So the chair adventure continues.
We use Leaps at work, and my chair I sit in is wonderful. In my current back pain from wfh going into work is like therapy for me to heal. I first tried an embody at home, but the hard plastic in the lower back definitely hit me wrong, sitting for an hour would hobble me for a week. Was feeling extremely dumb for not buying the same chair I know I like.
Last December I bought a Leap v2, thinking it would be the same as my work chair that I love. Unfortunately it did the exact same thing the embody did. There’s a little strip of hard plastic that pokes through the back pad
and must hit me exactly on a nerve or something because the second I sit down I feel like I’m a stress position and can’t sit in it at all. I did try removing the adjustable lumbar which helped the pressure but didn’t remove it.
I went back to work and called our facilities guy, all he knew was they were Leaps, didn’t know if they were v1 or v2. They were purchased in 2012 so really could have been either. He did think they were “tall” which is a description I couldn’t find, but I’m wondering if they are the v1 “high back”. I’m short (5’9) so a true tall wouldn’t feel like the best chair for me but what we have at work is really incredible compared to the Embody and V2 I’ve set so much money on fire trying and hating. Crandall has a good video explaining the v2 and v1 high back and they specifically call out that the back on the highback is thicker padded and more comfortable.
Not sure my next move. Probably try a Crandall rebuilt V1 Highback. Also debating just getting some overstuffed office chair locally or drop the Gs and get one of those Stressless office chairs.
