Amazon Basics Breathable Mesh Mid-Back Office Desk Chair with Armrests, Lumbar Support, 360-Degree Swivel, Adjustable-Height, Black

I'm generally a big fan of Amazon, I've been a Prime member forever, and I buy, well, almost everything from them. I've often been impressed with their AmazonBasics line, and this chair is no exception. Since many questions come up about comfort and support, I'll mention that I'm 5' 7", 215 lbs, 48, male. Not huge, but definitely overweight. I've gone through many chairs - some just wearing out, and some I've had to get rid of. Most "normal" chairs tend to bend, wear out, or come apart in some way, after a while, and while I tend to prefer "heavy duty" chairs, those chairs tend to be so uncomfortable after a time that it's like sitting on wood. So I admit I was hesitant about this chair - but two things caught my attention: the fantastic price (compared to other chairs), and the AmazonBasics name. While it is true that "Basics" implies... well... "BASICS".... this is BY FAR the most comfortable chair I've ever owned. The part you sit on has a perfect and generous amount of cushioning that has stood up to repeated use, and still remained soft. I frequently have pain at the base of my spine, and I *notice* when a chair is uncomfortable. With other chairs, I"ve had to use pillows or extra padding, but this chair is absolutely amazingly comfortable, even after 7 months of constant use (purchased this in February 2016). The seatback is also awesome - it's made of a kind of nylon mesh netting - not metal (as you'd think from the pictures) but soft material. This stuff is so much more comfortable to lean back into than any normal chair back I've tried, that I find myself leaning back into OFTEN - whereas with other chairs I would avoid leaning back at all. So... bottom, back, lumbar support - all there, and really amazingly nice. Of course... BASICS. So the armrests don't adjust and are not adjustable even during assembly - and the same for the back. The back does "go back" a little, and there is a "push to lock" option on the control arm - but that's it. Up/down, lock/unlock, that's all you get. (There's some kind of knob on the front that I suspect controls tension, but I never mess with it, it doesn't seem to make a difference to me.) Assembly was easy. The screws take an alan wrench (hex key) tool, which comes with the chair. I've seen people commenting on screw holes not lining up, causing the back plate to overlap the bottom plate. Here's the thing: IT'S SUPPOSED TO. Just follow the instructions, assemble the chair in order, and tighten it down. The chair will come out fine, and perfect, and you'll love it. Assembly was typical for an office chair - but I was able to do it myself. This chair is lighter than most, which makes assembly quite easy. Now... not all is sweetness and light here. About 7 months in, the cylinder in this chair started to fail. I'd be sitting on the chair, and it would suddenly JERK downwards about half an inch. Then it would wait about 30 minutes, and JERK down again. UGH! It was not fun! But here's where the AmazonBasics (and Amazon!) really shines: Since this is an "Amazon Product", there is a one-year warranty noted right on the product page... and it's administered... BY AMAZON! YAY! They didn't even make me call some other number or company or anything. I just went to MY ORDERS, hit the "Return or Replace" button - this was 7 months later, mind you! - and sent a message. Within a few hours, I heard back from an agent asking if I'd like a refund, or a new chair? WOW! Really? Awesome! I mean... I was a little sad that they couldn't just send me a new cylinder and bottom part or something, but, hey, a whole new chair, okay. They sent it free, with free overnight shipping, and i had it the next day. And let me just amplify on this: I kind of wanted to try to fix this myself. I saw on Amazon where they have replacement cylinders you can buy. And if you have a big hammer, you can apparently "bang out" the old cylinder and replace it with a new one. Not so for this chair: The bottom piece which bolts onto the bottom of the seat cushion, and into which the cylinder fits, is a CLOSED assembly. You can remove it from the chair, but you cannot disassemble it further in order to bang the cylinder out. So don't even try. If you have a cylinder problem within the warranty period (a year), just let Amazon handle it for you. If it's post-warranty, you'll either need some kind of special clamp-on tool (Amazon has these - some of the cylinders come with them) to force the cylinder out from the outside (too much for me, I didn't try that), or you'll just need to buy a new chair. Which, knowing how great this chair is, I'd do in a heartbeat. So, again, a really great product from AmazonBasics, with the absolute top-tier support that you'd come to expect from Amazon. Buy this chair with confidence, it will serve you well!

Have to admit that I didn't think I'd like this chair as much as I do now. It does everything very well, is comfortable, gives me good lumbar support, and is sturdy and well built. About the only thing that is a pain is if you eat anything and get crumbs on the mesh seat, you just can't sweep them off, you must vacuum them off. I am 5'9" and 160 lbs and this fits me like a glove. Not very often you get more than you pay for, but this is one of those times. Highly recommended and an exceptional buy if it fits you. Have had it a couple months and I expect we'll get a long life from it.

