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There is no way a chair that ugly could be good for you. It brings to mind those kneeling chairs from the eighties. Try the Zody chair from Haworth!

i've seen it in person. ewwww. and every designer i was with agreed....ewwwww. it just doesn't look attractive at all...and compared to other chairs, i saw no benefit in it.

No amount of comfort could make up for that eyesore.

My friend has a couple in his office and I hate them. I found it very uncomfortable and kind of like a visit to the gyno if you happen to be wearing a skirt.

Hey now, I have it and it's not soooo ugly...any of you guys seen an Aeron chair? And I think it's pretty great. It's not enormous, it encourages me to move as I write (that's the point of it, and it's been much better for me ergonomically than the Aeron. I say get one.

Also, I pretty much always work in a skirt and I haven't felt at all...probed.

hey, hey, hey, what's happnin'?
Is that Rog's chair?

I worked in an office with some of these chairs for a while ... I'll try to be delicate about this: as a man, I found these chairs to be very uncomfortable. It was somewhat like sitting on a wide bicycle seat - lots of pressure between the thighs. I'm a skinny little guy, too. To clarify, it was the drafting height chair/stool - not the desk height one. It has a foot rest, but no matter. I hated it.

However, my boss, a woman, loved hers. So who knows.

Someone mentioned a Zody chair - I have one of those now. Comfy, yes, but the lumbar support pad just broke off about two weeks after I got it. Like I said, I'm a skinny little guy.

Go to your local office furniture store and try out as many chairs as you can, buy the best you can afford... Since you're working from home, nobody is forcing you to sit all day. Get up and walk around for 5-10 minutes, it makes a huge difference and you can do it as often as you need. :)

PS: This chair is without a doubt the ugliest chair I've ever seen... are you really sure you want it in your home office?

This is a different type of chair than your typical office chair in that it's meant to balance/move/use your body while sitting - the saddle seat is supposed to be really good for stretching out your pelvis muscles and I read somewhere that it takes a bit of getting used to since we don't normally sit that way. I say go for it. I love the idea of the hip joint stretching since I have issues there and I love the versatility of sitting forward or backward. Somehow my regular office chair doesn't cut it.

If you get it, Shanna, let us know how it goes!!

We use these all over the hospital where I work for nurses stations. They don't have the back piece, so it is more like a comfy stool.

As a guy, I like them fine, but definitely not the most comfy for long sitting. Also, way over priced.

The HAG Capisco kinda scares me design wise...

I know the Aeron chair has become a bit of a cliche', but I love mine, and it is comfortable, and best of all, it comes with a 12 year warranty. Now how many manufacturers belive enough in their products to put a warranty like that on a chair?

I have had mine for about five years, and it still looks great.

I work in a dental office. These chairs are the love of hygenists on the entire floor!

Try the Mirra chair from Herman Miller; its a little less expensive than the Aeron and the tilt mechanism is slightly better.

I don't know about this chair (though at first glance it's kind of Muppet-ugly, which is a good thing in my book), but I have the Herman Miller Caper task chair at home, the cheapest in the HM family and I love it. It comes in a zillion colors (ok, like 20) and it's nice and small and cute and comfy.

I love my Mirra chair from Herman Miller - I got the one with the greatest number of adjustable features (I especially like the tilting seat front, so that the edge doesn't cut into my thighs). But I'd be willing to try the HAG Capisco, too. Looks interesting. As always, I care about comfort slightly more than I do about looks, and anyway, the Capisco looks amusing to me.

An aside: I couldn't get the fully adjustable Mirra chair through either Sam Flax or Room & Board (both of which have similar floor models to try), so I ended up getting mine off the web at OfficeDesigns - for less $ than those other places. Plus, they have fully customized color choices and great service, I thought. They sent me extra casters for hardwood floors, and a replacement cover for the back that got just a tiny bit scuffed in transit.

I sit in a Steelcase Think chair and find it very comfortable. You can get one at store.steelcase.com.

The best thing to do is try out any chair you're thinking of buying and sit it for longer than 30 seconds so you get a feel for it. If you're buying on-line look for a place that has an easy return policy in case you don't like it.

I'd second the vote for the Steelcase Think or, I'd also recommend their Leap chair. Both chairs are ridiculously comfortable and even though I have a Herman Miller Aeron sitting in the corner of my bedroom, I prefer the adjustments on the Steelcase chairs. They're labeled, intuitive to use, a bit less clunky all around.

either way though, good luck

Your mileage may vary, but... Here's one vote for the HAG Capisco. Maybe not in the periwinkle shade... however, it's been fantastic for my lower back and it works with the way I work at the desk. I'm sitting on one, right now, and I wouldn't trade it for 100 Aerons. (I used to sit on one at work.) Thing is, the Aeron's frame cuts the circulation on my legs, but the saddle-shaped seat of the Capisco doesn't. (They're available with conventional seats, too, if you choose.) This is very much a *task chair* and not something you sit back on and lounge, so if you expect you'll want to do this you might wish to look elsewhere. Hope this helps...!

