Description
- BRANCH NOW ON AMAZON: Hi, we’re Branch. We make it easy for people and teams to build a beautiful workspace where you can feel and work your best. Our products are built to last and designed to keep you comfortable and productive wherever you work.
- ADJUSTABLE SEAT: Improve your ergonomic setup with our ergonomic office chair, easily adjust the seat height and depth to find the perfect position.
- ERGONOMIC DESIGN: Get the best desk chair with wheels for your comfort and posture. Our innovative design ensures optimum ergonomics – an adjustable seat, backrest, and armrests for support while smooth-rolling wheels offer easy mobility.
- MODERN STYLE: Elevate your workspace with the Ergonomic Chair, featuring a sleek, minimalist design that combines form and function. Enjoy superior support with contoured cushioning and eight points of adjustment.
- BREATHABLE MESH OFFICE CHAIR: Stay cool and relaxed all day with this premium breathable mesh home office desk chair. Its sleek design provides optimal lumbar support and adjustable seat height ensures you find your perfect fit.
Amazon Customer –
The chair was easy to assemble, is comfortable, and has a durable feel to the build. There’s a number of ways to adjust the ergonomics to suit you. I’m glad I was able to assemble it without the arms as I find it makes me sit with better posture.
My only complaint is that when I unpacked the parts from the single box, the arms were contained in another box which was damaged and they had scuff marks on them (see attached photo). Not great when you’re spending this much money on a new chair.
Overall happy with the purchase and hope it lasts a long while.
Joshua –
Branch clearly differentiates itself from the rest of the market through graphic design, English without misspellings, and making very bold claims. But this is not an ergonomic chair. It lacks basic adjustability (seat angle, minimum or maximum recline, armrest swivel, lumbar support tension/depth, etc.). As you assemble it you will notice the machining and plastic molding are very rough, but that would be fine if the quality were good. But the chair feels so incredibly cheap, with all the adjustability knobs or levers being hard to operate and feeling like they won’t hold up. The lumbar “support” is a hard piece of plastic stuck right in your back and it is immensely painful within moments. The seat feels like it is angled toward the floor. You aren’t quite sliding off, but you always feel like you are sitting at an angle. Effectively the chair is unusable and far worse than cheaper chairs.
Noe –
I looked at a lot of different ergonomic office chairs, hoping to find a nice balance between price, comfort, durability, and style. It’s tough to do staying under the $400 range. I decided on this Branch Ergonomic chair based on reviews and its style. Having lived with it for a month, here are my thoughts:
Assembly was remarkably simple. And the build quality seems good, except for the armrests as noted below.
It looks great in my opinion. If you like how it looks in pictures, it looks the same in real life. I have the pebble with white frame. I think it’s more stylish than the other sub-$500 ergonomic chairs.
I find that it is comfortable, especially the seat (I’m coming from a Knoll Life chair with a thin foam seat). But the chair is not very adjustable. The lumbar support, that I felt would be important, slides up and down but does not adjust in or out to increase/decrease pressure. So depending on your body it may not do much at all. It also does not adapt to reclining so even if it applies some support when upright I find it disappears when I recline at all. So for me I find that the lumbar feature of this chair doesn’t accomplish much at all. That defeats a lot of the ‘ergonomic’ aspects of the chair and makes me question whether I should have chosen a different chair. I think more advanced chairs do a lot more to adapt to your body as you recline in the chair; I find that this chair doesn’t do much of that at all.
The levers to adjust chair height and recline lock are lower than I’d like – you can’t use them without leaning out of a normal seating position so you have to make those adjustments then return to normal position to evaluate, rinse and repeat. The recline tension knob is even harder to reach, but it seems like once you get that dialed in you don’t have to mess with it very often.
One compromise I made in selecting this chair is not getting 4D (or even 3D) armrest adjustment. I do wish it had that. And even in the planes that they do adjust, they armrests do not move all the way into the position I would like (I wish they could slide further back, or even more inward). Also, as others have noted, the armrests do not have a lock in the forward/backward adjustment. This is a problem, as I find that I frequently will put my weight on the armrests (to change my position in the chair, for example) and the armrest will rapidly slide forward under that force. That sucks. Also, the armrest supports are plastic and if you put weight on them they flex. For me that’s a minor issue.
