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Executive chairs combine comfort, high-quality materials and an impressive look. They are often used as an alternative to the classic office chair, especially in workplaces with customer contact. Be inspired by our large executive chair range!
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Buy an executive chair – How to find the right model
If you have responsibility for a company as an owner, managing director or manager, you should make your workplace as comfortable as possible. This also includes a high-quality and robust executive chair that optimally supports you in your daily work at your desk. This way you avoid physical discomfort and can concentrate fully on your tasks in any situation. In our shop you will find a large selection of beautiful models in many different designs. Whether the executive chair is made from real leather or other materials: our buying guide will show you what you should pay attention to when making your selection in order to find the perfect version for your needs. In addition to the appearance, the most important thing is perfect functionality and comfortable padding that optimally adapts to your physical conditions and daily work processes.
Contents:
- What is an executive chair?
- The three quality classes
- What factors are important when purchasing?
- Executive chair real leather or imitation leather - which is better?
- Conclusion – the most important thing in brief
What is an executive chair?
The term executive chair is not definitively defined, but there are a few features that make it stand out Work chair of the boss from a simple one Office chair differentiates.
As a rule, it is particularly comfortable and often made of high-quality materials such as leather. The prestige associated with such a luxury desk chair should not be neglected. Many of our customers are always amazed at how inexpensively they can upgrade their office with the elegant and representative appearance of these chairs.
Decide for yourself which characteristics are important to you.
- While simple work chairs often have a fabric covering, the executive chair has genuine leather or imitation leather as a cover.
- As a rule, the boss's chair has a slightly higher backrest with a comfortably padded neck area to subtly emphasize the hierarchy.
- Luxury versions include numerous adjustment options with which the chair can be tilted, tilted or adjusted in height particularly comfortably.
- Unlike simple office chairs, the executive chair usually has armrests that can be additionally padded.
Depending on the design, individual versions also offer additional extras such as a separately adjustable headrest, particularly rich padding or even a reclining function with an optional fold-out legrest. Depending on the manufacturer, there are also models with particularly attractive decorative stitching or with pocket spring core padding.
The three quality classes of executive chairs?
Executive chairs in this category are suitable for private use or for working at home Home office. They are designed for sitting for up to four hours a day. Models from the Professional office chair area is easily suitable for professional use with an average load of around 6-8 hours a day. These chairs are designed for high durability and ergonomics. Under the Luxury category You will find top products with the highest standards of quality and appearance.
Properties
Home office
Professional executive chair
Luxury executive chair
Duration of sitting
4 hours
6 - 8 hours
8 hours
Commercial area
no
suitable
well suited
Functionality
- Height adjustable
- Backrest can be locked in inclination
- Permanent contact mechanism or fixed
- Often fixed armrests
Cover: usually abrasion-resistant, flat-woven synthetic fabrics or modern mesh fabrics, artificial leather
- Height adjustable
- Mostly synchronous mechanics or rocker mechanics
- Armrests height-adjustable and foldable
- Cover: high-quality genuine leather, easy-care imitation leather or
- Microfiber fabrics
Optimally shaped seats and backrests
- Height adjustable
- Mostly synchronous mechanics or
- Rocker mechanism
- Armrests height adjustable, often horizontally, vertically, width and radially adjustable
- Cover: highest quality materials e.g. breathable mesh fabrics or highest quality cowhide
- Maximum individual adjustment options: seat height and seat depth adjustment, lumbar support, headrest adjustable, seat and back tilt adjustable
- Elaborate workmanship and optimally shaped seats and backrests
What factors are important when buying an executive chair?
Duration of sitting – If four hours per day is specified as the maximum or recommended sitting time, this means that back and joint pain or posture problems may creep in if you sit for a longer period of time each day. So for the sake of your health, you should not only pay attention to the price, but above all to the appropriate length of time you sit. Chairs that allow you to sit for four hours a day are optimally designed for this time and are usually significantly cheaper than the professionally used chairs with a longer sitting time. For everyday office life, it is advisable to choose office chairs with a recommended usage time of eight hours. These are usually equipped with high-quality and abrasion-resistant materials. The padding offers maximum comfort even during a long working day.
