Mesh Or Leather Office Chairs For Your Market
The choice is usually decided by climate, shipping cost and who signs off the purchase, not by comfort.
Climate Decides More Than Comfort
In hot and humid markets a mesh back moves air and a leather back does not. This is why the mesh range here runs to 77 models and the leather range to five. If your market sells into non air conditioned offices, mesh is the volume product and leather is the executive tier.
Freight Cost Per Unit
Mesh task chairs in this range pack two or three pieces per carton, typically 0.180 to 0.290 CBM. Leather executive chairs pack one per carton at 0.315 to 0.351 CBM. Per chair, leather can cost three times as much to ship, which is often the real margin difference.
Who Signs The Purchase Order
Task seating is bought by a facilities manager against a budget per seat. Executive seating is bought by the person who will sit in it. The second decision is made on appearance and perceived weight, which is why the 2816 series uses a bent wood inner frame and moulded foam rather than a lighter build.
Durability Under Different Use
Mesh fails at the frame and the mesh tension. Leather fails at the seat front edge and the inner frame. A leather chair with a bent wood inner frame and moulded foam holds its shape longer than one built on plywood and nails.
Carrying Both
Most importers end up with both: a mesh programme for volume and a small leather tier for projects and executive replacement sales. Series such as 2816 give executive, task and visitor versions in leather so the tier is not a single lonely model.
Products Discussed In This Guide
Office Furniture Ergonomic Modern Fabric Office Executive Mesh Chair
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Office Furniture Guangzhou Ergonomic Modern Fabric Office Task Visitore Chair
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Office Furniture Guangzhou Ergonomic Modern Fabric Office Task Computer Chair
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Hotel Bank Office Furniture Luxury Ergonomic Executive Task Meeting Leather Chair (2801 Series)
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Hotel School Office Furniture Luxury Ergonomic Executive Task Meeting Leather Chair (2816 Series)
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Hotel School Office Furniture Luxury Ergonomic Visitor Meeting Leather Chair (2816 Series)
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Related Questions
Can you supply this information for a specific model?
Yes. Send the model code and we will send the mechanism, base, gas lift class, caster type, product size, carton size and package CBM for that model.
Do you supply written specifications for tender documents?
Yes. We can put the specification on company letterhead for tender files.
How quickly can I see a sample?
Sample lead time is 7 days, because injection moulding, hardware and assembly are all in house.
What is the mass production lead time?
Thirty days from a confirmed order against the signed sample.
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