LiberNovo Omni Series: The Best Office Chairs?

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Need-to-knows

• Omni Pro adds active seat ventilation, Danish Gabriel Atlantic fabric, and a die-cast aluminium base
• Omni SE keeps the full Dynamic Support System but uses manual lumbar adjustment
• Both models upgrade to a 5-position recline system (up from 4 on the original)
• 45 cm and 48 cm seat depth options, fits users from 153 cm to 186 cm tall and up to 136kg

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The original LiberNovo Omni arrived in 2025 as something of an outlier: an ergonomic chair with a genuinely different mechanical idea behind it, rather than just another seat with a lumbar knob and a higher price tag. The company called it the world’s first dynamic ergonomic chair, and it backed that claim with a backrest system designed to move with your body rather than locking you into one position.

It raised over $10 million on Kickstarter. That kind of response tends to prompt a follow-up.

The follow-up is now here. LiberNovo has announced two additions to the Omni lineup: the Omni Pro and the Omni SE. The Pro pushes the platform further into premium territory with new materials and active ventilation. The SE strips back the electronics and brings the core experience to a lower price point. These are the two models most people will be choosing between, so I’m taking a look at both to see if they’re worth your money.

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At a glance

Category	Specification
Backrest system	Bionic FlexFit — 60 precision joints, multi-panel dynamic response
Recline positions	5 (105°, 115°, 125°, 135°, 160°)
Headrest travel	120mm vertical, 90mm fore-aft, 37° tilt
Armrest height travel	96mm
Seat depth options	45 cm / 48 cm
User height range	153 cm – 186 cm (5’0″ – 6’1″)
Omni Pro fabric	Danish Gabriel Atlantic, 110,000+ Martindale cycles, OEKO-TEX certified
Omni Pro base	Die-cast aluminium alloy
Omni Pro battery	3,000mAh (14+ hrs low / 9 hrs high)
Omni SE fabric	97% polyester / 3% spandex, 60,000 Martindale cycles
Omni SE base	Glass-fibre reinforced nylon
Omni SE colours	Obsidian Black
Omni Pro colours	Glacier White, Graphite Gray

What makes the Omni series different

The concept behind the entire Omni lineup is what LiberNovo calls Dynamic Ergonomics. The core argument is that the traditional ergonomic chair model — adjust everything manually, sit perfectly still — doesn’t reflect how people actually work. Research LiberNovo cites suggests people shift posture roughly 13 times an hour. A chair that demands you stay put is, by that logic, fighting your body most of the day.

I know that I shuffle around in my seat a lot, and get up to go to different areas of the studio all the time.

The answer from LiberNovo is the Bionic FlexFit backrest: a multi-panel system built around 60 precision joints that react in real time to your movement. The neck support angles with your recline. The backrest contours along your spine as you shift. The armrests follow your arms. The seat tilts as you lean back. It’s a synchronised system rather than a set of independent adjustments you have to manage yourself.

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This architecture carries across both the Omni Pro and Omni SE. Neither model asks you to set up the chair perfectly and then stay in one position. Oh and the battery life! Previously you got about 14 hours with low usage, but this has been bumped up massively to around 36 hours.

The 5-position recline

Both the Pro and SE introduce a new 5-position recline system, replacing the original Omni’s 4-position setup. The five positions are:

105° Deep Focus — fully upright, lumbar fully engaged, designed for meetings or concentrated work

115° Balance — the everyday working position; alert but not tense

125° Solo-Work — deeper recline for long solo sessions, intended to reduce spinal pressure

135° Soft Recline — weight distributed more evenly; suited to gaming sessions or extended creative work

160° Spine Flow — near-flat, described by LiberNovo as a position for active recovery and mid-session resets

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The original Omni had a single 120° recline position. The updated range replaces that with 115° and 125° as two distinct options, giving a more granular and better-mapped spread across the full range.

Omni Pro: the flagship model

The Omni Pro is the version for people who spend the longest hours at a desk and want the premium build to go with it. Two features distinguish it from everything else in the lineup.

