0. The first sentence
As a siege lion who moves bricks to work and spares code words, a sudden low back pain made me realize that I was already old and needed to pay more attention to my physical health while working hard. After all, a healthy body can make you work, live, and play better, how to make your "996" healthier? In fact, in the past two years, more and more people are paying attention to such issues, such as B station love technology FView, -Lks- in the last year there were videos to share the content of ergonomic chairs, about the ergonomic chair science content suggested that you can refer to their previous video.
This time, three domestic flagship ergonomic chairs were collected for comparison, namely Baoyou Jinhaoe, Butterfly with Spectrum and Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro (originally planned to start a generation, coinciding with the second generation of new products), including three parts from installation, product details, and user experience. Although the comparative review hopes to be as objective as possible, because the test comfort contains many subjective factors, it can only be shared with real experiences. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people (before the highly praised Jinhao b in the video comment area is also mixed), if you encounter different understandings and views of the product, welcome to the comment area rational message discussion.
Before starting the evaluation, finally add a little personal opinion on health: ergonomic chairs are not omnipotent, standing and sitting alternately, avoiding sitting for a long time (such as sitting for 45 minutes standing for 5 minutes), daily exercise is very important, I hope this review can play a certain reference for friends who are interested in these three chairs.
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▼ Three chairs for a group photo, and the rambling Bony (Yorkshire)
Parameter summary and partial experience
This time, the three chairs, namely Baoyou Jinhao e, Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro and Butterfly with Spectrum, the actual price of Double 11 fell between 2000 and 4000. In terms of color matching, Jin Hao e chose a black frame + black net, Evolution 2 Pro chose Manchester red (black net), Butterfly chose Mithril gray, did not choose black to avoid visual monotony, Jin Hao e and Evolution 2 Pro both chose to buy a reclining Shubao integrated in the chair, and the butterfly's Reclining Shubao was not optional because it was external. However, I am not sure whether it is my own bad luck or a problem in transportation, Jinhaoe's lying Shubao cannot be opened normally, and the butterfly part is not selected to lie Shubao, so this evaluation does not include the content of the lying Shubao part.
Participating in the test was me (175cm 75kg), my family leader (165cm? estimated less than 50kg), brother-in-law (180cm+, 110kg+), weight and height should cover a relatively mainstream range. However, although the experience chair is adjusted according to personal habits, the problem of which one is more comfortable in actual use is still included with the subjective judgment of many people, so the comfort of the three people is only a simple ranking without an absolute score, and the ranking results only represent the feelings of the three of us.
▼ Boyou Jin Hao e
▼Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro
▼There is a spectrum butterfly
As the flagship products of each family, these three chairs all use imported mesh cloth, of which Jinhaoe and Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro both use imported MATRIX mesh cloth, while Youpu uses imported DuPont mesh cloth (brand unknown).
In the size part, I also simply made a comparison parameter table, and the parameters of the three products are similar to the minimum height and the adjustable height of the headrest. The shoulder position of the Jinhao e is the widest, the Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro has the widest cushion width, the back of the chair height part of the Jinhaoe and Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro are close to 75cm, and the butterfly chair back is 69cm. The gas column can lift the height part, the Jinhao e lifting range is the largest (10cm), the Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro air column can lift the height of 6cm, and the spectral butterfly column can lift and lower the height of 7cm. However, the point to be mentioned here is that the air column lifting design of the three products is still different, although the three models are relatively smooth, but when they rise, there is a spectrum that rushes to the top, the rise speed of Jinhaoe is relatively acceptable, and the rise experience of Evolution 2 Pro is very gentle /comfortable.
As a flagship product, the adjustable options of the three products are relatively rich, and the armrest of Jinhaoe can adjust the width left and right, and users of different weights/heights can better find their own suitable armrest position. However, there are also disadvantages, there are more adjustable options but lack of stability, especially the left and right adjustable positions are easy to move by mistake, and there is also a slight abnormal sound when shaking (the right handrail is more obvious).
The waist part of the Golden Haoe has a separate support, and the height part of the back can be adjusted. The Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro is adjustable in three steps at the waist + synchronized with the shoulder rest, while the butterfly can adjust the height of the waist support. From the experience of use, the independent waist support of Jinhaoe and Evolution 2 Pro is more comfortable, and both have a rebound design, and different sitting positions can give the waist a certain support. Both supports have a certain degree of automatic deformation design, but the strength of the support is stronger than the Evolution 2 Pro, and the support of the Jinhaoe is softer. The butterfly's waist support is only height adjusted, and it doesn't feel as good as the Jinhao e and Evolution 2 Pro in actual use, and in actual experience, my brother-in-law and I both think that the Evolution 2 Pro > the Jinhao e> butterfly.