I really kind of like this chair. The last time I bought an office chair was around 15 years or so ago for $150. Real nice - leather seat and back - chrome leather-covered arms. Kind of modern style. Quite comfortable and very stylish. Where I bought it is out of business. I've seen what I think is the same chair at a local store for around $400. I asked them if they would tell me the manufacturer so I could order a new leather seat as the current one ripped at the stitching so now I'm sitting on the frame. They wouldn't. So basically for lack of a seat the chair is ruined. Actually, I have two of them in the same condition. So I needed a new chair. I went to the local big box stores but wasn't really thrilled with what they had. So I went on line and found this chair. Good reviews. Very inexpensive. So I bought it. How bad could it be? I was expecting something pretty bad to be honest. But it isn't. Very quick to assemble (very positive in my book - all parts are well labeled and even someone who can get lost in a paper bag will be able to follow the directions) and quite comfortable. I'm not thrilled with the mesh back. To me it doesn't look particularly durable but who knows? Hopefully it will surprise me. For the money, if it lasts a couple of years I won't feel bad. If it goes longer than that I think I will be ahead of the game. Still much better than what the big box stores are offering for twice the price. UPDATE - Three years and a few months have gone by and my fears about the mesh back were totally unfounded. Chair is still like new and has proven to be an excellent purchase. I would buy again with no hesitation. UPDATE 2 - Four years and nine months later and the chair still looks like new. This has turned out to be a really excellent purchase! UPDATE 3 - November 2023 now. I bought this chair in January 2016. In two months it will be eight years. My fears about the mesh back were unfounded. The chair still looks like new. It is still comfortable. Everything works as expected. Frankly, I'm really surprised. And really happy. Buy this chair if you need a chair. You won't regret it. UPDATE 4 - September 2025 now. Chair is finally starting to show some wear. For the past year I've been working from home. Which means the chair has been getting a lot more seat time. The seat is showing some wear on the edge. And the mesh back is finally starting to fail - about 6" of the right side is no longer attached. That said, it still sits fine and after nearly 10 years I have no complaints whatsoever. I think another year or two and it will likely be time to start thinking about a replacement. And when that time comes I will have absolutely no qualms about ordering another one of the exact same chair.

Let me start by stating that I was, in no way, compensated for this review. I had been looking for a new computer chair for more than a year as the leather on my old one was cracked, I kept sliding down while sitting in it for any length of time, and found it a bit too big (though it wasn't huge) for the room where I had it. I would always have to lower the chair to get it under the desk when I was done using it. I looked all over and tried various mesh back chairs as I did not want leather again. The problem for me is that I am short (5'6") and not particularly heavy (about 138-140 pounds). Most of the chairs I tried I found the seat just that little bit too long and it would cut across the bottom part of my legs. Also, some were too wide. I was looking for a work chair, not a lounge chair; this is in my home for my own use and not meant to impress someone at a business meeting. Buying this chair sight unseen was an act of faith on my part. However, I knew if it didn't work out, and with Amazon's excellent customer service, I could send it back. As it turns out, it was exactly what I was looking for. As many others have mentioned, it was quite easy to assemble and I needed no help doing it. Everything aligned properly and I was using the chair within an hour of the box being delivered, putting it together, and disassembling and disposing of my old chair. I find the chair comfortable to sit on for extended lengths of time. Even at the height I want the chair, so that my feet remain flat on the floor, it slips conveniently under my desk without having to be lowered. The back support is good for me and I do not slide around. The wheels roll smoothly, even on my carpet, and the arm rests are just right for me. Some things you might want to keep in mind are if you have a large body frame then this might not be the best option. If you are quite tall then the stationary lumbar support back and arm rests may not work for your height. If you are looking for something with more padding then this chair probably is not for you. For me, though, it was just what I was looking for.

I was expecting the bare minimum with a title like "Amazon Basics". This chair is GREAT. My back is supported and this chair really feels no different from something you'd pay $200 for. I obviously can't speak for the durability because I just got it, but I am majorly impressed so far. It was also practically mindless to assemble. I almost didn't need instructions aside from knowing which screws to use. But in case you need them, they are excellently presented. And all the references to the screws and washers are perfect. Everything is laid out too so there can be no mistakes, as far as the packaging of the screws. In comparison to much more expensive products that just put stuff in the bag and even while giving you a reference don't properly show you which screws are which. I just LOVE this chair so far! EDIT: I've had it for a while now and all it has required is some tightening of the screws and lubrication of the wheels and their pivots. This is normal even for super expensive chairs.

