it is my dream to hit 100,000 subscribers I'm going to Niche you know content chairs right it's super Niche uh so yeah subscribers have been pretty uh sparse but last year's video got like 350,000 views so each of you subscribed to the channel we would be way past that so really really appreciate your support thank you so much all that will be linked below if you're 5 fo3 or under let me give some overarch advice before we jump into the chairs the first is going to be avoid headrest I'm not saying avoid chairs with headrest but if you have to pay for it or it cost additional don't buy it often times you won't reach it and if you do it'll just get in the way your head will hit somewhere like here and it's not going to be very comfortable and on a chair like this you can save $ 20 $30 by not doing that instead I recommend if you want to tilt back and you want to you want something to rest your head on just slouch a little bit in your chair and rest your head on the top back of the chair it's not going to be as comfortable you can put a blanket or a pillow there to make it a little more comfortable the second is going to be I've noticed a lot of people in this height range often end up having dangling legs that kind of dangle off the side of your chair just because your legs aren't long enough to hit the floor and there is a free way to bypass this and two paid ways I kind of don't need to talk about the freeway you guys already probably do this which is to curl up inside of your chair but I I note this because as I go through these chairs I'll tell you which ones you're able to do this on and which ones you are not for example on this chair here you would not be able to do that because of mesh and the hard edges on the side there are two paid ways you can bypass this though the first is the simplest although a little bit more expensive is to buy a foot rest with adjustable height and the reason I say adjustable height is because you know if you get one that's flat in the Cheapo $10 one it might not be tall enough for you this one here is the one I recommend for my shorter friends because each of those clicks is in another adjustable height and you can have it angled like this if that's the way you like to sit or you can even adjust the top side for four times here and have a super duper tall footrest the second paid option to bypass this is that you can actually buy a shorter cylinder so you can have these chairs go a little bit lower and that is going to be a little bit more tedious to do because it's not that easy to get legs off the chair and to replace the existing cylinder by the way a cylinder is the thing that moves your chair up and down down here it's that big long pipe in the middle uh so you guys can replace that again it's going to be the more tedious option with that being said let's jump into the chairs we'll start from the low price and work our way to the highest price in the budget chair tier so I tested a bunch of chairs under 100 bucks and the Amazon Basics PE leather chair came out on top this is my number one pick and the reason why is because there are soft edges everywhere on the back and on the seat allowing you to really spread out without digging your uh triceps digging into the sides and also because the seat pad was the thickest of all of those now this is not meant to be an everyday 8 hour plus sitting chair because this cushion will flatten also so if you're somebody who's on the wider end this chair isn't that wide and so if you're someone who tucks both legs and your wider you may not fit quite well in this chair if you're a vanilla sitter this chair could work out for you now if you are an everyday sitter eight plus hours I recommend you in increase your budget to about $150 for this chair here this is a CO who M18 and you can remove this headrest really easily you just rip it out and then that's it um the reason why I recommend this if you're an everyday sitter for multiple hours is because the C cushion is absolutely fantastic this thing is really really dense I don't imagine it flattening anytime soon just keep in mind is that if you're a vanilla sitter this one might not be for you because the seat cushion is really deep I'm 5'6 and even then the front edge of the cushion touches the back of my calf and you might ask well why is that bad well because if your legs are dangling and it's making hard contact with the back of your calf you could lose circulation in your legs and it just is uncomfortable so this is really for people who like to tuck both legs inside of the chair in between here is the Staples hiking chair this is a super popular chair many people swear by it it's $180 but it's an all mesh chair and with any budget mesh chair I give strong words of caution I believe that you should be aund under 150 lbs because if you're over that the mesh will uh sag a lot faster and often times the mesh is not covered by warranty which we'll see over there in that $300 chair soon but uh people swear by it it's a pretty small chair so again if you're wider it may not the best fit for you and if you're someone who tucks that's going to be a no-o there because the hard edges on mesh chairs are often going to be just really uncomfortable if you like to even do single leg tuck especially double leg tuck now moving to a100 $200 here sorry this is the clatina melet if you are someone who likes to curl up in your chair or your vanilla sitter I recommend this one here it is by far so far on this list the most adjustable chair it's got an excellent tilt mechanism it's hard to explain watch the individual review for it I'm not going to get into it all here but it feels fantastic uh and because the seat pan can slide out it's going to be great and it's pretty shallow too and it's normal state which means it's going to be good for vanilla sitters but because it can pull out a bit further if you want more space in the chair you can also easily tuck into the chair although I imagine at this height range you'll be able to tuck into it in its just regular form keep in mind though that when you pull out the seat pan all the way it does create a significant Gap in the back so if you scooch back all the way you can feel some of that on your butt but typically a lot of people I think who curl up in their chair like this are scooched a little more forward so you probably won't feel that Gap when sitting in this chair next up on this list is the branch ergonomic chair I believe this one is about $300 this was my number one chair budget chair pick in that $300 price range and this chair is just fantastic it's got a ton of adjustments just like the Catina melet except this is where we start to see warranty this chair they offer a 7-year warranty on the entire chair and unlike the clatina melet when you pull the seat pan out on this you don't feel any Gap in the back whatsoever so if you're someone who scooches all the way back in your chair this could be an excellent option also just like with the clatina melet the seat pan is pretty shallow you saw that when I sat in it earlier I had a ton of space in in between the gap of my my calf and so it's going to be great for shorter folks and for people who like to sit vanilla or crossle inside of your chair moving now to the new house Ergo 3D this is I prefer this mesh chair over the Stables hiken although it is close to double the price but when you sit in this chair it just feels like a hammock it feels really good now new house offers a 5year warranty on this chair but keep in mind that just like the Staples hiken the mesh is not warrantied okay so that's something that you need to keep in mind oh but with the Staples hiken I believe they've got an excellent return policy and that's going to be the difference between the new house and the Staples hiken so something to note there um on this chair again if you're someone who likes to tuck this is going to be a no-o because the hard edges on the side and if you're somebody who uh is over 150 pounds again a no-o because the mesh will sag faster on these more budget tier mesh chairs than on other chairs like the higher end Herman Miller aons and things like that finally on this chair list is going to be the and SE Kaiser 3 this comes in exactly at about $400 there's only two sizes for this chair it's the large and the extra large now I typically don't like racing style gaming chairs but if you like them then I think this is going to be this is my number one pick for racing style gaming chair and the reason why is because the back is more open a lot of racing style gaming chairs have very curved backs and it causes you to Turtle inside of your chair like this this one has a wide open back allowing you to spread that chest out and most importantly is going to be the seat again on a lot of racing style gaming chairs they're going to have really hard metal bolsters here that prevent you from opening that leg up there is no such thing it's soft all around and if you're normal sitter a vanilla sitter it's probably not going to be for you because again seat depth is really deep it's going to hit the back of your your calves your legs are going to be dangling unless you get a foot rest but if you're someone who likes to curl up in your chair who likes to double tuck you can definitely do that if you're somebody who likes an oversized chair I I've noticed that I did a sizing guide uh review with um another racing style gaming chair and I had a lot of people who were in that 5 foot six and under come in and they were all saying that they really liked oversized chairs and they actually pick the extra large version of that chair so if that's you if you want a chair that feels really big that you can curl up in you can even nap in this chair if you really wanted the on the SE Kaiser 3 large size is going to be the one that I recommend if you're 5'3 or under these are the chairs I recommend in that $400 to $1,000 price range and we'll start with the lowest price and move our way to the highest price in this price tier starting with the used Herman Miller airon now this chair the airon comes in three sizes a b or c the one I recommend for this height range is size a and it's got a headrest here this is not made by Herman Miller Aon by the way or Herman Miller by by the way you can ignore that remember please don't get a headrest at this height range I don't think it's going to help you very much now used herul aons can be found on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace for around $450 but finding a size a is going to be more tricky because again size A is for shorter folks smaller folks and most of these aons were sold to offices and they bought size B to fit the most average height and then the companies basically offload and sell all those chairs and dump them somebody Picks Them Up and sells them used for about 450 bucks so finding a size a is going to be a bit trickier it might take you some time but expect to pay about $450 these things are built like tanks they're probably going to be like 15 plus years old but you can't you wouldn't be able to tell on most of them cuz they're just built super duper well keep in mind that because you're buying on Marketplace or something there's no return policy no warranty so the chair you get is the one you get I've got a buying guide that you can check out uh if you want to make sure that you get a good one that's been cleaned and sanitized no booty juices no body odors nothing like that you can check out my friend's crle office they do sell them at a premium because they offer 12year warranty free returns and of course they clean the entire chair replacing parts that's going to cost you about $7 800 and again I'll link that option moving to our next one is the steel case Amia now buying this new from steel case cost you about $1,000 however again my friends at crle office