I'm over 6 feet tall and needed a better sitting option. This was recommended by a physical therapist. I have Ehlers Danlos and have trouble staying on my sit bones - even with this stool. It's been over a month and I still have the inclination to put my feet up on a low table. It was difficult to sit on for more than a few minutes at first. Even in a tripod position, it is difficult to keep my back straight. I think this may be good for me in the long run, but will take a lot more training to get used to it. Extremely expensive. I wonder if I should have put the money towards a body braid instead (also extremely expensive).

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I have an adjustable desk and wanted to work more in the standing position, but I have a habit of locking my knees if I stand for awhile. This unconscious habit led to leg cramps and other discomforts. With the Varier stool, I'm comfortable in both the sitting and the "leaning-forward-semi-standing" position. When I am in the semi-standing position, I can plant my feet, relax my knees, and shift most of my bodyweight from my seat and to my legs without any discomfort. Best news is that my back and shoulder posture is vastly improved. I will add that for the first several days of usage, I felt a bit like I had been horseback riding all day. It's much better now.

It seems well made, and looks good, BUT I can't sit for more than 10 minutes as my legs go numb from the pressure of the seat. I end up standing mostly, sitting back for a sec, standing again. I was hoping for something I could sit on in a high position, somewhere between standing and sitting in a regular chair. My legs get tired standing and working for extended periods of time. I just ordered a different chair. I wish I had kept the packaging and returned it. Too expensive for how uncomfortable the seat is.

