Sit different

February 23, 2006 12:35 PM

Where can I get one of those ball chairs like they have in the Apple Store? My kid loves em.

Tried looking, got as far as the Baleri Italia web site and its user-hating Flash interface (they're in the "tato collection"). Anybody on the west coast carry them or a less expensive knockoff?

posted by ldenneau to home & garden (10 comments total)

Is this what you mean?
posted by Sara Anne at 12:59 PM on February 23, 2006

No, that's not them. I shoulda posted a picture. Here's one. They're flat on the bottom so they don't roll.
posted by ldenneau at 1:05 PM on February 23, 2006

The real deal ($474—ouch).

Another round thing you can sit on ($14.99).

Actually, the cheap one doesn't look too bad.
posted by designbot at 1:07 PM on February 23, 2006

Thanks designbot. That's crazy. No wonder Macs are so expensive <g&gt.
posted by ldenneau at 1:17 PM on February 23, 2006

Grr, that was a <g>.
posted by ldenneau at 1:18 PM on February 23, 2006

Actually, designbot, it's not too bad. My wife loves hers. She's now thinking of moving up to one of these, which I think is pretty wacky but also kind of cool.
posted by The Bellman at 1:22 PM on February 23, 2006

(innocently) Where does the apple's stem go?
posted by rob511 at 3:36 PM on February 23, 2006

My wife actually uses an exercise ball for a desk chair at her massage office. She read that using one would help her balance (and offer a bit of exercise while sitting) and has been pretty happy with it.
posted by kickerofelves at 4:19 PM on February 23, 2006

I use the product that The Bellman has linked. Its pretty nice but I tend to lean on the back rest too much which you're specifically stated not to do. The back rest is for moving the plastic enclosure around. The ball is removable which is pretty cool.
posted by andendau at 12:21 AM on February 24, 2006

I just saw at Costco a similar kinda thing, sort of a comfortable hassock you can sit on, with a plush finish for around $50. Maybe worth checking out before blowing the big bucks...
posted by carterk at 11:23 AM on February 24, 2006