Finding the right task chair is a little like the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears–it's hard to find the one that fits both your body and your daily activities. To make it a little easier for you, we've organized our selection of task chairs for ready comparison. We stand behind each one of our task chairs in terms of quality and effectiveness; it's just a matter of finding the one that�s right for you.
 
  Freedom Chair Freedom Chair w/ Headrest Aeron Chair Mirra Chair Caper Multitask Chair Celle Chair Chadwick Chair Liberty Chair
Award: National Design Award from the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum National Design Award from the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum Gold Winner, Industrial Designers Society of America Best of Neocon, Gold Award, 2003 Bronze award at the Industrial Design Excellence Awards, (IDEA) Best of Neocon, 2005 Greenguard® Certified NeoCon Gold winner, 2005
Price: $898 $1,198 $949 $799 $579 $749 $618 $1,078
# of colors: 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 3
Lumbar support: yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes
Height adjustable: yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Adjustable arms, seat width and depth: yes yes yes yes no yes arms, yes;
seat, no
yes
Mesh, suspension or gel seats allowing weight to distribute evenly over the seat and back: yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Ventilated seat: no no yes yes yes yes yes no
Seat material: Gel Gel Pellicle® Aire Weave® FLEXNET® Polypropylene Mesh Gel
High back for taking the weight off the lower spine: yes yes yes yes no yes no yes
What else you need to know:
  • + Recommended task chair
  • + Chair offers break-through in user-friendly seating machines
  • + Eliminates most manual adjustments and creates a system of internal mechanisms which respond to the user's needs
  • + Recommended task chair
  • + Chair offers break-through in user-friendly seating machines
  • + Height-adjustable headrest offering customized support for the head
  • + Part of the New York MoMa design collection
  • + Breakthrough Kinemat� tilt
  • + Ergonomically comfortable for users to sit in for long periods of time
  • + TriFlex� back supports the entire spine
  • + Innovative FlexFront
  • + Passive Harmonic® tilt
  • + High level of performance with an affordable price
  • + Adjustments are made with an easily accessible lever
  • + Founded on a patented system of polymer "cells" that respond to the body's movements through the day
  • + The chair has 33% recycled content, and is 99% recyclable
  • + Includes Harmonic Tilt, Passive PostureFit, pneumatic height and tilt tension adjustability
  • + The all-mesh seat and back distribute weight evenly
  • + Two manual adjustments
  • + 93% recyclable and contains 54% recycled content
  • + No external knobs or levers
  • + Self-adjusting, patented counterbalance mechanism automatically provides the right amount of recline tension
Passed California fire flammability standards: yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes
See all task chairs Freedom Chair Freedom Chair w/ Headrest Aeron Chair Mirra Chair Caper Multitask Chair Celle Chair Chadwick Chair Liberty Chair
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