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Leap Chair by Steelcase designed by Steelcase Design Studio in conjunction with IDEO
At A Glance: The Leap Chair is all about making movement comfortable, and even essential. When your spine moves, the back of the chair moves with it. When you want to change the position of your arms or legs, or re-adjust your position in the seat, those corresponding parts move too. You can't get away from it, but you won't want to either.
What's To Like: This is a great chair for a fidgeter, someone that can't help but feel restless in a standard office chair. The Leap Chair not only makes those people (by which we mean practically everyone) comfortable, it encourages them to move. You know, I'm okay, you're okay. It also looks really cool (and thereby makes you look really cool when you sit in it). The arms move and adjust, the seat moves and adjusts; this chair represents a real and exciting leap forward in ergonomic and human-centered chair design.
What's Not to Like: The starting price on this chair is over $800, which is pretty steep. You can get a lot of great office chairs with some of the same features for a lot less dough. But that doesn't mean you should. This is a great chair, and the price tag shows that Steelcase knows it.
The Bottom Line: If the Leap Chair were a pop song, it would be Outkast's "The Way You Move." The price tag isn't pretty, but the chair is, and the ergonomics of the back and seat are hard to beat. This is high quality for low dollar.
The Steelcase Leap Chair has a lot of impressive features. Thermal comfort, LiveBack support, the Natural Glide System, and adjustable depth and height all work together to make a very comfortable and ergonomic task chair. No matter what you're dealing with at work, Leap has you covered. You procrastinated and now you've got to meet a big deadline with not a minute to spare? Just sitting in this chair ups your productivity 17.8 percent (true). We don't recommend it for naps, although you can pull off a quick snooze with the headrest option.
No matter what your needs are at work, Leap has the style, the ergonomics and the features to make all your office mates, friends, and distant family members green with envy.
For the past few years, technology and the workplace have been taking pretty giant steps. The computer, the internet and the cubicle system have all changed the way people work and the variety of work they do. It has also produced a need for new tools; new furniture and new accessories to help people do their jobs better. The Leap Chair from Steelcase is such a tool. Designed from top to bottom to be the best work chair money can buy, the Leap Chair is an aesthetic and technological triumph, the total aim of which is to keep you comfortable for long periods of time, keep your back, spine and shoulders healthy, look great, and generally help you do your job even better.
The Leap Chair answers a real need in the modern office, but it's also simply an attractive piece of furniture. The unique design of the chair, and its pleasant aesthetic, are good enough reasons to own one all on their own. Like most Steelcase products, it's built not only to achieve practical goals, but also to achieve the status of simply beautiful furniture. It will be great for your office, but it will also look great in your office, and oftentimes that can be just as important when you have to look at it, sit in it, and use it every day. Another thing that will make seeing the Leap Chair every day even better is customization.
At Smart Furniture, we believe in Design on Demand, and we like to work with companies that share our passion for letting customers dictate large parts of the design. When it comes to your furniture, shouldn't you have the final say on what it looks like, how it's built, and what features it comes with? Steelcase and Smart Furniture put this power in your hands with the Leap Chair. Using our customization tool, you can make your Leap Chair look and feel just the way you want it. By choosing colors, accessories and adjustment, you become one of the final designers; that makes your relationship with your chair even more important, and even more satisfying. When you buy one of these products, you're not just buying a chair; you're buying your chair. Read more about the Leap Chair's Design.
And with this particular chair, you won't be disappointed. Designed and built by some of the savviest ergonomic engineers and office chair designers in the country, every inch of the Leap Chair has been drawn and re-drawn, worked on and re-worked, until the finished design is the product of many hands, many minds, and many ideas. Not only that, but every inch has been gone over and over until it's buffed to a high shine, each idea and feature serving a distinct and necessary purpose, and each one working together to create a unified and appealing whole. This isn't just a beautiful chair, or a customizable chair; it's a work chair, and there are a wealth of accessories and features that accentuate and support that fact.
Not only a leap forward for formal and aesthetic beauty, the Steelcase Leap Chair is a leap forward in ergonomic design, a scientific chair. Leap carries a multitude of features and adjustments, all of which conform to the latest findings in ergonomic science. Often ignored as a serious science in the past decades, ergonomics has really come to the forefront with the proliferation of sedentary jobs and high-tech procedures within them. From Air Force pilots who need to be alert and healthy over enormously long stretches of solo flight time, to office workers who have to maintain productivity and focus over an eight hour working day, ergonomics has proven itself as a major science necessary to the continued excellence of American workers.