In terms of the back of the chair, the Evolution 2 Pro and the Boyou Jinhaoe can be adjusted for height adjustment, while the butterfly can only adjust the height of the headrest to adapt to different heights, and the other three products all support the adjustment of the rebound force of the seat back. In terms of seats, the Jinhao e supports depth and angle adjustment, the other two models support depth adjustment, and a feature of the butterfly side is synchronous gliding. That is, the angle of the front and back of the cushion and the back of the chair can be changed synchronously, and the official propaganda is that the waist and back can be closely fitted. However, my personal experience is that you have to sit in the back of the ass to achieve this effect, if the slightly backward sitting position uses synchronous gliding after the butt will actually be a lot of space, but not particularly comfortable.
In terms of headrests, Jinhao e supports high and low and angle adjustment, Evolution 2 Pro only supports high and low adjustment, and Butterfly supports three adjustment methods: high and low, angle, front and rear adjustment. In terms of practical experience, the more functions the headrest adjustability is indeed better, but it is also easy to misalign/run and move, and it is not sure if it is for this reason, Evolution 2 Pro has reduced the adjustability of the headrest. Some hangers can be selected as needed, and the Evolution 2 Pro comes with its own hangers. In other respects, the Evolution 2 Pro has a relatively large full-size visual explosion protection plate, and neither Jin Haoe nor Butterfly is equipped with an explosion protection plate. The butterfly lifting and reclining functions are placed on the paddles under the armrests, eliminating the need to bend or turn sideways when using, which is a more user-friendly design than other products. However, it is not certain whether this design occupies space and loses the front and rear adjustment function of the armrest. The other three handrail surface hardness butterfly > Evolution 2 Pro> Jinhaoe, all three of us feel that Jinhaoe's armrest is the most comfortable (softest), evolution 2 Pro's handrail is soft and hard, and butterfly's armrest is a little harder.
▼ Jinhaoe's waist and back partition design, the waist pillow can be deformed backwards according to the pressure, and the pressure relief rebound is relatively soft
▼Evolution 2 Pro adopts a three-segment structure, the waist, back, shoulders are used separate dynamic support, three areas of independent elasticity, angle adjustable
▼ Butterfly's APAS system, intelligent sitting posture adaptation, seat and waist rest can be linked
Unboxing, installation and body introduction
Since the space can not be installed at the same time to expand the installation of 3 chairs, here according to the actual unboxing order is the Golden Hao e, Evolution 2 Pro and Butterfly, because the entire installation and photo process takes about 2 hours, so the background light (sun) brightness is slightly dimmed in the second half.
First of all, Baoyou Jinhaoe, the overall packaging is well protected, but the disadvantage is that the installation manual is attached to the back of the chair, and the entire chair needs to be taken out before it can be seen. The whole chair is divided into three parts: the chair body, the air pressure rod and the chassis, just put the air pressure rod into the base first, and then put the chair body on the air pressure rod to complete the installation.
The armrest part supports four adjustments of up and down, left and right, front and back, and rotation angle, which is the most abundant of the four types, but the handrail is slightly loose, and there is a slight abnormal sound when shaking at the highest height. The handrail material is relatively soft, which is the softest of the three products, and it feels the most comfortable to use.
The chair seat part of the Jinhao e supports angle adjustment, which can be adjusted according to the habit within 5 degrees. In addition, Jinhao e uses a three-in-one joystick, pushing up to control the height of the cushion, pushing forward to control the front and back of the slide seat, pushing back to control the pitch of the chair back, and next to the three-in-one joystick is the adjustment of the back bounce force of the chair back. The height of the back of the chair is adjustable in four sections, each with a spacing of 20mm, and the adjustment adopts a clip-like design, which makes people feel a little retro (but this chair is designed around 2005 and is really early).
▼The height and angle of the headrest can be adjusted
Next up is the Ergomax Evolution 2 Pro, which has a few small details to mention, starting with a box opener as standard in the outer box and a simple installation diagram printed on the package that opens the inner box. The installation and use manual is glued to the lid of the inner box, and the contents of the manual can be seen without having to remove all the items, which makes it easier for the user to open the box and install it.
The air pressure bar part of the Evolution 2 Pro uses a black design, the value is higher, I chose this Manchester red using a frosted paint process, the base and chair body bracket texture will be better. The installation section of evolution 2 Pro is divided into three steps, starting with the pulley and base, and then installing the air bar, chair body and pillow.
The seat has a Matrex mesh label on the back, and the armrest section supports front and rear, height, and angle of rotation.
The back of the seat supports height adjustment, which can be adjusted by pulling up one way upwards and automatically resets when raised to the highest level. The left-hand side is an angle unlock/lock handle, the right side is a lift and back rebound adjustment handle, and a cushion sliding adjustment handle. Evolution 2 Pro uses an alloy skeleton structure, the back of the chair is divided into a three-stage design, waist, back and shoulders are independent support design, Ergomax called the dynamic wave back (Wake Shock System).
