Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site convexs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convexs!hosking From: hosking@convexs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: British Design "Back" Chair Message-ID: <14100003@convexs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 02:49:00 EST Article-I.D.: convexs.14100003 Posted: Wed Dec 5 02:49:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:47:06 EST References: <1934@pegasus.UUCP> Lines: 33 Nf-ID: #R:pegasus:-193400:convexs:14100003:000:1769 Nf-From: convexs!hosking Dec 5 01:49:00 1984 I assume you are talking about Balans chairs, which are available in almost any Scandinavian furniture store, and are often copied by other companies. [If you can't find them, drop me a note and I'll mail you the address of the mail order place where I bought mine.] Are they any good ? Well, let me put it this way. I'm sitting on one right now. It's my normal desk chair at work, and I have only one complaint about it. It keeps vanishing because others around here borrow it when I'm not around! (Are you reading this, Alan ???) One of the people who used to borrow it liked it so much that he bought one for himself, and many others would buy them if the price dropped. I bought my Balans chair almost two years ago, and have been using it at work ever since. I find it much! more comfortable than many other chairs. They're supposed to be great for people with bad backs. (I haven't had any back problems for several years, so I can't really say how true this is.) If you're interested in getting a Balans chair, be careful to get a REAL one. There are a number of knockoffs floating around. A REAL Balans chair has a curved bottom which makes it somewhat like a rocking chair; the knockoffs generally have flat bottoms. A REAL Balans chair is made of beechwood; knockoffs are often made of cheap plastic. A REAL Balans chair goes for about $175; knockoffs often go for < $100. I could say a lot more about the chairs, but the best thing I can say is to try one. The standard reaction of those who try them is that they look strange, feel strange at first, but are very comfortable after the first few minutes... if you can keep one around long enough to enjoy it. Doug Hosking Convex Computer Corp. {allegra, ihnp4}!convex!hosking