Hbada Ergonomic High Back Office Desk Chair Review 2024

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Are you in need of a great ergonomic office chair but don’t have much money to spend? The search can be both daunting and frustrating because there are so many different chairs on the market, which can lead to some analysis paralysis.

If that’s the situation you find yourself in, you’ll be intrigued and excited by what you discover in this review. Hbada is a well-known brand in Europe, but they haven’t managed to penetrate the American market too deeply yet, which gives you an amazing opportunity to get a great chair that looks refreshingly different from most of the ones sold on the American market. 

If you’re a fan of unique styling, that alone will be a big selling point, but Hbada makes genuinely great products, and Hbada ergonomic office chairs are well-designed. In the following sections, we’ll go over the Hbada Ergonomic High Back Office Desk Chair in detail, outlining the things it gets right and filling you in on its weaknesses so you’ll have all the information you need to decide if this is the right chair. Either way, we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Let’s jump right in and look at what this chair can do.

Hbada Ergonomic High Back Office Desk Chair Key Features

When you see the Hbada Ergonomic Office Desk Chair for the first time, you’ll notice its delightfully unique styling. It’s sleek, modern, and rather minimalist, which makes it unexpectedly attractive. While the contemporary styling won’t seamlessly blend into every home or office décor scheme, it blends into a great many, and for the most part, this chair will look right at home in just about any room you put it in.

Chair Specifications

In terms of the basic statistics that define the model, here are the major ones:

These statistics raise a few interesting points. First, although it’s a fairly sizeable piece of office furniture, it’s also surprisingly lightweight. That makes it easy to move from one place to another. Still, it also means that when you unbox it to put it together (it doesn’t come pre-assembled), you won’t have any difficulty because the individual pieces are lightweight and easy to handle.

Second, despite its light weight, it can support a surprising amount of weight. That, combined with its seat height adjustment range, makes it a good fit for bigger, taller users, although it does tend to exclude shorter folks. With a minimum seat height of nearly twenty inches, it may be a struggle for someone 5’ tall to sit comfortably in it. 

If you scoot back in the chair to support your back, your feet may not be able to rest on the floor. On the other hand, if you scoot forward to keep your feet on the floor, you won’t have any back support. In that case, even if you love the aesthetic, you’re better off looking in some other direction (and note: Hbada makes other similarly styled chairs optimized for shorter people!).

Adjustable Features

The Hbada chair has all the usual features: 360-degree swivel, tilt, and lock (90 to 150-degree recline angle), a sturdy gas lift mechanism and a tilt tension knob. 

Upholstery

It’s also a surprisingly comfortable chair, although it doesn’t look like it should be at first glance. The mesh-fabric-upholstered seat is only moderately padded, but it utilizes high-quality block foam, so it doesn’t necessarily need as much as chairs that employ conventional block foam for padding.

Lumbar Support

The seat back is breathable mesh and shaped to follow the natural curvature of your body’s spine, with well-implemented lumbar support to augment that further.

Although the seat isn’t a true waterfall-edge style, it is ergonomically sculpted and accomplishes the same basic goal. We don’t regard this as quite as strong a feature as the Hbada Ergonomic chair’s lumbar support, but it definitely provides some benefit.

If you have back problems, you can check out our review of the top office chairs for back pain.

Articulated Headrest

In addition, an articulated mesh headrest is attached to the seat back, providing solid head and neck support. This feature is only found on about half of the ergonomic mesh chairs today. We like Hbada’s implementation here and would rank it as the chair’s second-strongest ergonomic feature, just behind the lumbar support. Because of this feature, we even chose this chair as one of the best ergonomic office chairs for neck pain.

Adjustable Armrests

The chair’s stubby armrests are a bit of a weakness in our view. In addition to being quite short, they’re also minimally padded and covered in PU upholstery, which doesn’t tend to stand up well to the rigors of heavy daily use. On the plus side, the armrests are height adjustable, and you can choose between seven different settings, allowing you a great degree of customization and adjustability.

Impressive Recline Function

The maximum recline angle is the final thing to discuss in this section of our Hbada Ergonomic Office chair review. Most office chairs can recline from 90 to 120 degrees. Some can recline up to 135 degrees. This one can recline up to 150 degrees, which is impressive. Although this model doesn’t come with an ottoman, if you’re a bit creative, you can rig one up on your own and wind up with a good office chair that can pinch-hit as a recliner if needed. That’s pretty cool.

Assembly is Required

As with most office furniture on the market today, if you buy one of these, it will arrive at your doorstep in a large box in several pieces. The good news is that assembly instructions are clear, and production quality is high. That, combined with the modest weight of the Hbada Ergonomic Office Recliner chair, makes putting it together fairly straightforward.

Preparing it for first use should take no more than twenty minutes. If you have an assistant on standby to lend a hand, you can shave five to ten minutes off that.

Pros & Cons of the Hbada Ergonomic Office Chair

So where does that leave us? The Hbada office chair has more strong points than weak ones, but some of the chair’s shortcomings might be serious enough to give you pause. In our view, here are the best features of the design:

On the other hand, it’s got a few weaknesses, which include:

Hbada Ergonomic High Back Office Desk Chair Review Conclusion

Hbada is a great company. We’re not really sure why the brand hasn’t gained more traction in the United States, but don’t let that dissuade you. They know their way around the office furniture market and produce a good quality product that offers a refreshingly different aesthetic than you’re probably used to seeing.

The Hbada Ergonomic High Back Office Desk Chair has a couple of minor shortcomings, but one of those is self-selecting. If you’re a shorter person, you’ll give this one a pass without thinking twice about it.

Overall, we like it very much. As long as you make sure the seat height will work for you, we highly recommend it for anyone looking for a chair for light to moderate daily use. Given the fragile upholstery of the armrests and the limited seat padding, we do not recommend it for heavy daily use.

Recommended Reading

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REFERENCES & RESOURCES

• The History of the Modern Office Chair, Bureau.
• What’s the Best Office Chair?, Ergonomic Essentials.
• Importance of Ergonomic Chairs – Why You Need an Ergonomic Chair, Topaz Furniture.