Serta Lautner Executive Home Office Desk Chair, Ergonomic High-Back with Adjustable Lumbar and Body Pillows, SmartLayers and ComfortCoils Technology, Mesh and Bonded Leather, Black & White

This is a very good chair, so far
If a chair lasts me 5 years, it’s a good chair. I can spend upwards of 14 hours a day, seven days a week in my desk chair. I do IT support and even when I’m not working I’m sitting in my chair at my desk waiting for a call. I own the company and I own the office and my office is pretty nice so I spend a lot of time in it working or not. It’s on my property in a detached building and I serve all the network, entertainment, etc. stuff for the main house from there so while I may not be working I’m often at my desk watching a movie or TV show on a 60 inch plasma monitor. I also have two crushed disks and two herniated disks in my back from an offshore accident many years ago. It is vital that I have a very good chair at my desk. I’m in this chair a LOT. I’m 6 feet tall and weigh 230 lbs so that is a LOT of wear and tear on a chair over time. The last chair I had was an Office Star Space Chair and it was a good chair, for about 2.5 years. Then it started falling apart and I started filing warranty claims to get the parts replaced that failed (it was warrantied for 5 years). The vinyl arm pads deteriorated twice and the seat/pedestal plate that holds the seat together snapped in half. It made it the whole 5 years with warranty replacements, but the Office Star manufacturer wised up and cancelled the warranty (just flat changed it and refused to honor the original warranty) on all padded and vinyl components so when the arm pads fell apart again it was time to go find a new chair that is NOT an Office Star product …I did a lot of shopping. I don’t like buying chairs and I don’t want to get a chair that won’t fulfill the things I need it to do. It took almost two months from the time I decided I needed a new chair to the time I ordered this Serta. I went to office furniture stores, I pored over online office furniture sites, I sat in chairs and I did just about all the due diligence a person could do in choosing my next chair. The reason I told you all the things in the first paragraph is so that you’ll understand how important having a good chair is to me. The reason I’m telling you these things is so that you’ll understand how careful I was in choosing this chair.I ordered this chair, it came and I put it together today. I knew it would be comfortable because I sat in the same chair at an Office Depot, but they wanted $100 more for that chair than I paid for this one. If I hadn’t found this one on Amazon (or other online vendor) cheaper, I was going to go back to the store and pay that $100 more because of all the chairs I had sat in, that Serta was the most comfortable.I love this chair. It is one of the very most comfortable chairs I have ever sat at a desk in, maybe even THE most comfortable. It adjusts for tilt tension, tilt lock, height and lumbar support plus it swivels. The lumbar support is especially nice, it’s a little knob on the right side of the seat that you can turn to increase or decrease the support mechanism in the backrest.I’m a pretty big guy and this chair is solid as a rock. There is no wobble or shift or anything wrong with this chair. I can only think that the reviewer who reported that the chair was “flimsy” was either too heavy for what this chair is rated, put it together wrong, or got a lemon. Or any or all of those faults combined. There’s nothing flimsy about the construction of this chair when it’s assembled correctly.Regarding correct assembly, follow the instructions included. The instructions are easy to understand and they’re easily adequate to correctly assemble the chair. I had to use a magnifying glass but my eyes aren’t what they used to be, most people can probably read the instructions just fine. They’re clear and in proper English so the Chinese or whoever is responsible for the instruction booklet got it right. Which is unusual for things being made in China these days.Tighten up the screws as much as you can without stripping the threads or torquing a head off. It is vital with any chair that it be assembled as tightly as possible to prevent undesirable play in the parts. Things should not wiggle when you put a chair like this together, they should never wiggle after you assemble and use the chair. If you get wiggle or wobble then tighten it up again or it will break. I used a wrench, a ratchet with the proper sized hex driver — not the little wrench that comes with the chair. There is locktite on the screws that will activate when the screws are good and tight, the more tension on the threads the more solid that locktite will be. I don’t know if they used real “Locktite” brand thread locker but the color of this locker is red. If it’s real Locktite, red is a permanent thread locker that requires heating with a torch to get it to release. Basically you have to melt it to free it. If that’s what this thread locker is, then make sure you get everything tight the first time or you’re going to have problems sooner or later.One of the main reasons I bought this chair, besides the comfort factor, is the 10 year warranty. Comfort is nothing if the chair doesn’t last, durability is nothing if the chair isn’t comfortable. It does no good to have a sturdy chair that’s not comfortable or a comfortable chair that’s broken. Those two things, comfort and durability, are the mark of a really good chair. Those two features are what will make this chair worth it’s cost or not. I don’t write a review on something like this and then forget it. If there’s anything to add I’ll come back and edit this review so if it doesn’t last, you’ll know it from reading my edits. If you don’t see any edits to this review then you can assume all is well with the chair and it has held up well from the date I posted this review to the date you read it.

Excellent Computer Chair under $250
Excellent, well put together and comfortable computer chair, at a darn good price! I did my homework by going to all the local stores and checking out the computer chairs and to make a long story short, I settled on this Serta and after a month, I am certainly glad I did. It is well made and the leather is not that super soft cheap bonded leather that will peal off in a year, but rather a very good bonded leather that’s looks good and sits good. I found this chair at a couple of local stores for $317 and up and I just fell in love with it, especially since I have had 8 back surgeries and I need something that will support me with comfort and it also has an adjustable lumbar support, which I use and it makes a world of difference. I believe this chair will hold up a lot longer than my last chair, which was supposed to be the thing, but it wasn’t. Also, after my wife told me to read the instructions, mostly her, but she and I put it together with no problems in less than an hour, It is not that difficult, I was mostly the helper, but as long as I sat down, then my back did not give me too much of a problem. The reason is I am in chronic pain and can hardly do much of anything, but with a little help from me love of 43 years, it was rather easy to put together! Once put together, the chair sits on a pneumatic pedestal and does have a very little play, but hardly enough to make the chair lean when you sit in it and relax to use the PC and I weigh 247 lbs. All in All, I recommend this chair highly, especially the price. If something goes out of wack later, I will come back and revise my feedback, but so far everything is great and seems like it will continue to go that way for a good while. ENJOY!!

I have purchased two of these chairs in the last 6 years. Initially this chair is super comfortable but over several months the foam support loses it lumbar support and shape and I have to use extra cushions to support my back. One of the few chairs designed for larger people (I am 135KG / 300+lbs). The chair does require oil in the lower mechanisms after a few months otherwise it squeaks loudly. If you purchase rubber wheel office chair castors this improves the chairs practical mobility a lot and it rolls smoothly. Those should be included instead of the default plastic wheels.

I bought this chair back in 2021/2022ish and fell in love with it, although the mesh was grey and not ‘white’ and the faux leather has a slightly different texture but otherwise it’s exactly the same, I could sit cross legged or in my awkward positions and be comfy. It has a relatively wide and deep seat.After about 3 years of (very consistent) use the foam in the seat wore down to the point where I could feel the springs starting to poke at the surface. But I loved this chair so much I bought another one (this one – I could technically get the identical one from another source but would’ve had to pay $500 more, when this chair is practically the same).It has all the pros of the previous purchase, but I do have some things to mention:-It’s advertised as “black and white”, the “white” is more like a cream/ivory compared to the advertisement (not that I care, but just so buyers are aware).-Once put together it makes a creaking noise when I lean back into it sometimes, I don’t remember having this issue with my previous chair, but worst case scenario the noise is bearable if I can’t figure out the source.