The reviews below are ranked by ConsumerSearch for credibility in evaluating, testing and identifying this category's best products and services. See our ratings criteria. CS Credibility Rating Comments 1. Consumer Reports rates comfort, adjustability and price, and provides extensive background information and details about each chair. Chairs discussed here include the Steelcase Criterion, Herman Miller Ambi, BodyBilt, HON Managerial Task Chair, Ikea Opti and Global Super Steno.
Ratings range from poor to excellent.
Unlike the previous year's test by this magazine, no ratings are assigned and no winning chair is chosen. Top picks here include the Grahl Duo-Back, Herman Miller Aeron and Amotek Flex. Writer Reid Goldsborough spent two months testing a dozen chairs. If he'd enlisted some colleagues for a broader range of opinions, we might have bumped this up to a higher rating. Among the top-rated models is the Herman Miller Aeron.