SEAT CHACHA Affinity Home Office Chair Height Adjuster (Standard Black)

Value for money

Amazing quality however durability is questionable. I am barely 50kgs in weight, only user of my office chair and yet the gas lift gave way in less than a year, bought it in Feb last year and its sinking again now. Slightly overpriced for an item that needs to be replaced in less than a year.

Its is a great gas lift for generic office chairs.Please check if your chair has a generic gas lift before purchasing.Installation of this gas lift requires some mechanical skills.1. Remove the red cap plastic cover on top of the piston, just hold it with a plier and pull it off.2. Remove the chair upholstery from the bottom half of the chair, so that the chair seat is taken out of its resting plate.3. Keep some cushion / similar material to avoid floor damage and turn the bottom half upside down so that the wheelbase is at the top and the metal plate is slightly above the ground.4. Hammer the old central gas lift rod present in the chair, that sticks out from the wheel base; while hammering, you will notice that it's sinking until it eventually comes off.5. Keeping the same upside down position, hold the gas lift and hammer the plate evenly from all the sides , forcing the plate to fall on the ground. Hit the plate as close to the gas lift rod, with the plate facing downward slightly above the ground. After a lot of hammering, eventually this would give way as well.6. Remove and replace the plastic hosing (if present).7. Place the new gas lift with its red button facing upward onto the wheel base of the chair. Place the plastic hosing back on the wheel base through the gas lift.8. Now place the plate back on the gas lift so that its flat portion faces upward and it sits above the red button of the gas lift.9. Simply sit on the plate and release the lock to check if everything works. Move up and down a couple of times and your weight is enough to hold them back together.10. Place the seat back on the plate and that's it! Enjoy your chair.The product is as good as how my old gas lift used to be working, go for it as its less expensive but of good quality.

It was not suitable

The lift did not look new. It was dull with many scratches.It fitted to my office chair, but is 3-4 inches taller than the previous cylinder I had, hence my office chair has become like a high-rise high-back chair.It holds the weight and its performance is absolutely alright

Package came in good wrap and quality is good. It took time to remove the old hydraulic b'coz it got stuck in the chair base. Took pipe wrench and good amount of force to remove it. Installing this new one is just plug and play. Fix it in base and keep the upper chair on top of the hydraulic and turn the chair, it should fix in properly.

I saw a video showing how to replace the chair lift mechanism. It seemed simple. When i saw the replacement on Amazon, I thought I'll be saving some money. Since it was an old chair and 15 years since I got replacement of the mechanism, I found it hard to remove the old one. Finally I removed it and ordered the replacement. Unfortunately, it was too big for the Godrej chair. All the products are showing same size of 120 mm. So I have to contact the local dealer for replacing the mechanism.

Recentely installed. working as expected. Need to check the durability.