Our Editorial Policy

Last reviewed: 20 June 2026

This page explains how Office Chair Guide researches, writes, reviews, and corrects its content. We publish it so you can judge for yourself how much weight to give our advice.

Who writes for us

Our guides are written by a small team based in Pune, India, with two things in common: we all work at desks for a living, and we have direct access to furniture retail through a family-run furniture business. That combination shapes what we write about — we spend our days in office chairs, and we can get our hands on chairs, components, and supplier specifications to check how they are actually built.

Every article carries a byline naming the person responsible for it. You can read more about each writer on our about page.

How we research a guide

1. We start with the question a reader is actually asking. Most of our topics come from questions we have had ourselves, or that customers ask in the showroom — "why does my chair keep sinking?" is a far more useful starting point than "best office chairs 2026."
2. We work from specifications, not marketing copy. Where a claim can be checked against a published standard or a component specification, we check it. Cylinder classes, wall thicknesses, base diameters, and load ratings are quoted from component specifications rather than product listings.
3. We reference recognised ergonomic guidance. For posture and workstation setup, we draw on published guidance from bodies such as the Cornell University Ergonomics Web and OSHA's computer workstation guidance, and against seating standards including BIFMA X5.1 and EN 1335.
4. We handle the hardware where we can. Repair guides describe steps we have carried out on real chairs — removing casters, freeing seized cylinders, tightening mechanisms — rather than steps copied from another article.
5. We say when we do not know. If a figure varies by manufacturer or region, we say so rather than inventing a single number.

What we will not do

• We do not publish rankings we have not researched. You will not find "top 10 best chairs" lists assembled from other people's reviews.
• We do not invent test results. If we have not measured something ourselves, we cite where the figure comes from.
• We do not let advertising influence editorial content. Advertising may appear on this site, but advertisers have no input into what we write or how we assess anything.
• We do not give medical advice. Several of our topics touch on back pain and posture. We keep that guidance general and repeatedly point readers to qualified healthcare professionals for anything persistent or severe.

Health and safety topics

Two areas on this site carry real-world risk, and we treat both carefully. Health: articles touching posture, back pain, or discomfort are written as general comfort guidance, not clinical advice, and each one directs readers to a doctor or physiotherapist for persistent symptoms. Repairs: office chairs contain a pressurised gas cylinder. Every repair guide states plainly that the cylinder must never be punctured, drilled, cut, or heated, and recommends eye protection. See our disclaimer for the full position.

Accuracy, updates, and corrections

Prices, specifications, and product availability change, so guides are revisited periodically and the "updated" date on each article reflects its last substantive review. If you find something on this site that is wrong, outdated, or unclear, please tell us through our contact page. We correct errors as soon as we can verify them, and we will not quietly delete a mistake — if a correction materially changes the advice, we note it on the page.

Independence

Office Chair Guide is funded by advertising. We do not currently take payment for reviews, placements, or mentions. If that ever changes, we will disclose it clearly on the pages affected and in this policy.

Questions

If anything here is unclear, or you would like to know more about how a particular guide was put together, get in touch — we are happy to explain our reasoning on any article.