Boss Office Products Ergonomic Works Drafting Chair without Arms in Black

While this stool isn't loaded with a ton of features, it is great at the price it is being sold. I cannot speak for longevity of the stool, since I just received it yesterday and assembled it today.This stool was extremely easy to put together. I noticed many people complained that the design was unstable due to the way they use an extension tube combined with a standard office chair lift, but I feel the way they implemented this design is very stable. The foot ring has a 4.5 inch area that mends the lifting mechanism with the extension tube. Once the chair is put together from bottom to top, following the correct directions in the diagram, the entire length is secure and very stable. I admit to not properly following the diagram at first, and exclaiming how it is too unstable-only to look at the diagram again to notice I had not followed the design properly.You can use this stool with or without the arms. I prefer no arms for my situation.The foot ring is fixed in place and cannot be adjusted. I didn't expect any adjustment at the price I paid. This stool is inexpensive.The top of the seat is 26" high at the lowest adjustment and 31" at the highest adjustment. The seat back has approximately 2" of forward to back movement that is fixed with a knob tightener on the bottom side. The seat is a little bit small, has only moderate cushioning and is upholstered with durable feeling material that does a look a little bit low end. It is only 17" from front to back of the cushion. (My office chair has 21" from front to back) The stool isn't recommended for individuals over 250 lbs and I would say, from my own personal experience, it would not be comfortable to a person of larger size. (I did used to weigh 275lb and I would have hated it. I now weigh 190 lbs and it is just barely deep enough to feel comfortable to sit on.)Overall, it is inexpensive, and has features to match its price. I feel like this was a very good value. When I made this purchase I did not want to spend 250-300 for a lot of features and higher end looking materials, because those features were not important to me for how I am using it. I would say to other buyers: if you want a high end looking stool with a lot of comfort features, go look elsewhere and spend more money. If you need a basic, but sturdy and fairly comfortable stool, then this could be the stool you want to buy.NOTE: Amazon should standardize the measurements for chairs and stools so people can more easily make buying decisions. A chair/stool purchase should include all relevant measurements in the description. Buyers should not have to rely upon the reviews from others to find out the actual size of a seat. The description should include the size of the roller base, lowest seat adjustment, highest seat adjustment, size of the seat width and front-back, size of the back, adjustment of the seat back forward-aft, angles for the seat and back adjustment, etc. (The only reason I bought my stool from Amazon was price, several other websites offer these kinds of measurements to help the buyer. Measurements only need to be made once and shouldn't affect the price of the item)

I bought 2 of these Boss Office chairs -- the blue one with loop arms. Having used several much pricier ergonomic office chairs, some nice (a few fancy Canadian-made ones with various adjustments) and some not so nice (a pair of no-name-brand gaming chairs), I can confidently say the value for money you get here is simply outstanding.Assembly was easy and intuitive, with a couple gotchas that I quickly got over:1. Be aware of the instruction sheet: it can confuse you at first. It only describes assembly WITHOUT the included footrest. In fact, while it's made for multiple configurations of the chair, nowhere does it mention or even depict the footrest.Not to worry: a quick look back at the product pictures, and I was back in business! I realized there's an additional metal sleeve specifically for the footrest.You install the metal sleeve on the base first, and the footrest on top of it, and ONLY THEN do you place the gas lift. Again, take a look at the product picture - that's exactly how it's supposed to go.2. In both chairs, the arm screws were missing, so I couldn't use the arms. One mechanism screw was stripped (not the thread - the screw itself).Fortunately, Boss has great customer service. The instruction sheets direct you to a toll-free hotline. I called and followed the agent's instructions to order replacement parts. They send the parts by non-tracked snail mail -- they arrived today, and I'm glad they did.Even so, having used the chairs for 2 weeks without loop arms, I'm very happy with them -- to where I almost feel I don't need to use the loop arms.Nothing looks or feels cheap, the build quality is excellent (it feels like it cost at least $70 more), and most of all, it's stable and comfy. Sure, it doesn't fully tilt back (only the back cushion tilts), but even with that, it's very comfortable. Well worth the purchase.

I like the height of this chair, it’s perfect for my work bench in my leather shop. The seat is very comfortable and keeps its shape fairly well. My only complaint is they only last about a year and a half before the back is falling off and cannot be screwed in any more. Don’t get me wrong, this is the second one, exactly like this, that I bought from this company. I enjoyed it until it just need to be replaced. I don’t know how much y’all will use yours, but if you use it a lot, just keep in mind it’ll wear out after 18 months or so….but you’ll love it until it does!

I accidentally ordered two of these stools, but now I'm glad i did! The other posters are right that the lowest height of the seat (with casters) is 25", and the armrests come up to 34" at the lowest height. This works great for my breakfast nook desk, with its work surface at just under 3 feet.It was so easy to assemble I did it in between screen refreshes during a period when our network was really slow. All I used was the larger phillips screwdriver part of what i call my kitchen hammer. The instructions say it's ok to use a mallet to pound in some of the stem components, but that wasn't necessary at all.The one-page instructions were clear even to the likes of me, and i'm not all that technically oriented or handy. All aspects of the stool are sturdy and comfortable. It spins and rolls effortlessly but not when you don't want it to. The lever to raise the chair works very easily and well. I do have to put my whole body weight on the seat to get it to go back down if i've hit the lever to raise it, but i just chalk that up to the hydraulics being sturdy.Really really incredibly happy i bought this. My only regret is missing out on what looks like a slightly lower price on it today (76.95 vs. 85.95), but considering 1) it's a great stool 2) i got free, extremely quick delivery 3) i didn't have to go anywhere to get it 4) ease of assembly ... i couldn't recommend this stool more!