Furniture Gliders by VS

Invisible Helpers What Furniture Gliders from VS Do

Overview of the various replaceable glides for VS chairs

Comfort and aesthetic designs of furniture are important to you: Whether for classrooms and cafeterias in school or university buildings, in your company’s offices or conference rooms, or for events of any kind.
But there is one aspect that you should not ignore: Chair gliders. These invisible helpers are designed to improve the gliding behaviour of the chairs and, at the same time, protect the floor in spite of heavy strain.

Close-up of glides under table legs to protect the floor covering

What are furniture gliders?

Chair gliders are invisible helpers that you can attach to chair legs. They protect the floor covering and, at the same time, improve the gliding behaviour.

The low noise level should not be ignored, either. They mean that you don’t have to lift your chair up when you want to change your position without making a noise.

Are you looking for suitable chair gliders? Then you’ve come to the right place. Here, you will learn everything you need to know about choosing them.

Advantages of furniture gliders at a glance

Improve gliding behaviour
Prevent floors from being scratched by chairs (caution: Regularly clean felt gliders and remove dirt particles)
Evenly distribute the pressure on the floor when sitting and thus protect it by producing less stress
Long-lasting

Specifically for 2K gliders:

Reduce noise level
Ensure good rolling behaviour
Reduce the risk of injury because the chair can slip away less easily, even when it topples
Our 2K gliders are explicitly recommended by leading manufacturers of elastic floor coverings

Even though VS chair gliders can last for many years, we recommend that they are checked every six months.

Our tip:
Replace chair gliders in pairs, i.e., both front gliders and/or both back gliders. If one glider is more worn than the other, it can have a negative impact on sitting behaviour and glidability.

Match Furniture Gliders to the floor

VS gliders are available in 3 different materials:
• 2K (two-component plastic)
• Felt
• Plastic
We offer these different versions so that you can find the ideal chair glider for every floor - for hard, elastic or soft floor coverings. Because your chairs should not only fit into the room visually; you should also be able to move them easily and noiselessly.

Which furniture gliders do I need?

The material of the glider depends on the floor on which the chairs will stand. With the help of our table, you will find the right VS chair gliders for every use:

Floor covering	Ideal	Alternative	Unsuitable
Textile covering (carpet, needle felt, etc.)	Plastic	2-K	Felt
Elastic (PVC, linoleum, rubber, etc.)	2-K	Filz	Plastic
Hard (parquet, tiles, screed, etc.)	Felt	2-K	Plastic
Changing floor covering	2-K or interchangeable gliders in the right version

Close-up of a glide for chairs and tables by VS, which is particularly suitable for hard floors

Why are plastic gliders unsuitable on hard and smooth floors?

Chair gliders made of plastic can cause scratches on parquet or tiles. Here, grains of sand and dirt particles under the hard glider surface act like sandpaper on the floor and can also damage the glider itself.

Close-up of a chair leg with glides on elastic flooring

Why are felt gliders not ideal for elastic floors?

Although felt gliders can be used on elastic floors, such as PVC and linoleum, We advise that you regularly clean the gliders with a hard brush. Since the felt in VS felt gliders is injected into the glide shoe and isn’t glued, the material cannot come loose. Please also note: if the floor is not cleaned properly, the felt can absorb polish, harden and then cause scratches.

Close-up of the glides for tables and chairs by VS on soft floors

Why are 2K gliders only suitable as an alternative for textile floors?

VS furniture gliders can generally be used universally because they are gentle on the substrate and don’t make much noise. But if you use these chair gliders on carpets, the chairs don't slide quite as smoothly as on other substrates when they are pushed.

Interchangeable gliders – ideal for heavily used furniture

If you use chairs in several rooms, it may be the case that the floor covering also changes. In this case we recommend our 2K chair gliders or our interchangeable gliders.
What can an interchangeable glider do? As the name implies, you can change them very easily when you use your chairs on a different floor covering. As with our conventional chair gliders, we also offer the interchangeable gliders in 3 different materials: felt, plastic and 2K.
This easy replacement is also helpful if you have chairs that are extremely heavily used – especially by different groups of people. If the furniture is heavily used, the chair gliders also wear more quickly. In particular, our PantoSwing, NF-Swing and Level chairs are optionally available with interchangeable gliders – because they are especially popular for use in classrooms or conference rooms.

The glides on the legs of VS chairs can be removed and replaced using a slotted screwdriver.

The Advantages of Our Interchangeable Gliders

• Easy to replace
• Can be used flexibly
• Economical in the long term

Even though the VS interchangeable gliders are slightly more expensive than our conventional gliders, the higher initial investment pays for itself after the first change. This is mainly because you have to invest much less time and effort in replacing the interchangeable gliders. After all, you are renewing just the covering and not the whole glider.

FAQs About VS Furniture Gliders

The hard plastic gliders are perfect for use on all carpet coverings. This results in a small amount of, but enough, friction so that you can move your chairs especially easily.

Furniture gliders made of felt are soft. As a result, they are particularly good at reducing noise when you move chairs. At the same time, the material will not damage the floor covering. However, wear on these furniture gliders is slightly higher than that of other materials.
What’s special about VS felt gliders is that they are not stuck on, but rather set into the main body of the glider. This means that they cannot come loose.

2K gliders are made of a two-component plastic. They are also called FloorCare or universal gliders - partly because they are especially gentle on floors as they absorb hardly any dirt. They can also be used on any floor covering. The ideal combination is 2K gliders on elastic floor coverings.

Whereas you replace the whole glider shoe with a chair glider, with the interchangeable gliders you only have to replace the glider covering. That takes just a few seconds and all you need is a lever tool, for example a screwdriver.