Move Without Thinking
Designed for Active Sitting
The Capisco Puls 8010 encourages constant, subtle movement while you work. The saddle-shaped seat opens your hip angle naturally, engaging your core and promoting spinal alignment without conscious effort.
Whether you sit forward, lean back, or straddle the seat, the Puls responds to your body. It is the everyday version of Peter Opsvik's active sitting philosophy, simplified for modern workspaces.
Standing Desk Compatible
Built for Sit-to-Stand Workspaces
The Capisco Puls 8010 pairs naturally with height-adjustable desks. With the high gas lift option, you can perch at standing desk height without needing a separate stool. One chair covers every working position throughout your day.
Transition from sitting to perching to standing without interrupting your workflow. The Puls adjusts quickly and locks securely at any height.
Minimal by Design
Clean Lines, Easy Maintenance
Peter Opsvik designed the Capisco Puls by stripping the iconic Capisco form down to its essential elements. The moulded polyurethane seat and back are easy to wipe clean, resistant to stains, and built to handle busy environments from home offices to medical clinics.
Available in a range of colours including Clay, Petroleum, Seagreen, and Black, the Puls brings Scandinavian colour confidence to your workspace.
The Puls in Every Setting
Growing Up Active
The Capisco Puls is popular with families because it adjusts to fit children as young as 6, growing with them through school and beyond.
Designer
Peter Opsvik
Peter Opsvik is the pioneer of Active Sitting, a Norwegian industrial designer who has spent five decades studying how the human body relates to furniture.
His philosophy is simple: "The best sitting posture is always the next one." The Capisco, first produced in 1984, remains his most iconic creation, a chair that treats sitting as movement rather than stillness.
Precision Engineered in Norway
Craftsmanship
Every Capisco Puls is manufactured at the Flokk factory in Scandinavia, powered entirely by renewable energy. The production process combines robotic precision with human quality control at every stage.
The Puls is built to last 10 years or more. Every component is replaceable, every mechanism is serviceable. This is furniture designed for longevity, not disposability.
Features & Specifications
Key Features
- – HÅG in Balance®: balanced, flowing tilt function
- – Adjustable tilt tension backwards
- – Compact moulded polypropylene back, no upholstery
- – Integrated comfort pad on seat
- – Easy-clean plastic surfaces, ideal for shared and hygiene-sensitive environments
- – Suitable for all working surfaces with table height 72cm and higher
- – Saddle-inspired seat: encourages active, upright posture
- – 10-year warranty for normal use up to 9 hours per day
Dimensions: Model 8010 Puls
| SEAT HEIGHT (STANDARD 200MM GAS LIFT) | 520–720mm |
| SEAT HEIGHT (EXTENDED 265MM GAS LIFT) | 590–840mm |
| SEAT WIDTH | 400mm |
| SEAT DEPTH | 350–400mm |
| BACK HEIGHT | 270mm |
| BASE DIAMETER | 700mm |
| WEIGHT (WITH STANDARD GAS LIFT) | 7.2kg |
| MAX USER WEIGHT | 150kg |
| WARRANTY | 10 years |
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. With the extended 265mm gas lift, the Capisco adjusts from 555mm to 810mm seat height, making it ideal for sit-to-stand desks from 72cm to 120cm. The saddle seat lets you perch in a semi-standing position that keeps your legs active without the fatigue of standing all day. No second chair required.
The Capisco 8106 has a fully upholstered seat and back with more padding, making it better for all-day use. The Capisco Puls 8010 uses a moulded plastic shell (partially upholstered), which is lighter, easier to clean, and slightly more affordable. Both share the same base, gas lift options, and movement mechanism.
Choose the 8106 for comfort over long sessions, or the Puls for environments where durability and easy cleaning matter more.
Absolutely. The open back is designed specifically for reverse sitting. Straddle the seat, rest your arms on the backrest, and you get a forward-leaning posture that opens your hip angle and relieves lower back pressure. This is one of the Capisco's signature sitting positions and a key reason designers, architects, and drafters prefer it.
Choose based on your desk height and how you prefer to sit. The standard 200mm gas lift gives a seat height range of 470 to 655mm, which suits conventional fixed-height desks at 72cm. The extended 265mm gas lift gives a seat height range of 555 to 810mm, designed for sit-to-stand desks or anyone who wants to perch at a higher position.
If you have a height-adjustable desk, the extended gas lift is almost always the better choice. It lets you use the full range of seated, perched, and semi-standing positions that make the Capisco unique. The standard gas lift only makes sense if your desk is fixed at a conventional height and you never plan to perch.
We have a detailed guide on this topic: HAG Capisco Gas Lift Guide: Standard vs High.
The Capisco works best for people who move naturally while working: those who fidget, shift position, lean forward, or alternate between sitting and standing. It suits users between 155cm and 195cm tall (with footring for shorter users), weighing up to 150kg.
It is not ideal for people who prefer to recline deeply or sit completely still for long periods. If you want a passive, cushioned seat, a traditional task chair like the HAG SoFi is a better fit.
HAG provides a 10-year warranty covering all parts for normal use up to 9 hours per day. This includes the gas lift, tilt mechanism, base, castors, and upholstery frame. Normal wear on fabric and foam is excluded.
The warranty reflects the build quality: die-cast aluminium base, steel column, and a mechanism tested to 100,000+ cycles.
