Description
Have a seat fit for an executive in the Serta Big and Tall Executive Office Chair. This leather office chair features an ergonomic design with deep layers of plush cushioning and hand-sculpted, upholstered armrests. Built with commercial grade components to support up to 350 pounds, this big and tall chair features a wide seat and tall headrest back. Customized positioning is easy with the EZ-Reach Control Arm, which allows the seat height to be adjusted up to 3-3/4 inches. This desk chair also has a contoured lumbar zone for lower-back support and an elevated headrest for comfort. Multi-surface, dual-wheel casters make it easy to move around, and scuff-resistant footpads provide a comfortable and durable place to rest your feet.
Household –
I’m a college student who got their first desk chair buying a room full of furniture from the last tenant of my house for a couple hundred bucks. I loved my chair cause I could sit criss-cross applesauce and lean back so far that I could sleep periodically while pulling all nighters. It had no butt support (I had a pillow and blanket layered under me) and the entire thing was basically held together with packing tape, but we spent many a night together and I appreciated it beyond rational thought. The final straw tho was when I was napping and one of the legs snapped, almost landing my head on the corner of my bookshelf. Even then, I loved this chair so much that I taped a tide pod box to the broken leg and kept it for another 8 months, playing russian roulette every time I leaned back, rolling the dice if I would fall over or not. After finally acquiring a student job I decided it was time for my Tide Pod Box Chair to go to the big office max in the sky. I tell you the legacy of TPBC to emphasize how reluctant I was to get a new chair, and how picky I was at selecting it. I searched for days before finally ordering this one out of defeat.
Review:
It seems that every frickin chair in the world has contradicting reviews online. One review says it’s comfy, tall, and has great support, another says that this chair kicked their dog and embezzled money from their savings account. I’m here to assure you that this chair is a good chair. It came in 2 days with prime shipping, and took me under a half hour to assemble. My poor butt had no idea what support felt like until I sat in this desk chair.
I am a lanky 6’5″ basketball center with legs for days, and while I can’t sit completely criss-cross applesauce like TPBC provided due to this chair’s arms, I can twist my ridiculously long body into many comfortable positions with how wide the seat is. I don’t think it would provide a comfortable amount of wiggle room for any of my heavier set friends out there, but my needs are met. The top of my head does go a couple inches above the back of the chair when it’s straight up, but leaning back provides the perfect angle for me to tilt my head back and rest. The legs on this thing are sturdy. I am greatly enjoying leaning as far back as I please without the neverending threat of potential death looming over me, and I think after a good bit of use it will lean back as far as I’d like. The lowest setting is a little high for my semi-low desk, but my criss-crossed legs still fit under comfortably.
Appearance-wise this baby looks just like the picture. The cushions provide good back/spine alignment and while I was concerned that the cushy pad at the front of the seat would be annoying its not at all, it actually provides more support and prevents me from tipping forward. The twisty thing that sets how easily you can lean back does its job perfectly, as does the height adjustment.
If you’re not looking to spend a bajillion dollars on an executive chair with the most confusing reviews in the world and you don’t have the ability to go find a chair you can test in a store cause your tuition keeps you tap dancing the poverty line, this is a really. great. chair.
Nelson –
JATOAV8OR –
The majority of big & tall chairs I tried were over stuffed especially the headrest, that forces me into an awkward uncomfortable position that hurts my neck. Many so called (ergonomic) style chairs are exactly the opposite for me, I feel like I’m not sitting back far enough and the mesh chairs that are all the rage had frame members that hurt after only a few minutes. I think mesh is okay if you’re of average size but I couldn’t find one that I could live with.
Even some of the chairs claiming to be for big & tall folks were so narrow that no space existed between me and the arms!
This was one of the few chairs at any price that didn’t exhibit these design flaws and also has a sufficient weight capacity, 350lbs.
I’m using this at home mostly for gaming so I can’t say how my back & butt would feel after 8 hours in it but I have sat for 4 + hours with no discomfort.
I’m wide and I don’t feel cramped by the armrests and the seat is deep enough and contoured so I don’t feel like I’m slipping off the front edge. I can actually lean back and feel fully supported.
When I assembled it I noticed spacers where the base mounts to the seat that slightly angles the whole chair back so you don’t have the feeling the chair is trying to eject you.
There was nothing under $300 that came close to matching the size, capacity and comfort but for an additional $150 the Serta Smart Layers Air series of big & tall chairs had a couple designs that had all the attributes of the Fairbanks and also has superior padding in the seat. I would look seriously at these if I had to spend an entire workday in a chair.
I went to a local showroom that had all the popular brands with various price ranges and styles, I sat in every one.
As an overweight large size person my advice is first to test in person I was surprising how many poorly designed products are on the market. Secondly if you must make a choice online focus your search only on big & tall series chairs with 350lbs capacity or higher and avoid standard size chairs of 275lb or less capacity, avoid TASK style chairs and WATERFALL seat designs.
TASK chairs are tilted forward and WATERFALL seats taper down in front. Both make you feel like you’re slipping off the front edge of the seat. I’ve only had this chair a month so I can’t attest to the durability but this chair checks the most boxes by far and I have no complaints especially at this price!
I’m not associated with this product or any other product. I received nothing in return for my review.