I've had several seat cushions in an attempt to ward off the back pain of working seated and driving for hours at a time in my Nissan Frontier pick-up (which has seats designed by a 90lbs Asian engineer). I've tried egg crate style, memory foam, latex and air cushions, none of which have worked particularly well. All were better than no added cushion at all but none were anywhere near the comfort of a Herman-Miller chair or high end touring coupe auto seat. This style cushion, made popular by the advertising for the "Purple" mattress (and seat cushion), has promise. The rubber-like material and modular negative space design does a great job of supporting whilst applying minimum pressure to your tender backside. In the short trip I've used it on I can already tell it's going to be more effective than the others I've tried.
The cushion does have it's limitations. It may be smallish if you have a full size car or van, it fit well in the rather smallish seat of my Frontier but not edge to edge. it also doesn't have a cutout for you spine like the Purple brand auto seat cushion does. This small change would strongly improve it for auto use. Additionally the nonskid "dots" are ineffective in keeping it in one place whilst you enter or exit your car.
As a whole this is a quite good cushion and very reasonably priced.
| Brand | Heartbeat |
|---|---|
| Color | Purple |
| Package Dimensions | 41.5 x 34.01 x 4.8 cm; 1.21 Kilograms |
| Item Weight | 1.21 kg |
