Drafting Chairs
Drafting Chair with Footrest Ring - Blue
The drafting chair in blue, the only strong colour in this catalogue.
Capacity300 lb
Overall height55.1 in
ArmrestsFlip-up
$100.79$139.99★★★★★ 4.5 (303)
Drafting Chairs
Drafting Chair with Footrest Ring - Black
A standing desk used sitting some of the day
$114.99$159.99★★★★★ 4.5 (303)
What it is for
A standing desk that is never lowered is a standing desk that gets abandoned, and a normal office chair is too short to meet one halfway. A drafting chair fills that gap: it raises high enough to sit at a desk near standing height, with a footring taking the weight that the floor would otherwise take. Black is the version that matches the frames and mounts in the rest of the range.
Check before you order. A drafting chair only works if the feet have somewhere to go. The footring is not optional at full height, so check the chair is used at a raised desk rather than treated as a tall office chair at a normal one.
What assembly actually means
Around twenty minutes, and one part is worth doing carefully: the footring position. Set it so the thighs are level or very slightly downhill when the feet rest on it, then sit for ten minutes before deciding it is right. A footring set by eye is almost always too high.
What it changes
- Sitting high means the desk does not have to be lowered and raised repeatedly, which is the main friction that stops people using a sit-stand desk properly.
- Flip-up armrests let the chair be pushed fully under a desk, which matters more on a tall chair than a low one because the arms sit at desk height.
- A 300 lb rating with a nylon base is a genuine load rating, not a nominal one, and it is the highest figure in this catalogue.