In a market that is brimming with ergonomically correct super chairs, one of them has to emerge as the cost-effective work horse. If that's the office chair you're looking for, seek no more. Please consider the Leap Chair by Steelcase Design Studio.
The Steelcase Leap Chair is also known by the following manufacturer item numbers: LEAPV2, 46216179, 46216179S, 46216179CS, 46216189, 46216189S, 46216189CS.
How the Leap Chair Can Save Money Cost is undoubtedly a top consideration for anyone in the market for office furniture. In some cases, cost is used as a justification for purchasing a product of lower quality. The efficiency and versatility of the Steelcase Leap Chair means that businesses no longer have to make this tough choice between quality and savings. The wide range of adjustability in the Leap Chair allows it to serve as a one size that fits all. You won't have to buy a different chair for a 6'4" person and one who is 5' tall. Just buy a Leap Chair for both.
A study by the University of Texas Health Science Center located in Houston found that workers who used the Leap Chair after undergoing an ergonomics training program achieved an 18 percent gain in productivity. Those without a Leap Chair experienced no significant change in office productivity. Consider that the estimated 18 percent productivity surge could lead to an equal or greater bump in profitability: that means that the Leap Chair, more than just saving you money, can actually make you money. Using this number as the average efficiency increase and comparing it to the price of a Leap Chair reveals that it pays for itself in a mere ten work days.
A chair that will pay for itself in ten days due to a more productive, healthier employee, and it comes with a limited lifetime warranty on its base and frame. Smart Furniture is also proud to offer Free Shipping for the Leap Chair to all customers in the continental United States and Next Day Shipping for a limited number of models.
There is no need to shop around for the best value, greatest comfort, or most range in your office chair; it's all there in the Steelcase Leap.
Live Back The Leap chair's back changes shape to support the entire spine. This can reduce the chance of lower back sag and a hunched posture, which may weaken disc walls, stress back ligaments and cause deterioration of the spine.
Thermal Comfort Thanks to its slats in both its back and seat, and the special foam it uses, the Leap chair offers excellent "breathability." It effectively controls a balance of heat and moisture so you stay comfortable.
Adjustable Seat Depth People don't fit neatly into average body sizes. leg and torso lengths can vary independent of a person's overall height. Adjustable seat depth accommodates different body shapes for long-term comfort.
Lower Back Firmness Lower back firmness control enables you to set a constant amount of firmness to help maintain your lower spine's natural curve.
Height, Depth, Width and Pivot Arms Arms telescope in and out, move forward and back, pivot and adjust up and down so you can find a natural position that comfortably supports the wrists, forearms, shoulders and neck. Intuitive and convenient controls at the sides of the seat and built into the arms mean you have full control of your Leap Chair.
Natural Glide System As you recline, the seat glides forward so you can recline without leaving your vision and reach zone, so you stay oriented to your work. This encourages more varied postures so there's less static load on your spine. Moving in your seat is natural, and Leap makes moving easy.
Flexible Seat Edge When you recline or lean forward, the seat edge flexes to relieve pressure on the back of the legs.
Upper Back Force Upper back force control enables you to set the amount of "push back" that you desire as you recline, regardless of body size. So you'll receive just the right amount of recline support.
The Leap Chair is informed at every juncture by ergonomic ideas and research. The edge of the seat flexes to make your thighs more comfortable, eliminating numbness and improving circulation. That, in turn, leads to increased focus and productivity. Leap also comes with the pioneering Live Back, a system in the back of the chair that takes the pressure off your spine and keeps you comfortable even in the worst posture. If you want even more support, Lower Back Firmness can be increased or decreased by using the designated knob on the side of the chair. Thermal Comfort keeps your temperature even in all climes, allowing air to pass freely (dispersing heat and moisture) while at the same time providing a barrier to cold. No more getting up and down or unnecessary sweating at work. All of these adjustments and features combine into an impressive whole.
