How to Set Up a HÅG Tion: Four Controls, in the Order That Works

A HÅG Tion arrives with fewer controls than most chairs at its price, and that is deliberate. Flokk publishes two adjustments for it — seat height, and a lockable HÅG inBalance tilt — plus optional armrests. The chair is designed to move with you rather than to be configured around you, so the job of setting one up is less about finding levers and more about getting two things right and then getting the desk out of the way.

This is the order we use on the showroom floor. It takes about two minutes, and it is the same on the 2100, the 2140, the 2160 and the 2340 Mesh, because the controls do not change across the range. Every measurement below is the figure Flokk publishes.

What the Tion actually adjusts

Flokk describes the mechanism as HÅG inBalance®, a "balanced, flowing tilt function backwards and forwards". Alongside it the published specification lists seat height adjustment, a lockable tilt, a five-star base of 620 mm diameter, universal castors of 65 mm diameter for hard and soft flooring, and optional armrests in recycled aluminium. On the 2160 those armrests are standard.

So the whole setup comes down to four decisions: how high the seat sits, whether the tilt is locked or free, whether you have armrests and where your elbows land on them, and where your feet go once the seat is at the right height. Take them in that order and the chair does the rest.

Step 1. Seat height

Start here, because every other decision depends on it. Sit all the way back so the base of your spine meets the back shell, put both feet flat on the floor, and raise or lower the seat until your thighs are roughly level and your feet are taking a little weight rather than dangling or bracing.

The range you have depends on which gas lift is fitted. Flokk publishes:

If you are at the very bottom of the 150 mm range and your feet still do not reach, you are on the wrong lift rather than the wrong chair. If you are at the very top of it and your desk still feels high, the same applies in the other direction. Ring us on 02 9640 0642 and we will tell you which lift is on the chair you are looking at, and measure one here if the exact height decides your order.

One thing the Tion does not do is slide the seat forwards and backwards. No Tion model has an adjustable seat depth. For most people the moulded shell handles that on its own, and the section further down covers the case where it does not.

Step 2. Unlock the tilt

Chairs are very often sold, delivered and then used for three years with the tilt still locked, because nobody told the person at the desk that it was locked in the first place. Release it. The inBalance movement is the reason to buy a HÅG, and a locked Tion is a Tion with its main feature switched off.

Released, the seat and back move together as you shift your weight, forwards as you lean into the desk and backwards as you sit up off it. You do not have to do anything to make that happen — lean, and the chair follows. Spend a minute rocking gently through the range before you decide whether you like it. Most people who dislike a tilt on the first day are sitting too far forward on the seat for it to work.

Step 3. Know when to lock it again

Flokk lists a lockable tilt on every Tion, and there is a good reason to use it. Close, still work — drawing, marking up, fine detail, anything where your hands need to stay in exactly one place — is easier in a chair that is not moving underneath you. Lock it for that, and release it again afterwards.

The practical rule: locked for precision, free for everything else. If you find yourself leaving it locked all week, the chair is not doing the job you bought it for, and it is usually the seat height that is the real culprit.

Step 4. The armrests, if you have them

Armrests are an optional extra on the 2100, the 2140 and the 2340 Mesh, and standard on the 2160. Flokk supplies them in solid recycled aluminium, in the same colour range as the base and the gas lift.

Sit down and let your arms fall. Your forearms should land on the arms with your shoulders down and relaxed, and the arms should clear the underside of your desk so you can get close enough to type without reaching. If your shoulders lift, or the arms stop you pulling in to the desk, the control to change is the seat height from step 1 — not the way you are sitting.

If you are ordering rather than adjusting, the honest test is what you do all day. Desk work with a keyboard usually wants them. A chair that has to tuck fully under a desk in a meeting room, or sit under a keyboard tray, usually does not. On the 2100 the arms are the difference between $588.75 and $730.50, so it is a real decision rather than a tick-box.

Where your feet go

Once the seat is up at the higher end of its range — which is exactly what happens on a sit-stand desk, or for a taller user on the 200 mm lift — your feet come off the floor, and a chair built around movement needs somewhere to put them. Two HÅG accessories do that job, and which one you can use is decided by the gas lift, not by the chair model.

Both clip on and off by hand without tools. If your Tion is on the standard 150 mm lift, the StepUp is the one that will fit. If you are not sure which lift you have, ring us and we will work it out from your seat height in about thirty seconds.

Castors, and the floor you are on

Flokk fits the Tion with universal castors of 65 mm diameter, described for hard and soft flooring, which is why a Tion rolls straight out of the box on carpet, timber or vinyl without anyone having to think about it.

The one rule worth knowing for later: when castors are replaced, all five on a chair should be of the same type. A mixed set is a common cause of a chair that pulls to one side, and it is an easy thing to do by accident when one castor gets lost in an office move. Our HÅG spare parts guide covers what wears out on these chairs and what each part costs.

The desk and the screen, in that order

You have now set the chair to your body. The last step is to bring everything else to the chair, and the sequence matters, because doing it the other way around is how people end up winding a perfectly good seat height back out again.

