There is a wide choice of Office Chair suitable for meetings. Generally speaking meeting chairs come in both metal or wooden frames, and a variety of frame styles including cantilever, four legged, skid based and even swivel Office Chairs.

If space is at a premium and the room is used for different purposes you may want to consider some form of folding chair or specialist meeting chairs that are designed to be stacked several chairs high.

There really is no right or wrong choice of meeting chair, provided you consider what you intend to use it for. If meetings are likely to last a long time then the comfort of your meeting chair is a key consideration.

On the other hand, if your meetings are brief affairs you may choose to concentrate on the appearance or cost of your meeting chair instead. For meetings in manufacturing, workshop areas or dirty environments where participants are perhaps wearing overalls it may be best to go for a polypropylene meeting chair that can be easily cleaned if stained with oil or grease.

So, I recommend you make a checklist of key points to take into account. I’ll return to this topic in my next posting.

I am often asked whether or not an Office Chair should be fitted with arms. My own view is that you should have your Office Chair with arms for most normal office use.

Typists and people whose job entails a lot of keyboard work may prefer not to have arms on their Office Chairs. The main reason for this is that it allows them to get closer to the desk and so support their arms and wrists on their desk rather than Office Chair arms.

However with the advance in height adjustable arms on Office Chairs today it is usually preferable to use arms on your chair. Some of the more sophisticated Office Chairs are now available with arms that can be angled inwards and outwards too. With this particular feature it is possible to get your Office Chair close into the desk and still support some of your arms on the Office Chair’s adjustable arm too.

It really is a case of individual preference, but given the choice I always advise having your Office Chair fitted with arms, ideally height adjustable.

I am often asked whether or not an Office Chair should be fitted with arms. My own view is that you should have your Office Chair with arms for most normal office use.

Typists and people whose job entails a lot of keyboard work may prefer not to have arms on their Office Chairs. The main reason for this is that it allows them to get closer to the desk and so support their arms and wrists on their desk rather than Office Chair arms.

However with the advance in height adjustable arms on Office Chairs today it is usually preferable to use arms on your chair. Some of the more sophisticated Office Chairs are now available with arms that can be angled inwards and outwards too. With this particular feature it is possible to get your Office Chair close into the desk and still support some of your arms on the Office Chair’s adjustable arm too.

It really is a case of individual preference, but given the choice I always advise having your Office Chair fitted with arms, ideally height adjustable.