The average person spends most of their working hours in front of their desk or in their computer. Unnoticeably, staying longer in a sitting position for 4-6 hours can greatly affect your health, posture and working condition. Avoiding health risks, usually calls for an ergonomically designed chair that can adjust to a person’s built to provide better comfort and stability. An important aspect that most chairs lack is the capability to provide better support and adapt to different height and weight range. Ergonomic chairs are definitely ideal for home and work as it blends comfort with aesthetics.

What is ergonomics? This refers to the features that allow equipments mostly in the workplace to adjust to a given posture or body size, to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort. Adjustability features should allow freedom of motion in the spine and other major parts of the body.

Grahl, since its start in Germany in 1846, is now one of the most popular names in office ergonomics. Grahl is internationally known as one of the leading furniture manufacturers, its designs has more emphasis on ergonomics. Since its transition from designing residential to office equipments in 1970, It has maintained its mission of creating high quality, multi-functional office chairs that are well designed with comfort for long sitting periods. Along with other companies, it has been selected to showcase its products in The Museum of Modern Art in New York on 2001.

The Grahl Ventu ergonomic chair is one of their newest creations. It comes in two minimalist designs that incorporates comfort and functionality in its style. The Ventu Highback and the Ventu Midback highlights a knitted fabric design for its back support. Basically, the feature that sets the two type of chairs apart is the Ventu highback’s extended backrest for head

Backrest height and depth adjustability is essential in providing better Lumbar support and better posture. Although the Grahl Ventu does not have any adjustment mechanism to adjust the backrest angle, the proprietary knit weave design of its backrest takes care of that. The Ventu’s patented backrest supports constant flexing without sagging, allowing you to adjust your back freely and adjust your position from time to time. It is soft to the touch and also allows the air to circulate around the user’s back.

The Grahl Ventu accommodates different height and weight range. The chair has a single lever control that operates both height adjustment and synchronized knee tilt with multi-lock. Height adjustment allows taller and smaller individuals to adjust the chair so their feet can touch the floor. While Adjusting the seat tilt allows the Ventu’s seat incline to transfer some upper-body weight to the backrest of the chair.

The Grahl Ventu comes with two optional armrests that are not adjustable. Upon purchasing this chair, you can select from the Ventu T and the Ventu loop designs. It’s base has a five star arc design with dual wheel casters.

Grahl Office Ergonomics manufactures high quality products that have longer life span. At a higher cost, office furniture need not be replaced as often as other products. In manufacturing its high quality products, Grahl reinforces itself to restrain from unsafe measures that can be harmful to the environment. Many of the parts used in the manufacture of Grahl seating are made with strict compliance to German environmental laws.

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Copyright 2005 Nora P. Dyson, office-chair-reviews.com