1. The desk. With your forearms roughly level and your shoulders down, the desk surface should sit at about that height. On a fixed desk you cannot change it, so the fix is a footrest under your feet rather than a lower seat.
2. The keyboard and mouse. Close enough that your elbows stay near your sides. If you are reaching, the chair is too far back.
3. The screen. Last, and at arm’s length, with the top of the display around eye level so your neck stays neutral. A monitor arm is what makes that adjustable rather than aspirational.

If you are putting a Tion into a fit-out rather than a single desk, our Tion buying guide works through which of the four models suits which kind of desk, and what the fabric choices actually change.

When the SoFi Mesh is the better HÅG

There is one setup the Tion is not the chair for, and it is worth being straight about it, because the answer is still a HÅG and we hold it in stock.

If the measurement your seating depends on is seat depth — a shorter user who needs the seat to stop short of the back of the knee, a taller user who wants more thigh support, or a desk shared between people of very different heights — the HÅG SoFi Mesh publishes 38 to 46 cm of adjustable seat depth and a minimum seat height of 39 cm, and it starts at $750 without armrests. Our SoFi Mesh setup guide walks through its seven controls in the same order as this one.

For everything else — a single user at a fixed or sit-stand desk, a floor of task chairs in a fit-out, a home office that needs to look good and be left alone — the Tion’s short control list is a feature. There is less to get wrong, and less to be found three years later still set to the factory position.

What the four Tion models cost in Australia

Prices checked live on 30 September 2026.

All four carry Flokk’s ten-year guarantee against production defects, in normal use for up to nine hours a day, and all four set up in the same four steps. See the full range on our HÅG Tion collection, or the rest of the brand on HÅG Chairs Australia.

The 2100 weighs 11 kg without armrests, and the 2340 Mesh is 12.0 kg with a seat pad 44 cm deep and 47 cm wide, certified to EN 1335-1 (2020) Type B. If a tender or a submission needs the recycled content and carbon figures rather than the setup, our HÅG Tion and the circular office guide has them.

Set it up once, properly

Two minutes at the start beats three years of sitting in a chair that was never set to you. Seat height first, tilt released, armrests checked, feet supported, then the desk and the screen. That is the whole job on a Tion.

If you are in Sydney, bring your laptop to the Pyrmont showroom and we will set one up with you and measure the lift you need. If you are anywhere else in Australia, ring us on 02 9640 0642 and tell us your desk height and your inside leg, and we will tell you which gas lift to order.

Frequently asked questions

How many adjustments does a HÅG Tion have?

Flokk publishes two adjustments for the Tion: seat height, and a lockable HÅG inBalance tilt. Armrests are an optional extra on the 2100, 2140 and 2340 Mesh, and come as standard on the 2160. That short list is the design. The chair is built to move with you rather than to be dialled in, which is why setting one up takes about two minutes.

What seat height range does the HÅG Tion offer?

Flokk publishes 41 to 54 cm on the 150 mm gas lift and 48 to 66 cm on the 200 mm gas lift. The 150 mm lift suits a standard desk at 720 to 750 mm. The 200 mm lift is the one that covers a sit-stand desk in the seated position.

Does the HÅG Tion have adjustable seat depth?

No Tion model has an adjustable seat depth. If a seat slide is the measurement your setup depends on, the HÅG SoFi Mesh publishes 38 to 46 cm of adjustable seat depth and starts at $750.

Can you lock the tilt on a HÅG Tion?

Yes. Flokk lists a lockable tilt on every Tion model. Lock it when you are doing close, still work such as drawing or fine detail, and release it for everything else.

What castors does the HÅG Tion come with?

Flokk fits the Tion with universal castors of 65 mm diameter, described for hard and soft flooring. If you are replacing them, all five castors on a chair should be of the same type.

Can you fit a footrest to a HÅG Tion?

Yes. The HÅG Capisco Footring is a 450 mm ring at $210.60 and needs a 200 mm or 265 mm gas lift. The HÅG StepUp at $297.90 gives two levels for your feet and fits the 150 mm, 200 mm and 265 mm lifts, so it is the one that works on a standard-height desk. Both clip on and off without tools.

Which HÅG Tion model should I set up for a shared desk?

Any of them, because the setup is the same across the range. The models differ in upholstery rather than in controls: the 2100 has moulded seat and back shells, the 2140 adds an upholstered seat, the 2160 upholsters both and includes armrests, and the 2340 Mesh pairs an upholstered seat with a mesh back.

How long is the warranty on a HÅG Tion?

Flokk gives a ten-year guarantee against production defects on office chairs in normal use for up to nine hours a day. Australian Consumer Law rights apply in addition.

Does the Tion suit a sit-stand desk?

It does, on the 200 mm gas lift, which Flokk publishes at 48 to 66 cm. Pair it with the Capisco Footring so your feet have somewhere to go at the higher settings. Ring us on 02 9640 0642 and we will confirm which lift is on the chair you are looking at.

References

• Flokk, HÅG Tion product page and configurator, store.flokk.com — functionality, gas lift range, base diameter, castors, armrest options
• Flokk, HÅG Tion factsheet — seat height ranges, seat pad dimensions, chair weights, recycled content, EN 1335-1 (2020) Type B
• Flokk, HÅG ten-year guarantee terms
• Flokk, HÅG accessory range — StepUp and Capisco Footring fitment
• Chair Dinkum product pages — Australian prices and stock, checked 30 September 2026