Having a good tattoo chair is part and parcel of the trade. Just as a massage therapist needs a professional massage table to perform their craft effectively, just as a comic book artist uses a slanted artist table to draw, a tattoo artist needs a chair that works to meet their needs as it relates to giving a tattoo.

So what makes a good tattoo chair?

For starters, the point of the tattoo chair is for the person receiving the tattoo and the person giving the tattoo to both be able to do their “job” effectively.

For the lucky person getting the tattoo, this means being able to remain in a single position for a length of time, sometimes many hours, without being uncomfortable and in pain. So in that sense, the tattoo chair needs to meet the needs of the customer!

For the tattoo artist, he or she needs to be able to clearly access the portion of the body where the tattoo work is being performed. The artist must be able to clearly see the area and have ample room to move their arms as necessary to perform the work. This position needs to be accomplished without straining, excessive leaning or bending on the part of the artist because just like the person receiving the tattoo must sit for a long amount of the time, the tattoo artist must be with them right along the way, the whole time too.

It’s clear then that what makes a good tattoo chair is what will meet the needs above. This often means that a tattoo chair worth its work should be:

1) Have adjustable parts so the relative height and adjustment can be reached for the artist to do their work and the person to be comfortable.

2) Use long lasting cushioning or foam material that doesn’t induce sweating or stick to sweat.

3) Be relatively light weight yet also stable so that there’s no risk of falling or moving accidentally, thus causing any accident or even risk to the person.

So in order for the tattoo artist to perform their work effectively and for the person getting the tattoo to remain comfortable in a single position for hours, it’s vital that the tattoo parlor or tattoo artist invest in the proper equipment. To do so otherwise is to minimize the execution of the artists skills, not to mention it will not be pleasing to the customers to sit or lie in an uncomfortable tattoo chair.