Best Ergonomic Office Chair Under $300 Review 2023

Starting from the bottom-most layer and working up, you’ll find:

It’s terrific, and you’ll love sitting in it.

As great as all that sounds, there is one drawback, and it’s potentially a big one. It’s upholstered in bonded leather.

If you only use it lightly to moderately, you can reasonably expect it to last 2-3 years before it starts cracking and peeling. After that, you’ll need to look into having it re-upholstered. Even given that, it’s still a solid value for the money and upholstery aside the rest of the chair will last for years.

It’s not assembled, but the production quality is quite good, and the instructions are clear, so you won’t have any particular trouble with the assembly although it will go more quickly if you have an extra pair of hands to help you on the day the chair arrives in its box at your door.

Overall, we highly recommend this chair for light to moderate use, but can only give it a provisional recommendation if you’re a power user looking for a chair to spend the better part of the day in.

The Serta Works is an outstanding design and very nearly the equal of our top pick, the La-Z-Boy Bellamy. It’s got a much more conventional appearance than our top pick and tends to blend more easily into whatever home or office décor scheme you might have. It also looks comfortable and inviting, and when you sit in it, it will not disappoint!

Rather than utilizing conventional block foam for padding, Serta takes a page from their bedding playbook, utilizing the same comfort coils they use in mattresses, and the result is a delightful seating experience. That, combined with the obvious quality of the materials, right down to the double stitching of the upholstery means that this chair will last far longer than its modest one-year warranty.

Best of all, it’s available in a modest selection of colors, which allows you to personalize a bit and better match the color palette you’re using inside your home.

While all of these are very well rendered, the lumbar support feature is heads and shoulders above the rest. Here, the company utilizes a proprietary technology they call Back In Motion (BIM) which basically means that any time you shift or move in the chair, the lumbar support follows you so that you’ll always have proper support for your back.

On top of that, the Serta Works uses a second proprietary technology called posture-correct tilt which causes the seat of the chair to tilt as you move, adjusting its position so that it always keeps your spine in a neutral position.

All of that is magnificent, but like our top pick, the Serta Works has a weakness that may or may not be a deal breaker for you.

It has a fairly modest maximum supported weight limit of 250 pounds. If you’re a smaller or average-sized person, this won’t be an issue, and you’ll flat out love the chair. If you’re on the taller side or are a heavier user, then as good as this chair is, it, unfortunately, won’t be a good fit.

As with all the chairs we’ll be talking about here, this one comes to your home in a giant box and in pieces. The production quality is high, and the instructions are clear, however, so you won’t encounter any particular difficulties with the assembly itself. As ever though, an extra pair of hands will certainly speed things along.

Overall, this is an outstanding design and well-deserving of its second-place finish. We highly recommend it for smaller to average sized users who are looking for a great office chair for light to moderate use. If you’re a smaller, lighter user, we also highly recommend it for heavy daily use, but the closer you come to the chair’s maximum weight limit, the less attractive it will be for a power user.

This is a chair built for giants. If you’re a shorter person, you probably won’t be able to sit all the way back in this chair and keep your feet on the floor. In fact, if you’re on the short side of average, you still may not be able to.

If you are tall enough to use this chair, you’ll find it a sturdy, reliable addition to your home or office. This is a chair that will last you for years. We highly recommend it but caution potential buyers to be sure they’ll be able to effectively use the chair, given its dimensions.

So, some of its features support the idea of this being a big and tall chair, and others, not so much. What that means then, is it’s an incredibly versatile chair, capable of serving average sized users who are on the taller end of that range, and shorter big and tall folk.

If, after taking careful measurements and factoring in your weight, you conclude that this chair isn’t quite big enough for you, then you’ll naturally gravitate to the Flash Furniture Hercules. For just about everyone else but the shortest of users, this is an outstanding choice.

Of the four, the lumbar support is the weakest link in the chain. It’s not bad, but of all the chairs on our list of finalists, this one has the weakest lumbar support. If that’s a super important feature for you because, for example, you suffer from chronic lower back pain, then you’re better off picking a chair with stronger lumbar support. If that’s not the case, then this one will probably be just fine for you.

One of the most interesting features of this chair is its upholstery. It’s not mesh, but it’s not quite fabric either, existing somewhere between the two of those in the form of a mesh-like fabric that offers the best features of both. It’s both incredibly durable and highly breathable. That, combined with its ample block foam padding makes it quite comfortable to sit in, even for extended periods.

This is a great chair for power users and comes highly recommended. Just be sure to take careful measurements to be sure the chair is a good fit for you.