As comfortable as a $35 cushion, but I had a reaction to it--maybe toxic?
So, I'll just say, I only used this for one day. I was interested in Purple, as their mattress commercials were intriguing, and when I needed a new butt cushion for my at-home office chair, I thought I'd go for broke and get the Purple chair cushion and lumbar support. They arrived quickly, and I put them both in their sleeves and set them up on my office chair. The next morning I was using them at my desk, when I noticed a weird burning/melting plastic smell. I thought maybe it was my computer, but I couldn't find the source of the smell. For what it's worth, the cushion and lumbar support were fine--my coccyx was still uncomfortable sitting on the 1-1/4" thing cushion, so it didn't seem any better than my previous ~$35 chair cushion, but YMMV.<br /><br />Here's where things get weird: In addition to the weird burning smell, I also started feeling my throat kind of go numb, and needed to clear my throat a lot. It was weird, it was as if someone had sprayed a little bit of chloraseptic in the back of my throat; it felt a little swollen and kind of sensitive, and had the same feel as a chloraseptic. I thought maybe it was something I'd eaten, but my wife and I ate the same thing and she didn't feel anything. The smell would come and go.<br /><br />About an hour into my morning at my desk, with the weird phantom smell and my throat acting up (I thought it was just in my head), I started to get a little light-headed and feel sick. I immediately got up and left the room, and felt better, which is when I started putting things together--the only new thing in my life was the Purple cushions. So I sniffed them, and sure enough, they smelled like the burning plastic smell. My wife suggested it might be temporary, so I turned a fan on and opened the office window, and had the fan blow on the chair with the cushions all night.<br /><br />This morning I hoped everything would clear up, but after working at my desk for about 20 minutes I started feeling that weirdness in my throat again. So, I've only had them for about 24 hours in use, but they literally make me feel sick. I don't have any latex allergy, or really any other allergy I'm aware of, so I have no idea what could be causing it. It could just be me--YMMV--but I will not be buying any other Purple products.<br /><br />Their website says everything is non-toxic and made from food-safe rubber, so I don't know what's going on, but between the smell and the effect on the back of my throat, I'm not keeping these in my house anymore. I'll reach out to Purple as well and report my experience, and will update this if I hear anything back.
Rating: 1 stars