The $65 salon chair that made me question my back pain for two years

I bought a cheap folding chair for my station thinking it was a steal, but after three months of hunching over clients my shoulders were wrecked, so I finally dropped $400 on an ergonomic model and now I'm curious, what's the lowest price chair you've found that actually holds up for a full day?

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nora_park721mo ago

wait, I think people are sleeping on the middle ground here. Your $400 chair was probably worth it, but this idea that you either buy a $65 folding chair or drop four bills is a false choice. I found a used Herman Miller from a local office liquidation place for $150 once and it lasted me six years, no joke. The real trick is to check if the seat pan actually supports your thighs without cutting off circulation, and if the backrest moves with you when you lean forward to trim bangs. A lot of cheap chairs look ergonomic but the lumbar support is just a fixed bump in the wrong spot, which is honestly worse than nothing. Also, wrong posture is half the problem, I had a $300 chair and still wrecked my neck until I learned to bring the client up to eye level instead of bending down to them. So yeah, price matters, but fit and adjustability matter way more than people give them credit for.

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