they sell a remanufactured version of the Amia remanufactured basically means they went and found re old Amia um use the m and they clean them up they refurbish them they sanitize them reupholster them the whole nine yards and they sell them for about $600 five no $500 and you get free returns and 12year warranty so it's an excellent value I think the steel Quia has the best seat in the business feels really really great soft edges on the side great for Tuckers regular sitters goes low enough just a really solid chair and yeah almost every option you get is going to even if you get new from Steel case free returns 12year warranty but it's going to cost you a little bit more at 1,000 bucks this is a chair from Hayworth Hayworth is again another us-based company just like steel case they've got excellent customer service offer 12year warranty free return policy and this is just a phenomenal phenomenal chair for the price at about $500 you get a ton of options you get great lumbar support it Al has the ability to tilt forward which is the cheapest chair for new in this price range you can do that now tilting forward can be good especially if you're shorter to really help you plant those feet on the floor it can also be good for helping you get out of a chair if you have bad knees a bad back things like that just a really really great value for this chair uh again 500 bucks moving next to the secret lab Titan Evo 2022 now if you are a vanilla sitter I do not recommend this chair because the seat cushion is just way too deep now if you are a Tucker a double Tucker then you might be able to go for it but this is where things get a little confusing this comes in three sizes a regular a small a regular and XL and I did testing for this chair and two of the participants were under 5 foot4 I believe and because of that uh I thought they would pick this one the smallest one but every single person all four people picked the biggest one the XL size and they said the reason was because the seat cushion was softer and I think they just like the idea of a chair kind of just hugging them I'm not exactly sure what's going on I put the small one here just so you could see the size reference relative to the other chairs here just so you can see how big this thing is and the XL is a lot bigger than this one um I just thought I'd pointed out there uh the main drawback of the Titan Evo 2022 is that the uh even though they offer a 5-year warranty I've heard the return policy it can be the return process can be a little iffy the C cushion is also really firm so if you want something softer and you want a big racing style gaming chair the Kaiser 3 that I showed in the budget is going to be my choice for racing style gaming chair next up is the steel case Le V2 this is an iconic chair and brand new it's going to cost you $1,300 so that's the next price tier but again Crandle office they sell this in two forms that fit this price tier or Price requirement the first is going to be a remanufactured leap V2 that's when again they take used leaps they clean them up sanitize them reupholster recushion all that stuff and they sell it for about $600 and 12-year warranty free return policy but you can also get one that's authorized return and authorized return means that somebody bought it from steelc case for $1,300 and then they said you know what I don't like it and they returned it back to steel case Kel office picks those up and sells them at a discount and if you want it like that it's basically brand new it costs $1,000 so again 12-year warranty uh free return policy so the leafy 2 again you can get it used in two forms remanufactured which is an old one that they've basically took and gave it a makeover or basically new one that was returned to steel case and steel case needed a way to offload them so and that's for 1,000 Bucks moving our way to the Herman Miller sale this is a phenomenal little chair with an excellent seat cushion lumbar support feels amazing looks really really cool as well super stylish chair Herman Miller us-based company excellent customer service 12year warranty they used to do free returns but I think I read a policy where they changed that now there is a return fee so something to keep in mind um this one comes in at about 950 this one that I have here is the gaming version and for some reason the gaming version now costs over 1,000 it's 1,020 but the non-gaming version cost 955 and it's weird because the non-gaming and the gaming are exactly the same it's just the colors that have changed so save a little bit of money by the non-gaming version it's a little bit cheaper but the exact same chair this is the Hayworth Zodi a very solid chair ton of options on this chair the C cushion feels really good and Hayworth offers free return policy excellent res excellent customer service 12year warranty and it's also got that Ford tilt just like the soji I forgot to mention that the Herman Miller sale also has the Ford tilt and these two chairs are very similarly priced this one is going to be the zodia is 965 whereas the sale is 955 uh this one has a wider back it's got mesh and so it gives you a little bit more um of that traditional feel kind of bouncing in the chair and it's got a little bit more Flex than the sale does the sale has these kind of hard edges at the side that prevent a little bit of flexing inside of this chair compared to the Zodi whose back totally flexes and moves with you if you are 5' three or under and you are a rich B these are the best chairs money can buy at $1,000 plus we start with the Hayward Zodi LX coming at ,110 the the Zodi LX is different from the regular Hayward Zodi in that it doesn't have a mesh back it's got a cloth back with a lot of cushion on the back this chair feels solid really well made the seat pan is nice and shallow for the shorter folks but you can also pull it out if you want to double tuck or single tuck inside of your chair but what's unique about this chair compared to every other chair on this list is that it's got a front perch mode now a lot of chairs on this list can do a front tilt and that's when you can tilt forward get your feet planted into the ground it's a really great feature especially those for those who are shorter or want to get closer to what they're doing on their desk but the perch mode takes it one step further where you can really lean forward and I said that this chair is a great pairing with standing desks because you're able to go from that perch mode where you're basically kind of standing up but actually sitting in a chair and you can come out of it and stand up at a standing desk like the one I have over here but you can do that without messing with the height adjustment of the chair as always Hayword chairs come with great customer service 12year warranty free return policy fantastic choice moving on we have the Steelcase Carmen this chair is a brand new chair from steelc case released this year in 2023 and I called it my favorite mesh chair hand hands down now some people who tried this chair said that they don't like it cuz the build quality isn't quite the same as the Aeron but I think it was purposed that way for two reasons one is because they're trying to crush Aon in the price sector so this thing is a lot more affordable than the Aeron over there which is going to be $1,800 this chair is about $170 um the base model not this exact one here but the base model is $170 with the fully adjustable arms and the lumbar but the frame wasn't meant to be super rigid the thing about this chair is that you know most chairs I talked about you can't double tuck because your ankles will be hitting a really hard solid Edge on this chair it's nice and flat nice and wide you can actually double tuck inside of this chair and most importantly the frame is super duper flexible meaning you get maximum movement both in the seat and in the back rest of this chair I think it is a one of my favorite one of my favorite top pick top new chairs of 2023 love this chair steel case of course comes up the 12-year warranty free return policy excellent customer service except for if in the in the U EU then I believe steel case has reduced the warranty down to 5 years next up is the Hayworth Fern now this is a headrest not made by Hayworth this is an adapter made by Herman Miller uh do not get this again as always don't buy the headrests that come with these chairs or that are made for these chairs because you're not really going to be able to hit it what's great about the Hayworth bur is that again when the seat cushion is inside it's nice and shallow for the short folks the chair goes nice and low as well but you can also pull it out and get double tuck if you want to do that what's nice is that because the back rest is so tall and then there's cushion on this back here you can actually put your head if you're shorter shorter you can actually rest it on top of here and there's actually a decent amount of cushion sometimes I find myself slouching cuz the one at home I don't have a headrest on it the one I have at home I end up slouching in it and resting my head on the top of the back that's how tall this back rest goes um Hayworth chair again 12E warranty excellent customer service free returns a solid Choice a Hayworth burn is probably my number two of very close to number tied for number one pick uh the Hayworth Fern here next up is the steel case leap V2 now this one is a remanufacturer one from crle Office who I already talked about in their previous tiers I don't have a brand new steel case leap on me which is this is a standin um a brand new Steelcase leap V2 is going to be $1,300 from steel case and again steel case 12E warranty free returns excellent customer service I'm not going to go over it all again cuz I already talked about it in the previous tiers but steel case s V2 uh probably number two best known chair best sold chair in the world moving over here this is the Herman Miller Mira 2 this is a phenomenal chair again it's an all mesh chair unlike the Carman this isn't going to be as flexible but it's definitely going to be more open a little less rigid than the Herman Miller Aon here one one recommendation that I have to make is that please only get the M butter mutterfly the butterfly suspension back do not buy the polymer or whatever the polymer is essentially a really hard plastic I sat in on both of these in a showroom and the polymer back was so hard it was really uncomfortable the uh butterfly mesh back has a little bit of padding a little bit of cushion here to block you from the hard plastic in the back and this is the setup that I recommend uh really good chair the seat can actually curl and uncurl which is really nice because if you have shorter legs you can make it so that it curls in and it won't get into won't dig into the back of those legs uh in general though you have a lot of good choices when it comes to mesh chairs one of the other benefits of this chair is that it's about $1,400 compared to an ,8 $1800 airon so um in Herman Miller you get the um 12year warranty excellent customer service and as I noted in the other tier chairs I believe Herman Miller is now charging for returns so something to keep in mind the next chair on this list is a brand new Herman Miller Aeron now in this size area you want to get a size a the one I have here is a size B but this is where um because this is the only one I have on hand but this is what the remastered one looks like you can tell that it looks different than the one I had before the used aerons because Herman Miller updated their aons back in I think what 2017 I forget exactly when but there's some things to note one is that the gaming Aon the gaming Herman Miller Aon and the non-gaming Herman Miller Aon are exactly the same the only difference is their colors but for this height category you cannot