It was over 30 years ago that I moved into an office and became aquainted with my desk and swivel chair. So much so that, 15 years later, I took the desk and chair with me when I left the company. Unfortunately the last few years have put the chair beyond it's sell by date and the covering has worn through on the arms and seat. It looks like the parting of the ways is nigh.
I looked around Staples about a month ago and there were quite a few desks and seats on view. Trying out the seats, I can fairly definately say that the most expensive are not nescessarily the most comfortable so the motto is try before you buy.
I do like the idea of a board across the arms of an armchair but would be afraid of nodding off if too comfortable.
My Chair. Had it for about 8 year now, brilliant and amazingly comfortable.
Note: Excuse the lack of side panel on my PC - I was busy doing some cable management as I'm going to put a window on the other side... However I kinda wanted to use the PC so quickly plugged everything back in, unfortunately I didn't have time to neaten up the cables on this side.