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Leap Chair by Steelcase- Fully Featured - Navy--Holiday Special - Free $50 Visa Certificate | 
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| Brand: Steelcase
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $1,288.00
Buy New: $849.00 (On sale from $869.00)
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 320531
Country: USA
Color: Navy
ASIN: B000NTE1ZS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Buy this product today and get a free $50 visa gift card | | • | 10-year Steelcase warranty. | | • | Awarded Best Overall ERGONOMIC CHAIR by Wall Street Journal | | • | Changes shape as it imitates the curvature of your spine and supports its movement |
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Product Description
The Leap Chair by Steelcase retains all the patented features of the original, plus some significant advancements: its seat back is higher, the seat edge angle has become intuitive and the arms adjust fluidly in four directions. Visually, this sleeker profile Leap Chair offers smooth, tightly woven upholstery, an updated color palate and a polished aluminum frame finish. We are an Authorized Steelcase Retailer.
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 Works for Small Frames September 12, 2008
Lost My Mind (California, United States)
The chair seems to be comparable to an Aeron, Mirra, or Liberty, though it seems to fit smaller frames a little better.
The Leap has the usual set of adjustments that are necessary to make a decent quality chair. The armests can adjust inward quite a bit which is good for folks with narrow shoulders. The seatpan can also slide back quite far.
The recline mechanism is quite different than other chairs. The back reclines and the seatpan stays flat (this is not unusual and nor is it bad), but the seatpan slides forward just a bit. This mechanism also causes the seatpan to have a little bit of play when sitting up. I personally find it good as I shift a lot, but others find it annoying. You should try it and see if it works before you buy it.
The seat has an adequate amount of cushion and is much "cushier" than an Aeron or Mirra, but not as cushy as the gel-seat on a Freedom. The back lacks much cushion, but I find it to be softer (i.e. comfortable) than the Aeron/Mirra. As another reviewer pointed out, it's probably fine for smaller folks.
The three major complaints is that the chair curves back a bit too much and lacks upper back/shoulder support. The second complaint is the recline is really an all-or-nothing thing. Either you turn off the recline to sit up straight or you lean back until you hit the stop (adjustable) and sit that way. Lumbar support is pretty wimpy--it pretty much depends on the curve in the chair which puts my shoulders/upper back in a bit of a reclined position--I don't like that at all.
With the recline enabled, it's hard to sit up straight and get enough back support... if you turn up the tension high enough to sit up straight, then it's really too hard to lean back.
The chair does feel a bit light and "cheap", though I haven't had any problems and expect it'll last as long as my Freedom and Mirra. Arms do have too much play which adds to the "cheap" feeling.
Personally, I prefer the Freedom for reclining. I has a much better mechanism and provides proper head support. Mirra might be a better chair if you've got enough "natural" cushioning to make it comfy.
an amazing chair with some serious drawbacks January 26, 2008
J. Wombacher
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The good:
1) The backrest does conform to the back in a way no other chair does, it is a remarkable feature that will do wonders for your back. It is, however, very difficult to find the correct setting. I played around with the settings for months before I felt I had the right one.
2) Adjustments are very easy to make, and you don't have to get up and bend over to make any of them. There are numerous adjustments available, and they are simple to figure out. One downside to this is that you will spend a lot of time looking for the right combo.
3) You can lean way back in the chair. The backrest will recline without any tilt in the seat base (which has no tilt option whatsoever). This can relieve the back in a way that few other chairs can. Most other chairs tilt in sync with the backrest, which does nothing to relieve back stress.
4) The armrests are the best of any chair I know of.
5) The lumbar support adjustment is unobtrusive, effective, simple to use, and does not give the chair that weird space-age appearance as in other well-known ergo chairs.
The bad:
1) This chair is HARD HARD HARD on the tush. It is like sitting on a park bench. I weigh 185. My wife is much lighter and doesn't mind it at all, but I cannot sit in it more than two hours per day. I have tried 8 different cushions for sale on the market, none help (if you bottom out, they make no difference). You cannot buy good cushy foam anywhere, don't even bother trying. You'll need so much that it renders the chair pointless.
2) The recline resistance tension works in a way such that the backrest will stick-and-hold in a position based on the amount of pressure you put on it while reclining. It can be adjusted to require more or less pressure to give way. The result is a jerky as opposed to a fluid motion. It takes much getting used to. But once I figured it out, I rather liked it. There is no locking-in-place of the recline position, yet there are five recline-limit-stops. The problem is that the backrest will always push you forward as you lean forward, no matter what setting. Again, this can be viewed as a good feature once you get used to it - it is just very different from most chairs.
 Too much plastic November 7, 2007
orangekay (San Francisco, CA United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
$800 is a ridiculous amount to spend on a desk chair, but if your job requires you to sit for more than a few hours a day, it's cheaper than all the physical therapy you'll be needing after you develop multiple RSIs.
I was more than a little leary of purchasing one of these things, as I've sat in thousand-dollar "ergonomic" Aerons before and found them to be among the least comfortable chairs on the planet. Then I tried one out at a local showroom for about 20 minutes and was sold.
It's not the sturdiest feeling chair out there; Steelcase's environmental commitments favor recyclability of materials over rock-solid construction. The armrests do wiggle a bit, but neither my back nor my fanny seem to mind this one bit. While it may look like one of the $99 cheapos you'll find at Office Depot, it definitely doesn't feel like one in any of the places that matter. I consider it money well spent.
 A Leap into the future! August 13, 2007
Robert C. Petersen (Silver Spring, MD)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is certainly by far the best ergonomic chair that I've tried. After a week of several hours daily use I can only say: It's the best chair I've ever sat in. I directly compared it to several others in the same price category and, for me at least, it was the very best of the lot. The adjustments are extremely convenient and vesatile with diagrams to tell you how to make each near each control. For me, the chair is well worth its cost and I'm not a big spender. Try it; you'll probably, like me, love it.
 Good Chair. Not great - especially considering the price June 27, 2007
Krishnendu Deb (Las Vegas, NV USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The chair is pretty good and very adjustable. However has a few annoying flaws - which is rather unfortunate given the price.
First the arms wiggle a lot. They move too much. This is one junk "feature" they can do without.
The fabric of the chair is not very breathable also. It does get a bit warm.
Most importantly the seat is never completely fixed. It moves a little forward or backward. That is supposed to be a feature when leaning backward. But in the seated position, it becomes extremely annoying when just a little movement causes the seat to slide a little bit forward or backward.
I tried to contact Steelcase about this. Never got a proper reply. They sent an email asking me to contact them .. But upon calling was redirected a few times and decided it was not worth the hassle. Probably customer service is not high on their agenda.
Overall this chair is ok. Not worth $800. Maybe $250 is more like it.
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