buy a gaming Aeron because they don't come in size a they only come in size B or C so for this one you're going to have to get a non-gaming Aon the only difference is that the gaming Aon has like a Black Version this is the non-gaming Aon it's more of a graphite a little more a darker gray um also with the N gaming aons you can get the silver white gray finish and I think that one looks the most stunning if I had a choice I would have picked that that one um this is the headrest again from Atlas headrest it's similar to the one you see over there uh do not buy a headrest it will not go low enough for you I believe uh so yeah this is the Herman Miller Aon and then finally moving on to my favorite chair of all time if you can't tell I've got a little poster of it over there it's new additional artwork to the studio this is the Herman Miller gaming and body now now unlike the Aon and the sale I talked about earlier and if you don't weren't there for that you don't need to but essentially her Miller created a bunch of chairs or called a bunch of their existing chairs gaming chairs it's exactly the same except they just changed the colors the gaming EMB body they did almost the same thing except they did change up the cushioning on the gaming ody compared to their non-gaming EMB body and I will say and I'm going to do this in a future video don't buy the non-gaming embody get the gaming embody I bought a brand new body to test against the gaming embody and I a non-gaming embody over there to test against the gaming embody and unanimously everybody chose the gaming EMB body it just has more cushion it's more comfortable the shoulders especially back here it's not going to be as important if you're shorter but the shoulders are a little bit more open uh compared to being really turned in curved in um and in terms of price they're about the same uh so you want to get a gaming embody not the non-gaming embody actually as a matter of fact I think the N the gaming embodies actually cheaper than the non-gaming anyway and again because the back rest is so tall you don't need a headrest you can lean back and you can probably rest your head here because this is all cushioned up here my favorite chair of all time uh really close to the Hayworth Fern in terms of which one is my favorite pick but Herman Miller excellent customer service 12year warranty they are I believe charging for returns at this point so that's something that you should keep in mind but that sums it up for my shorter friends at 5 fo3 and under I hope you guys are able to pick a chair let me know in the comments below if there's anything you picked also sometimes shorter folks like to go with more active seating chairs don't forget to go to that section in the video using the timestamp where I'll talk about my favorite active seating chairs in 2023 if you're 5'4 to 6'2 congratulations you are the demographic that chair manufacturers are building their chairs for because you make up the majority of the population so that means more money for them now there are some caveats some chairs are going to be better for the higher taller end in this height range and some chairs are going to be better for the shorter end in this height range and I'll point at those caveats as we move along these are the budget chairs and we'll work our way from the lowest price to the highest price in this price range starting with the Amazon Basics PU leather chair this is the best chair that I found under $100 I compared a bunch of them on Amazon and this one was by far the number one pick the C cushion was thicker than all the other ones the back rest was better designed it's soft allar around allowing you to open those arms up and the arm armrest are pretty soft as well now there are a couple caveats of this chair the first is going to be that even though the seat cushion was thicker than the other chairs I can feel that it's going to flatten pretty quickly so if you're heavier or you're an aggressive everyday sitter for eight plus hours this chair will not be for you I highly recommend you bump up your budget a little bit and move to this chair here more on that in a second uh another thing is that if you're on the wider end this chair might not be for you I'm 5' 6 176 lbs and I feel a bit claustrophobic in this chair so if you're slender then yeah you might want to sit in it and because it's more narrow it's not going to be the best for double Tuckers so something to also keep in mind now for a little less than double this is the SE who M18 and compared to the Amazon basic chair this seat cushion is phenomenal it's thick it's dense it's deep it's wide I really like this chair um the lumbar also goes really low so I think it's going to be great for anybody in this height range here just keep in mind mind that if you are on the shorter end I would say 5'4 to 5'5 keep in mind that because the seat depth is so deep if you're a vanilla sitter it might not be the best for you unless you pair it with a footrest and because it's so deep it might make contact with the back of your calf and if you're wondering why is that such a big deal it's because over time you might lose circulation and you might just be uncomfortable in this chair otherwise phenomenal Chair 150 bucks yeah I really like it next up is the co who m9d and this is going to be for the taller folks in this height range and the reason why is because the back rest can actually ratchet up well it was already ratcheted up three times and so you can get a higher back rest height on this thing the seat cushion is the exact same as the M18 super thick super dense feels really good uh unlike the M18 though you can't adjust this lumbar support it's one of those that kind of works on a not it's not spring but it's more like um it just kind of bounces back based on how much pressure you put on it this is going to be a more upright chair as well so if you're someone who really likes to sit upright the back rest definitely pushes you forward just a little bit more compared to some other chairs which has you lean back tiny bit inside of your chair uh when I reviewed this chair which was I believe two years ago now um this m this I blasted this headrest I said this is the most pitiful headrest I've ever seen on a chair uh see who watched that video and they actually upgraded the headrest many comments said hey they changed the headrest out uh see who actually let me know that they watch my video and they're going to do updates to their chairs based on it so uh yeah and from what I hear the headrest is much better now uh on the m9d now in between here there is a chair but I don't have it here in the studio it's the Staples hiken chair it is an all mesh chair and with all mes chairs I always have a word of caution especially when you get into the budget tier that if you're over 150 lbs I don't recommend an all mesh chair s mesh sags quicker uh especially budget mesh and so if you're over 150 lbs it's going to Sag even quicker now the reason reason why the hiking is here is because it is people swear by it people love this chair uh my son tested all my chairs he's 6 years old and he decided to take that one that's why it's not here um the couple notes though in addition I'm 5' 6 176 lbs when I sat in that chair it felt really small so I'm going to recommend that yeah if you're uh a little bit wider please don't get that chair um yeah if you're heavier you're generally wider too so yeah don't really recommend that chair if you get into the taller wider end I think one of the benefits though of the hiken before I move on is that the warranty or the return policy is really good from Staples so that's something to keep in mind this is the clatina mellet this is 200 bucks and of all the chairs I've talked about so far this has by far the most adjustability like by far and it is a phenomenal chair the Tilt mechanism is excellent the chair feels really great the seat cushion is really great as well it's really shallow so if you're on the shorter end it fits really well and the seat pen can slide out if you're taller just the one big caveat though is that if you're really tall you know you get to 5 fo8 and up uh then keep in mind and I know you're like that's not really tall I know but I'm saying 5 fo8 to 6'2 okay I get all these comments all the time they're like oh it's not short that's not tall anyways I get it I understand um so the seat pan if you pull it all the way out it creates a significant Gap back here and if you're someone who scooches all the way back inside of your chair your ass will basically be hanging out and you can feel the cushion kind of on your butt cheeks so if that's you then you might want to avoid this chair but for the adjustability the price you just can't beat it this is a phenomenal chair now if you are somebody who likes to slide the seat pan all the way out and you don't want to feel any kind of Gap the branch ergonomic chair is my number one chair in that $300 price range this thing is 300 bucks and it is phenomenal the seat pan is fantastic it's got just as much adjustability as the clatina the Tilt mechanism is not nearly as good as the clatina but it's still pretty good uh and then the biggest thing is that when you you slide the seat pan out did I already say this I can't remember but you won't feel any kind of Gap in the back whatsoever this chair feels phenomenal and also the biggest thing is that this has a 7-year warranty on the entire chair there's no mesh so you don't have to worry about that yeah I think it's a really good value Branch knocked it out of the park with this chair really really like this one moving on to the new house Ergo 3D this thing is I believe $360 $370 it's again an all mess chair so the same notes as the hiken if you're over 150 lbs I don't recommend it if you're a Tucker or a double Tucker I don't recommend it because it's got hard edges on the sides now this chair offers I believe a 5-year warranty but keep in mind that the mesh is not warrantied if it's sags that's considered daily wear and tear I forget what it's called normal wear and so they're not going to warranty that in terms of just pure feel though I much prefer this chair the new house Ergo 3D over the hiken this thing feels like you're sitting in a hammock every time I sit on it I'm really impressed by the way it feels I really like the way I I feel inside of this chair uh in terms of height range I don't think it's going to hit all the way to 6'2 my personal recommendation would be 5'4 to probably about 5' 11 because the headrest doesn't go all that high and just because because of the harder edges here it might dig into the shoulders a little bit differently if you start getting to that 6 foot height range final chair the most expensive on this list is going to be the on the seat Kaiser 3 this chair comes in two different sizes a large and an XL the XL is going to be bumped into the next pric here cuz I believe it's a $450 this one here the large is $400 now I don't necessarily always recommend racing style gaming chairs uh but when I sat in the and Kaiser XL uh Kaiser 3 this feels phenomenal the C cushion is really dense it's really thick a lot of budget racing style gaming chairs I've sat on a bunch of friends have them okay so I've sat on a bunch of them and they all flatten and they feel terrible the kaisa 3 seat pad is super thick super dense it's not going to flatten anytime soon and the best parts are going to be that there are no hard edges on the side so you can really spread them you can double curl in your chair and the back is much more open design compared to other again more budget racing style gaming chairs a lot of them make you turtle in your chair that's not the case with the Kaiser 3 at all if you're on the shorter end and I say shorter you know relatively okay so if you're up to about 5' 10 I recommend