Mostly comfortable, but required a fix and is too expensive
This chair is easy to assemble, and it's made even easier by the inclusion of an Allen wrench with a large plastic handle (much easier to use than the standard L-shaped tools). One piece of advice: look for the arrow subtly embossed on the seat bottom to tell you which direction is the front of the seat.
There are a number of nice features that make this chair comfortable. A screw mechanism can adjust a bulge in the lower portion of the seat back to provide lumbar support suited to your needs. The headrest moves up and down and can be adjusted to different front-to-back angles. The arm rests are adjustable up and down but do not swivel. The chair height can be adjusted with a standard, handle-controlled hydraulic lift. All these features can be adjusted to meet the needs of individual users.
I found the foam-filled chair seat to be a bit too firm, much more so than mesh seats.
One feature did not work at all. The back would not tilt back. My husband took apart a screw mechanism at the bottom of the seat that was said to control the tension in the seat back as it reclined. For reasons neither of us understand, the back started reclining after he put the mechanism back together. The screw handle did start to properly control the tension of the reclining seat at that point. Please note, however, that the seat is designed for rocking back and forth. It cannot be fixed at a reclining angle.
In sum, the chair is easy to assemble, adjustable in many ways, and mostly comfortable. But the reclining feature required a fix, and the chair is just too expensive at (currently) $219.99 given that there appear to be similar chairs available at around half the cost.
Because of the expense and the need to repair one of the chair's features, I believe it merits three stars.
Mostly comfortable, but required a fix and is too expensive
This chair is easy to assemble, and it's made even easier by the inclusion of an Allen wrench with a large plastic handle (much easier to use than the standard L-shaped tools). One piece of advice: look for the arrow subtly embossed on the seat bottom to tell you which direction is the front of the seat. There are a number of nice features that make this chair comfortable. A screw mechanism can adjust a bulge in the lower portion of the seat back to provide lumbar support suited to your needs. The headrest moves up and down and can be adjusted to different front-to-back angles. The arm rests are adjustable up and down but do not swivel. The chair height can be adjusted with a standard, handle-controlled hydraulic lift. All these features can be adjusted to meet the needs of individual users. I found the foam-filled chair seat to be a bit too firm, much more so than mesh seats. One feature did not work at all. The back would not tilt back. My husband took apart a screw mechanism at the bottom of the seat that was said to control the tension in the seat back as it reclined. For reasons neither of us understand, the back started reclining after he put the mechanism back together. The screw handle did start to properly control the tension of the reclining seat at that point. Please note, however, that the seat is designed for rocking back and forth. It cannot be fixed at a reclining angle. In sum, the chair is easy to assemble, adjustable in many ways, and mostly comfortable. But the reclining feature required a fix, and the chair is just too expensive at (currently) $219.99 given that there appear to be similar chairs available at around half the cost. Because of the expense and the need to repair one of the chair's features, I believe it merits three stars.