Freedom of movement – Would you like to be able to move quickly from the desk to the filing cabinet without having to get up? A modern swivel chair on wheels makes it possible! For optimal stability, it is best to make sure that the chair has at least five castors that can be rotated in all directions. Also choose a version that matches the floor covering. This means: On a hard floor, castors with a soft rubber coating (hard floor casters) provide increased comfort, while hard rubber casters are more suitable for soft carpets.
Physique – A good armchair can only fulfill its purpose if it fits its owner perfectly. Therefore, choose a version that is suitable for your body type. In addition to height, body weight is particularly important if you want to buy an executive chair. Therefore, pay attention to the information in the respective product description, which provides information about whether the model meets your needs. If you are tall and strongly built, then it is recommended to select with the search term »Executive chair 150 kga« narrow down to suitable versions.
Ergonomics – Are you prone to back pain, often suffer from neck tension or regularly complain of headaches? Sitting incorrectly while working could be a reason for your problems! Therefore, choose a chair designed according to ergonomic principles that ensures an upright sitting posture and good support in the lumbar region. Also pay attention to high-quality, dimensionally stable upholstery materials. These should be harder the higher your body weight is. Of course, the armrests and headrest primarily have a supportive function, but they also help to make the chair appear representative. Both parts should be height adjustable so that the seating is really comfortable and allows you to maintain your posture.
reference – Especially in representative areas, it is recommended to choose a genuine leather office chair. Whether you choose classic black or prefer another color depends not least on the style and furnishings of your office.
The advantage of a dark cover is that it gets dirty less easily than a light one. On the other hand, lighter-colored materials heat up significantly less. We also offer executive chairs with mesh covering on the back, which allows you to sit comfortably, especially in summer. Models in white are also available, which can be used in elegant practice rooms, for example. Other versions rely on a durable fabric cover made of polyester, which cuts a particularly good figure in a modern atmosphere. Whether contemporary or classic, multicolored or plain: you will find a large selection in our shop. Beautiful, cheap and in all versions. Our tip: It's best to order the right visitor chair at the same time. This ensures that your office furnishings are optimally coordinated.
Leather is always recommended as a material for an executive chair because it scores points in many ways. On the one hand, it looks very elegant and underlines the representative character of the office furniture. This effect is further enhanced by black leather, because the color black (which is actually not a color at all) is generally considered dignified and elegant to luxurious. Whether you choose real leather or imitation leather is up to you – Both are easy to care for, but real leather is much higher quality, but more expensive.
Advantages of an executive chair made of real leather:
- Has a pleasant feel, feels good
- Genuine leather is breathable and permeable to water vapor (absorbs steam inside without getting wet)
- Comfortable to sit on even in summer, no sticking to the seat
- Over the years, genuine leather acquires its own patina, while cheap artificial leather often looks worn out
High-quality artificial leather also offers good properties: it is cheaper, lasts almost as long and is a little easier to care for, so it is not quite as sensitive to stains.
Conclusion
In our shop you can choose from a large selection if you want to buy an executive chair cheaply. Whether you choose a representative desk chair made of leather or prefer a modern version with a polyester cover depends on the furnishing style of your office and your personal taste. To ensure that the armchair is the best fit for you, you should ask yourself the following questions before making your purchase decision:
- Does the selected model have enough individual setting options?
- Is the chair designed for your body weight?
- Does the material of the rollers match your floor covering?
- Is the price of the model within the intended budget?
The following applies to all of this: the more of your daily working time you spend in the office, the higher quality your armchair should be. This will prevent physical problems such as disc pain from preventing you from carrying out your daily tasks. Therefore, use the diverse selection in our shop to find the right version! From luxury leather executive chairs to models in white, brown, gray or black to special ones XXL versions up to 220 kg: With us you will find almost any design you want and all common styles. So browse for your favorite model now so that you can soon enjoy a completely new attitude to life at work!