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[–] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

All of my desk chairs across my house are 50+ year old office chairs. If your chair budget isn't massive look for old office chairs, especially from government surplus auctions and the like. Mine were all gotten for free when workplaces happened to be replacing some furniture, but I also regularly see local schools listing office chairs in surplus auctions

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Yes! Pro-tip: If you see an aeron chair on the side of the road for trash pickup, take it!

    99% of the time, when people throw out office chairs it's because the gas cylinder failed (gets stuck down). A new cylinder is only $20!

    Just be prepared to whack TF out of that old one to get it out, haha. They can be really stuck in there after 5-10 years of people sitting on the chair.

    Don't be afraid to use a huge ass plumbing wrench and scratch TF out of the old one 👍

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    Have a search for "Chair cylinder removal tool" for another $5-10 it's a matter of turning a few allen bolts to get the cylinder out and not risking damaging everything.

    Bonus, mine has made its money back from mates dropping me a few quid to replace their gas struts.

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