A quick fix for my back pain.
My employer has provided my department with some very poorly constructed office chairs. My chair was causing me pain in my lower back and one of my shoulders. I inquired about getting a different chair, but I’m facing a gauntlet of bureaucracy to get this done. I was told I could bring in my own chair, but I don’t have the funds for this at the moment., Buying the Purple cushion was the quick solution. I may still buy a chair in the future, but now I can hold off for a while.<br /><br />As for the Purple cushion, for what it is and what I’m using it for is helping my pain substantially. Purple appears to have 4 different options for seat cushions. They have one with 3 different thicknesses all the way to 4 inches, much like their mattresses. Then there’s this one… the main difference I see with the “Royal Purple” are the rounded edges on the cushion. Based on this and the 2 inch thickness, I opted for the Royal. I wanted something thicker than their cheapest offering, but not so thick that it would interfere with the feel of the chair and hight of the armrests.<br /><br />After trying this cushion in a few locations other than my office chair, I can say that it feels/works best on hard surfaces. Putting a cushion on top of another cushion feels….. odd….. like it’s not suppose to be there… to put it simply. You might say if feels slightly unstable in a way. But I’ll take the awkwardness over back pain. I do wish the cushion was about 2 inches wider in both length and width. This would fit me and my chair a bit better and lessen the awkward/unstable feel.<br /><br />Purple needs to collaborate with one of the higher end office chair manufactures like Herman Miller, HON, Steelcase, etc and come out with a purpose built Purple office chair. Tempur-Pedicure did this once, and sadly, I can’t find this chair any more. Point being,… if they did this, we could have something that felt much more natural than a cushion on top of another cushion solution.
Rating: 5 stars