The Leap Chair is really a kind of machine as well as a tool; it not only helps you work, it helps keep you comfortable, supported, sane and focused during long periods of sitting and working. Every part of the chair works toward making you more alert, more relaxed, better able to focus and do your job. One of the effects of sitting in one can be increased productivity (brought about by the restoration of time previously lost to getting up and down and taking breaks to stretch and move), as well as increased focus and alertness brought on by better circulation and the lessening of distractions like discomfort and unnecessary hunching.
Just as important as the customization Smart Furniture offers our customers is the range of adjustments the Leap Chair offers its users. Without a wide range of adjustments, which most office chairs lack, a chair can never truly become your own; it can never fit your body perfectly, to your exact specifications. Steelcase has taken great pains to make sure that the Leap Chair is accommodating in all respects. Leap is infinitely adjustable, so every owner becomes one of the designers and engineers as soon as the Leap chair comes into his home or office. You can adjust seat depth, the armrests, the incline and recline, firmness and give. And it's all predicated on a series of scientific experiments conducted by the makers of the Leap Chair to see how people sit, paired with the latest in ergonomic technology. The Steelcase Leap experiments observed the way people held themselves, how they leaned, how they changed positions over time. They then took all that information and put it to work in one of the smartest, most inventive chairs of the decade, the Leap Chair.
You won't sit in a chair that's better prepared, better researched, or better planned and designed just for you. These are just a few of the reasons why you should buy the Leap Chair. Smart Furniture is proud to offer the latest in great design and great ergonomic science from Steelcase.
Whatever you need to accomplish in your home office, Steelcase can provide you with the tools to do it better, faster and more effectively. That's because they're passionate about unlocking the potential of people at work. It's the fundamental principle on which the company was founded in 1912, and it's being brought to your home office today. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Steelcase is an international company with approximately 13,000 employees worldwide, manufacturing facilities in over 28 locations and more than 800 dealer locations around the world.
Smart Furniture Employee Review So it's Thursday at Smart Furniture and I've been rocking spreadsheets like it's my job. Rocking spreadsheets *is* my job (or part of it), so no surprises there. What was a surprise was the opportunity to test one of our new office chairs from Steelcase - the Leap Chair. Not only does this give me the chance to sit in what I can already tell is a pretty sweet office chair for at least a week, it also gives me the opportunity to show off my creative writing skills! ?Read more...
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
Ergonomic office task chair comparison: Aeron vs Leap vs SwingChair
Within reach of my home office chair are computers, TV, radio, music, bookshelves, work, play, and a mountain view. I spend 10 or more hours in it many days, and demand maximum long-term comfort. I want to be able to sit bolt upright while typing, lean back a ways when mousing extensively, lean back more for extensive computer screen reading, and lean waaaaay back if I choose to actually watch a TV program or news story … all fully supported in full body relaxation without having to touch any chair adjustment, and always with that ever-loving user-selected consistent pressure on my aching sacro-iliac joints just below my waist. Toward that end, I researched ergonomic office chairs, picked three leaders designed around different concepts, bought them from dealers which allow free returns within 30 days, and tried them out. Their common objective is full-time excellent lower back support, because mine, like most of yours, aches (despite my spending the rest of my time in intense sports).
Why ergonomic (read: expensive) chairs? Because the lesser chairs carried by the office supply chain stores neither coddle my back nor last more than a year of heavy use. My three choices were the venerable Herman Miller Aeron, the newer Steelcase Leap, and the still newer Smartmotion SwingChair. Their features, options, colors, fabrics, adjustment videos, etc. are available on their websites, and all three strike me as being of very high quality, so I'll concentrate on how and how well they sit, for me and for my wife.
First, their basic operating premises. All three use extensive technology and features to coddle our butt, back, and arms for many hours at a time, but they approach the challenges so differently that the only way any individual can tell which one suits him best is to try them out. Maybe the following will help you narrow your choices.
The Aeron's specialty is high tech open mesh seat and back which breathes fully while dispersing loads which need to be dispersed (butt, thighs, and back) and concentrates, under our control, support where it should be concentrated (the small of our back and/or our pelvis just below our waist) for maximum comfort. Beyond those functions and its high quality, it's a chair. The back and arms, but not the seat, tilt as we lean back or rock. When free to move, the chair back's angle is determined by its resistance setting rather than our desired relaxed position. For a given setting, if we want it to lean back farther, we must push harder with our legs or eat more pie. If we adjust the chair to hold us in some chosen tilt position yet allow motion, it takes sustained physical effort to lean back any further and stay there. Overall effect: if the chair back isn't where we want it, we must either consciously push it farther back, sit up away from it, or adjust its tension setting.