For a chair with arms that goes up and down, tilts back, adjustable resistance, $86 is pretty cheap. Reasonably comfortable. Reasonably easy assembly. Well built, I mean good materials. One big opps. The part that attaches the back-rest to the underside of the chair conflicts with another part already there. You can't go under, you have to go over, which tilts the backrest in, towards the seat AND "tilts" it forward, and reduces how much butt you can get on the seat. I fixed mine with a small fist-full of washers. Not that hard or expensive a fix. Two Stars off. In the last pic you can see the stack of washers I used and the backrest is still just barely at 90 degrees to the seat. Almost still leaning forward. You can I think imagine how much the forward lean would be without the added washers. I LIKE MINE now just fine. Points off as assembling it as instructed, with parts provided produces less than optimum results. If you're little, like under 5'9 maybe no big deal. I'm 6 ft.

SHORT: --------- If you are looking for a chair that somewhat looks like this one, then this is exactly the chair you need. LONG: --------- This product deserves the best kind of marketing - word of mouth. This is why I'm writing this review too. Initially I was skeptic in trying AmazonBasics products but after using this chair I am decided to look at AmazonBasics every time I shop, before going to any other brand. There are only pros and pros to mention. One review mentions that the holes made in the seat were out of alignment thereby making the chair impossible to assemble and that review has been backed by a lot of buyers. It sounds very valid to me. This is problem not just with this chair but with **every** product that is shipped in pieces and assembled by the buyer, especially when the parts are made in China. However, since I read that review I decided to talk with a customer service representative about it. The representative said, expectedly, that Amazon would make the return as easy for me as possible if the chairs turns out to be defective (Not that I had any doubt about that) and that is pretty much anyone can guarantee. If you are unsure, then it would be best that you too contact a customer service representative and overcome your doubts. Now, the pros of this product are: 1. The assembly is quick and easy. 2. The cushion is comfortable. 3. The min and max height (35.3 inches and 40.3 inches respectively) is good enough to help the chair slide under any reasonably tall table. 4. The wheels have very low friction and roll very smoothly. 5. Has been comfortable in long sittings. I have actually spent major part of my day on this chair. 6. There is nothing in this chair that makes it look/perform like a cheaply built chair. The quality is good. 7. I trust that Amazon won't be troublesome at all if something goes bad later. There is one defect which I was able to notice but I'm sure majority won't. And that's that after I assembled the arms, left arm was slightly behind the right arm, like about 2-3 centimeters. This is not a big enough issue with me to not give this chair 5 stars. The goods clearly overshadow this bad. I haven't added the photos. The final chair does look like what you see in the picture. Definitely go for it.

(2 Years in) I had given this middling reviews. This was a fair chair, but the bottom has no cushioning and you could feel the wood through it. While this is a bit uncomfortable, I may have seen this decision as a means to respect durability in their product. This wound up not being the case. While uncomfortable, I had bought a pillow for my bottom, and my problems were mostly resolved. The rest of the chair however are showing signs of wear and tear. The two main things I've noticed are the sagging arms and the mesh back wearing down. I use both arms to get up from my desk, and now they're somehow uneven. I take a closer look thinking maybe it's an assembly error, but sure enough, one is bent. This hasn't collapsed completely, but it's only a matter of time if they just used cheap parts. As for the mesh back, it's frayed all across the back, meaning the cloth they used is unraveling. While not a huge issue there, the mesh is cut and torn here and there along the rim of the chair. I uncommonly lay back, so seeing them broken is unusual. I've become self conscious of this to the point where I'm actually hesitating to lean back in this chair more. I had bought this chair as a cheap replacement for this $90 one because I didn't want to spend so much for a chair, but given that chair I replaced it with lasted a solid 8 year before its collapse, I'm having second thoughts about me cheaping out. I've been using amazonbasics for a while thinking their products would hit a certain minimum level of quality, but they're just taking popular products, manufacturing at the cheapest level, and sticking their name hoping it suckers in buyers for their poorly built products. --------- For fairness sake, my old review (2 Months in): It's a good chair, rolls around smoothly and light enough to pick and move around. No little flaws appearing after a month so far, and not too terrible as a piece of office furniture... except my bottom. There's virtually no padding on the bottom and it feels like I'm sitting on the plywood(?) that the cushion covers. It's flat also, meaning there's no contours that other chairs have, hurting my butt even more. I eventually got a pillow for it, and the comfort is somewhat better... but it adds too much to the price. I can't say I'm happy with this purchase, but I have to live with it because it'd be too much of a pain to send back