Years ago, I was in my office on the phone with a client leaning back nicely when the chair snapped. It was a four or five legged deal on casters, nice high back office chair. I landed in the chair, on my back, and as I held the receiver, I continued my conversation with the client while lying in the chair on the floor, as though nothing had happened. I was laying in the chair, on my back, on the floor, face up. When I was done, I rolled out of it onto the floor and got up. After that I never trusted any office chair, and always tried to buy one with a lifetime guarantee. It happened again with a second chair and they sent new parts, that chair is gone now. The current chair will no doubt fail as well. Ever since they went to the five leg kind chairs got cheaper, but the 5 legs are much much safer than four. We had some old steel ones with wooden wheels for casters and they outlasted that business, which was 47 years. They made stuff to last. All the legs on that were steel. So, make sure you have a soft landing spot. Best wishes!
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Years ago, I was in my office on the phone with a client leaning back nicely when the chair snapped. It was a four or five legged deal on casters, nice high back office chair. I landed in the chair, on my back, and as I held the receiver, I continued my conversation with the client while lying in the chair on the floor, as though nothing had happened. I was laying in the chair, on my back, on the floor, face up. When I was done, I rolled out of it onto the floor and got up. After that I never trusted any office chair, and always tried to buy one with a lifetime guarantee. It happened again with a second chair and they sent new parts, that chair is gone now. The current chair will no doubt fail as well. Ever since they went to the five leg kind chairs got cheaper, but the 5 legs are much much safer than four. We had some old steel ones with wooden wheels for casters and they outlasted that business, which was 47 years. They made stuff to last. All the legs on that were steel.
So, make sure you have a soft landing spot. Best wishes!