Um, no thanks. The Aeron went back to the dealer just for that reason, despite its very comfortable, well-distributed seat support and its very thigh-comfortable waterfall front seat edge. I'm just 5'10" and have a 29" inseam, but my Size C Aeron is not at all too big. Only people who really tuck their feet beneath them would hit the seat front edge with their calves.
If I needed more reasons for a tiebreaker, the Aeron's armrests are quite a hassle to adjust for height. You must reach behind you, release a lever, change the height, then reset the lever … on each side. Its armrests are also less adjustable for lateral position than the other two chairs. Overall, the world famous Aeron strikes me as not so much a breakthrough as a highly refined, higher quality, sturdier version of the ubiquitous chain store office chair lookalikes. It does the usual stuff better and longer, but does nothing different or differently.
Before we move on, we need a little simple physics lesson comparing a spring with a brick. When you push on the end of a spring, two related things happen. It pushes back as it compresses, and how much it compresses depends on how hard you push. That's how the Aeron's back works. When you stop pushing with your legs, the chair determines the angle of the back in accordance with your weight and the spring resistance you dialed in. For the user who sits at one angle for a specific task all day, that's just what you want; buy it and enjoy the breeze on your back and fanny.
Now consider a brick or a grippy-soled sneaker on a flat surface. It stays where you put it until you push on it with enough pressure to overcome its friction, then it slides. When you stop pushing, it stops moving and stays right where you put it. That's friction, as opposed to spring, resistance.
In contrast to the Aeron tilt action's purely spring concept, the Leap adds the benefits of silky friction. It tilts smoothly when your muscles or weight shift gently tells it to tilt, then when you stop pushing, it sticks at that position and supports your body right where YOU, not a spring, want to be. To lean back further or sit up straighter, you just lean back further or sit up straighter as it tracks your every whim, throughout its full and very generous range of motion. What a brilliant concept; it does what YOU want, not what a spring wants! The tilt tension knob setting determines how firmly it supports your back, not where it sets your hip angle. Its back also flexes at your shoulder when you reach one hand behind you for something, unlike the Aeron which makes you pivot the chair to reach for something behind you. The Leap is certainly a big leap forward, but I might have called it the SmartChair instead of the Leap, because it knows what I want rather than telling me what it wants. My wife has often said I'm sitting on my brains; now she's apparently right.
The Leap's website opens with this spiel: "Its back moves as your back moves. Its arms move as your arms move. Its seat moves as your seat moves. It's the first chair that actually changes shape to mimic and support the movement of your spine".
I couldn't put it better myself. It's in a whole different class from the simple-minded Aeon in this regard. It really does seem to track my every deliberate move, then stop right when and where I want it to and cradle me right there, over a 45-degree range. I think you can tell the Leap's my favorite among these three, significantly above the Aeron primarily due to the Leap's far superior dynamic range and "smart" tracking. If I didn't know better I'd think the Leap can read my mind.
But after all that success, its headrest is an afterthought. I must tilt my head way back to even reach it, and it telescopes fully down at the slightest excuse. I plan to duct tape a 2"-thick chunk of foam to it for kicking back to watch TV … that, or I'll have to mount the TV up near the ceiling. You've got the major tasks solved, Steelcase; tweak the headrest and you're there.
One caveat: At 190#, I can feel the Leap pressing on my sit bones. A little more padding would help. My 240# wife says it bottoms out. The next chair, the SwingChair, clearly cushes our tushes better.
Of these three chairs, the Smartmotion SwingChair is a close second for me and the winner for my wife. It's a third concept, in that its seat and its backrest each independently operate like a swing, pivoting around a center fulcrum at our center of gravity near our waist. Each swing yields to unwanted pressure points like our thighs or sit bones, automatically decreasing the max pressure we generate by distributing the load. These independent freedoms of motion let us move/adjust/flex/recline our upper and lower bodies to suit our task, posture, or comfort needs at the moment; squirmy sitters will love it as much as will the ploppers. Of course, the resistances to these motions and functions, as well as lumbar pressure, are adjustable over a fairly wide range of user size, weight, and preferences. Much like the Leap, the SwingChair tracks my back well as my recline angle moves between upright and reclined, though with a lesser total range than the Leap. You might say the SwingChair is a bit more business-minded, because it lacks the kick-way-back-and-watch-a-ball-game tilt position. OTOH, then SwingChair's headrest is right where it should be, so there's a tradeoff. The Leap's tilt position can be firmly limited if desired, but I see no need for that because it knows and stays and supports me wherever I want to be at any given moment. The SwingChair provides much the same feel, although with slightly less angle and tension ranges than the Leap. (You really ought to consider carrying it, SmartFurniture.)
