Talk:Office chair

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Just noticed there that "spinny chair" redirects here(!) Not bad! -- THE GREAT GAVINI  {T|C| # } 08:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
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Hey, there should be information here on what the mechanism is called that apparently uses some manner of air valve to let the chair ascend and descend-only-when-weight-is-applied.. and how that seal seems to break pretty often, ruining the chair for tall folk.
 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the correct word is thingamajig? NickdelaG
 * It's just a pneumatic tube 199.76.157.35
 * It's also called a Pneumatic cylinder or gas cylinder, but the current PC article doesn't have anything on chairs... yet. More about PCs as chair parts here. --24.62.104.116 (talk) 23:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Would it be wrong to make a page on games played with office chairs? In addition to Chair Soccer, I've played office chair dodgeball and this very afternoon was chewed out by my shop teacher for removing the back from a chair (in order for greater lean when kicking off from the wall) and jousting with scrap wood out in the hall. And I really doubt that nobody else has ever done that. Although they probably got it out of their system at a younger age. LeeRamsey (talk) 04:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Should there be a section on types of chairs? I really thought it would already have been on the article! Executive chairs, operator chairs, ergonomic chairs and mesh chairs are four of the most common types of chairs found in most offices and schools. A Google search on 'executive chair -chairman -man' yields 32,500,000 results, 'operator chair -chairman -man' 1,870,000 results, 'mesh chair -chairman -man' 17,300,000 results mostly for sale or reviews. Therefore I think it would be useful just to add a small section on the type of chairs. Undefined 20:22, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

What is the point of the 'common repairs' section? It just seems to say "chair parts wear out over time, and can be replaced". I haven't seen a section like that in other articles, and it doesn't really add any useful information. Kyesel (talk) 17:16, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Proposed merge
China office chair contains some marginally useful information on the types and components of office chairs. Suggest the information should be merged into this article. --Boson (talk) 09:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose to merge Gaming chair into Office chair. It may be worth re-creating the source article in the future, should gaming chairs become a significant enough product covered by verifiable sources that we can cite. However, to me, they are currently just a variation of executive (full-back) chairs that are marketed toward video game players. Though the design of gaming chairs are evidently flashier than their business-oriented counterparts, gaming chairs have virtually identical function as office chairs: that is, a (supposedly) ergonomic chair designed for long periods of sitting at a desk (or in the case of a gaming chair, sitting in front of a computer, though some exceptions in design probably exist). My only concern is that the destination article (Office chair) opens with "...type of chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office." While I don't think it would be worth editing the text on the destination article too much, it might be worth adding "generally" or "most" in the opening paragraph to allow room for the gaming chair merge. Admittedly, I am not an expert on gaming chairs, office chairs, or merging Wikipedia articles, so I look forward to any editor's feedback or decision made on this merger proposal. --Buktoo (talk) 05:13, 30 March 2020 (UTC) Follow-up edit: Minor grammar fix and added clarification (re: why gaming chairs/office chairs are similar products) to own merger proposal. --Buktoo (talk) 14:47, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Possible hoax
I have seen an assertion that the claim that Otto von Bismarck is credited with popularizing the office chair was inserted into the article as a deliberate hoax. Whether that's true or not, the insertion was indeed unsourced, and I can't seem to find a source that makes the claim predating the insertion. Anyone who wishes to restore the claim is therefore advised to provide a reliable source that was published before 4 May 2010 (or is supported by credible documentary evidence), per Verifiability. Nardog (talk) 12:18, 4 March 2023 (UTC)