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Elite Chair Casters for Hard Floors and Carpet |
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Most of the office chairs that are
manufactured today come with twin wheel nylon wheeled casters. This type of
caster, specifically the nylon wheel, is fine for carpeting but will mark and
scratch hard floors. This happens because the nylon wheels don’t roll,
they slide. When they slide, they mark the floor. Our Elite chair casters are
the perfect solution for this problem. The wheels on these casters will not
mark the floors under normal operation. ( Any caster will mark a hard floor if
it is dragged sideways. ) They roll smoothly due to the precision sealed ball
bearing in the wheel and unlike most chair casters, are a single wheel
design.Our top left photo shows our 3" Elite Caster with Soft Rubber Wheel on a
Hardwood floor.Swiveling is a breeze due to the crown tread of the wheel, a
long lead ( distance from the centerline of the stem to the centerline of the
axle ) and the double row of balls in the swivel bearing. The body of this
caster is metal with a bright chrome finish. This is the ONLY color that is
available. The 3" caster has a maintenance free matching rubber seal on the
swivel. |
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This photo on the left is our 3" Elite Caster with Soft
Rubber Wheel on a Ceramic Tile Floor while the photo on the right is the 2"
Elite Caster with Soft Rubber Wheel that we recommend for dinette and smaller
office chairs.
The Elite Caster with the Soft Rubber Wheel comes in two
sizes; 2" and 3".
We recommed that for smaller chairs ( dinette or
small office chairs ) you use the 2" model and for larger office chairs or
executive chairs, you should use the larger 3" model. Our recommendations are
for replacement only. |
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If you are going to put casters on a chair that
previously did not have casters, please call us, many chairs are not designed
for casters. At left, we have our 3" Elite Caster with Polyurethane Wheel. This
caster is GREAT if you need to be on EITHER Hard Floors or Carpeting. It’s
the same caster with all of the benefits described above but with the
polyurethane wheel.
The wheel is clear with an embedded mold frame that
can be seen thru the polyurethane. From a distance, the wheel looks grey. This
is really a very cool, very high tech looking wheel. We actually call it the
“Viper” wheel. Again, it can be used on Tile, Hardwood Floors or
Carpeting.
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What makes the polyurethane wheel unique is
that it’s soft enough not to hurt hard floors yet it’s hard enough
and smooth enough not to grab carpet fibers. When a caster is on carpet, the
wheel material must be able to roll over the fibers without slipping yet be
“slick” or “slippery” enough to not “grab” the
fibers while swiveling. Here at Caster City, we have a combination of Elite
casters on our office chairs but most of them are the Elite with the
“Viper” Polyurethane wheel. I have this caster on my home office
chair which is on relatively thick carpet with an 8 lb. pad. It rolls great and
doesn’t harm the carpet. My chair is about 25 years old and originally had
large twin wheel casters installed. I replaced them about a year ago and there
was a tremendous difference in the rolling; much easier with this new
caster.
Elite Chair Casters
are can be seen on our website by clicking here. |
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