With my short legs, I wish the SwingChair were lower. It feels best with a footrest, and its optional, highly articulating, outstanding armrests are just a bit high for my waist-level mouse/trackball shelf. Notice that the Smartmotion SwingChair folks offer accessories or options including a footrest; we have zero complaints about their quality and design beyond the extra inch of minimum height with the fancier armrests. The armrest pads are supremely comfortable, and the fabric is drop-dead-gorgeous. Don't get the black, folks; the colors are too vibrant to pass up.
Overall, the Leap is my favorite, followed closely by the SwingChair, with the Aeron a distant third. My wife reversed my top choices and agreed that the Aeron is not even in the hunt. We don't like having to subjugate our seating position to a spring setting rather than our whim at any moment.
Service and delivery comments:
Flawless service, including selection advice, order simplicity, quick delivery. I've even used their free return service on another chair, and it was equally excellent; not even a hint of resentment ... just the same eager service I got when buying.
1/20/2012
5.0
I am glad I got it from Smartfurniture.
By Greg in Buford
from Buford, GA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Comfortable
Ergonomic
Cons
Best Uses
Computer work
Home office
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
I forget I'm sitting in it and surprised once I got the right settings figured out for my body how long I can go without thinking about my posture.
The headrest is good and glad it has it...I can lean back while on the phone and talk with support and push it down out of the way when not needing it.
Service and delivery comments:
Very fast shipping and they did good email followup and let me know when it was arriving and to expect it at my door. I am glad I ordered from them and have no regrets.....very good company and seems to care about their customers.
1/5/2012
5.0
It's worth every penny.
By Greg in Buford
from Buford, GA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Comfortable
Ergonomic
Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
Office
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
I spent TWICE as much on other chairs trying to save money but in the end got a Leap and wished I did on day one a year ago when started shopping for a chair to compliment my bad back. The quality of construction and ergonomic functions are stellar and worth the money over all the other "top" chairs I tried or purchased and now in the basement hoping for [@] glory.
10/25/2011
5.0
Great Cogent fabric, needs break in.
By Brad
from Miami Beach, FL
About Me High-end Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Comfortable
Easy To Assemble
Ergonomic
Smooth robust casters
Sturdy
Well built quality
Cons
Limited headrest movement
Best Uses
Office
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
I have the chair in an office and love it. It has a bit of adjustment/break in period as you tweak all the settings to dial it in, but once that is done it can't be beat.
The Cogent fabric is very smooth and soft and looks great.
The headrest is probably unnecessary. If it adjusted in more ways than height it would be useful, but it is expensive for what you get.
Service and delivery comments:
Delievery was very good and the chair comes fully assembled and ready to go. The box is admittedly large, but that's to be expected.
10/15/2011
5.0
Great Chair - glad I took the plunge
By Derek
from Arlington, VA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Comfortable
Easy To Assemble
Ergonomic
Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
The box that it came in was HUGE. I was pleased to open it up and find that was because the chair was already fully assembled and all I had to do was sit in it and start adjusting it. I like the look of the Steelcase Think better, but, opted for the Leap because of how adjustable it is. I'm glad that I did - I go back every once in a while to sit in the Think at the store and though it feels good, I'm not able to adjust the seat depth, arms, and kick back pressure of the lat support to make it feel *just right*. This chair is sweet - I have all my guests come over and try it out and they all love it. Best of all, I don't have anymore lower back our shoulder pains after working for hours in front of the computer.