The backrest alternates between two meshes (in my color selection it’s a tight-woven light grey and a more open mesh dark grey). The tight-woven (light grey) fabric is smooth and soft. The open mesh (dark grey) material is suprisingly rough and catches a little bit on my clothing. Really surprised to find that Branch used a mesh that feels noticeably hard on your skin even through your shirt. Maybe other color fabric choices are different, if so I’d recommend one of those because this backrest feels a little annoying when it shouldn’t feel like anything at all.
I am someone who desperately needs a headrest and while Branch does offer one for this chair it wasn’t an option when I purchased the chair from Amazon so I wasn’t able to get one. That would make a big difference in my comfort.
I’d have preferred blade wheels to the rather cheap plastic casters that come with this chair.
My previous chair (Knoll) was quite old and was causing me pain. I can definitely say this Branch chair is significantly more comfortable. There is some disappointment in the lack of (for me) lumbar support and the rough mesh on the backrest, and I do wish the armrests were more adjustable. But for a relatively low-priced ergonomic chair that really does look good it’s a pretty good deal even if it isn’t the ultimate ergonomic chair. Now, if I can just get a headrest for it.
jeffro –
1 month review.
it was easy to put together, feels great to sit on for 8-10 hour periods, and didn’t break the bank.
The armrests are a little wobbly but not flimsy.
The points of adjustment work great for my needs.
MKM –
This is a $250 CAD chair at most. Can’t believe Wired rated it so high. Every part it is as cheap as possible. Doesn’t even come with a headrest. Instant return
ladybossplanner –
This is my first ergonomic chair I’ve owned for home use. And I have never had a chair that goes low enough to fit me until now! I did a lot of research and decided on this because of the quality, adjustment features and price range. I’m 5’0 so I’m really short but this chair sits low enough for me. I keep it at the lowest setting. Looks great with my Flexispot E7 desk, I got the beige/tan chair. I’m used to sitting in Herman Miller chairs at work but they are always too big and don’t truly fit my small frame. This is super comfortable and the best fit I’ve ever experienced. I love the adjustable seat (seat slides out a few inches) so I can sit cross cross applesauce if I want too and still have enough room everywhere. And the adjustable arm rests were a must have for me. The armrests are not squishy, pretty firm. I decided to buy padded armrest covers but now that I have it I’m not sure it’s completely necessary to add on. The armrests still fit under my desk. I also like that I can lean and tilt back in the chair which I was never able to do in bigger chairs because they were too big. And I like that you can lock the position. The backrest isn’t too high for me either. The adjustable lumbar support is nice but it’s not aggressive at all. It’s just enough support for what I need. The wheels surprised me because they roll easily and smoothly with minimal effort on 2 layers of carpet! I’ve had other chairs that were problematic on carpet and even on a plastic chair mat. I even had a chair without wheels because of that; but I still missed being able to roll even if it was only a few inches here and there. I don’t have to worry about that anymore! I’m happy with the amount of cushion on the seat, very comfortable. The breathable mesh back is nice and the mesh is strong.
The chair was packed well in a large box but I was able to get the box upstairs on my own. It was easy to build on my own and only took a few minutes. I suggest reading the instructions before watching the YouTube video because the video leaves out a few important details.
It was such a challenge to find a chair that fits petite people as most chairs are designed for taller people. And I read countless reviews and most people don’t mention their height or there were very few reviews where the person was 5’3 or under. I think this chair would be great even for people much taller since I am happy with the lowest, smallest settings of the chair. Overall, the chair still feels spacious but not overly so. This chair is well made and high quality. I can see it lasting many years and it comes with a warranty!
ladybossplanner –
Very good chair for the price ($300 on sale). If you are 5’2” or shorter, you will need to get extra lumbar support and a foot rest. It is not designed to fit shorter people, the chair does not go low enough and you cannot adjust the lumbar support much. but I was expecting that from the product specifications. Since I work a hybrid position and don’t need to use it every day, this is okay with me especially for the price. It was very easy to assemble and the cushion is very comfortable. Also it looks really nice and feels high quality so I think it’s very good for being $300.
Ding –
Al armar e instalar los descansabrazos, estos tiene un “juego” de movimiento que no debería existir y amenaza con crecer con el uso constante. Me decepcionó eso, aunque podría omitirse pero estás comprando una silla que no es la más barata… Esperemos que no sea así. 🙄