Leather Executive Chair - High-Back Computer Chair for Office Desk, Black (VL151)

I'm sitting in it now and it's more than comfortable. Sturdier than our last cloth chair. The lumbar support is fine if you sit all the way back. For the price and easy of assembly, I'd say, "go for it!"

Warning: do not buy this chair. It is a complete pile of crap for anyone looking for long term back and bum care. This chair replaced a similar model that was about 6 years old. The pleather, or whatever it is, on this one is smoother and possibly a little cheaper. This one kind of has a different feel like it cradles you a bit more. A bay window on the back region is not good for the back really, and the lumbar region is poorly filled and designed. My last Hon had a screw coming loose constantly. This one ends up the same way. Hon needs to do major reworking of these chairs if you ask me. Over time that one got lopsided heavily. It also showed a little wear on the leather but to be expected over 6 years. This chair is terrible and will not even last two years. In fact, it barely lasted one and I have been suffering since. I am now trying their 161 model, which looks like a direct upgrade from this POS, but there is no telling if it actually is better. How F'ing hard is it to afford some decent cushioning in a chair? The quality of all these computer/desk chairs has seen a gigantic plunge as they all have switched to completely inferior Chinese junk product. The seats do not hold up past 1.5 years for basically anyone in the 200 pound range. There is cracking on badly stitched and designed sidearm pleather, which is two tone. This WILL happen to you it just depends when. This one flaw alone is reason enough to never buy this chair. Ever. The lumbar support is basically nothing on this thing as well. Bum support went to nothing over one year of use. NOTHING. A concrete bottom that gives me pain. Overall, this is really just a badly designed chair in just about every respect. From the terrible two tone material stitching of the arms, which is ridiculously inept as it is obvious to anyone it was going to crack over time, to the seats and lumbar and complete lack of sustainable cushioning, you really could not buy yourself anything worse than this. You are paying to harm your back over time. The wheels are decent but you need to get a pad. Do not use this chair on concrete or anything else that like. Everyone including me at the start gives a good review because the chair is nice when it's new. But then slowly it just becomes a huge problem over time and does not hold up to the claimed 5 year warranty, OF WHICH only TWO YEARS are covered for the upholstery. With the leather armrests cracking as they do this chair is as good as dead. I don't have time for shipping costs and returns. I don't ever want to sit or see this chair again. I basically tore it apart and had it sent to the dump. The 161 Hon is a direct upgrade, and all around is just a much better chair.

Noting feedback from other users, I was careful to face the seat in the right position. That's what I thought. After breezing through assembly, I came to the final 2 bolts, remembering that other users had problems at this point. Sure enough, no matter how much I twisted and heaved, turned the chair upside down to get more leverage, the last holes would not line up, those bolts started cross-threading, then I scraped my right arm pretty bad. Decided I better have someone strong help me. I sat there a few minutes, dabbing my arm and saying a few words about the chair, it's inventor, and his forebearers. Then as I gazed at the chair, I saw the seat was so canted, it would be too uncomfortable to sit in anyway, you would slide out! A dingbat bell finally went off in my mind, and I peered underneath the bottom. The wicked thing had somehow turned and was backward! Yes, I got it together, managed to rethread the 2 bolts correctly, and I'm sitting in it now as I write this. A final note: yes, the chair is very hard to tilt, even with the loosest adjustment, but it is comfortable, a good value.

Here's the deal with office chairs... Most will die a death of a broken base, cylinder, or torn surface area within a few years of normal use. The user's size obviously affects lifespan as well. As such, I don't buy $300 chairs because in my experience, they break too. I bought this chair 25 months ago. Today I was at work and wasn't even moving... just sitting still, and the chair sank to the bottom as if I pulled the height adjustment lever. I'm about 225lbs right now so I'm well under the 250lb rating for this chair. But the thing is, the surface on this chair after two years of daily use, isn't even cracked, let alone torn! I've never seen this before on a fake leather chair after years of use. The base and wheels are in great shape still too. I was going to buy a universal replacement cylinder to keep using the chair, so I flipped it over and found a 1-800 number and a model number. I looked up my order on Amazon and saw the order date and the beautiful "5 year warranty" image. I called the 1-800 number and (THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY THIS CHAIR) after a brief recording disclaimer I went straight to a person (no phone maze) who spoke in perfect English without any hard to understand accent, and she was very friendly. Within 3 minutes, we had exchanged my serial number and shipping address and a replacement cylinder will be on its way within a week, for free. Don't fool yourself, this is a budget chair. But, at just over a Benjamin, you don't normally get such a long warranty, such great customer service if you DO have an issue, such a quick resolution. 25 months in, yes, the seat cushion could be more padded as 500+ days of sitting on it for 8 hours at a time have flattened it, but frankly I don't notice it. There are no screws poking through or other issues. I STILL get compliments on the chair looking nice. Which is kind of weird because I don't do anything special to make it stand out. But I guess that's a hallmark of good design. So 5 stars Hon. Great service. Great chair at a fair price. I'll be a return customer in the future!

This chair is reasonably priced, easily and quickly assembled without the need for additional tools. But most importantly this chair is very comfortable and functional, offering excellent back support. You can do a lot worse than this.

Pros: Very comfortable. Im sitting in it right now and it fits me perfect (5'8 176lbs). My butt is nicely padded and its providing good back support. Leather feels nice. Looks great. Arm rests are at perfect height. Cons: Whoever the lunatic was that designed the assembly for this chair needs a good smack up side the head. The first few steps are easy. It's the final 2 screws attaching the upper back of the chair to the arm rests. For the screws to go in the holes need to be aligned perfectly, which is extremely difficult given the construction of the chair. By time i figured out that putting the chair completely upside down while at the same time using all my strength to pull the arm rest backwards made the holes appear to align, the 3 screws i had left were stripped due to my folly attempts to due what the directions said. Not to mention I had no free hand to screw the damn things in. So i jammed 2 slighter smaller screws inside and its serving the same purpose. You either need 3 arms, or someone helping you out. VERY FRUSTRATING!

I bought this chair for my desk. The reason I bought it was because there were so many good reviews. The only positive thing I have to say is that it was easy to put together. What I don't understand are all these reviews, this chair is very uncomfortable. There is no lower back support and the arm rests are low and dig into your legs regardless of your height or size. There is only one way to put it together, so I know I didn't assemble it incorrectly. If you're looking to waste money, by all means buy this chair.

After a couple hours of breaking it in this is a great chair. It is strong enough to support me (185lbs) and my two kids (80lbs combined) while we sit together and look at pictures on the computer. Great product for the price.