Our approach
How the picks get made
Fewer products than most sites, each one assessed against the same four sources, and a plain statement of who it is wrong for.
The specification, in full
Manufacturer spec sheets, sizing charts and warranty terms read end to end, not summarised from a retail listing. Warranty length and what it actually covers is usually the most honest quality signal a brand publishes.
The published evidence
Where clinical trials or standards bodies have looked at a category, they are cited by name and linked, including when the finding is inconvenient for the product. Effect sizes are quoted as measured, not rounded up.
Owner reports at volume
Aggregated reviews across retailers, read for the pattern rather than the anecdote, with deliberate attention to the one-star reports. That is where the failure modes live: the strap that digs in at week two, the desk that wobbles at full height.
Prices, dated
Every price is checked against the live listing and printed with the date it was checked. Retail prices move constantly, and a guide that hides when it last looked is not being straight with you.
The sources we work from
- Cleveland Clinic ergonomics guidance
- Mayo Clinic office ergonomics
- OSHA computer workstation eTool
- Cochrane / PubMed reviews on posture correctors and back pain
- BIFMA chair testing standards
- Manufacturer specification sheets, sizing charts and warranty terms.
- Aggregated owner reviews across retailers, including the one-star reports.
On ratings
We do not publish an invented score out of ten. Where a rating appears it is the retailer's aggregate owner rating, shown with its source and review count, so you can weigh it yourself.
On corrections
When a pick turns out to be wrong, the guide is edited and the change is stated in the article rather than quietly swapped. Commission never changes the order of the picks.