Best office chair

For long days at work, a quality office chair is essential. Providing you with comfort and banishing backache, a good office chair should see you through the working day. Plus, it helps if it looks stylish. After all, it's important your workspace has a nice atmosphere as you spend a lot of time there. Lumbar support, adjustability, design, material... There's a lot to consider when looking for a new office chair. To make your search that little bit easier, we've picked out some of the best office chairs you can find. 

Our best office chair, the KOLLIEE mid-back mesh office chair offers users comfort and adjustability. With an ergonomic design, great for lumbar support, it reduces back pain that can come with long shifts at the desk. Constructed from high-density mesh, the chair has a resilient foam cushion, making for some seriously cushy seating. Oh, and thanks to its gas lift cylinder and flip-up armrests, it can be adjusted to suit the user. Frankly, we're sold.

The OFM Essentials Collection mesh-back office chair is a great budget-friendly buy. It features a contoured mesh back and a 2-inch thick mesh seat for breathability purposes. It can hold up to 225 pounds in weight. Boasting a swivel function, this chair can spin 360 degrees and it's on wheels to make it easy to transport. This office chair is also height adjustable from 30.5-inches high to 34.5-inches high. It benefits from pneumatic controls – to go higher you lean forward and remove your weight from the chair, to go lower stay seated, and pull the control handle up. It's comfortable, affordable, and will be sure to suffice for sporadic use.

The Hbada office task chair is a great pick if you're often complaining of back pain when sitting down for long periods of time. This mid-back office chair benefits from being upholstered in a resilient, strong mesh which molds to your lower back and alongside the waist. This ergonomic construction promotes better spine alignment. The base is sturdy and has silenced castors, and the chair has a maximum weight allowance of 250 pounds. With pneumatic controls, this office chair can be adjusted in height from 17.7 inch to 21.2 inch. The armrests can be folded, which allows for the chair to fit under your desk. As for the armrests, though they don't flip up, they do align to your body's position to help aid comfort. This chair also has the added function of the ability to tilt. It can tilt 120 degrees. Comfortable and practical.

The OFM Essentials Collection racing-style leather gaming chair screams cool and oozes comfort. It features flip-up padded arms, a padded headrest, and segmented padding in the seat and back. You'll be comfortable for hours. It's also upholstered in SofThread Leather and it has a maximum weight capacity of 300 pounds. It comes in a range of colors from black to blue, green, pink, red, white, and various camo patterns. This gaming chair can swivel 360-degrees while it features height adjustment from 17-inches to 20.75-inches and center-tilt control. Its arms flip up, too. Not only is this a great gaming chair, but it's a great office chair option for long hours of use: it's padded everywhere and super durable. 

The AmazonCommercial leather office desk chair is a great choice for several reasons, but mostly because it's sleek and simple. It's made from bonded leather and PVC, with a pewter finish frame. It has a padded seat and back for all-day comfort and support, while it can hold up to 275 pounds in weight. With the ability to swivel 360 degrees and move around flat surfaces since it's on wheels, this office chair is quite simply brilliant. It also has padded comfortable armrests, it's height-adjustable and it rocks.

Our verdict

Have you found your next office chair? If not, don't fret. We have summarised our favorites below.

Our all-time winner? The KOLLIEE mid-back mesh office chair, is complete with adjustable height and armrests, and uber-comfy cushioning. Often experience back pain at work? This Hbada office task chair might just help. Consider yourself a professional gamer? You'll love the OFM Essentials Collection racing-style leather gaming chair. 

Why is lumbar support so important?

Did you know that sitting down for long periods of time can put three times as much pressure on your lower spine and discs? That's a lot of pressure and can lead to serious back pain if you are not careful.

A lumbar-supported office chair adds a curve that fits with the natural curve in your spine. That natural curve is called, you guessed it, the lumbar region. This is often compounded by a natural extinct to lean forward as we type.

For the best chance of relieving that pressure, you should let the chair do the work and sit straight while allowing the lumbar support to hold your back gently. Once you get the hang of sitting straight as you type, you will start to feel your backache ease and your muscles relax.

Why trust us?

At Real Homes we recommend the best products to enhance your life. As expert curators, we handpick products based on quality and usefulness to positively impact your day-to-day, from cart to doorstep. We take our responsibility seriously — testing products, reading reviews, and sourcing knowledgeable outlets to ensure our selections are worthy of your time and money. 

We deliver detailed product overviews, balancing objective information with subjective opinions, so making the best choice for your home and lifestyle is as easy as possible.

I spend about 8 hours a day sitting on my behind in assorted office chairs, including gaming chairs, cheap swivel chairs, and expensive executive chairs. Using so many different products has helped me identify what the best office chairs offer, and what the worst ones don't!