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Useful ergonomic chair for your back

Even though zero gravity furniture has become very common in the Western world, somehow I have not seen it getting traction in the Indian market.

The only affordable solution are outdoor zero gravity chairs like this. I have been using a similar one but not exactly the same because I bought it used for several months now.



Though the chair it works very well in the zero gravity position, it is not able to stop in various other levels of inclination. I went to see the new one in a showroom and it was clear to me that over the course of time, there will be similar problems with that as well.

The main problem is the mechanism of stopping the chair and different inclinations. They use cheap plastic and rubber stoppers which tend to break.

Also the back support is not very comfortable. There are better chairs like this but I have not seen them so far in a showroom is most of these seem to be sold over the Internet.

Despite this, it is a piece of furniture that I use most often especially when I am very sick. I have spent hours during night time with a painful stomach and listening to meditation music and breathing deeply to deal with the pain. So even with all of its shortcoming, I highly recommend this.


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