In addition, I started this with an optional reclining frame, but the material is partly plastic, which makes it more comfortable if you use the mesh. The waist part adopts a three-step adjustable design with an angle, and different waist angles can be selected through the back buckle. At the same time, the shoulders are adjusted adaptively, which can better fit the shoulders when leaning back, and the height of the back of the chair is adjustable, which is well adapted to people of different heights/sizes. Hanging hangers are integrated on the back of the chair without separate installation, you can hang a coat every day, and the other two can also be optional hanging hangers.
The last thing to open the box is the butterfly with a spectrum, in the details of the packaging I think it is Ergomax> spectrum > baoyou, butterfly random standard accessory treasure bag sent gloves, for installation is safer. However, it is strange that the chair and headrest are each equipped with a hex wrench, which is somewhat repetitive and wasteful at this point, and the installation manual is similar to the baoyou attached to the back of the chair.
In terms of installation, the butterfly is the most complex of the three, and the headrest part and the hanger must be installed simultaneously, and the screws in the hanging hanger packaging should be used to replace the screws that come with the headrest. This is also the only time I reworked in this installation, after installing the headrest, I found that the hanging hanger needed to be installed with the headrest, so I removed the headrest and reinstalled the hanger. After installing the hanger, it was found that the fastening hexagon of the headrest position could not be adjusted by the wrench that came with it, fortunately there was a small hex wrench on hand to be adjusted, in fact, the package could consider replacing the repeated large wrench with a small wrench. The overall installation part of the butterfly and Evolution 2 Pro are similar, are first installed wheels and base, and then install the chair body, headrest, installation difficulty as a whole is still relatively low.
▼After installing the hanger, the wrench that comes with it cannot directly adjust the hexagon of the fixed position of the headrest
One episode in the installation was the butterfly's silent wheel design, with a plastic chair wheel silencer embedded in the chair stem, but this plastic sleeve caused me to insert the wheel to the bottom seat when I first inserted it. After the installation is completed, there is no problem with sitting vertically for the first time, but in the reclining mode, the two chair wheels that are not tightly installed directly slide down and fly out. Fortunately, the air rod was supported on the floor, and the whole person did not fall directly, but a piece of the floor was broken. If you have a pulley similar to the design of the silencer sleeve, remember to press hard to the end when installing the base to avoid the occurrence of the chair falling on its back.
After talking about the shortcomings of butterflies, in fact, butterflies also have many advantages in design, such as the main adjustment buttons of other chairs are placed on both sides of the base, while the butterflies design the rising and falling and forward and backward tilting into paddles. Under the armrest, the height of the chair and the angle of the back of the chair can be easily adjusted by pressing the paddle, and the seat depth adjustment button is also placed in a position that is easier to press on the side, and the main adjustment action can be completed without bending down, and the convenience should be the best of the three products.
However, due to the integrated wire control, the handrail only supports high and low and left and right angle adjustment, compared to other products lack of front and rear adjustment, in addition, the hardness of the handrail is also the hardest of the three products. The headrest section supports three moving points: up and down, front and rear adjustment, and angle adjustment.
Side-by-side comparison
Appearance and design
The three products just represent different genres at present, and the back design is two-zone (Jinhaoe), three-zone (Evolution 2 Pro), and single-zone (butterfly), all of which use aluminum alloy chassis + aluminum alloy chair frame. The Jinhao e and Evolution 2 Pro use MATREX mesh, and the Butterfly uses DuPont mesh. On the air bar, Jinhao e adopts german TUV certified air pressure bar, Evolution 2 Pro is customized ANDCO 4+ level (passed BIFMA test and German Rheinland TUV certification), butterfly's 4-level Korean Sanhong gas rod has also passed TUV safety certification and SGS certification, there is no need to worry about safety at this price.
▼From left, jinhao e, butterfly, and evolution 2 pro are in order
However, although the appearance of everyone is using aluminum alloy, but the overall texture is still not the same, Manchester red color Evolution 2 Pro using frosted paint process, texture of the other two bright face treatment of aluminum alloy opened up a big gap. Detail material part of the butterfly's plastic texture is the best (the texture is relatively thin, smooth to the touch, but the scratch resistance may be slightly weaker), the paddle adjustment is more comfortable than the other two experience, some of the Jinhaoe e such as the poor texture of the back adjustment knob, the leaky hexagonal screw in the appearance is a more obvious deduction item. Overall appearance, Evolution 2 Pro > Butterfly >> Jinhaoe, but the price of Jinhao e is also the lowest of the three, and users who care more about appearance and design details are more recommended evolution 2 Pro and butterfly.
▼ Jin Hao e, bare screws
▼ Jinhao e, plastic film dividing line is more conspicuous
Comfort experience
In fact, comfort is a relatively doping subjective factors of the contrast point, first of all, we still follow the convention to first go through the design characteristics of the three products.
