car with lumbar support

Ellie2758

wendym wrote: »

As well as my trusty Volvo, I don't go anywhere without my lumbar support cushion, and I've realised that an estate isn't as silly as I thought, cos when I went to stay with my daughter last week I put my Ikea plastic garden chair in the back of the car.
Why doesn't everyone aged 30 have back trouble produced by their sofas and chairs?

Wendy, my soulmate! The problems we've (I've!) had getting comfortable chairs at home. Invested in that swedish/danish (?) stuff - Ekornes, Stressless my ar*e- cost a fortune:eek: . Still I spend most of the time lying on my back on the floor.

wendym

Ellie2758 wrote: »

So do you mean that your legs arent stretched out in front of you but are in a vertical position at right angles to the floor, as if you were in a car?

I'm guessing you meant to write 'as if you were in a chair', and the answer is yes, but I have room to stretch them from time to time.

Ellie2758

mrbadexample wrote: »

:think: It's not an office chair you'd be sitting on! The support is completely height adjustable, so you can position it to suit. I've suffered with back problems for over 10 years, and have tried both this and the McKenzie Lumbar Roll mentioned by brodev. The MLR is (IMO) not especially good; extremely difficult to position consistently and comfortably.

The Back Shape is, as the name suggests, correctly designed for the shape of your back - it's not just a foam cylinder like the MLR. Did you see the picture with it positioned on a car seat? The way it works is to ensure correct back posture is maintained - you don't need something jammed in your lumbar region to achieve this. It is without doubt the most comfortable and efficacious back support I've found.

In any case, they offer a full refund if you're not satisfied, no matter how long you've had it. You could try it for a month or two, decide it's not for you and send it back for a full refund.

But I don't suppose you will. :rolleyes:

Yes Mr Bad, I DID see it positioned on the car seat and mighty uncomfortable it looked! Efficacious, lol :rotfl: Still, it's only money so I will order one and report back. I also need to look at Wendy's first post again to see which Volvo model she has and find one of those too.

Many thanks all.

wendym

Ellie2758 wrote: »

Wendy, my soulmate! The problems we've (I've!) had getting comfortable chairs at home. Invested in that swedish/danish (?) stuff - Ekornes, Stressless my ar*e- cost a fortune:eek: . Still I spend most of the time lying on my back on the floor.

I bought a secondhand Niagara chair (designed to recline) - with my lumbar support cushion I can now sit for half an hour! When I'm away from home I hallucinate my chair (and my high firm mattress).

My Ikea chair (in which I am sitting now) is like the standard plastic chair with arms, but has a decent back (with my other, small support cushion) and reaches up to shoulder height at the back. Of course they have discontinued it.

If I happen on anything that helps my beastly back I'll let you know.

Edited to add:

You need a Volvo with adjustments to both driver and passenger seat. If your budget stretches to it, the XC90 seemed to me to have a perfect seat (but I couldn't afford it) and my daughter's Lexus (I'll ask her what model, but again it's expensive) has a passenger seat that adjusts to suit me (but they still raise their eyebrows when I bring up the back of the seat so I'm not reclining).

I have realised that it would be impossible to adjust the seat to allow the sitting position I need if I were taller, with longer legs. I'm 5'4, with a (relatively!) long body and short legs, so from my knees to the floor isn't a huge distance. My husband has to adjust the seat down a bit so that his head isn't touching the car roof.

mrbadexample

Ellie2758 wrote: »

Yes Mr Bad, I DID see it positioned on the car seat and mighty uncomfortable it looked! Efficacious, lol :rotfl: Still, it's only money so I will order one and report back. I also need to look at Wendy's first post again to see which Volvo model she has and find one of those too.

Many thanks all.

I'd be interested to hear how you get on with it - I think (and hope) you'll be pleasantly surprised. (PM me, coz I'm bound to miss the post!) I don't recommend things unless I've genuinely found them useful. At least it won't cost you anything to find out, as you can always send it back. :money:

I see you have trouble getting on with the MLR on long car journeys - I found that too. The back shape is a whole lot better (for me, at least!). Make sure you take the time to get the height exactly right for you though - it might take a little bit of fiddling to get it spot on.

It's definitely cheaper than a Volvo. I know, coz I've got one of each. :j

Ellie2758

mrbadexample wrote: »

I'd be interested to hear how you get on with it - I think (and hope) you'll be pleasantly surprised. (PM me, coz I'm bound to miss the post!) I don't recommend things unless I've genuinely found them useful. At least it won't cost you anything to find out, as you can always send it back. :money:

I see you have trouble getting on with the MLR on long car journeys - I found that too. The back shape is a whole lot better (for me, at least!). Make sure you take the time to get the height exactly right for you though - it might take a little bit of fiddling to get it spot on.

It's definitely cheaper than a Volvo. I know, coz I've got one of each. :j

Yeh, I was thinking I'd get one of each too. Just a shame they dont offer the same money-back guarantee on the Volvo

Ellie2758

wendym wrote: »

I bought a secondhand Niagara chair (designed to recline) - with my lumbar support cushion I can now sit for half an hour! When I'm away from home I hallucinate my chair (and my high firm mattress).

My Ikea chair (in which I am sitting now) is like the standard plastic chair with arms, but has a decent back (with my other, small support cushion) and reaches up to shoulder height at the back. Of course they have discontinued it.

If I happen on anything that helps my beastly back I'll let you know.

Edited to add:

You need a Volvo with adjustments to both driver and passenger seat. If your budget stretches to it, the XC90 seemed to me to have a perfect seat (but I couldn't afford it) and my daughter's Lexus (I'll ask her what model, but again it's expensive) has a passenger seat that adjusts to suit me (but they still raise their eyebrows when I bring up the back of the seat so I'm not reclining).

I have realised that it would be impossible to adjust the seat to allow the sitting position I need if I were taller, with longer legs. I'm 5'4, with a (relatively!) long body and short legs, so from my knees to the floor isn't a huge distance. My husband has to adjust the seat down a bit so that his head isn't touching the car roof.

I was looking at the V50 (why MUST they give them letters and numbers instead of names?!!) because it is cheaper and has an automatic gearbox option. How can I find out whether it has the adjustable seats?! Which model do you have? Maybe I should check out 2nd hand ones........hmmm.

mrbadexample

Ellie2758 wrote: »

Yeh, I was thinking I'd get one of each too. Just a shame they dont offer the same money-back guarantee on the Volvo

Nah, funnily enough they didn't mention anything about a refund when I bought the Volvo! :rolleyes:

I've just bought an S60 - the seats are great and I'm sure the V50 would be equally comfortable, although I've no idea if you can opt for different spec seats....

wendym

Ellie2758 wrote: »

I was looking at the V50 (why MUST they give them letters and numbers instead of names?!!) because it is cheaper and has an automatic gearbox option. How can I find out whether it has the adjustable seats?! Which model do you have? Maybe I should check out 2nd hand ones........hmmm.

I've bought only secondhand (from a small specialist Volvo garage who occasionally sell cars they can vouch for). I'd start at the local official dealer, explaining what you need, and find out which models would be suitable. It's often difficult to persuade salesmen to adjust the car to the right position, as often they don't know it can be done, and then they think it looks odd. Good luck!

Ellie2758

ok, so I have to explain to the salesman how to work the seats that I dont understand myself...............hmmmmmmmm.