the large and if you're taller than 5' 10 I recommend the extra large and again this will be in the mid tier which I'll pull out in just a second if you're 5'4 to 6'2 as I said before there are so many solid chairs in that $400 to $1,000 price point so we'll start with the lowest price and work our way to the highest there's so many options that there are actually two chairs hiding back here I couldn't fit it all one shot I'll bring those out when it's time but let's start with the used Herman Miller Aeron in this height range you're probably going to want to get a size a b or c depending on your height if you're 5'4 5' 5 probably going to be good with a size a a if you're 5' 6 to about 5' 10 5' 11 I recommend a size B and if you're 5' 10 5'1 all the way to 6'2 I recommend a size C now you can find these pretty regularly on Facebook Marketplace Craigslist for around 450 bucks and if you want a headrest Herman Miller doesn't believe in headrest but there's a company called Atlas headrest they make headrests that are a one to one match with the mesh material look and color of the plastic of these chairs I strongly recommend them you can use my code Entourage for them and that's going to bring your overall price from $450 to about $650 next up is the and the Kaiser 3 both in the large and XL size now I know there's a lot of you out there who are like oh racing style gaming chairs are crap and I get it I understand why there's big turtling issues there's hard bolsters on the side people are like they're not very ergonomic yes I get that but this one is I think a bit built very differently the sides are soft and there's no hard edges it may look like it's raised but these are totally soft more budget Style Racing gaming chairs have really terrible cushions that flatten out over time and this one is not nearly as turtled or grip shoe like this compared to other racing style gaming chairs and then lounging in a chair leaning all the way back that is a fantastic seating experience it takes pressure off of that lower back and if you want a racing style gameing chair the Kaiser 3XL the Kaiser 3 is my number one choice if you're 5'4 and you're a vanilla sitter meaning your feet on the ground I don't recommend this chair if you're a Tucker or a double Tucker yeah this could be a viable option and if you're 5 of 10 or above you can get the XL version of this chair keep in mind that relative to these other chairs the warranty and return policy are not going to be nearly as good as some of these other chairs moving to this one here this is the steel case Amia but brand new it's going to cost 1,000 bucks and you're kind of wondering wow did we jump price already not quite so new is 1,000 bucks but you can also get it used or what they call remanufactured from a company called Crandle off office the Steelcase Amia is actually my favorite Steelcase chair because of its price point remanufactured this thing comes in at about $500 it doesn't look very sexy but the seat is phenomenal like the seat is so good and the back is soft all around which makes me believe that it's going to be great for shorter folks and taller folks no hard edges on the backs whatsoever and the wonderful thing about crle office as well as buying new from steel case is that you're going to get free returns 12year warranty both from kle office and from steelc case Al if in Europe EU I believe they reduced it down to 5 years something to keep that in mind um but yeah it's a phenomenal chair great return policy great warranty whether you buy remanufactured used or new from steel case themselves next up this one is the Hayward soji I believe this is 500 550 I'm sorry I'm blanking on prices I think it's about 500 the Hayward SOI is a phenomenal chair from Hayworth uh I think it's got a great seat cushion just fits really good overall it's got a pretty decent lumbar support as well um with Hayworth you're going to get excellent customer service 12year warranty and free returns so really great chair in this price point I really like it I think uh if you start getting taller into that 6'1 6'2 category could be hit or miss for you because these edges are a bit hard they're exposed next up is the Titan Evo 2022 now if you're into racing style gaming chairs just like with the Kaiser 3 you're going to get a flat bottom with soft cushion so no hard edges on the bottom and the back is much more open so if you want want that that's available to you it also looks gorgeous it's probably the most beautiful racing style gaming chair on the market right now ton of different options and you can get them up even further customization if you want some things to note about the sizes is that from a testing that I did uh if you're 5 foot5 and under I don't recommend this chair if you're a vanilla sitter okay so if you're a vanilla sitter the small is probably best for 5 foot 6 up to about 5 fo8 and then the regular is probably going to be good for 5 fo8 to about 6 foot and then the XL is probably going to be good for 5'1 to 6'2 and I put a little crossover there is because it depends on how much space you want inside of your chair if you're a double Crosser then you can get whatever size you want it's really confusing because when I did a sizing test of this chair some of the girls who were 5'4 under they still prefer this one here this is the XL they prefer this because they said the seat was actually softer compared to the other two sizes I talked to secret lab they said no they use the same seat cushion in all of them but that is the main drawback of this chair is that the SE cushion is very firm compared to the kaisa 3 which is why the kaisa 3 is my pick it's also cheaper but the SE cushion is much softer compared to the Evo 2022 keep in mind just like the Kaiser the return policy and the warranty I believe you get 5 years warranty and the return policy is a little bit iffy I've heard people have had a hard time returning their chairs although from my tracker from my affiliate tracker people have been successful in returning their chairs so something to keep in mind if you decide to pick this one up moving now to the steelc case leap V2 buying this new actually hits the top price tier at $1,300 so the reason why this one is here is because you can buy it used in two different ways um three you can buy it used on a Marketplace so that definitely can do it I've got a video guide where you can do that the second is going to be buying a remanufactured leap V2 from a company called kle office uh but they what they do is they take used leap V2s they um sanitize clean everything change the cushions change the fabric and Go the whole nine yards to get this thing really really nice and I believe that cost about $600 and then the other option is you can buy it as an authorized return authorized return basically means uh somebody bought aite V2 from steelc case they decided they didn't like it they returned it within the 14-day return policy and then crle office basically goes and picks those up and sells it to us at a discount so uh and that one cost 1,000 bucks and again the great thing about kle office is that you get 12year warranty and free returns so yeah leafy 2 iconic chair all Steelcase chairs you know some of the best chairs in the world so Steelcase gesture again another chair if you bought it brand new be $1,400 but you can actually get this remanufactured to reemphasize remanufactured means they went out bought used chairs they re sanitized re-upholstered did all the whole nine yards to get it looking great and they sell it for I believe it's $900 remanufactured which is and again 12year warranty free return policy compared to 1, 1400 bucks really good chair best arms in the business uh really solid chair especially as you go taller in Heights if you're taller I do recommend the additional lumbar support if you're shorter by shorter I mean 5 foot s and Below don't get the additional lumbar support it gets in the way more than anything but if you're above 5' 7 get the additional lumbar support I think it'll help you out moving next to $900 as well is the is the Asus destrier now this is a chair I don't even know if I'm Afra frame right now so let me sit here so I make sure I'm on frame the Asus dri I reviewed this chair and I thought it was going to be a pretty terrible chair but I sat in it and I was blown away by the way it felt I think they did a phenomenal chair phenomenal job with this chair and you can not you'll notice that it's the second uh me mesh chair in this list and that's part of the reason why I like this chair so much is because there aren't a lot of chairs that are all mesh that I trust the mesh because a lot of the budget ones sag this one feels pretty taught pretty well made and a headrest and the chair locks right like I know that's a like a lot of things but there really aren't many chairs like this and I think Asus did a good job on this chair yes it is expensive 900 bucks I got so much crap in the comments in my review of this even though I genuinely like it I understand people's concerns they're like it's way too expensive it looks really cheap and yeah the plastic isn't the highest quality plastic but when you compare it to Herman Miller's vantom chair uh that's a their her Miller's attempt to make a like a ground up gaming chair I mean it's the same quality plastic right so I get where the complaints are coming from I'm just saying that they're trying to match the industry standard of what other people are making in this price range and calling it gaming chair um I just think it feels fantastic the big drawback is going to be the uh I believe a lot of people you can buy from Microcenter or something and the return policy there is pretty decent from what I remember but it's the warranty you only get a one-year warranty which is pretty pitiful compared to all these other chairs that are cheaper and you're getting 12year warranty on a lot of these chairs now the two next chairs here are hidden behind let me pull these forward the next one is the Herman Miller sale this is a fantastic chair it comes in at about 955 this is the gaming version the gaming version they bumped the price up to 1,020 I don't know why because it's literally the exact same as the non-gaming version so if you're going to get the sale save 50 bucks by getting the non-gaming version just it's the only difference is the colors it's literally the same chair the seat cushion on this is phenomenal like really really excellent the back feels really really great as well also on the non-gaming version you can get additional lumbar support if you want you can't get that on the gaming ones the back feels great and the the only con the only drawback is that the edges here are pretty hard so I think if you're starting to creep up into that 5'1 plus height this may not feel as comfortable for you but for anybody who's 5'4 all the way up to 5' 10 5'1 this is an excellent choice with Herman Miller you're going to get the excellent 12year warranty excellent customer service I've noticed that Herman Miller doesn't offer free returns anymore or they they they charge something for returns I don't know if that's exactly true but let me check their policy I I'll put a little thing here if that is confirmed but yeah uh Herman Miller sale really excellent chair then moving to the last chair on this list this is the Hayworth zodie this is a phenomenal chair as well excellent seat cushion it's got some additional options as well it can forward tilt it's got this dual lumbar support where you can have one side push in more than the other and it's just a really great chair some people swear by the zodie over the more popular Haworth Fern because of the way that this back grips you and because its mesh it's very very breathable as well phenomenal chair hay with Hayworth it's an American company so you're going to get