Carex Seat Cushion

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Carex Seat Cushion

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 18 x 3.5 inches ; 2.5 pounds
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
ASIN: B001AFEOWY
UPC: 023601031020
Item model number: P10200

By : Carex Health Brands
Price : $22.54
You Save : $15.17 (40%)

Product Description

This seat cushion is made from premium quality self-molding memory foam and provides a comfortable seating surface. Its ergonomically designed to help maintain proper posture and provide stability while seated. Comes with a removable soft polyester and rayon cover that zips off easily for machine washing. Hypo-allergenic.

Product Features

Provides a comfortable seating surface
Ergonomically designed to help maintain proper posture and provide stability while seated
Hypo-allergenic

Customer Reviews

After sitting at my desk for twelve hours a day studying for boards, my arse began to hurt.
This cushion seems to be just the ticket to prevent me from getting hemorrhoids.
The pad is three inches thick. I'm 180 pounds and the firmness / softness is pretty good for me, I'm sure it would work for someone lighter as well, but maybe not for someone much heavier because it is not very high-density foam.
A previous reviewer said that it was more supportive than a regular cushion; that's true. The memory foam seems to distribute my body weight more around the hips and legs and work a lot better than the throw cushion I was using. And because it molds to my body-shape, it "holds me in place" in the seat, hence providing some degree of back support.
However, this statement in the description: "Its ergonomically designed to help maintain proper posture" is complete BS. It's a rectangular piece of memory foam. There's nothing "ergonomic" about it. There's nothing this rectangular piece of foam, or any other for that matter, could do to correct posture. If you want to relieve office-chair-induced lower back pain, sit better! Hold your shoulders back, spine straight, both feet flat on the ground in front of you, with the seat height adjusted so that your knees are at 90 degrees, in a chair that offers lumbar support.
But this cushion will distribute your weight more evenly around your perineum and upper part of your lower extremities, and hold your butt still in the chair, which might offer some back relief.
Previous reviewers have stated it seems to lose it's "memory" after about a year of use. I haven't used it very long so I can't comment with regards to longevity. And frankly I don't care, as long as it gets me through the next few weeks I'll consider it money well spent. I will say that it is relatively low-density memory foam, because after I press the foam (taken out of the cover) I cannot see my hand print. Hence, it's less memory more foam.
I give it four stars due to making impossible claims that serve to enforce the "no responsibility for my own actions" mentality that plagues this country, and because I would like the foam to be somewhat higher density. Also the price is a little high for what it is (I can get a higher-density memory foam pad for my whole bed for ~$60). Otherwise it meets my expectations and saves my bacon.

Having previously used memory foam products I can attest this is top of the line and does not squash like a marshmallow when you sit on it. The cover material is of good quality and the cushion is of a nice size. Too bad it does not have a selection of cover colors. It is a pleasure to sit on.