Jinhao e officially promotes the 10-area support, but in fact, the design is actually a two-zone design of the waist, and the biggest feature of the traditional chair is that the waist is supported separately, and the waist support uses a separate deformable engineering plastic support column. The two-zone design of the waist and back separation can make the waist and back have different support angles and strengths, which will be better than many single-zone chair supports.
Evolution 2 Pro also makes a fuss about waist support, but it uses a more complex three-zone design, with separate dynamic supports for the waist, back, and shoulders. The three areas just match the S-shaped curve of the waist, in which the elasticity of the waist pillow uses three elastic + angle adjustable designs, and the experience of the support frame is stronger than that of the Jinhaoe. The shoulder support alone is not obvious in the standard sitting position, but if you lean back/lie down, this part of the waist will be more suitable for the body.
There is a spectrum of butterflies using a bionic shape, the entire back aluminum alloy bracket uses a similar butterfly, in the back leaning back / lying flat when the multi-point aluminum alloy bracket will be more stable, the maximum 160 degrees back angle is 25 degrees larger than the other two products (but the actual test is about 145 degrees, because I do not have special equipment to do accurate testing, here only do tips). Butterfly's back design features a single backrest, while a separate adjustable lumbar pillow is designed below to firmly fit the first to fifth lumbar spine. In addition, a major feature of the butterfly is the "synchronous gliding mechanism", when leaning back, the seat can slide synchronously with the backrest, changing the posture of the body when lying down.
From the perspective of actual experience comparison, I think that the Evolution 2 Pro > the Jinhao e > Butterfly, the Reason why the Jinhao E and Evolution 2 Pro are ranked high is because the overall sense of support is more, and three people of different heights and weights can find a more comfortable point in the chair. The main factor in the ranking is that evolution 2 Pro support is stronger, while Jinhao's support is in the middle of the three (softer than Evolution 2 Pro). The third place in the spectrum is actually mainly due to the weak sense of support, lying at a large angle compared to the other two comfortable, but the daily sitting posture will feel that the waist and shoulder support are weaker.
In terms of support, the three-stage structure of Evolution 2 Pro and the two-stage structure of Jinhao e are more plus points for the design of waist support strengthening, and the difference between the two is that Jinhao e support is softer and Evolution 2 Pro is stronger support. The reason why evolution 2 Pro > jinhaoe in details is mainly the three-stage structure of Evolution 2 Pro, with a design of separate supports at the waist, back and shoulders. Compared with the two-stage structure, the shoulder and back support can be independent, and the shoulders can be found in different sitting positions to find more comfortable angles and supports.
In terms of mesh cloth, the mesh of the three products is actually of good quality, whether it is odor, feel, rebound there are not too many impeccable places, and the headrest can basically find a more comfortable and suitable position. However, in terms of handrail material, the softness of the Jinhao e > evolution 2 Pro > has a spectrum, and the three of us have always believed that the softest Jinhao e armrest is the most comfortable.
summary
From the perspective of actual experience comparison, my brother-in-law and I both think that the Evolution 2 Pro > jinhao e > butterfly, jinhao e and evolution 2 Pro ranked high mainly because of multi-segment support, three people of different heights and weights can find more comfortable points in the chair. The difference in the ranking of the first and second places is that the Evolution 2 Pro has stronger support, the waist part of the angle can also be adjusted individually, and the shoulders are more fit. Jinhao e's support is in the middle of the three, and the third in the spectrum is mainly due to the weak sense of support, lying at a large angle is more comfortable than the other two, but the daily sitting posture will feel that the waist and shoulder support are weak and biased.
These three chairs should be relatively high-end products in the current domestic ergonomic chair, from the actual experience compared to the chair in the early thousands of yuan, whether it is the degree of adjustment freedom, design concept, details have a lot of improvement. As a flagship product design concept, there are also many features, and the content of each family's promotional page is also very rich. However, as a product that has been in contact with the body for a long time, the quality of a chair really cannot be simply seen from the parameters, everyone has slight differences in softness, angle, and feeling, and a chair cannot perfectly adapt to the needs of everyone, which is why many classic chairs can see praise and criticism in the comment area.
Overall, as a middle-aged low back pain star, I actually recommend the Evolution 2 Pro. In terms of appearance, the Evolution 2 Pro design is more modern and textured, the three-zone design has the strongest support, the waist angle is adjustable, and the shoulder fit is better. In terms of price, Jinhao e is relatively low among the three. However, when it comes to the purchase in the end, it is still recommended that you have the conditions to go to the offline store to try to sit, take a moment to adjust the chair to the height that suits you, and the chair that suits you may be the best.
Well, this concludes this review, thank you for watching. I hope you like, bookmark and leave a message in the comment area to discuss, I am KC We will see you next time~