The search for basic office furniture and appropriate chairs as part of your overall home furniture can be a bit time consuming when you try to take ergonomics and comfort into account. It is even more difficult when your body frame is either big or tall.

The Boss B990 Big Man Chair was designed for the big and tall customer who wants an office chair that can comfortably handle their size and weight while still keeping them comfortable. So, if you’re tired of squeezing your tall frame into a microscopic office chair, this may be a product you want to look into.

For a helpful overview of the chair, including an assessment of its value, keep reading.

Specs

The Boss Big Man Chair is designed for both weight and size, promising to hold the larger individual. The chair back on the standard B990 measures 25 inches wide and 26.5 inches high. The seat is 23.75 inches wide and 20 inches deep. The seat height has an adjustable range of 19.5 inches to 22.5 inches.

Other features on the chair include a pneumatic lift that allows the user to comfortably and easily adjust the seat height, a double-paddle tilting mechanism and a metal base that’s significantly sounder and stronger than basic plastic models. The chair also comes with heavy-duty wheels, designed to balance a heavy weight load.

Style

The Big Man B990 is definitely designed for functionality rather than style. The chair comes in a basic black and has an optional metal or black painted metal tubing. Buyers don’t customize, play with colors or get fancy looking features like a mesh back. This is clearly a chair that has a purpose, and it achieves it with a very utilitarian style.

Cost

At full retail price, most consumers can expect to pay around $300 USD for the Boss B990. However, it can often be found online at a fraction of the price and even for less than $200 USD. Price and value are the two major selling points for the Big Man chair. It essentially offers the same product as its ergonomic, specialty competitors, but for a fraction of the price.

Will It Hold the Weight?

The one, major drawback of the Boss Big Man B990 chair is that it only supports 350 pounds. For a small person, that may seem like a lot of weight, but for the 6’7″ tall man, 350 pounds isn’t very much. While the chair company doesn’t have to get into the bariatric chair market for those over 500 pounds, it could do with increasing its weight capacity to at least 400 pounds.

Summation

In general, the B990 Big Man Chair is perfect for the larger individual who simply needs a strong and durable office chair that will last for years and isn’t concerned with a flashy appearance. The value is great, especially considering the competition. However, the chair doesn’t offer enough customization, and customers who want a mesh fabric back to avoid overheating may need to look elsewhere.