1/14/2011
4.0
An Independently Commissioned Review
By Wes at Delegator
from Chattanooga, TN
Pros
Comfortable
Usability
Cons
Lacks Advanced Design
Best Uses
Home office
Office
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
First Impressions I was somewhat familiar with the Leap Chair before I sat in it, and I thought of it as something of a "little brother" to Steelcase's more celebrated Think Chair. After having sat in it for about a week, I can definitively say that this chair stands on it's own as a comfortable, affordable, and all-around high-utility. It's slightly larger than most typical office chairs, with wide shoulder support and a back that goes all the way up your spine. Beyond it's roominess, it's very adjustable, with variations in height, recline, armrest length and height, and lower back firmness. I put all of these adjustments to good use in the Leap Chair, and any buyer will be able to customize this chair to a pretty exacting degree. Think Chair is everything you really need in an office chair, and while there aren't any "wow" features or particularly striking aspects of design, it really holds up. Think of the Leap Chair as a really good peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
The X Factor The roominess of the chair, which allows the user to really relax and sit in more than a single posture and position. The arms, too, add to the generous frame of the chair, as they were designed to slide in, out, up and down.
The Bottom Line The Leap Chair is a bread and butter chair that gets the job done. It gets high marks in the most essential categories for an office chair, and good marks in everything else. There are good reasons for why the designers of the chair stayed away from stylization and high-performance design, but in the end a truly top-end chair has to have them. Leap Chair gets our hearty recommendation.
9/25/2010
5.0
Worth Every Penny
By Matt W.
from Bay Area, CA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Comfortable
Ergonomic
Sturdy
Cons
Break-in Period
Best Uses
Office
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
After 2 months in this chair, I'm ready to write a review.
It's safe to say this is the greatest chair I've ever owned. After years of sitting on midranged office supply store chairs, I was tired of having a sore back while working in the home office. After a solid month of searching for chairs, this one stood out to be the best in its price range--mind you, this is not an inexpensive chair!
However, it was worth the cost for many reasons: excellent construction that should last for years, great ergonomics and overall comfort for me (5'10", 145lbs), and most of all, no longer experiencing back pain from sitting in the chair for several hours. Cheaper to spend the money now than spend the money on back surgery!
You'll notice I put a con of "Break-in Period." The chair itself is ready to go, fully assembled and set. However, for the first week I found myself constantly tweaking the chair to fit me. This chair is loaded with adjustments to all the ergonomics. Don't get discouraged if you find it's not-quite-perfect, just keep adjusting! (Remember, SmartFurniture gives you plenty of time to return it, so just keep trying to fit it to your needs.)
That should wrap it up. A final comment is how much I love the customizable colors and fabrics (Black base with Orange Fabric—nice!)
Service and delivery comments:
Quick shipping, arrived well packaged and in grand condition. Plenty of commentary from very friendly staff. It is very rare to experience an online company and customer service department that cares about its customers as much as SmartFurniture.
7/17/2010
5.0
[...] PRODUCT
By Fred
from San Rafael, CA
About Me High-end Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Comfortable
Ergonomic
Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
Office
Comments about Steelcase Leap® Chair with Platinum Base and Adjustable Arms:
Materials: Base and Frame: Powder-coated steel, glass-reinforced nylon, polypropylene (base/frame) Buzz2 Fabric: 100 percent polyester and extremely durable, soft and breathable, yet more coarse to the touch when compared to Cogent Cogent Connect Fabric: 100 percent antimony free polyester, tightly woven knit pattern and slightly softer to the touch than Buzz2
Dimensions: Overall: 30" h x 20" w x 19" d Seat height: 15.5" to 20.5" Arm height: 7" to 11" Arm width: 13" to 20" Depth: 21.75" - 24.75" adjustbale seat depth Seat-to back angle: 96 - 120 degrees Seat pan angle: -1 - 3 degrees
Care and maintenance: Plastic and painted parts: Clean using household cleaner (Fantastik or 409) and wiping with a soft, dry cloth. Fabric: Use a handheld vacuum cleaner for cleaning. Do not steam clean. Most stains can be removed by applying a mild soap to a slightly damp cloth, then rubbing it gently over the stain. Wipe dry.
The Leap chair is up to 98-percent recyclable by weight, depending on the options selected and made up to 30-percent recycled content and GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified.
Leap has both a MBDC Silver Cradle to CradleTM Product Certification and a SCS Indoor Advantage certification for indoor air quality, the absolute top of the line certifications for environmentally conscious furniture. That means that every element of every material used in the Leap Chair has been thoroughly and chemically tested for anything that could damage the environment (after Leap has been recycled) or the quality of your air (while the Leap Chair is still being used), and been declared extremely safe. The Steelcase Leap Chair is a sustainable chair, a responsible chair, and a recyclable chair.
