Computer & Task Chairs

The everyday office chair: gas lift, a back that tilts or locks, castors, contract fabric. It covers the broad middle of office life without the price of the specialist ranges. There are 46 of them here from £48, and for most people doing most jobs a well-made one, adjusted properly, does everything needed.

Degree rather than kind. A task chair adjusts for height and usually tilt. An ergonomic chair adds independent seat and back angles, adjustable lumbar, seat depth and multi-adjustable arms, so it can be set for one person properly rather than set roughly for anyone. If a chair is shared across shifts, a task chair is often the better buy; if one person sits in it all day, the ergonomic one pays for itself.

Seat height first, so feet are flat and knees are at about a right angle. Then the desk, or a footrest if the desk cannot move. Then the backrest height so the lumbar curve meets the small of your back, and finally the tilt tension so the chair pushes back without launching you. Most discomfort blamed on a chair is a chair nobody adjusted.

Mesh moves air, so it suits people who run warm and rooms that do. Fabric feels softer and warmer and hides wear better. Neither is more supportive by default: that comes from the lumbar and the mechanism, not the material.

The ones here are rated at eight hours or, on a few models, twenty-four. That rating is on every page, and it is the single most useful number when you are comparing two chairs that look alike.

Most of this category is made to order, so allow 10 to 15 working days. Delivery itself is still free. A few lines are stocked and move faster, and every product page shows the date it will arrive by before you pay.

Yes, on everything here. The crew deliver it, build it, put it where you want it and take the packaging away. It starts at £17.95 an item and the exact price is on each product page. Installs usually happen within about 10 working days, and the team agree the day with you rather than simply turning up.

Most of it arrives flat-packed, with the instructions and fittings in the box. If you would rather not build it, pre-assembled delivery and installation are offered on much of the range and priced per item on the product page.

Each product carries the manufacturer's warranty and the period is stated on that product's page, often broken down by part: the structure for one length of time, the mechanism and the fabric for another. If something fails inside the warranty, report it from your order page and we deal with the manufacturer for you.

37 of the 46 products in this category have a 3D model on the page rather than only photographs. The viewer spins the actual model, and changing a colour or a size on the page changes the model with it, which is worth doing before committing a whole room to a finish.

On stocked items, yes: tell us within 14 days of receiving them and raise it from your order page, with the goods unused and back in their packaging. Most of this range is made to order, though, and made-to-order goods cannot be cancelled once acknowledged or returned because you have changed your mind. Each product page says which it is before you buy.

Yes. For twenty items or more, or anything with a complication like a mezzanine or a lift that argues back, we plan the job and give you one quote covering the goods, delivery and installation. Ring 0208 138 0512 or email [email protected] with a rough list or a floor plan.