This is a standard weekday in the life of Greg Puett.
I wake up every morning, and get out of bed, do my morning routine and finally before leaving for work, I sit down at my desk to catch up on emails and maybe read some news articles or something. I’m in this chair almost every morning, and definitely every night. This is probably my most favorite chair that I’ve ever owned. Its got a (mostly) fully mesh construction. Living in Phoenix Arizona, this is pretty much a requirement, it lets air flow through and keep you constantly cool and refreshed. Another thing I really like about this chair is that it lets me be comfortable, no matter the posture. If I want to sit fully leaning forward with my spine in a big C (very poor posture), I can do so in complete comfort. If I sit up straight, the backrest has perfectly placed lumbar support and encourages me to sit property. If I’m watching a movie or show on my computer, I can lean all the way back and have my head supported on the headrest. I love this chair.
After this, I head downstairs (I live in a 3rd floor apartment) to my car, where this awaits me. I drive a high handling sports car, and sitting in this seat makes me feel secure. Its high sides hold you in place, and you feel like you can take corners at 50 miles an hour and not fall out. The car was designed to drift, so its seats need to be able to handle sideways pressure. I like it because it sits me low to the ground and that really connects you with the road. Sitting up higher just makes driving boring. Also the loop on the shoulder of the seat hangs onto the seat belt and makes it much easier to access every day. The seat has that red trim on the wings, and the stitching down the side matches. This looks particularly striking on the red models of this car. Mine is white, which also looks pretty nice. Interestingly, the model year of my vehicle only offers red trim, so even if your car is blue, it will have the red interior. It was an odd design choice by Scion and Subaru.
After getting to work, I walk in and get to my desk. I have a sit-stand desk, and I make an effort every night to leave my desk up in a standing position, so I start my morning standing. When I do finally sit down, it is in this chair. The Steelcase Amia. This is the chair that the majority of my office uses, and I’m not exactly sure why. The chair itself is fairly comfortable, but is fabric and foam rather than pure mesh like my desk chair at home. I already spoke of the benefits of pure mesh, but for some reason that is ignored at my office. It might be due to the willingness to keep the office at a constant 72 degrees, which prevents people from sweating and needing that consistent airflow. The chair has movable lumbar support to allow a much wider audience of users. My biggest issue with it is that the arm rests are TOO adjustable, so its very difficult to get them to be level without using a guide of some sort.
During the day, I regularly attend meetings, and while my office has several different chairs in the conference rooms, the one I encounter the most often (aside from the Amia) is this one: the Steelcase Think. This chair actually used to be my primary desk chair at work, but then my building underwent a remodel, and each desk got a new chair, and it seems that a lot of the older chairs got moved into conference rooms if there was a need. This is another pretty standard work chair, but thankfully it does have the mesh back. This is especially important in conference rooms where lots of people grouped together can quickly heat a room. Unlike the Amia, this chair has about 10 notches on its arm rests, so its fairly easy to line them up.
As the workday ends, I head back home and generally sit right back down at my desk there, and use my home chair. But I have a couch and dining chairs which are very rarely used. Their primary purpose is horizontal space. I’m not the most organized person, and instead of putting things away, the end up on chairs or couches. Its usually stuff that’s easy enough to put away, I just don’t do it. I have my couch, which I’m glad I own, but regret getting because the faux leather and its lack of air movement and cooling. (Are you noticing a trend? It’s important). The dining chairs have a similar problem, but only the seat is like this, and that is usually bearable during the course of a meal. If I ate at my dining table more often, I would likely look for new chairs, but since they are mainly used as an art piece in my dining area, they can stay. The chair shown is currently not in my dining area since I’m using my table as a temporary workbench while I build my own custom workbench.