OpenAir Cushion
OpenAir Cushion
A honeycomb gel cushion that sits on top of the chair or car seat you already own.
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OpenAir Cushion
What's in the Box
What's in the Box
Every order ships with the Nordvyn cushion, ready to sit on out of the box. Add the ice-silk cover and it arrives in Ink black, already fitted. The two-pack sends two cushions and two covers, so a second seat gets the same upgrade. Nothing to assemble.
Materials and Dimensions
Materials and Dimensions
The cushion is TPE hydrogel, shaped into the OpenAir Honeycomb structure of open hexagonal cells with vertical walls. A ribbed perimeter skirt holds the edge and a U-shaped rear channel runs through the back. It measures about 16.5 by 13.8 inches and 2 inches thick, which fits most office chairs, car seats and kitchen chairs. The removable ice-silk cover comes in Ink black, soft, breathable and anti-pilling.
Care and Cleaning
Care and Cleaning
Wipe the cushion clean with a damp cloth and let it dry. The ice-silk cover pulls off for the wash and goes back on in seconds. There is no insert to swap and nothing to replace.
Shipping and Returns
Shipping and Returns
Free shipping across the US. Sit on it for 30 days under the 30-Day Sit-and-See Promise: if it isn't for you, we refund in full, you pay no return shipping, and you keep the cushion. Shipping is free in the US, and questions go to a real person on our team.
The two inches your chair is missing.
One piece of TPE hydrogel, formed into an open hexagonal honeycomb. Vertical cell walls flex where you sit down and hold their shape everywhere else.
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Hexagonal cell walls
Each cell flexes on its own, then springs back. Soft but supportive, with that floating feel.
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Ribbed perimeter skirt
The edge that keeps it seated on the chair instead of creeping forward every time you get up.
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Air moves underneath
Open cells mean the seat breathes, so it keeps its cool through a long afternoon at the desk.
What people say after they sit down
4.9 out of 5 from 606 reviews. Here are four of them. Individual results vary.
It springs back. The structure is why.
A cushion that flattens gets put in a closet by spring. The honeycomb here is elastic, so it bends under a sit and comes back to shape when you stand up.
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Elastic, not compressible
Compressed foam stays compressed. Stretch does not. The cells stretch under a sit, then take their shape back.
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Vertical cell walls
The honeycomb is built to carry weight through its walls, the same way a bridge does. Structure, not stuffing.
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Pull it. It comes back.
High elasticity means the honeycomb takes a fold or a stretch and settles back into its own shape.
Foam works by compressing, and it tends to stay that way. This gel works by stretching and returning to shape.
It fits everything you already sit on.
Desk chair, reading chair, kitchen chair, couch: one cushion that moves through the whole day with you.
The desk chair
Nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, with the same chair you've had since 2019.
The reading chair
The one by the lamp, where a chapter turns into four and the seat holds up anyway.
The kitchen chair
Wooden, unforgiving, and somehow where the laptop ends up every Sunday.
The couch
The cushion on the left that flattened first. Two episodes in, still comfortable.
How Nordvyn compares to the usual seat cushions
Talk about how and why is your brand better than the others.
| Nordvyn | Memory foam | Gel-top foam | |
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Stretches and returns instead of packing down |
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No foam insert to swap out or replace |
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Removable cover you can pull off and wash |
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OpenAir Honeycomb structure built for airflow |
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30 days to decide, no return shipping |
Replace the foam, not the chair.
Buy a new office chair
$200 to $900
- Two weeks of reading reviews before you order one.
- A box in the hallway and an afternoon of assembly.
- And the car seat is still the car seat.
Upgrade the seat you own
$79.95 was $99
- Arrives, comes out of the box, goes on the chair.
- Works on the car seat too. And the kitchen chair.
- 30-Day Sit-and-See Promise. Return it for a refund.
Two-pack with ice-silk covers is $139. Full refund within 30 days, no return shipping. 4.9 average from 606 reviews.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Will it fit my office chair? My car seat?
Will it fit my office chair? My car seat?
In most cases. It is about 16.5 by 13.8 inches and roughly 2 inches thick, sized for standard office chairs, car seats, kitchen chairs and couches. The contoured shape and U-shaped rear cutout let it settle into the seat instead of perching on top of it. If your seat is unusually narrow, measure first.
Does it slide around on the seat?
Does it slide around on the seat?
No. A ribbed perimeter skirt runs around the underside and grips the seat, so it stays where you put it through a workday or a long drive. On slick leather it can shift slightly when you first sit down, then settles. The optional ice-silk cover adds a little more grip.
How is this different from a cheap gel pad?
How is this different from a cheap gel pad?
Most marketplace pads are a thin sheet of soft gel inside a nylon sleeve. Nordvyn is a 2 inch block of TPE hydrogel built as OpenAir Honeycomb, with vertical cell walls that carry the load and open channels that let air move through. The difference is thickness and structure, not branding. It costs more than those pads. It is gel all the way through, and gel stretches back instead of packing down.
Does it sit hot over a long day?
Does it sit hot over a long day?
No. The honeycomb runs open all the way through, so air moves under the seated area instead of sitting trapped in foam. Being gel, it feels cool to the touch at first, then settles and stays comfortable through a full workday. The removable ice-silk cover is the cooler and smoother of the two surfaces, if that matters to you.
What if I sit on it and don't like it?
What if I sit on it and don't like it?
Then you tell us and we take it from there. Sit on it for 30 days. If it is not for you, we refund you in full, you keep the cushion, and nothing ships back. That is the 30-Day Sit-and-See Promise, and it is the whole of it.
4.9 from 606 reviews
Great sitting. No new chair.Two seats, sorted. One for the desk, one for the car.
- One cushion, $79.95
- Two cushions, two covers, $139