that excellent customer service 12E warranty free returns phenomenal chair dut break I've been recording for like 3 hours if your height is between 5 foot4 and 6 foot2 and you are a rich you want the best chair that money can buy these are the best chairs ranging from $1,000 all the way up and we start with the Hayward zodie LX this is a little different than the Hayward Zodi this comes in at about 1150 and what's different about it is that instead of a mesh back they're using a cushion and fabric back what's also different about this chair is that the lumbar is slightly different you can't feel it as much because you've got more of a cushion back air pushing into that lumbar or the lumbar is pushing into the cushion so it's a little bit more muted but also what's unique about this is that it can forward per rather than forward tilt so a lot of chairs will do the forward tilt where your feet are making better contact with the ground allowing you to have better posture in your back but it also gets you better contact with the floor the perch actually goes beyond that you can actually go down lower in the front with this chair and I said that it's a great pairing with standing desks because you're able to raise the height in such a way that you can basically Co from standing to kind of perching just by moving a little bit without having to adjust the height of the chair every single time so you're not having to dial in your settings every single time you can have it exactly the way you want for when you sit as well as when you stand this coming from Hayworth is going to offer you a 12-year warranty excellent customer service free returns Hayworth in general awesome brand really appreciate working with them they're good folks over here we have the Steelcase kman this is a new chair from Steelcase this came out in 2023 and I marked this to be my favorite mesh chair hands down now some people when they look at this chair when they feel this chair especially they go I don't don't like it it's kind of flimsy it doesn't use that kind of really dense plastic that the Herman Miller Aeron uses and I would say that it's done on purpose for two reasons one is because it's got a much flatter seat design which means and when I tested this I was able to double tuck inside of this chair I was able to spread my legs wide open in this chair something I could not do in the Aon because of it's really really high and defined and and like really um High kind of like side bolsters on the air on and so because of that I much prer the freedom you got in this chair and yes the plastic isn't as rigid on the Aon but I think it was designed that way to give you maximum flex and freedom inside of the chair that is a trend that we're seeing with these new chairs that it's allowing for maximum mobility and movement inside of your chair so you're not stuck in the same position all day every day there's a theory about chairs about seating where they say the best position is the next position because it's good that you're moving throughout the day while sitting in your chair it's not good to be totally static in the same position all day steel case excellent customer service 12year warranty uh free returns except for in the EU where you get where they reduce that warranty down to 5 years moving on to the Hayworth Fern the Hayworth Fern is my close tie to number one but it's a number two pick with the headrest it gets really really close to that number one pick I love the Hayworth Fern again Hayworth chair 12-year warranty excellent customer service uh uh free returns love this chair I really like this in the digital knit version which is going to be one that has a more padded back this one here is the standard knit version this one you can buy for as low as I think like $169 $170 I believe is the price the digital knit one starts closer to 1300 and this chair is jam-packed full of features but the biggest thing that I like about it is the backs is the back rest it goes nice and high you can get those Arms Wide Open uh the design of the chair is also beautiful as well when you look at it from the back absolutely gorgeous the seat pad is great as well now this headrest is not made by Hayworth the Hayworth headrest that comes on the fern is absolutely terrible it is a piece of pad that just slides up and down you can't do and manipulate it in any other way I had a chair the digital knit one that I have at home I got one with the headrest and I did not like it I ripped it off this one here is done by Atlas headrest they created an adapter so this headrest was actually designed for the Herman Miller Aeron but uh working with this uh one guy this Enthusiast he basically uh found a way to adapt the headrest to the Hayworth Fern and so they work together now they sell this so you can buy a headrest from uh Atlas headrest for the Aeron which is why you can see it's not exactly a color match with the fabric and then you got to buy their adapter as well so the headrest and the adapter and this thing together will cost around $200 for the headrest I know that's quite steep you can use my code Entourage for $5 off but I'm telling you it's the best headrest in the business now in order to use this headrest I'm going to say that there is a minimum height minimum you want to be about 5' 6 minimum to use this headrest you could get away with it if you're about 5'5 and then in terms of Max height I think you could be about 6' 3 uh so little bit higher than this list here this height list so yeah I think you'll be good at any height in this range except for the 5 foot4 folks sorry guys unfortunately this headrest just doesn't go low enough for you guys to be usable moving over here we have the steel case leap V2 now this is the same one that I had earlier when I showed you the remanufactured this one is a remanufactured leap V2 but it's just a stand uh uh what do you call it a placeholder yeah a placeholder cuz I don't have a new leap V2 on me but if you wanted to get a new Steelcase leap V2 it's going to run you $1,300 from steel case so I've already explained the leap V2 in depth but I'll just go over it again um leafy 2 has a phenomenal tilt function the seat cushion is nice and thin but you can also pull it out uh steel case makes some of the best chairs in the world this is probably the number two most popular chair in the world right behind the Aeron phenomenal chair 12E warranty excellent customer service free returns uh again except for an EU where the warranty has been reduced I believe to 5 years moving over here we have the steel case gesture now this is the one with a headrest this is going to be substantially more expensive if you get it with the headrest but there's two ways you can buy a gesture that fits on this price tier the first is going to be to get a Factory authorized return from crle Office the authorized return is essentially someone bought this chair from Steelcase uh tried it and then within their 14-day return period said I don't want it and returned it back to steelc case uh cranel office then got it from steelc case and they sell it to us at a discount so if you want an authorized return gesture I believe it's going to be it's either $ 11 or $1,200 I forget and then if you want to buy a new Steelcase gesture from Steelcase it's going to be $1,400 if you want to get the headrest for it then it's going to raise the price up to I believe 16650 so the headrest is quite expensive but this headrest is the only headrest made by a company U that actually makes the chair that I highly recommend this is one of the best headrests in the industry I would say it's probably number three at this point because you can totally turn it totally out of the way if you don't like it while you're sitting up and then you can go ahead and turn it back around when you need it and you can either bring it in because it can bend forward this is too far in obviously I'm just kind of trying to show you um now for this headrest I'm going to recommend that you be taller 5' 6 or taller in order to get this headrest if you're shorter than that just like with the fern just like with the gesture you got a really tall back so if you're shorter than 5' 6 you can actually just this won't be here obviously you can just rest your head on the back edge of the chair after slouching your chair a little bit and kind of use that as your headrest that'll probably be a lot better than this because this you would be too short You' probably end up hitting this part of the headrest it's not going to be very comfortable for you and and you're just going to end up throwing away $200 uh best arms in the industry just a phenomenal chair feels really good my friend picked up an authorized return from crle office um and he loves the chair he's like look my body feels so much better throughout the day he works from home uh and yeah he loves it so phenomenal chair steel case crle office both offer 12year warranties uh free shipping free returns All That Jazz this is the Herman Miller mirror 2 this chair doesn't get a lot of love I sat on it in a showroom and was really Blown Away by how good it was I do believe it's a really good mesh chair uh it's not doesn't quite have the flexibility and openness like the Carmen does but it's still a really good option and just in terms of a design perspective the mirror 2 just screams design I think it looks really good it's called the mirror 2 it kind of looks like butterfly wings in the back I think it looks phenomenal uh it's an all meshed chair the seat is mesh the back is oh the back you want to get the butterfly knit version not not the tripolymer back whatever and the reason the difference is that the tripolymer is not going to have this kind of meshy cushion layer and I would say do not buy it without it because the regular tripolymer back is just a really hard plastic back I sat in both models both versions in a showroom and they triy polymer just without this part it dug into my back it was extremely uncomfortable I don't know how you could sit in that for long periods of time this uh this butterfly knit back or whatever this makes all the difference in the world and makes the chair a lot nicer uh the the front edge it's really nice instead of the seat sliding out like in most of these chairs this chair instead unwinds like this you can actually tuck it in and roll it or unroll it like this in the front to give you a little bit more seat depth if you want in the chair uh yeah just a really phenomenal chair uh this one is going to run you about $1,400 it's Herman Miller you're going to get 12E warranty you're going to get uh excellent customer service but I do believe her Miller is now charging a return fee for return so so something to keep in mind with the mirror too this is the anthos chair this is a brand new chair 2023 I believe they said they're going to try to finish their pre-orders by this month by this month being October um they are new to the industry and I think they knocked it out of the park with this chair this is my favorite new chair of 2023 they're trying to shake up their chair business and I think they've done a really wonderful job with this chair I my review of this is going to go up next week from this video and I will say that uh I I've been doing a lot of Studio work I've been trying to get things up trying to set things up make it a little bit more beautiful uh trying to set up for a second Channel over there and after all that my lower back is aching and when I sat in this chair my lower back pain was gone instantly uh I think they're doing a really excellent job this has the best seat cushion hands down I mean it is just excellent like you may not like the chair yourself but you cannot deny that the seat cushion is the best in business um these guys are trying to match the the luxury makers of her Miller Steelcase all these