CoreChair Elite

Oh, my god. This chair is everything I could have hoped for, it's like a corset for my pelvis while also allowing my spine freedom of movement. A chair of this price is a huge expenditure for me, but so far it honestly feels like a bargain (please don't raise the price because I said that). I'm stunned. I suffer from hypermobility/EDS, and I had completely grown accustomed to pushing through pain to even attempt to do my office job. For almost a decade, anything I sat in would result in huge joint pain and misalignment, either right away or - at best - over the course of an hour. That includes task chairs, stools, kneeling chairs, couches, all the way up to high-end office chairs made by companies like Steelcase, Herman Miller and Humanscale. I went through ergonomic assessments to no avail - everything left me with a tilted pelvis, rounded shoulders and a furious spine. Over that time, my job performance deteriorated to the point I was on long-term disability leave. Within a week, the CoreChair Elite made all that feel like a shockingly distant memory. I can make it through full work days without impairment or brain fog. I feel better after an eight-hour work day in this chair than I do when I wake up in the morning. I'm kind of at a loss for words...either that or I could gush for nine more paragraphs about this chair. So I'll just let my rating speak for itself. p.s. The reed green is such a nice colour! It doesn't necessarily translate on the shop page, I thought it looked mostly grey, but in person it's lovely.

I literally had the Anthros in my shopping cart. The shipping/duties values didn't make sense and I reached out to them to get confirmation. If I was going to fork out 3k+ Canadian, I wanted this nailed down in advance. That said, while I was waiting for them to get back to me "the next day" (this was 3-4 weeks ago and they still havent followed up with me) I came across the CoreChair elite. I had seen CoreChair years back and it was appealing but I didn't want to get a chair without a back. The way I saw it... if I was prepared to spend $3k+ on the Anthros... I might as well try the Corechair elite first and return it if it doesnt work for me. I'm on my third week.... LOWER BACK PAIN GONE. Was dealing with it for about 2 months, and then had hernia surgery 5 weeks which had me mostly bed ridden for 3 weeks, which aggravated it even further. THIS WAS THE MOVE. I was worried that it was going to feel like an ab crunch all day... it's subtle and you can adjust how much it moves. Posture never been better and improving by the day. Had a bit of soreness mid-end of last week which I've learned is normal as your body relearns how to be in good posture. I had the movement on max so I dialed it back to halfway ish to ease my body into it and no soreness this week. Will give it another week or two before dialing up the movement again. Very pumped that I went this route. Highly recommend. I may even get a second one for another room.

I’ll start with the obvious, the chair is incredible. As someone who works from home full time, I can actually feel it doing its job, while I’m comfortable and that’s everything. But honestly, what blew me away was the customer service. I ran into an issue (completely my own fault), and the owner personally FaceTimed me to walk me through it. He was so kind and patient, no judgment, just genuine care. As a millennial, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that level of personal service from a company. It felt like a different era, in the best possible way. And the packaging? Whoever packed this chair clearly took pride in their work. Everything was thoughtful and intentional, from design through execution, you could just tell. This is the kind of small business that deserves every bit of support. You’re buying into people who actually care. 10/10 would recommend to anyone!