The standout addition is AirFlow Mode: active seat ventilation built directly into the cushion. It’s a 5-layer breathable structure with a quiet centrifugal fan running at 4,000 RPM, designed to pull cool air upward through the seat surface. For anyone who’s ended a long summer in the office feeling uncomfortable, this addresses exactly that problem.

The system runs on a 3,000mAh battery, giving 14+ hours on the low setting and 9 hours on high. A smart sensor pauses the fan automatically when you leave the seat and resumes when you return. Two levels are switchable with a single button.

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The second differentiator is materials. The Omni Pro uses Danish Gabriel Atlantic fabric, rated to 110,000+ Martindale rub cycles — roughly a decade of heavy daily use — and it’s OEKO-TEX certified, flame-retardant, and machine-washable. The base is a one-piece die-cast aluminium alloy construction with no welds or weak points. It also includes OmniStretch, an electric spinal decompression cycle, and motorised lumbar support. It comes in two colours: Glacier White and Graphite Gray.

Basically, it’s got all the bells and whistles you could ever ask for from an office chair.

Omni SE: the more accessible option

The Omni SE covers the same ergonomic ground as the Pro without the electronics. It retains the Bionic FlexFit backrest, the full 5-position recline range, and the upgraded headrest and armrests. What it removes is the motor, the battery, and AirFlow Mode. It also only comes in one colour: Obsidian Black.

Lumbar adjustment on the SE is handled by a manual screw dial. LiberNovo says this is suited to users who find a position they like and tend to stay there, rather than those who want to adjust continuously throughout the day.

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The SE uses a 97% polyester/3% spandex fabric blend, rated to 60,000 Martindale cycles, and a glass-fibre reinforced nylon base — lighter than aluminium but still very solid. For anyone who wants the core dynamic support system and the new recline upgrade without paying for ventilation or electric lumbar, the SE is the obvious choice.

Shared upgrades across both models

Beyond the new recline system, both the Pro and SE received hardware improvements over the original Omni worth knowing about.

The headrest travel has been extended to 120mm — up 40mm from the original — with a fore-aft range of 90mm and a tilt widened to 37°. The cushion is also thicker, giving meaningfully wider accommodation for different body heights and neck curvatures. Armrest height travel is now 96mm, up 16mm, with the lowest position lowered by an additional 20mm.

The lumbar joint angles on both upper and lower joints have been repositioned for a smoother, more responsive arc. The seat front edge also gets denser foam, an anti-slide contour, and a softer contact surface — intended to reduce pressure on the legs during long sessions.

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None of these are headline-grabbing changes individually, but across a full working day they compound into a noticeably more refined experience compared to the original.

Are they actually worth it?

I’ve been sitting on LiberNovo’s previous generation Omni chair for nearly a year now and I can safely say it is one of, if not the, best office chairs I’ve ever used. I have a few options in the office accumulated over the years of tech reviewing and I always reach for LiberNovo first.

The support is truly unmatched and the unique touches like the automatic lumbar support are really useful. I never catch myself slouching because the chair is taking care of all of that for me.

They are expensive — the SE costs $899/£839 and the Pro $1,299/£1,369 — but much less so than some of the more established brands out there. I’ve used those brands and can safely say that there aren’t many discernible differences between them and LiberNovo.

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If you need an office chair that brings proper support to your body — and believe me, that isn’t something you want to take lightly — then it’s hard to look past the Omni series.

Wrapping up

I’ve been using the original Omni for close to a year and it remains the chair I reach for every single day. The Omni Pro and SE don’t reinvent what made that original special — they refine it in ways that genuinely matter. The 5-position recline is a real improvement, the hardware upgrades across both models are noticeable, and the Pro’s AirFlow Mode is the kind of feature you don’t know you need until summer arrives.

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If your budget stretches to the Pro, the active ventilation and premium materials justify the gap. If not, the SE delivers the same core dynamic support system at a price that’s still competitive with the big ergonomic names. Either way, LiberNovo remains the brand I’d point anyone to first when they’re shopping for a serious office chair.

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