I use the Varier Move to sit at standing desk or kitchen counter (which are higher than a normal desk). I alternate between the Move chair and standing or walking or sitting on a desk chair or couch. I’ve found it effective for preventing soreness or stiffness from sitting in one position too long.I found the chair very comfortable when used on a carpet or padded surface but not on a hard surface. I thought the construction and finish were very good and the price reasonable, though not inexpensive.To get the full benefits from the chair, I needed to train myself to remember to tilt the chair frequently and become used to the tilting so that it doesn’t distract me from my work. I find the chair very useful as an option to vary my working position but don’t think I could use it all day as my only way of sitting.At 13.4 pounds, the Varier Move is heavy enough to feel solid in use but light enough to move easily if you want to use it at multiple locations in your home. (They also make a lighter version for easier portability, but it’s more expensive.)The chair has a surprisingly simple design. It has a slightly curved (concave up) wooden base with a rubber pad to prevent the chair from slipping and to provide a bit of cushioning. The base has a metal receptacle that you stick a hydraulic tube into. The seat has a receptacle that you put the other end of the hydraulic tube into. You don’t need to screw or lock the tube into place—gravity does the work.The seat is shaped like a triangle with rounded corners and slopes down at the center. You sit in the center and one of the three ends goes forward between your legs, like a saddle. It keeps you in place when you tilt and I find it pretty comfortable. The chair has medium-firm padding, which I find just about right.You can easily adjust the height by pulling up on a paddle lever and then raising or lowering the chair with your legs. The height is adjustable from 22” to over 31” inches, which is a huge range. The hydraulic lifting mechanism is smooth and powerful. I tried pushing the adjustment lever when I wasn’t sitting on the chair and the tube shot up and hurt my wrist (it recovered in a few days), so be careful.I had a small issue with the rubber pad on the base. The seller and manufacturer were extremely responsive and worked together to resolve the problem. So customer support is good. You can also chat live with the manufacturer if you have any pre- or post-sale questions about the chair.I chose the light-colored natural wood base. They also have a black base, but the price could be considerably higher.Here are a few general observations about ergonomic sitting and how the Varier Move chair might fit into your workday.The desk chair with back and arm support is the standard for sitting at a desk for a reason: for most people, it’s the most comfortable form of support for sitting at a desk for long periods. Part of the reason is that it distributes the load through multiple points of contact with the body: feet, thighs, arms and, if you can lean backwards, back.Some people, especially those with back problems, may have difficulty using a desk chair for extended periods. In addition, substantial evidence has emerged showing that prolonged sitting has negative health effects, though the reason for this is not completely understood.To alleviate discomfort and health risks from sitting for long periods, and to create new products to sell, manufacturers have come up with alternatives to sitting at a desk on a desk chair. These alternatives fall into several categories. One is the standing desk, which may include a pad to cushion your feet or an under-desk treadmill so that you’re not constantly standing in the same posture. Some alternatives allow you to increase the angle between your hips and back by sitting higher; these include saddle chairs and kneeling chairs and the Varier Move chair. Others allow you to vary your position by rocking or rotating while sitting; these include the Varier Move chair and exercise balls. If you work from home and don’t need to be at a desk, you can use an easy chair or couch or even a bed to take some of the pressure off your spine.All of these desk-chair alternatives have disadvantages and, for most people, are not a comfortable alternative for all-day use. Even the manufacturers of desk-chair alternatives have begun to subtly acknowledge, in order to manage customer expectations and avoid returns and dissatisfied customers, that their products may not work as a desk-chair substitute for everyone. For example, the product description for the Varier Move says: “You can use it as your primary work chair or as an addition to your traditional office chair for added variation, as it’s perfect for any height adjustable desk.” Translation: if you can’t use it all day as a desk-chair substitute, it still has value by adding variation to your work posture.Specific health issues with desk-chair alternatives include reduced blood flow (due to pressure or position); discomfort in the hips, knees, or back; varicose veins; and even accidents (from falling off an exercise ball or treadmill). If you use a desk-chair alternative all day, you may be substituting a new set of problems for whatever problems your desk chair was causing.The Varier Move is one option to supplement your desk chair (or whatever else you use) and vary your work posture. The two specific advantages of the Varier Move are that it can tilt in all directions and that it can be raised pretty high. Tilting has a few potential advantages if you tilt frequently. It forces you to move your ankles, knees, hips, spine, and neck, which may help lubricate your joints. It also varies your sitting angle, which varies the load on your spine and joints. Raising the chair height decreases the load on your spine by increasing the load on your legs and hips.One disadvantage of chairs like the Varier move is that they lack back and arm support, so your arms and back don’t provide support while you sit.I use the Varier Move either for sitting at a standing desk (at least 5” higher than normal desk height) or at a kitchen counter. I force myself to tilt regularly, mostly side to side. I found the chair uncomfortably hard when used on a ceramic tile floor (my hips quickly became sore) and I was about to return it. But when I used it on a fairly thick carpet, it felt much more comfortable. I bought a small 2’ x 3’ carpet to put under it when using it at a kitchen counter. (I asked Varier about this and they said that other customers had also commented that they found the chair more comfortable on carpets.)When I’m working from home, I try to vary my posture by sitting on a couch, a standard chair, or a Varier chair at a high position at a standing desk or kitchen counter and by standing and walking. Sometimes I use an interval timer like the GymBoss to remind me to change position.This is not a perfect solution, but it makes working for long periods tolerable. I don’t have serious back issues but do get different types of discomfort if I sit in one position for too long.Update: After almost a year of off-again, on-again use I have finally fully integrated the chair into my daily routine. The impetus was to reduce sitting time, which poses metabolic and other health risks. I bought a Fibion device (a relatively inexpensive research and coaching device that you carry in your pocket and has an accelerometer positioned to distinguish between standing and sitting, which most devices can't do (they can only distinguish sitting from movements like walking). I wanted to reduce my sitting time to under 4.5 hours, which seems to be a widely-used benchmark but isn't easy to reach if you do a lot of reading and writing.What I do is position the chair so that my legs are only slightly bent when sitting on it (which I think is how it's designed to be used). This allows me to quickly switch from sitting to standing to rocking on the chair, sometimes several times a minute, without breaking my concentration or interrupting whatever I'm doing. It's not a complete solution, I still feel a need to walk around frequently and to occasionally relax on a couch, but it's an important part of the solution.One other comment on my set-up: I use the chair on the far side of the kitchen countertop facing the sink (where people usually put bar stools) with the chair on a small 2' x 3' rug with two layers of padding under it. I found the rug and padding crucial because sitting on the chair on a tile floor was very uncomfortable for my hip and back.To complete the set-up I use an iPad Pro with a Epomaker TH80 Pro keyboard with Gateron Pro Red keys raised on two cork yoga blocks with an Ilano stand on top of it to get the iPad just below eye level. The Gateron Pro Red keys are low force and the TH80 Pro (bought on sale but there's a newer v2 version) is hot-swappable so you can install even lower-force keys or low-travel keys if you want. Keychron keyboards are also very good. A desk riser would work fine but they're much bigger and overkill for an iPad or smaller Mac, which I also use the set-up for.

