Ergohuman Mid-Back Mesh Chair Review 2024

Are you tired of replacing your office chair every couple of years? Have you been on the hunt for one that will last a lifetime? Do you consider yourself a DIYer and a tinkerer? 

You’ll love this review if you answered yes to any of those questions.

We’ll quickly admit that given the above, the Ergohuman Mid-Back Mesh Chair isn’t the right chair for everyone. It tends to attract a very specific type of user.

In the following sections, we’ll not only tell you why that is, but we’ll provide all the details about the model so you can decide for yourself if you’re the right user for this chair. If you are, this may be the last office chair you’ll ever have to buy.

If you’re intrigued, keep reading, and let’s see what this model offers!

Ergohuman ME8ERGLO Mid Back Mesh Chair Key Features

Most people have surprisingly strong opinions about mesh chairs. They either love them and will only grudgingly consider buying anything else, or they just don’t like them and would never even consider owning one.

Aesthetics & Design

If you’re a fan of the all-mesh chair, the Ergohuman Mid-Back Mesh Chair will pique your interest immediately. It sports an unusual segmented seatback design that allows Ergohuman to implement its ergonomic support bar completely separate from the rest of the seatback. This unexpectedly cool feature helps the model in more ways than you might imagine, including making the initial assembly process easier since the seatback is broken into smaller and more easily handled pieces.

Lifetime Warranty

In addition, every chair Ergohuman sells comes with a lifetime warranty. It’s a world-class piece of office furniture built to last.

Color Options 

Even better, the chair can be ordered in a variety of color configurations, including:

This makes it incredibly easy to blend the chair seamlessly with your home décor or color scheme.

Chair Specifications

Before we talk any further about this model’s particulars, let’s take a moment to review the core stats that define the chair. Here are the basics:

So, right away, a couple of things jump out.

First, the maximum supported weight. While the 250-pound limit makes this chair a good fit for most of the market, it is unsuitable for use by the big and tall crowd.

That’s curious because the seat height adjustment range is a good fit for big and tall folks. Ultimately, this is a suitable office chair for shorter people with long legs, average-sized folks, and taller people with light to medium builds. This chair would probably be a good fit if any of those describe you. Given the price, we’d encourage you to try one in a showroom or, at the very least, take careful measurements before committing to a purchase.

Breathable Mesh Upholstery

The Ergohuman Raynor ME8ERGLO Mesh Chair is wonderfully breathable, making it easy to spend extended periods sitting in it. Note, though, that this is a pure mesh chair.

Many mesh models take a hybrid approach, utilizing mesh for the seatback and fabric upholstery for the seat to add seat padding. This chair doesn’t do that. It’s mesh through and through, which means it’s not as comfortable (no padding) as hybrid mesh chairs.

Ergonomic Seat Design

Its two expertly implemented features, a waterfall-edge style seat, and superb lumbar support, help to increase the comfort of this chair, making it possible to use it for extended periods every day. Still, it’s not top-of-the-line, at least not in its default configuration.

Customization & Add-Ons

The good news is that almost every aspect of this chair is adjustable or customizable. Nobody does customization like Ergohuman.

Do you want a taller backrest? You can buy one. Do you want a different seat? You can buy that too. Add a fully articulated ergonomic headrest. Yep. You can do that too. However, the company’s customization options extend far beyond simply swapping out parts of the Ergohuman ME8ERGLO Mid Back Mesh chair with different parts. 

Articulated Armrest

You can also buy a fully articulated arm that attaches to your chair and is strong enough to support a laptop computer, allowing you to work in new ways. You can use your desktop computer while your laptop is attached to your chair and simultaneously angled off to one side.

Other Accessories

You can add cup holders and ergonomic ottomans that double as low-work tables. With Ergohuman office chairs, the sky’s the limit. You can buy a base model (any base model), use it in its stock configuration for a while, and then start accessorizing until you have exactly the chair you want.

Great for DIYers and Tinkerers

When you pair that with the company’s lifetime warranty and the fact that you can add new or remove accessories as your needs evolve, it’s easy to see why these chairs are so popular, but there’s a catch.

Some people love the idea of near-infinite customization. Others would rather buy something and have it work. If you fall into that latter category, this is not your chair. If you consider yourself a do-it-yourselfer and an endless tinkerer, you’ll probably fall madly in love with this model and the brand.

This could be the last office ​​chair you’ll ever own. Sure, you’ll pay a premium for it, but once you’ve got it, you won’t ever have to buy another. That’s a good thing.

Assembly is Required, But Expert Assembly is Available

The Eurotech Ergohuman Mid-Back Mesh chair won’t arrive at your doorstep fully assembled, but putting it together is not overly complicated. Thanks to the seatback’s segmented design, you don’t have a lot of big, unwieldy pieces to wrestle with, and the production quality is top-notch.

That, combined with clear instructions, makes the process simple. You won’t spend more than twenty minutes getting the chair ready for first use, and adding a second pair of hands won’t speed things up significantly.

If you’d rather not be bothered, expert assembly for this product is available, although you’ll pay an additional fee. The fee is only about 10% of the chair’s price, so while we don’t feel it’s necessary in this case, it might be a worthwhile addition for some.

Pros & Cons of the Ergohuman Raynor ME8ERGLO Mesh Chair

So, where does that leave us?

The Raynor Ergohuman Mid Back Mesh Desk Chair is undeniably great but almost entirely self-selecting. You either like mesh chairs, or you don’t. You either weigh 250 pounds or less, or you don’t. You either need the ability to customize your chair endlessly, or that’s not something you’re interested in.

The design is not flawed, so we can’t think of anything to change about it. Even if we could, there’s probably already an accessory you can buy to change it yourself.

The bottom line is… 

​If you like the look of this chair, love the idea of customizing it to your heart’s content, and assume the chair’s measurements are a good match for your measurements, this is an awesome model to consider. The less the above holds for you, the less interested you will be in this chair.

Ergohuman Mid-Back Mesh Chair Review Conclusion

The Ergohuman Mid-Back Mesh Chair is a great chair, offered by a great company, but it’s not for everyone. In our view, here’s a profile of the person for whom this chair would be a perfect fit:

A shorter person with longish legs or anyone up to about 6’2”
Weighs 250 pounds or less
Likes mesh office chairs
Are you looking for a chair that will last a lifetime and has virtually unlimited customization options?

If that describes you, this chair should be on your shortlist, and we highly recommend it. Ergohuman is a fabulous company; this chair is an excellent example of their work.

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Official Manufacturer Support

REFERENCES & RESOURCES

• Ergohuman, Official Brand Website.
• Characteristics of Ergonomic Mesh Chair, Work Well Chair.
• ​Why Buy a Mesh Chair with Lumbar Support?​, Cheap Office Chairs.