Sihoo M18 Classic Office Chair Review

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The Sihoo M18 Classic Office Chair boasts modern-age ergonomic features breathable mesh throughout, with a lot of adjustability for the armrests, headrest, tilt tension, and lumbar support. It’s also easy on the eyes, with a smooth aesthetic without being terribly flashy. But it’s easy to turn a suspicious eye, with the chair’s present cost ranging only from $175.99 to $199.99. Is this truly a good mid-range chair for its price? 

Gaming chairs have long boasted their ergonomic worth for long sessions. However, as far as I’ve seen in my time in esports and the general gaming industry, coaches and physical therapists specialized in the space have actually most frequently recommended standard office chairs—much like the Sihoo M18 Clssic Office Chair. 

Over the past few years, especially since the start of the pandemic, the home office market has gotten hot. Workers leaving the office and adjusting for work-from-home started to become a major customer force as they adjusted their home workstations to both personal aesthetics and comfort (a trend I’ve written about elsewhere). Many didn’t consider it to be a major investment until lately, given proper offices were the most interested in office equipment until then, and now, manufacturers are pushing to capture that market. 

Sihoo is one of these companies more feverishly honing in on this demographic now. On its home page, it sports a slogan: “Make the Healthy Life Within Your Reach.” Its site explains that the Chinese company was founded in 2011 to bring an ergonomic focus to office chairs as the office furniture industry boomed in China. Sihoo still appears to target offices on that site, but its Instagram shows users of a diverse breadth enjoying the products, from gamers