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The Back Station Reclining Work Desk
chroma writes "I found this amazing-looking
computer desk/chair combo
and I'm interested in hearing what Slashdot readers think. It
lets you adjust your working posture to just about any
angle, including standing and reclining! The bottom line is $6300 (CT:Ouch!),
shipping included. " Ergonomics are expensive.
It is cool. But is it worth $6300 just so you can pretend to be Stephen Hawking? Maybe (given the week that's in it) you could get two people playing X-Wing and relive the dialogue ("I got him! I got him! "Great, kid. Don't get cocky!). But not for more than a grand. No way.
I think that Herman Miller sells a desk which can go from a few inches off the ground to standing very easily. Combine that with a good chair and you have what is probably just as ergonomic of a sytem for a quarter of the price. $6300 bucks is not worth it. You could probably contract someone to build you one of these things for less!
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But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
For only $ 5,500 for the single monitor unit, you can get Poetic Technologies' Aura chair instead. It's way cooler than this thing, and costs less.
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Ah yes, the computer chair of the future. I can just picture myself sacked out on one of these during those 20 hour code stints. The 'recline' picture looks a bit dangerous though; I wonder if there is some kind of mount for the monitor. It would be pretty non-ergonomic to have a 21" crt come crashing down on your face. Also I'm presuming the computer itself must sit off to the side somewhere -- nice how they don't show all the messy wires in the photos :) (I prefer my logitech wireless desktop anyway. Though I don't like the way the keyboard drops letters when I type too fast. And if I had one of those chairs the wireless mouse might just slide off the desktop while in 'recline'.)
So, +points for somewhat fulfilling a long-standing fantasy in futuresque form, -points for chintzy ad copy. "Although crusing in 'warp drive', please allow 6-8 weeks" for delivery. Indeed.
Anyone else think that a Laz-E-Boy in front of a computer desk (or maybe a wall-mounted flat panel monitor) would be just as good?
We want endless gardens of data, where the bits can flower, flourish and reproduce. -- Andy Mueller-Maguhn
Some things are better left uncreated. I agree that some things, like the mouse and keyboard particularly, benefitted from being made ergonomic (I really like using my MS keyboard), but an entire ergonomic setup? I find such desks and keyboard pads and mousepads to be incredibly uncomfortable to use. They may prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and help me in the long run, but which is more harmful; the painful displeasure then or the painful displeasure now? I've been using computers for the majority of my life and CTS has yet to hit me so I'm going to go with the former. It may be imprudent, but it's a reality.
Give me a papasan and a table and I'm set. There's no need to create an all in one folding thingamajig seat to hold my computer. It's too inflexible and its too expensive!
What's to stop your monitor toppling off this thing and breaking your ribs? I have a 19" screen. That would be really painful.
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