Review of the Harachair Nitzsche UD – great orthopedic chair!

Hello, today i'll be reviewing the orthopedic Nietzsche UD chair from Harachair! First off, pictures here! I will be referrencing them throughout the post: https://imgur.com/a/TB4bkqt

Starting with the beginning, self-isolation took its toll: the old office chair i had did not manage to hold up to the extra weight i put on, its crosspiece bursting with a cheerful crunch, and I crashed to the floor with a loud thump. It was clear that it i needed a new quality chair, my back might not survive another acrobatic performance were an accident to happen again.

Like a chair for a poet, a work chair for me is not a luxury, but an instrument of production: I sit on it, I create on it. Previously, I somehow managed at home with ordinary office furniture. Why, quite recently it seemed to me that an ordinary chair would be more than enough. But the years took their toll, and my osteochondrosis persisted, so i started looking at the segment of modern orthopedic developments in the industry. I had to research topic a fair bit. It turned out that most of the furniture that's sold under the name of being "orthopedic" is not orthopedic at all. Since no one will figure it out anyway, the price gets doubled and it gets called just good business. The companies that actually produce real orthopedic chairs (created for the prevention of diseases of the musculoskeletal system) and rely on any kind of medical research are literally few and far between, one or two at most. All of them – usually not publicly facing, catering to end-user customers, produce their products in small batches, and for those who really need them. In the end, after a small private investigation, i decided on the Harachair Nietzsche UD orthopedic chair. Why? Let me tell you!

Harachair orthopedic chairs are manufactured by Haratech in South Korea. This is already a good sign: South Korean medicine is traditionally included in the top 5 of various world rankings, and South Koreans themselves take their own health more seriously than anyone else. In general, it is not surprising that they have a completely non-trivial answer to the question “what to sit on”, which is common for many, and this answer is not “on the floor”.

A sedentary lifestyle is par for the curse of our days. Having once exchanged the fascinating jogging after mammoths through forests and swamps for dull sitting in offices, mankind at the same time learned such words as hemorrhoids, prostatitis, scoliosis and osteochondrosis. Now, according to South Korean research, the average office worker spends at least 7 hours sitting every day, and a college student up to 3 pm. If I don't travel, then on some days I can be at my desk for 20 hours in a row, getting up only to the refrigerator and to the toilet.

All people are different: height, weight, physique, length of arms and legs. In addition, the pelvic bones in men are located at an angle of 65 degrees, and in women – 85 degrees.

It took the engineers at Haratech ten years to undertake the accompanying medical research. As a result, the Harachair line of orthopedic chairs appeared, not only taking into account all human anatomical features, but also being able to adapt to them.

The first model appeared in 2003. Today there are more than a dozen of them. All of them are produced in South Korea taking into account the "eco-friendly" philosophy, which is important for the West, and the postulates of the Chinese treatise "Tao Te Ching", which are no less important for the East.

In theory, everything looks very decent: we must take! My choice is the Nietzsche UD model.

Initially, the chair was supposed to be delivered to me in April. But there you know: coronavirus, pandemic, isolation.

In mid-July, the courier, grunting, pulled out of his car into a twenty-eight-kilogram box, grunted "adios" and disappeared into the deepening twilight. Assembly of the chair took about ten minutes and no tools were required for this: the entire structure is fixed with sturdy "twists". The only exception is the backrest, which is additionally reinforced with a pair of bolts tightened with a hex wrench. The latter is carefully provided by the manufacturer and comes in a set along with the chair. The declared carrying capacity is one hundred and twenty kilograms. Mechanisms instill confidence in their thoroughness. From the first minute it is clear that the chair was created not for looks, but for work. Due to its considerable weight, it stands confidently on the floor and does not crawl back and forth when you abruptly sit on it or change your posture. And most importantly, it seems impossible to fall from it. The wheels are also equipped with a special soft coating that does not scratch the floor. The assembly is of high quality: the moving elements do not dangle or creak. In general, Nietzsche UD looks a cut above all the "office" chairs, including of course the cheap ones.

From the time of the first thrones in Ancient Egypt, which were considered rather not as furniture, but as a symbol of the power of the pharaohs, and until now, the chairs have practically not changed: legs, armrests and two main parts: a seat and a back. Harachair Nietzsche UD has five of these parts: two halves of a seat, two halves of a backrest and a headrest.

There is a clothes hanger under the headrest and the seat, consisting of two movable halves, is a Haratech patented solution.

Man was conceived by nature as a hunter. When we move, our reproductive organs are located in the safest place – behind the pelvic bone. But once you sit down, they immediately have an increased load: most of our body begins to lean on a very small area of the body – the pelvis, which is tightly pressed against the seat. As a result, the blood supply to all organs located in its area, primarily reproductive, deteriorates. The consequences are sad.

The seat halves of the Harachair armchairs are fixed on special hinges. When you sit on them, they change their position, adjusting to the anatomy of a particular person. The blood circulates normally, the innermost folds of our body have access to air and do not overheat, the prevention of hemorrhoids, prostatitis and other nasty things is obvious. And also because of the normally passing metabolism, it is believed that the more you sit on such a structure, the less the priest grows. Also a trump card, by the way.

The back of the chair, like the seat, consists of two halves. Their task is to catch the back, helping the spine to take a physiologically correct position. As a result: the tension of the muscular corset is relieved, the load on the intervertebral discs is reduced, the risk of scoliosis and osteochondrosis is reduced. The fabric upholstered on the chair is nice and dense, but a little slippery. You need to get used to it.

Nietzsche UD has many adjustments that allow you to fine-tune the chair for yourself.This is a long and exciting process. It took me about a week to do it, but now it seems to me that this chair is an extension of my back.The seat height is adjustable for height.The back can be relaxed to swing, or fixed in any of the positions. The force required to swing is also adjustable.The armrests are mounted on reinforced steel bases so you can safely lean on them. They have two adjustments: width and height. The surface is finished with soft-touch polyurethane.Tn the back of the chair there are a few more "twists". You can adjust the position of the halves of the backrest (move them wider, or vice versa – put them close to each other), and also adjust the height of the backrest itself. The headrest is height adjustable. While working, it is inconvenient to use it, but reclining the back and lying on it to read a book or view some documents is cool. The backrest is attached to the seat on a steel console. Visually, it looks extremely durable.

For my 180 centimeters in height and 85 kilograms of weight, the chair is comfortable.

Although the first thought when I just got into it was – well, what is it? The landing seemed strange and unusual, and the back was unacceptably small in height. But over time, after playing with the adjustments, a new feeling came – and how did I use other chairs before? Now, sitting down to work, every time I have a pleasant feeling that I was finally seated correctly, as if according to a textbook: where necessary – straightened, where necessary – relaxed.

The halves of the seat – move well, trying to adjust to my posterior, the halves of the back – cling to the back, not allowing the back to bend. And for the first time after the first hour spent at the desk, I do not want to slide out of the chair, bending over to one side or lying on the table. The other day I spent almost eighteen hours at work, and, to my surprise, my back was not tired at all after that.

When unlocked, the backrest reclines back 135 degrees. According to research, this position is considered the best for long-term work.

It sounds like a cheap advertisement, but this chair really works. I am not a doctor, and I cannot objectively evaluate all of Haratech's statements, although, I confess, they seem quite reasonable to me. But as a layman, I can confidently say: this chair is one of the best in which I have worked. The cost of a model like mine, with adjustable armrests, for November 2020 is $ 700. And Harachair Nietzache UD is definitely worth its money.