And that's extremely important for consumers, fellow citizens, businesses, and the country at large. While the large issues of environmental sustainability and global climate change demand large scale solutions from politicians and states, some of the most important work we as citizens can do is to make sure we're responsible in our own small ways. The Leap Chair provides consumers with an opportunity to be responsible and a positive force when they acquire an office chair. Purchasing a Leap Chair isn't just a step toward making your life at work more comfortable; it's also a commitment to principled environmental standards.
The Leap Chair you buy won't contribute to the poisoning of your air quality (SCS Indoor Advantage certified), it won't add to the ever-burgeoning landfills and waste dumps (most of the chair is recyclable, and built from recycled content), or give tacit consent to furniture makers who generally ignore the increasingly serious threat of environmental breakdown.
It will take a real effort on the part of consumers to convince many irresponsible furniture giants to change their ways, and the skyrocketing popularity of manufacturers like Steelcase and retailers like Smart Furniture gives credence not only to high quality of their work, of which the Leap Chair is only one example, but also to the efficacy of the way they do business, which is to say sustainably, benevolently, and responsibly. Furniture manufacturers will respond to clear indications from the market that green sells, and the Leap Chair is a great way to help them see the light. You can rest assured that buying the Steelcase Leap Chair from Smart Furniture is a decision you can not only be satisfied with (because the chair is so comfortable and flexible), but also one you can be truly proud of. Both companies have a long record of environmental responsibility that they can proudly call part of their legacy.
And since the Leap is part of the Steelcase family of chairs, you know the environmental accolades aren't just fluff, or window-dressing. Steelcase is renowned for their commitment to sustainability and environmentally responsible products. Steelcase brought the market place it's very first MBDC Gold Cradle to Cradle product, the highest possible level on the BIFMA e3 scale. The Steelcase Leap Chair consists of partly recycled material, and much of the chair is recyclable itself. Disassembly into the chair's component and recyclable parts is quick and easy, in fact, Leap Chair can be designed, built and taken apart in under three minutes. Now more than ever, people need to step up to the plate and demand responsible, sustainable, green products for themselves and their co-workers. If you're interested in a chair that serves not only your needs, but the needs of your business, your community, and the environment, then Buy Leap today.
Availability: All Leap chairs are custom made to order. Any combination can be delivered to your door within 5-7 business days from the time or purchase
Shipping Rate: Free FedEx Delivery! (within the Contiguous United States)
Service includes delivery of small, lightweight, well packaged items right to your door (or front lobby if you live in an apartment building). We use FedEx or UPS because they are the best in the business. Deliveries are generally made within 2-6 days from the time your order ships, and occur Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm. This service does not come with a delivery appointment; however, real time tracking information is provided and can be used to monitor your order. We also insure every package to give you added piece of mind.
Shipping Dimensions: Leap without Headrest: 27"L x 29.75"W x 40.25"H Leap with Headrest: 28.75"L x 28.75"W x 49"H
The Leap Chair comes with a limited lifetime warranty on its base and frame, a 10-year warranty on its pneumatic cylinder and 5 years on its upholstery. For more information, please see our Steelcase warranty section.
The Leap Chair is informed at every juncture by ergonomic ideas and research. The edge of the seat flexes to make your thighs more comfortable, eliminating numbness and improving circulation. That, in turn, leads to increased focus and productivity. Leap also comes with the pioneering Live Back, a system in the back of the chair that takes the pressure off your spine and keeps you comfortable even in the worst posture. If you want even more support, Lower Back Firmness can be increased or decreased by using the designated knob on the side of the chair. Thermal Comfort keeps your temperature even in all climes, allowing air to pass freely (dispersing heat and moisture) while at the same time providing a barrier to cold. No more getting up and down or unnecessary sweating at work. All of these adjustments and features combine into an impressive whole.
Whatever you need to accomplish in your home office, Steelcase can provide you with the tools to do it better, faster and more effectively. That's because they're passionate about unlocking the potential of people at work. It's the fundamental principle on which the company was founded in 1912, and it's being brought to your home office today. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Steelcase is an international company with approximately 13,000 employees worldwide, manufacturing facilities in over 28 locations and more than 800 dealer locations around the world.
