Office chairs in Ireland: what to buy for a home office

Even with a standing desk, you’ll spend most of your working day sitting down. A bad chair undoes a lot of good desk setup, and a lot of the chairs sold for home offices are gaming chairs with a racing-car back and very little you can adjust.

We looked for chairs you can get delivered to an Irish address without import charges, with an adjustable seat height, support for your lower back, armrests that move, and a warranty that means something. We checked every listing on 10 November 2026.

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Quick picks

IKEA MARKUS: cheap, with a 10-year guarantee

The MARKUS has been IKEA’s standard office chair for years, and it shows in the reviews: 4.4 stars from 2,882 on IKEA’s Irish site when we checked. It costs €169 and comes with IKEA’s 10-year guarantee, which beats the 3 years SIHOO gives its chairs further down this page.

It has a tall mesh back with lumbar support, and a tilt you can lock or loosen. IKEA tests it for people up to 110kg.

The catch is the seat height. It goes from 46 to 57cm, and 46cm is on the high side for shorter people. If your feet don’t sit flat on the floor, you’ll need a footrest. IKEA prices delivery at checkout by Eircode.

HuntOffice PostureX: the most adjustment for the money

HuntOffice, the Irish office supplier from Limerick, sells this mesh chair for €245.99 including VAT, with free delivery and stock in its Irish warehouse when we checked. For that money you get nearly everything you can adjust on a chair:

• lumbar support that moves up and down
• armrests that adjust for height, depth, angle and width
• a seat that slides forward and back
• four recline positions you can lock, with tension control

The seat goes from 45 to 54cm, it takes up to 120kg, and HuntOffice says it’s for up to 8 hours’ use a day.

Check the warranty before you order. The listing says 10 years in its title and specs, and 5 years in its FAQ. It only had 4 reviews when we checked. If you’d like a headrest, HuntOffice sells a version with one.

SIHOO M57: the one to get through Amazon

SIHOO is the brand that dominates the ergonomic chair listings on Amazon.ie, and the M57 is its middle-of-the-range mesh chair. It had 4,743 reviews averaging 4.3 stars when we checked, and SIHOO sells and ships it itself, with free delivery about a week away.

You get an adjustable headrest, lumbar support, armrests that move up and down, forward and back, and swivel, and a seat that goes from 44 to 54cm. It takes up to 150kg, and SIHOO gives a 3-year warranty with free replacement parts.

44cm at the bottom suits shorter people better than the MARKUS.

SIHOO Doro C300: if you lean back a lot

The C300 works differently from the M57. The lumbar support moves with you instead of staying where you set it, and the tilt adjusts its resistance to your weight, so you don’t have to fiddle with a tension knob. It reclines to 110, 120 or 130 degrees and takes up to 150kg.

SIHOO says it meets EN 1335, the European standard for office chairs, and has TÜV certification. It had 1,835 reviews averaging 4.2 stars. The listing gives the seat height as 48cm rather than a range, and doesn’t state a warranty, so ask SIHOO through Amazon if either matters.

Cheaper options

If you only sit at the desk a few hours a week, IKEA’s FLINTAN costs €99 with armrests, or €79 without.

Aosom sells Vinsetto mesh chairs with free delivery to Ireland. The cheapest one with a headrest costs €132.99 and takes up to 120kg, but its armrests are fixed and there’s no lumbar adjustment. It ships from Aosom’s UK warehouse, so check the checkout total for import charges, and stock looked patchy when we checked.

What about a Herman Miller?

Herman Miller’s European web store lists the Aeron from €1,198.50 on sale, with free delivery. That delivery only covers Belgium and Luxembourg, so in Ireland you’d buy one through an office furniture dealer. If you’re spending that much, sit in one first.

What to look for

Seat height

Sit with your feet flat on the floor and your thighs roughly level. If the lowest setting is too high for you, use a footrest. Shorter people should check the bottom figure. Taller people should check the top one.

Lower back support

Look for lumbar support you can move up and down, so it sits in the curve of your lower back rather than wherever the maker guessed.

Armrests

Armrests that go down far enough let you pull in close to the desk. If they’re fixed and too high, they hit the desk edge and push you away from the keyboard.

Seat depth

You want two or three fingers’ gap between the front of the seat and the back of your knees. A seat slide, like the one on the PostureX, sorts this for most heights.

Warranty and standards

Chairs take a beating. Three years is the least we’d accept for a chair you use all day. EN 1335 is the European standard for office work chairs, and makers who meet it usually say so.

If you have a standing desk

Lower the desk to your sitting height and check the armrests clear the underside of the top. If your desk doesn’t go low enough for your chair, our standing desk sizes guide has the sitting heights by body height.

For perching at standing height, a tall drafting chair does a different job. There’s one in our standing desk guide.

Questions people ask

Is a gaming chair OK for working from home?

Some are, but most put the effort into looks. A racing-style back with a loose cushion for lumbar support does less for an eight-hour day than a plain mesh office chair at the same price.

How much should I spend?

For a few hours a day, the MARKUS at €169 is plenty. If you sit for a full working week, the extra adjustment on the PostureX or the SIHOO chairs is worth paying for.

Listings, prices and delivery checked on 10 November 2026.