guys by offering a 12-year warranty free returns their customer service they're so new so jury's out on that about what they're going to be like but the chair itself is very unique uh design wise uh I like the way it looks but I can imagine that's pretty polarizing just like all the other high-end chairs here uh Again full review of this will be out next week now normally this chair would be about $2,000 they offer me a coupon code for $200 off so it's about $1,800 I don't see that coupon code going away anytime soon so I'm putting it at $1,800 anthos chair moving over here this is the Herman Miller remastered Aeron this thing comes at in at I believe 18805 so they're going to be about similar prices with the anthos and this in this height category I'm going to say just like with the uh um Mid you know the what was it $400 to $1,000 there's going to be Herman Miller Aon comes in size a b or c and in this height category you can get either an a b or c I'm going to say that if you're up to about 5 5 you could probably get a Herman Miller Aeron size a if you're 5'5 to about 5' 11 you could probably get a size B and from 5' 10 to 6'2 in this height category is the maximum probably a size C there's some overlap there depending on how big you want the chair to be but this is the remastered one size B and then this is the headrest Herman Miller does not make this headrest this is made by a company called Atlas headrest and it is my number two favorite headrest in the world they make this headest in such a way that it matches one to one with the plastic color this is the cushion one they also make a mesh version which is going to be a one to one match with the mesh material and color as well so you can get it and it looks like it was made by Herman Miller Aon it's my number two favorite headrest in the world because the adjustments are phenomenal super intuitive and it just feels really really Comfort comfortable and makes the chair look phenomenal uh other companies Chinese companies things like that they try to knock it off um that's where all these knockoffs come from but uh Alice headrest is the original and looks and feels really really good uh Aon I I feel like I don't even need to explain why this chair is on this list uh it's iconic the mesh when you sit on this chair it does feel phenomenal it's the highest quality mesh uh when you sit on it you just know right it just kind of hugs your back just the downside of the airon is I think this chair is starting to get dated because nowadays people want to move around their chair I find myself wanting to move around in my chair and I just feel more locked in place with the Aon compared to the miror 2 compared to especially the Carmen over there but still a phenomenal chair was my first uh forray into the luxury High I don't come luxury just high-end chairs and uh it it resolved a lot of back issues lower back issues I was having with chairs so this has a soft spot Herman Miller excellent customer service 12year warranty you do have to pay for returns and one last note is that there are gaming aons and then there are non-gaming aons and I believe uh when you look at the specs one: one when you look uh um do all the options the same as the gaming they're the same price at about $1800 but the gaming Aon there's it just comes in a darker color like call it Onyx it's essentially black the difference though is that in the gaming aons there is no size a so if you're shorter if you're 5'4 5'5 you want a smaller chair then you need to get a non-gaming Aon because again the gaming Aon does not come in a size a other than that they are the exact same chair features all the same just the color is different finally we come to my favorite chair this is number one uh tied very closely to the Hayworth Fern over there you can see I got some artwork of the Herman Miller embody this is my favorite chair and I'm just going to say it right off the bat uh I bought a brand new Herman Miller embody a couple weeks ago to compare it with the gaming embody and I'm going to make a video on the gaming versus non-gaming embody definitive guide to it and I'll say this just buy the gaming EMB body don't buy the non-gaming embody uh price-wise I believe the non-gaming embody is more expensive I but also when you sit on it it the gaming body is just so much more cushioned than the non-gaming body I had a few friends in here and they all unanimously said oh yeah gaming body 100% this thing is definitely softer for some reason especially the back rest it's not as turned in uh the the non-gaming body curls more and so even my 6' one friend he was like oh the shoulders like really kind of dig in the gaming body they also turn in too but they don't turn in nearly as much and it's softer up here just cuz of the more cushioning um I don't really need to explain this chair this has been a uh super super popular chair uh looks really great and then this headrest here Atlas headrest finally released their headrest for the embodies both non-gaming and gaming embodies and this is my f favorite headrest in the world super supportive super soft really easy to adjust really easy to dial in tighten up uh you can use my code Entourage for $5 off I don't know if that's going to begin at the time of this video but within again there'll be notes inside of the spreadsheet as well as in the description when my coupon code goes live for this headrest but this headrest is available to order now again one to one match with the chair the the fabric is the same color same material um the back as well the plastic the what they call the pixelated part um is also same color same material as well and if you're wondering how short do you need to be in order to use the headrest you can actually be 5'4 and use this headrest because this headrest is actually able to lower on to the embody and it's actually far back enough that it's not going to feel like your head is pushing forward at this lower height so this is one of the few headrests that you can use from 5'4 all the way to 6'2 as a matter of fact if you start braking and breaking 5'1 and and taller I strongly recommend you do get a headrest for this chair it's going to prevent a couple things one I talked already about how the shoulders kind of turn in a little bit the headrest actually kind of prevents you from feeling that and also it gives you a little bit more upper back and neck support inside of the chair the taller you get the less more you know you get less and less upper back support in these chairs and so a headrest is something that I do recommend especially this one you don't even need to put it on your back like you can put it right here and it can actually offer more cushion on the shoulder blade area that's how soft this headrest is really phenomenal if you're 6'3 or taller congratulations for being everybody's first pick in pickup basketball and for being able to reach the tallest of cabinets I personally don't know what that feels like but I assume it must be very nice in all seriousness some overwatching advice for you all the first is going to be that the chairs on this list seem like it's going to be a hit or miss for you all I've seen in the comments some 6'4 6'5 people saying they love this chair and then some 6'4 6'5 people saying I hate this chair so I'm going to strongly recommend that you get a chair with a good return policy and I'll point out which those are as we move along in this list the second is going to be that you should expect to pay a price premium with good return policies it usually means more expenses are built into the price and it also means that it you you're probably going to need a little bit more material for the bigger size chairs so something to keep in mind and then the third is going to be that there is a fix for the height issue so for example uh Herman Miller for example can build you a chair and it's got a high um what do you call this a high gas cylinder so the chair can go really high off the ground but I found in comments that that's not the main issue it's not about where your legs end up it's more about how your back rests on the back rest of the chair because for taller folks your shoulder blades sometimes in the digging in or sometimes chairs are curled a little bit forward and ends up pushing into your shoulder blades and things like that so I've often found it's the back rest that's the main culprit not necessarily the height so yes you can get a tall cylinder but that might not resolve the issue for you so don't trust when a company says Hey extra tall it just means they're going to make it so that the chair lifts higher off the ground does nothing about the the the back rest with that being said let's start with our budget shair budget tier and there's really only one chair that I can kind of recommend in this price point in 2024 I want to do more chairs more testing with really tall folks so stay in tuned for that but for night for now the only one I can kind of recommend is the see m9d return policy is going to be okay it's you can buy it through Amazon and Amazon has a good return policy you just have to make sure you break down the entire chair first which can be a bit of a hassle now when it comes to why I picked this as a as good for taller folks and the main reason is because the backr can ratchet up I think three or four times so you can get a little bit taller and hopefully it sits better on those shoulder blades and back this thing comes at 160 bucks it's got an excellent seat cushion it's pretty wide as well and it's it's a it's a budget chair but I think it's a solid budget chair for height ranges 6'3 and above in the price range of $400 to $1,000 we start with the used Herman Miller Aon size c not to be confused the size A or B size C it's the largest of the hermiller Aon sizes now a used hermiller Aon can be found on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist for around 450 bucks size C is definitely more rare so it might take you some time to find this chair it's an iconic chair it's built like a tank these older ones are built like tanks and I do recommend you get a headrest for this chair now this one is not built by Herman Miller her Miller does not believe in headrest for the most part um this one is made by a company called Atlas headrest and this one is the fabric version obviously the colors don't match they make a gray version this is just one I had on hand and I put it on it's the best head for the Aon they also make a mesh version as well that's a one to one match with the colors and the mesh material you can use my code Entourage for $5 off by the way so yeah something to keep in mind if you get a headrest that's going to bring the overall price up to about $650 now you can also if you don't want to find this online you know I have to go through all the steps of how to find a good used one you can also use my friend's Crandle office they sell refurbished airons it's a little bit more expensive but you get 12year warranty and a free return policy as well so that's an option and again I'll link that all in the description as well as in the spreadsheet guide for the Herman Miller Aon for this chair next up is the andde seed Kaiser 3 XL this one here is the large size I don't have an XL on hand but the XL is the bigger size of this chair now the reality is that the taller you go again there aren't going to be too many chairs that can really accommodate for your entire back sometimes shoulders will fit funny on hard back chairs this chair is soft all around the Kaiser 3XL is the seat cushion is excellent so for the taller guys out there you might not love the idea of a racing style gaming chair but you're also going to find that there aren't again a ton of chairs that can cover that entire back and give you support all along your back racing style gaming chairs could be a solid option