Wow. I'm surprised by the number of negative comments about the chair. I've had my Capisco for about 6 years now and I am absolutely in love with it. It did take a few weeks to get used to, but it has been nothing short of fantastic.

The saddle seat is great for the circulation to the legs and my feet never fall asleep anymore while I"m working. The chair makes you constantly move without really knowing it, and that's what takes the getting used to. If you're willing to adjust to sitting in an unconventional manner, I strongly recommend the chair.

I am also VERY surprised about all the negative comments - and am guessing that most people who have a negative opinion about this chair, are just guessing what they're like and haven't had actual experience with this chair. I am a marathon runner and good posture is detrimental to recovery after long runs. I am also a civil engineer - and so I somewhat know what I'm talking about when I say this chair is very well engineered.

Now from a woman's perspective - yes, this chair makes it impossible to wear a skirt if you're planning on sitting on it backwards. But it does have 4 possible positions to sit on, so that's only one less, leaving 3 more. Previously lower back pain and rear end pain set in early to mid morning, which forced me to get up several times a day to walk around. This chair becomes part of your body, supporting in just the right places and allowing for circulation in all the important places. The dip in the saddle seat prevents spider and varicose veins from forming on the back of your legs, because the blood can flow freely.

Well, maybe it's because I'm european, but this chair is stunning looking, too! I think all of you who don't like it, must be a GM driver who eats mcdonald's for breakfast. You surely don't deserve a chair like this, it's way too cool for you.

Hi Caspico users. I am choosing between the stool version and chair version. Could you tell me how much I need the BACK during the seating? I read an article from a website mentioning the back is not often used. Any opinions?Thanks!

I have the Capisco with the back, and I am glad that I do. I usually perch on the front of the seat when I'm in my chair, but I often lock the back, sit deeper in the saddle and use the side arms when I'm on a phone call. I have also used the chair backward and find it's great support when I'm looking on my desk reading something. I found a picture of somebody else using the chair like this here:

http://www.ergodepot.com/photos/8106-6.jpg

Just my two cents worth.

The Hag Capisco? I spent a year thinking about this chair, having seen it pre-Christmas 2005. Another year of appalling neck and shoulder ache, I took myself in hand November 2006 and ordered it. I love the chair's looks - unusual, funky, cool... and despite many days of hours and hours spent at the computer, those constant neck/shoulder aches and numbness are really now a thing of the past. No longer do I have go to the osteopath / physiotherapist at the end of the week to be unravelled. Capisco does exactly what it says it does. If you're not into this imaginative design, then it won't suit you - but everyone who visits me had loved it, wants to try it, wants to go get one. I can't recommend this chair highly enough. Go get one quick!

I LOVE MY CAPISCO CHAIR! I've owned one at home for almost 10 years now, and I finally convinced my boss to at least consider it for our small design office (6 designers here). We ordered one and had everybody try it out for a few days each. 5 people absolutely loved it and one was on the fence. We ordered all 6 and the one who was one the fence is the one who loves hers the most I think. I'm as happy as can be because I can sit in a Capisco at home AND at work now. We got a volume discount for the chairs at one of the online dealers too, so my boss is happy :-)

As a freelance video editor, I've sat for long periods of time.

For the first few minutes, the Capisco is the worst.

After a few hours though, it leaves the overpriced Leaps, Aerons, Freedoms, and Mirras in the dust.

Things to consider:
If you are the kind of person who likes to settle in, you might hate this chair.
If you have a weak lower back, you might hate it.
If you sit for just a few minutes, and compare it to the other ergo chairs, you might hate it.
It feels harder at first.

Advantages:
Freedom of movement.
Better circulation.
Small size.
No icky Back sag after a few hours of sitting.

Unlike other chairs, you don't settle into the Capisco.
It keeps your core awake.
If you feel like crap when your posture gets all misaligned, you'll love this chair.
If you're athletic, like me, it could be a revelation.

I'm in the process of ordering one. Would have never considered it had I not worked in it myself for so many hours.

It really leaves the other fancy ergo chairs in the dust for me.

I would not sit and read in this chair, nor would I want to eat dinner in it. But for work, to stay alert and feeling good for long stretches at a time, for my money, you just can't beat the Capisco.