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| |  | Leather Chairs | Home » » Big Man's Chair by Boss | | | | | | Colors: | | | | | Description: | | Designed with the comfort of a larger person in mind, the Expanded Executive Chair by Boss is extremely roomy and has 5 of padding. This contoured-back desk chair supports up to 350 lbs. with ease, plus two advanced ergonomic adjustments. | | | Features: | |
• 5" thick padded seat for added comfort.
• Locking spring tilt mechanism.
• Pneumatic gas lift seat height adjustment.
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 Great Value Great ChairJul 04, 2010
My experience has been very good. Four stars only because I don't know what else that is out there that may be better. I like the firm cushion. It is certainly big enough and sturdy enough. It was fairly easy to put together. My only observation is that I would have preferred a fabric that is a little more coarse and breathable. If I wanted a vinyl or leather chair I would have bought one. This is easily fixed with a thin cloth seat cushion (or, as now, until I find the proper cushion, a towel.
Sturdy, Supportive, Comfortable, SpartanJun 03, 2010
I'm a hefty dude that tips the scale at the cutoff; 350 lbs (love my pork chops). Yet, I'm short legged. It took me forever to assemble the rascal, I had to keep stopping to change the channel on the TV. I used a phillips hand screwdriver to do the job. The next day I couldn't grip a thing. I am so surprised at how much back support this rascal gives. I'm sure the military puts these things in Abrams tanks. I'm happy as a clam at high tide with the beast. It is Spartan; no bells nor whistles. If, when you're assembling the arm and back support unit, you line up the back bolt first thing, you'll save some time. I put in and tightened the eight securing bolts first and wound up needing to loosen them all about half way out to line up the back bolt. It falls short of five stars because of its industrial look. But, then again, I'm kind of an industrial guy. Don't go cheap, you'll end up replacing anything less sturdy, short time.
Sturdy, if not prettyMay 22, 2010
I've been looking for a comfortable chair for some time. Being 6'-4" and 300 lbs the standard stuff at Office Depot is either uncomfortable, or breaks after a year or so. Sure, I'd like an Aeron chair, but...
Anyway, this beast isn't going to win any beauty contests - two black blobs joined by a gray-painted, twisty metal tube. I took a star off for looks. Otherwise, it's sturdy, and I find it very comfortable. One thing I demand in chairs is a positive tilt lock. I like to sit bolt upright and, so far, this one clamps solidly in position. (Also clamps at other angles of your choice which is nice, and rare.)
Assembly was straight forward. The instructions are mostly hints but you really can't put things in the wrong place. Use it to figure out the sequence and then go for it. Took about an hour, plus a few minutes to discard/recycle the packaging. While the instructions show the arm pads to be assembled they came attached so that saved some time. All but one bolt comes screwed into their holes which means it's hard to mix them up, but it also means you have to unscrew them. A power screwdriver would speed this up a lot. I used a #3 Phillips manual screwdriver and probably wasted ten minutes unscrewing as I went. (I recommend hand tightening the last turn or so anyway, you need some decent torque to snug things up.)
When attaching the base plate to the seat there were four "extra" screws - it appears that this seat can take one of two types of base plates. In this case, the rear most two screws were left in place, but the inside two front screws had to be removed so the plate would seat properly. No biggie. Gives you extra screws and their absence does not weaken anything.
Everything lined up about as well as expected - a little pushing here and there and you're good. All but one hole is a slot so precision is not required. The only tricky screw was the back socket head screw (wrench is included along with two decorative caps - one to use, one to keep). I had to look down the rather deep hole with a flashlight to figure out which way to push the bar to line up the threaded hole. Once I felt the threads bite about a minute of turning seated it fully and I tapped the cap into the hole.
I put the spare cap, "spare" screws and and the hex wrench into a small ziplock bag and tucked it into one of the ends of the arm tube under the seat where it will be handy. Beats looking for that stuff later if it's needed.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Sturdy chair, poor quality control, ordered two & both were defective.Mar 03, 2010
I ordered two of these chairs at $229 each. This is way overpriced. They should, at most, have been $99. Both of the chairs were defective in different ways. I am excellent at assembly. I've been a professional mobile electronics installer for 35 years. I put in custom DVD video overhead systems, remote starts, even DirecTV satellite systems in vehicles. I don't think assembling a chair is beyond my grasp.
The first chair took over an hour just to put in one bolt. The armrest bar is one piece that bolts to the bottom of the seat and the bar goes around the backrest and a 2" bolt screws into the backrest. A good design for strengthening the backrest. Unfortunately, the short pipe with the bolt hole on the armrest bar is supposed to fit into a steel socket in the backrest and the bolt thread into the center. When the pipe was inserted into the cup, it blocked the edge of the threads, making it impossible to screw it in. I ended up having to bore the hole out in the pipe to make room for the bolt and even then, it was very difficult.
The next day I attempted to assemble the other chair, hoping it wouldn't have the same problem. It didn't, all went smoothly and I had it together in about 10 minutes. The problem arose when I tried to put the chair onto the base. The pneumatic tube would not fit into the seat adjustment mechanism. It was simply too large or it may be that it is very close tolerance and there were grooves inside the seat mechanism socket like it had been used for a long time and the marks were from the chair being rotated. I tried lubricating the parts, even tapping it in with a wood block and a hammer, but it wouldn't go in more than 1/4". Now my son has nothing to sit on at his computer and I'm not a happy camper. I emailed Amazon about it before writing this review and I'll see how they handle the issue.
Other than these quality control issues, the chairs seem very sturdy. They aren't that attractive but I'm really more into function than fashion. The material is a soft suede-like material. The armrests are padded and fairly wide, but creak slightly when gripped and moved side to side. Normally, of course, you wouldn't do this but it is an indication that they may be a weak link in this chair that is designed for big and tall people. The seat is very wide. I am tall but not overweight and have about 3" to spare on both sides of the cushion. The tilt mechanism seems pretty good and you can lock it in tilted positions. People talk about it being really high, but my feet are flat on the floor even in the highest position, but then I am 6'6".
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 The PERFECT office chair for big guysDec 16, 2009
I'm a big guy - 6'3", 240lbs, built like a linebacker... and since I'm a web producer, I spend a large part of my day sitting at a computer. In my experience, almost every office chair I've ever owned has been both horrendously uncomfortable and unbelievably fragile... that is, until I stumbled on the Boss Big Man's Chair.
I found this chair sitting out at a local Fry's store a couple years ago (unfortunately, they don't seem to carry this chair any more), and thought it looked sturdy... so I gave it a go. Not only is the chair built like a tank (heavy-duty reinforced metal frame, heavy suede leather material), it's one of the most comfortable office chairs I've ever sat in. It also uses an extremely strong tension-based latch system for locking the chair into a reclined position at whatever angle is most comfortable for YOU (as opposed to the flimsy little bar that other chairs use to lock into a single, predetermined reclining position). The backrest is likewise very sturdy and (as the picture shows) offers very good lumbar support (bonus for those with bad backs). It's also very wide, too wide for my tastes, personally, but I can see that as an added bonus for some fellas.
Considering the number of flimsy, uncomfortable chairs from Costco and Office Max that I've broken over the years, this chair has not only saved my butt (and back), but it's saved me money. If you're a big guy in search of a good, reliable, comfortable office chair - you just can't go wrong with this one. It will be the last office chair you'll ever have to buy.
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