I'm totally happy with this purchase. I was thinking of getting a gaming chair, but I'm so glad I got this. It has to be the easiest assembly ever; the hardest part is just opening the box. For me, it was comfortable right away, but I have noticed slight muscle aches towards the end of the day, but I'm pretty sure it's because it's forcing me to correct my posture. My wife got one as well and she's loving it.

Amazing chair and amazing service from Furniture For Life. Both are 5 stars!In terms of the chair, I love it! It keeps me very mindful of my sitting posture while working at my desk, which I do for many hours every day. I move and stretch in different ways to open up my hips and stretch my back and leg muscles. I switch back and forth from the seated and standing positions which is something that makes this chair better than any other I’ve ever owned. It will take some getting used to. My tail end was sore after the first day of use but only for a day or so and it can take some effort to keep your back straight but I’m pretty sure that’s the point and it gets easier the more you use the chair. I can already feel an improvement in my lower back and hip stiffness.In terms of the seller’s service, Amazon shipped the wrong color chair from their warehouse but the seller fixed it immediately! Excellent communication and even a follow up later to make sure everything was as it should be. I would recommend buying from them without hesitation.

Just as I remembered my mother's Varier. To address complaints over the cushion being uncomfortable, this is not a traditional chair; you're supposed to sit on an angle, hence the raised corners. Guess the French name "assis debout" (sit up) is most accurate for it. Regardless, price wise this was unbeatable, as that chair retails for 600$ going up anywhere else, yet the grey one I got was bought at 380$ PLUS it came with the anti slip mat (super hard to put on properly, but makes it impossible to slip, literally). Overall I'm extremely pleased, plus it came with the 5-7 years warranty (depending on the parts).

I have a hard time assessing the comfort of this stool. It's definitely not as comfortable as being in my desk chair and because of the saddle shape, it puts pressure on sensitive areas that I am not used to sitting on. However, the seat cushion itself is good quality and padded. If I rotate it and sit on my tush, it feels quite comfortable. I bought it so that I would not just sit on my tush all day and it's great for that.. It keeps me moving around and changing positions while I stand. If you are looking for a stool to sit on all day, I would not recommend this one. It is for occasional leaning, and it works great for that.

The stool has two basic seating positions, with a point forward or with a flat edge forward. For me, each is less comfortable than the other. My wife liked it at first but her thighs soon started to complain as well.Also, this is the first piece of furniture I've ever seen that is and must stay dirty. The chromed post is greasy yet the instructions say, "Wiping off the lubricant...can cause malfunction." On top of this, the fabric attracts hairs and holds onto them.We have a houseful of Varier chairs that are remarkably comfortable for almost everybody. This stool is in their league only by virtue of its outlandish price.We returned Varier's stool and purchased instead a pair of wobble stools made by Uncaged Ergonomics, their model with with round seats. The Uncaged stools are more cheaply made--they ought to be, since they cost less than half as much--but they adjust and wobble comparably, and both of us find them reasonably comfortable to sit on.