again the seat cushion the cushioning on this chair is really really good next up is going to be a remanufactured steel case Amia by company called crle office crle office I Love These Guys these guys do use Steelcase chairs they remanufacture chairs basically they take old chairs and then they put it through their rigorous process of cleaning sanitizing the chair and the Steelcase of Mia this thing doesn't look very sexy but it feels incredible and the reason why I recommend this is because the back is pretty soft all around so even though not may not be the tallest chair there's no headrest option the seat cushion is fantastic and it's soft all around and whether you buy it new which is going to be $1,000 or you buy it remanufactured which is going to be around $500 you're going to get a 12year warranty and a free return policy whether it's from steel case if you buy new for a th000 or from crle office for $500 again free returns 12E warranty that's why it's on this list moving over here the secret lab Titan Evo 2022 similar to the UND theat K this is the extra large size by the way similar to the Kaiser 3 uh there aren't going to be many chairs that can give you support all along the back um I think the Kaiser 3 is definitely softer the seat cushion is softer it feels more comfortable of the two but if you're somebody who likes a firmer bottom than the Kaiser than the Titan Evo 2022 could be for you I believe they offer a 5-year warranty on their chair but from what I've heard the returns process isn't great so something to keep in mind with the Titan Evo 2022 again when it comes to build quality and looks though it is it is best in the business right their armrests are also great um you can also change out their arm cushions and stuff like that with more gel cushions you can change out the way the chair looks so if that's really important to you and you want to get a little bit more breathability because you don't sink into the cushion as much as the Anda Kaiser 3 then the Titan Evo 2022 could be an option for you here again this is the XL size and I recommend at this height range you do get the XL size next up is going to be the remanufactured Steelcase leap V2 again this is from my friends at Crandall office now what's different about the uh leap V2 first of all it's got soft edges everywhere which is why I recommend it but there's going to be two different kinds of leaps I recommend in this price range the first is the remanufactured from crle office again what that means is they took used chairs and they put it through their rigorous uh replacement sanitization cleaning they change out all the Fabrics they do all that stuff to this chair and then it sells for about 600 bucks free returns 12year warranty uh and you can also opt to get thicker cushions for the chair if you're on the heavier end I find that the thicker cushion feels better than the stock one the stock one I felt like I could feel the hard bottom but with the thicker one I do enjoy this one more so you can get the remanufacture one 12E warranty again uh free return policy or you can get the authorized return leap V2 the authorized return is I believe going to be about $11,000 and that one is going to be basically someone who bought it from steel case said they didn't like it returned it in their 14-day window and then uh cranel office basically buys them and sells them at a discount to us so yeah there's two options again remanufactured or authorized return and finally we come to the Steelcase gesture here uh not new new is going to be $1,400 uh the uh remanufactured version from again crle office with that you're going to get uh the reason why I recommend it is because it's got a tall back um I recommend you do get the extra lumbar support you can feel it I think it's better for taller folks um excellent arms excellent cushion uh when you get the remanufactured version I believe that one is going to be $8 to $900 and the reason why I recommend that is again 12 year warranty excellent customer service free return policy you can't go wrong steelc case gesture steel case in general is one of the best steel uh chair manufacturers in the world um so yeah that's going to be it for the mid tier chair mid-tier chair list H dang it mid-tier chair price list I'm losing my mind if you're 6'3 or taller and you are a rich bat and you want the best chair that money can buy these are my top chair picks for you now something that I kept in mind in this list is going to be again the great return policy because if you don't remember in the beginning I said that sometimes these chairs are just hit and miss at this height range and because of that you want to get a chair with an excellent return policy so all of these have an excellent return policy the weakest of which is Herman Miller which I believe charges a fee for returns at this point it's not a huge fee but something to keep in mind so starting with the Steelcase Carmen coming in at about 1130 1150 um this not this exact color here but a more basic color which is just color uh is going to be 1150 this is my favorite mesh chair pick uh and the reason and this was actually released this year in 2023 by Steelcase the reason why I like this chair so much is because I think it's the evolution of a mesh chair the hermiller Aon is pretty dated at this point uh and the biggest issue that I have with the airon I love the chair still it's just that it's really rigid and it's got these hard edges and it kind of forces you into this position and there's not a lot of flex inside of the chair the Steelcase Carmen is the the total opposite the seat is pretty flat I was actually able to double tuck inside of the chair but most importantly a lot of people complain because the materials on the Carmen don't feel as high uh quality compared to the Aon because it doesn't have that kind of thickness that the Aon does and that is actually I believe on purpose because it allows a lot of flex inside the chair so that when you're sitting in it you can actually move and flex inside the chair throughout the day this being from steel case you're going to get an excellent warranty excellent return policy free returns and excellent customer service unless you're an EU then the warranty has been reduced from 12 Years down to 5 years moving on to our next chair this is the Hayworth Fern this starts at 1165 this chair here is going to be a little bit more pricey cuz it's got the stainless steel bottom but it starts at 1165 the model that I recommend is actually the digital knit back this one here is the standard meshback it's really comfortable but the digital knit one is going to have more cushioning at the expense of a little bit more breathab ility it's going to be definitely warmer than this mesh back here now the Hayworth Fern has a really really tall back and it's got soft edges all all around both in the digital knit and the regular one here and it's got a headrest option now unfortunately this thing doesn't go that high and oh by the way I'll talk about the headrest in just a little bit let me finish up the chair U the seat cushion is awesome there's adjustable lumbar if you want aggressive lumbar I recommend you get it if not opt out um one thing to note is that the seat cushion the seat pan can come out but if you scooch all the way if you're someone who scooches all the way back inside of your chair you can feel a gap in that back butt area so something to keep in mind the headrest this is not hayward's headrest Hayworth does make a headrest for their Fern and I'm going to strongly recommend you don't buy it the Hayworth Fern that I have at home is the Digital model and it's got the headrest and I hated it so much that I just removed it this headrest is actually from Atlas headrest it's actually the Herman Miller Aeron headrest which you can see over there but it's been adapted for the Hayworth Fern there was an Enthusiast he had an idea to come up with a kind of um adapter for the fern and so they used the atlas headrest and adapted it to the fern and now Atlas headrest sells both for about $200 total I think somewhere give or take um and this headrest unfortunately because it's been adapted it doesn't go all that high so for this I'm going to say the maximum height for this headrest is probably 6'4 uh taller than 6'4 you probably shouldn't get a headrest for this chair it may not fit you in the way that you want so something to keep in mind this being a Hayworth chair you're going to get 12-year warranty free returns excellent customer service really love the folks over at Hayworth definitely worth checking out moving over to our next one this is the steel case leap V2 this is the one you guys saw in that $400 to $1,000 price category this is actually a remanufactured one from crle office but it's just a placeholder here because a brand new Steelcase leap be 2 from Steelcase is $1,300 us now they do have a headrest version do not buy it that headrest is worse actually than the Fern's headrest it's just a piece of pad that sticks out you can't even adjust it it's just static don't buy that one please the headrest is awful and you can't remove it so um I don't know if I need to re explain the leap V2 but just in case really quickly leap V2 probably the number two most popular chair in the world right next to the Aeron um phenomenal uh cushion phenomenal back is something that's been really praised highly praised the way it feels um there are a few folks that I read in some forums where they said 6'4 6'5 they absolutely love the leap uh guys the cranel office guys I talked to them they said hey the leap V2 just like every other chair seems to be hit or miss some guys love it some guys hate it in that height range um and then the Tilt mechanism is something that is also phenomenal as well where the seat actually kind of goes a little bit forward as you lean back so yeah Le V 2 phenomenal chair being steel case you get that 12-year warranty from steelc case you get the excellent return policy free returns and you get excellent customer service again if you're in the EU they've reduced that warranty from 12 Years down to 5 years next up is the steelc case gesture now there are two ways to buy the gesture in this price point the first is going to be a factory authorized Factory return for my friends at crle office now these guys basically what they do is if somebody buys a Steelcase gesture they don't like it they return it to steelc case within that 14-day return window well then crle office takes and then they sell it at a discount so I believe that's going to cost you about $11 to $1,200 and then if you want to buy a new steel case gesture from steel case it's going to be $1,400 if you want a headrest model the brand new one from steel case it's going to run you $1,600 is dollar so a $200 add-on now the steel case gesture you know both cranel office and steel case offer 12-year warranty excellent return policy free returns and excellent customer service the steel Cas shester is just a phenomenal chair at this height range I believe you do want to get the additional lumbar support it'll help especially in the higher Heights um the armrests are the best armrest on the market super adjustable really easy to move around and get in place the way you want it the uh the the back is nice and Tall C cushion is fantastic just an overall great chair I have a friend who's hit it gets close he's not quite you know 6' 3 he's 6'1 6'2 he sat in the gesture and he was like this has been a game changer he said it's phenomenal and his back feels so much better in this chair moving to the anthro chair this is a brand new chair I believe they finished doing pre-orders they're supposed to finish in October uh they sent this over and for me to test the review of this is not out yet it'll come out next week following this video and it has become my