Many of us on the WIRED Gear team have been working from home for years. We have a comprehensive guide to the best work from home gear, but there’s good news! Many of our recommendations are currently on sale. If your home office could use an upgrade, these tried-and-true office chairs, keyboards, desks and webcams are worth a look.
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This is our favorite office chair. It is easy to assemble and can be adjusted and adjusted to ensure a good fit. You can adjust the armrests, the seat can be extended or folded and you can adjust the lumbar support to size. We also like the overall design of the chair: it looks more expensive than it is. The branch sale ends tonight.
This earned it second place in our best office chairs guide. It’s like an improved version of the ergonomic office chair. It is available in more colors and has a more elegant design. Otherwise, the two chairs are largely similar, except that the armrests in this model can only be adjusted up and down. Branch will soon release a headrest for this model. Don’t forget, this sale ends tonight.
Our favorite budget pick, the Hyken Mesh Chair, goes on sale relatively often, but rarely for as low as it is now. The seat isn’t very wide, but the construction of the chair is sturdy and supportive, with extra lumbar support and a headrest – features that are hard to find in chairs as cheap as this.
This strange chair is perfect for people who don’t like conventional sitting. There are no armrests to drape your feet over, but you can revisit all your old favorites: cross-legged, sitting on your ankles until they fall asleep, or a secret third position. It’s not particularly ergonomic and there aren’t many ways to adjust the fit, but it is height-adjustable and comfortable.
This is a great price for a sturdy standing desk featured in our Work From Home Gear Guide. It’s a little tricky to put together, but for the price, it’s hard to find a better motorized standing desk. It can be adjusted from 28 to 48 inches, with three adjustable height settings.
This standing desk can be lowered to just six inches above the ground. The rolling legs allow you to store the desk when not in use, although it is still quite heavy. It comes fully assembled and you can lock the desk into place once it is in your desired location. It’s great for anyone who only uses a laptop and doesn’t have the right desk space to work from home.
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We haven’t found a better deal on this 27-inch monitor. The 1080 pixel resolution can look blurry up close on this screen size, but is fine from a normal viewing distance. The monitor is reliable, with good colors and contrast, and there is the option of VESA mounting if you wish. There are even built-in speakers, but they have the substandard quality you would expect from monitor speakers.
This BenQ monitor is an excellent choice for people who need high-quality screen real estate, such as graphic designers or video editors. It instantly meets most creative industry color accuracy standards, and the 2K resolution ensures you won’t see blurry text; it’s sharp! We haven’t seen it drop to a lower price than this yet.
This is a solid deal for a great wired mechanical keyboard. It is heavy, stays on your desk and is a pleasure to type on. This version comes with the “Fully Assembled Knob”, which adds a handy volume knob to the top right corner of the whole thing.
If you need an affordable webcam, the Razer Kiyo The color saturation and white balance are excellent and the image quality is sharp. A holder is included that is suitable for laptops and monitors. However, there is no privacy hatch.