Product: Leap Chair
Designer: Steelcase
Price: $850 - $1600*
Rating: Strong Recommend**
Though our recent Test Lab experience with Herman Miller's Embody Chair was a successful one (we loved the lumbar support), we really enjoyed our trial period with the competitor — the Leap Chair from Steelcase. Less a show dog and more a work horse, the Leap is basic enough not to offend your design aesthetic and we found it easier to use...
posted originally from: AT:New York
You'll see in the pictures that all of the levers and adjustment tools on the Leap are clearly labeled — we jumped right in and easily figured out how to manipulate the chair for our own comfort. No guidebook or learning curve — it's just a very nice chair. The Steelcase Leap chair received Silver Cradle to Cradle Product Certification from MBDC and is up to 94% recyclable.
Our test model was upholstered in a soft white leather (ridiculous but ra-sha-sha!) and I included an image with my arm to prove that the pictures I took were NOT black and white...just a white, silver and black colored chair in a fluorescent-lit, black floored, white walled hallway.
* The lowest-priced Steelcase Leap is $849, and the model we tested has an MSRP/list price of $1543 (though we've been told it can usually be found for $950).
**OUR RATINGS
Strong Recommend
Recommend
Weak Recommend
Avoid!
(Images: Aaron Able, Steelcase)
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Love that chair. I would suggest that if anyone wants to purchase commercial grade furniture like this to contact your local furniture dealership. You can expect about 40% off of the list price. What you pick with your chair changes the list price (articulating arms vs. standard arms). But that chair, and the Allsteel Sum chair are to me very comfortable
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