favorite new chair in 2023 it is a phenomenal chair they're trying to do things differently they're trying to compete against the high-end Brands like Steelcase and Herman Miller I can tell you that even if you don't like this chair one thing that you cannot deny is that the seat Cush is the best seat cushion in the world it is so soft it is so good it is so plush just really really phenomenal um I have friends that are taller 6'2 6'3 that sat in this and said they loved it I had friends that are 6'2 6'3 that sat in this chair said they didn't like it so um yeah it's really going to depend anthos again trying to compete with the her Millers and the steel cases they're offering 12year warranty on this chair free returns as well they're customer service they're new company so we'll see jury's out on that um this chair normally costs around $2,000 but they gave me a coupon code uh $200 off so this chair effectively and it's not a temporary coupon code I don't believe so this chair effectively comes in at about $1,800 us um yeah I'm really digging that they're doing something different moving now over to the Herman Miller Aeron this is a remastered Aon the Herman Miller Aeron and this has a headrest again this headrest is not made by Herman Miller it's made by a company called Atlas headrest the Herman Miller Aon it's iconic chair right this is the remastered version they start they changed everything over from the older ones in 2017 it's got a different lumbar type system um and in this height range you want to get a size C that is the tallest of the bunch the one you see here is a size B so you know if you're looking size comparisons this one isn't the one you should buy you should buy the one uh bigger now um mesh is phenomenal when you sit in it you're just like oh man this mesh is fantastic the downside is that it's got these really hard edges on the side really hard edges on the back here and it really kind of keeps you in that position and the chair itself is super duper rigid which means there's not a lot of flexing not a lot of moving not a lot of stretching that you're able to do inside of this chair throughout the day um at this height range I strongly do recommend you get a headrest it'll just provide a little bit more support for that neck and upper back area uh I prefer the fabric one that Atlas headrest sells but they also sell a mesh one and the beauty of the atlas headrest is that the pl plastic material color the mesh if you get the mesh one the mesh color it's going to be a on toone Match so it looks like it matches it looks like Herman Miller made it it's phenomenal really well done you can use my code Entourage for $5 off you can also use my code Entourage for $5 off the uh Hayworth Fern headrest as well um just really really well done headrest uh Herman Miller 12E warranty excellent customer service return policy has changed so now I believe you have to pay a small fee for returns but as always it's pretty easy to do you just put it back in its box and wait for someone to come pick it up just really well done this is an iconic chair probably the most popular chair in the world so and I've got really fond memories of it when I first entered into my forray into high-end chairs the airon was my first and uh did a lot of good for my back uh especially with the chairs I was using at that time you can either get the gaming one or the non-gaming one they're priced exactly the same the only difference is going to be color the gaming Aon you can get Onyx which is essentially black and then with the non-gaming you can get this gray this is called graphite or you can get a light gray white chair White model and I think that one's going to cost a little bit more because of the color I think it looks the most beautiful in my humble opinion uh so those are the different options for the airon moving on now to the final pick my favorite chair of the bunch my number one pick uh really closely followed by the uh Hayworth Fern over there with the headrest you can see I got some artwork of the embody over there this is the gaming embody from Herman Miller so the Herman Miller gaming embody and this is my favorite chair especially now with this headrest again this headrest not made by Herman Miller was made by Atlas headrest and this is my favorite headrest in the world this is my favorite headrest in the world the Aeron headrest would be number two favorite headrest along with the Hayworth Fern and then my number three favorite headrest in the world is actually the gestures headrest this is a phenomenal headrest I think I forgot to mention that earlier anyways the hermiller and body super deep seat super wide the best thing about it is that you can actually expand the seat even further and instead of doing a slide pad like majority of these chairs you actually undo the tongue so it actually extends the front of it so you get a lot of depth in that seat you get a super tall back uh it's cushioned all around and then uh if you're tall especially in this height range I do recommend you get a headrest for it uh this headrest is so soft so supportive really easy to dial in exactly the way you want really easy to adjust and to really screw in to tighten it down just feels phenomenal and the best part is that it's going to be again a onetoone match the colors the fabric type the backing of it it's going to be a onetoone match with your gaming and body now I have a non-gaming EMB body that I purchased a couple weeks ago and the gaming body and I was going to do a and I'm still going to I'm going to do definitive comparison video of these two chairs I'm going to say just get the gaming EMB body don't get the non-gaming EMB body get the gaming embody because even though the embody has existed for a long time and it's essentially the same chair they did add more cushion to the gaming body I had a bunch of people come in and test these two chairs and they all said unanimously the gaming body is more comfortable so get the gaming body especially as you guys get the taller folks the back turns in and so the number one complaint for taller folks has been that this digs into their shoulder blades this turned in on the back shoulder here the gaming body has more cushion here and it's also less pronounced for some reason not exactly sure why and this is why I say you should pair it with the headrest because the headrest will actually provide you more cushion on that back on those shoulder blade to make sure that it's not digging in at the upper end if you decide that you want the gaming body I mean this thing looks beautiful really looks amazing um so yeah get the gaming one not the non-gaming one I believe the gaming body is actually cheaper than the non-gaming one as well so there's a big bonus there as well if you want an active seating chair I don't really test that many on this channel but of those that I've tested these two are by far my favorite now active seating chairs are chairs that will force you to use more muscles force you to use more of your body so that you feel more more energized more recharged throughout the day especially during lunch laws when I tested these that's when I use them cuz that's when I always want to take a nap and after testing these I was wide awake I mean they just do a really really great job these two are my favorite we'll start with we'll start with the more simpler of the two this is the aiel one by a company called core 360 since the I reviewed this they came out with the aiel 2 but honestly I love the aiel 1 I don't know why I would pay more for the aial 2 I find this chair to be fantastic now some people made fun of me in the comment saying like hey that's a stool and I guess you could say it is because it doesn't really have a back you essentially sit in it and then this thing is not static it Wiggles and Wobbles and moves Every Which Way so that's the point of the chair as you sit in the as you sit in the chair you can wobble your hips you can move them around and it forces you to really use that core throughout the day to give yourself that stability now this chair what I found to be really surprising was that you know it doesn't look like it's going to hold my weight I'm 176 lbs but I actually did crunches inside of the the chair on camera and this does not feel like it's going to break whatsoever so you can even do some aerial crunches in the air if you really wanted to throughout the day really Solly built you guys can use my coupon code for I forget how much off that'll all be in the spreadsheet in the description down below really like this I still use it to this day whenever I'm reviewing a chair sometimes I pull this out pull this out and kind of look at it next to the chair it's really great for like even when you do projects and stuff because it can tilt forward really wonderfully really well designed this chair over here is The capisco Chair by a company called Hogue it's spelled h a but I believe it's Swedish and in Sweden it's pronounced hog and this is now basically called The Joe Rogan chair because Joe Rogan uses this on his podcast his guests use it on his podcast there's actually a clip of him raving about how much he likes the capisco chair they're called capisco and these are ergonomic chairs you notice we've been sitting in this PL it's two and a half hours in the podcast now we don't our backs aren't hurting comtable beautiful they feel good too and this chair is really really unique and I really really like it essentially this chair is designed so that you can sit however the hell you want but Joe Rogan sits in it normally he says he likes the way it feels so this chair I can sit in it like this at an angle if I want it I don't have to sit exactly straight and the legs are super wide out and they've got grips on them so you can raise those feet up in case you're shorter or you just like to play and fidget more and move around inside of your chair but the seat cushion is where this thing gets really unique by the way the back rest can be adjusted higher just like that and it's got three quote unquote formal positions you can sit on it the one the first is going to be the regular way you can sit the next is going to be you can sit sideways in your chair like this and the last way is that you can kind of ride it like this and sit like this but really you can sit on this however you feel like you can even sit on it with both your knees up and do work like this it really is meant to accommodate however you like to sit just some things to keep in mind is that the seat is definitely on the firmer side it's not super duper firm I'm 176 lbs I can compress the cushion just fine and it feels comfortable and I initially thought that this was meant for shorter folks like I fit it really nicely being 5'6 but Joe roken seems like a big guy and he loves this chair he finds it super comfortable so something to keep in mind that maybe it's not just for the shorter folks out there if you're taller I'll find out how tall he is and I'll put it here but if you're taller and you want to look for something with active seating where you don't have to give up like this you don't even have a back rest but if you want some kind of back rest on your chair but you also want to sit actively this could be an option for you we did it ultimate chair bind guide 2023 is complete the spreadsheet guide will be linked in the description below as well as affiliate links to everything will be in the description please check that out affiliate links coupon codes full length reviews of all the chairs will be there please consider using those links it really helps this channel a lot like subscribe want to hit 100,000 subscribers that would be amazing I appreciate you all I hope you enjoyed this let me know if you did or didn't in the comments ments below until next time stay safe and as always stay [Music] honest
