This article includes a 3:26 video walkthrough.

The Anthros tilt uses two knobs at the front of the chair. The left knob locks and unlocks the tilt, and the right knob sets the tension. There are three lock positions (Active, Standard, and the 5-degree tilt), and you can also leave the tilt unlocked in Free Float. For working, use the 5-degree tilt or Free Float between upright and about halfway back. Save Full Decompress, all the way back, for stretching and breaks.

In the video, the 5-degree tilt is called Decompress mode.

Also called: recline, tilt lock, tilt tension, tension knob, decompress mode, 5 degree tilt, free float, active mode, standard mode.

Let's introduce you to the Anthros tilt system. It's really easy. There are only two control knobs to work it, and they're located at the front of the chair. The right knob controls the tension of the system, and the left knob controls the locking of the tilt system. Let me show you how easy it is to use.

First, we have the left knob. You can turn it forwards or backwards, and it locks and unlocks the position. I'm going to unlock it by turning it forwards, and you see how the system starts moving with me. I'm now tilting. I can adjust the tilt tension with my right control knob, turning it forwards to increase the tension, making it much harder to push backwards. Or I can turn it back just a little bit, and all of a sudden I'm all the way back in the full Decompress mode. The sweet spot of the setup is when you tune it just right to your weight, so you don't have to use too much pressure to push it back and you can float everywhere in between. Right there. I can stop and hold wherever I want with ease. I can work upright or all the way back.

So now's the time to introduce the tilt locking system. There are three unique positions. The first one is called Active mode. That's all the way forwards to where the chair stops. Lock it into place, and I am in Active mode. I am forwards. I am tasking. I am on point. But you might find, working longer hours this way, that you get a little fatigued and want to fall forwards, because you're trying to hold yourself up.

That's why we have Standard mode, the second position. Simply unlock it, tilt the chair back just a little bit, lock it into that next position, and now I'm sitting upright, but a little more backwards than Active mode. This works well too, but you still might find this position to be a little taxing, where you could fall forwards.

So that's why we invented Decompress mode. It's the perfect position to work from all day long. You simply unlock it one last time, go back just a little bit more, and lock it into that third spot. Now look at this. I am back and into the chair. My head is not bent forwards too far, and I can sit and work all day long with gravity holding me in place, my head and neck in a great position. You might find this to be the best for you as well.

But maybe you're the person that doesn't like to be locked in place and likes to move throughout the day. Great. You can use the system that way too. We call that Free Float Decompress mode, or full Decompress mode. Let me show you what I'm talking about. Unlock it again. I've got my tilt tension set just right, where I can stop anywhere in these positions. And I would say that Decompress mode is where I'd work from, all the way forwards to kind of midway through the tilt system. Again, don't go too far back and start working like this. You want to work right in the middle, so you keep good head and neck posture.

Or, with the greatest of ease, I can push back and go into full Decompress mode, reach over my head, stretch out, take advantage of that upper back, move around a little bit […]. Feels good. And go right into Decompress mode and float anywhere in between for comfort while I'm working all day. It's just that easy with the Anthros tilt system.