This chair is by far the best, regarding what it can do -not a 1000 dollar comfortable chair could do for you (except built in massager in those eeh)I have bought this chair first in around 2010 at local store and threw it out 2015 for reasons unknown apart from having arm rests sides torn due to tight space and constant pressure pushing and scratching against the desks sharp edges.-To be exact what made me want EXACTLY this chair back is the possibility of not only leveling higher lower which all the chairs do. But also, you can position your back rest angle. {BTW this chairs backrest is revised since my old one didnt have the (not sure what to call it so i just say kidney pillow positioned on the lower back which most mesh backrest chairs do come with nowadays, OLD one did NOT have this feature - back to that later)} Some other chairs do offer you backrest positioning but I did notice their price is somewhat super ridiculous and dumb! Lastly and most importantly, this chair not only lets you set these two or rather one feature since height is a standard with all of the office chairs.The chair also lets you set the sit tilt. Not sure I would say from -15 degrees (tilting you forward, good for legs here and there) to about 30 degrees backwards. Now I could not find one chair with these 3 settings all together. I could not find one chair that let you set the actual sitting piece angle whatsoever. This chair has it all, and for fairly low price if not INCREDIBLY low price on amazon! This should not let staples raise the price however, because there is a competitor that I found here and it does indeed look like it might support back way more comfortable.Back to the backrest. With the old chair, the only flaw that I really had with it and I would blame the pre-manufacturing engineering error was the actual mesh on the backrest frame. It started to peel off at one point. First it was only a small hole right by the top right corner, then it became larger, however it did take a good year to get about 1 and a half inch long cut like peel off by the frame. Mesh material was sturdy though, there was no way you could say that its tearing or anything, only it just wasn't clamped together too good thus made the whole backrest so lose I felt the frame support if I pushed back too much, and If i wanted to fix it, i never tried for I was sure I wouldnt be able to since it was all made so snug. I assume that now they put the lower back push "kidney pillow" it probably isnt there for your comfort which i dont find comfortable compared to the older chair, but its there to prevent this peeling from around the frame, and I see all the mesh chair has this nowadays. Its kinda pushy like the air lower back pillows in loaded car driver seats. I dont prefer that feeling but will have to adapt to it since I threw the old chair out. Should I keep it or at least the actual bottol part and buy a separate top, drill the holes and mout new chair on. Its what Im gonna do with this if it gets to start breaking again after about 4 years which again, wasnt anything mandatory for me to throw away. I still dont understand why i did.Legs, If i remember right, the legs were made of metal, gray powder coated legs, same shape with the V2 only theyre made of plastic now. Its better regarding the weight. But plastic legs? Ummm, I will see if it has any different quality after years of use, though it seems okay.Backrest goes from probably about 100 degrees up to 130 and that + seat level to the back by 15, almost laying in recliner. Very good for a chair at this unbeatable price. Its a win win for you no matter how sceptical you look at it. Im glad I ever gave this chair a try by buying it for 300 back then. Local store has it for 2, but amazon?! AMAZING! For years of the most comfortable sitting its a must, for me at least. Seat, backrest mesh and armrests materials seems to be still the same way so staples obviously only made the changes to improve this fantastic product. and not make it worse. And Im happy for that. I might end up buying one more.UPDATE: Originally Reviewed in January 12, 2016 - It's Dec. 2022 now so, you could say 7 YEARS LATER? Chair still holds up, only needs new seat cushioning, that foam part. Both seat upholstery & Mesh on the back is good! Not faded, no tears or peeling at all. Amazing! Though im sure cushion is worn out due to me being on a heavier side.Tilting mechanism on the seat part is loosened up - if you sit at the front edge itll tilt forward the more weight or pressure you put on it. But if you like it tilted all the way backwards and Sit, not freedrop your bottoms, the proper way it wont change angle and it doesnt wiggle loosely as if it's dedicated lock-lever was in unlocked position so this little inconvenience get more than a pass after all the weight abuse in years.Lifting mechanism is done hovewer, I cant seem to get the height of the chair back up, as if it's stuck at all the way down position, most likely it is since I tried to manually Pull the seat upwards with 100lbs if not 200lbs of force upward and it wouldnt budge while pulling the height adjust lever upward with it.While I keep this chair, I also bought the 3rd one and it feels like Im landing on a feathery cloud every time. Old one felt okay but after a while it was painful, not anymore.Regarding quality, it feels the same, w/o a single change. Maybe the cushioning is improved as well. We'll see in another 6 to 7 years. But for all these years for a comfy sitting, I strongly recommend this chair out of all the options out there. There are few, only a bit cheaper but reading the reviews on those, the horrid pictures and experiences? Get this one, even if its pricier. Am still mad for throwing away the very first chair with metal legs. The positioning mechanism under the seat is what makes this chair so uniquely versatile that I will not settle for less, ever. Neither would you! Trust me, you'd grow with it. Just that little backrest plate, that part should get a redesign or at least an option to take out. (now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I'll use powertool to sort that issue out since I have a spare backrest now) if so, I will update again.