Getting a Steelcase Think in Ottawa
March 24, 2007 9:29 PM Subscribe
The Steelcase Think chair: is it worth it, and how to find around Ottawa, Canada?
It's your typical software-developer-working-long-hours-and-hating-his-cheap-office-chair story.
The Steelcase Think has received a lot of positive reviews, enough to make me at least consider buying a nine hundred dollar chair (ouch), but not enough to blindly order one without sitting in it at least a few minutes. The Steelcase website lists a single dealer in Ottawa, but checking out their website, they look like they're strictly B2B. Does anyone know of anywhere in or near Ottawa where I can try out one of these?
Stories and mini-reviews of your office chair (this one or similar) are of course welcome, but we've already had a couple of those threads.
It's your typical software-developer-working-long-hours-and-hating-his-cheap-office-chair story.
The Steelcase Think has received a lot of positive reviews, enough to make me at least consider buying a nine hundred dollar chair (ouch), but not enough to blindly order one without sitting in it at least a few minutes. The Steelcase website lists a single dealer in Ottawa, but checking out their website, they look like they're strictly B2B. Does anyone know of anywhere in or near Ottawa where I can try out one of these?
Stories and mini-reviews of your office chair (this one or similar) are of course welcome, but we've already had a couple of those threads.
I use the Leap chair, and love it, love it, love it.
Seriously, it has improved my life and permanently altered my perspective on office chairs. I will never use a crappy chair again.
Yes, the Leap is expensive, but you can often find them used on Craigslist for $200-$300. However, once you've found one, be sure to snap it up quickly because they tend to go fast
posted by Afroblanco at 12:48 AM on March 25, 2007
Seriously, it has improved my life and permanently altered my perspective on office chairs. I will never use a crappy chair again.
Yes, the Leap is expensive, but you can often find them used on Craigslist for $200-$300. However, once you've found one, be sure to snap it up quickly because they tend to go fast
posted by Afroblanco at 12:48 AM on March 25, 2007
Steelcase will not list everyone who sells their chairs. Call the high end office furniture stores and ask them if they sell the chair. If so, go over and sit in one. Then buy it from them if the price isn't way over what you can find online.
The Steelcase Leap chair is awesome. Don't know about the Think. $900 isn't a lot for a chair considering you'll be sitting in it for 10 years.
posted by Nelson at 7:40 AM on March 26, 2007
The Steelcase Leap chair is awesome. Don't know about the Think. $900 isn't a lot for a chair considering you'll be sitting in it for 10 years.
posted by Nelson at 7:40 AM on March 26, 2007
I use the Leap at my desk and it is awesome -- I am one fidgety guy and the chair moves with me, supports my back, and keep my typing hands properly supported. GREAT CHAIR.
posted by wonderwisdom at 1:02 PM on March 26, 2007
posted by wonderwisdom at 1:02 PM on March 26, 2007
Afroblanco knows what he's talking about. I'm sitting in a Leap that I got from a dude on Craigslist for $250 in Toronto. I'm so well supported right now, it should be illegal.
posted by tracert at 3:57 PM on March 26, 2007
posted by tracert at 3:57 PM on March 26, 2007
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posted by mendel at 11:06 PM on March 24, 2007