The Best Office Chairs
The right office chair is so good you don't notice it. The wrong one can lead to an all-day battle of discomfort and strain.
We're well aware of this from experience. Over the past nine years, we've purchased over 60 office chairs and spent countless hours testing them at our desks and in our testing lab. Our GearLab editors sat in every model for several days, evaluating how long they remain comfortable in each model.
Our test panel of different sizes and shapes determined the Branch Ergonomic Chair is the best for most people. It balanced great comfort and adjustability at a reasonable price. That said, if you are willing to pay more than triple the cost, the top-scoring model is the Steelcase Leap. No other chair could touch its high scores across every test we subjected it to.
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Editor's Note:On March 14, 2025 we enhanced our review by incorporating a wealth of additional testing insights from our editors and testers.