Ergonomic Chair Thread, Whats Your Fav?

turbolapp said:
I wish we could try out some Aeron chairs, but last time I checked there were no stores around here that carried them.
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You couldn't have looked very hard.

There's a Herman Miller showroom in just about every major metropolitan city in the world. Here's the one for Houston, I'd be surprised if it hasn't been there for several years.

Houston Showroom
Lobby Level
711 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
Tel 713 803 0083
Fax 713 803 0084

Herman Miller Inc in Houston, TX - YellowBot

Regional Sales Offices - Where We Are - About Us - Herman Miller

You can also buy Herman Miller at their distributor Office Pavilion... here's the site for Houston.

Office Pavilion - Houston Office Furniture - Herman Miller - Sell Design Service - Showroom << note the Embody chair on their homepage.

There are also 51 retail stores in Texas that sell Herman Miller.

http://www.hermanmiller.com/Where-to-Buy/

You can be sure that there are also dealers if not regional offices for Obusforme, Steelcase, Teknion, etc. etc. in Houston.
 


10 years sitting in an Aeron for 12-16 hours a day (not the same one). I fell in love with it when I was working for an ISP, so bought one for home.
 
Volume10 said:
I recently tried the Leap and didn't like the way it sat so I went back to my Aeron. I guess it's personal preference. The main thing people should take a way from all of this is how important your chair is. I would sit in an Aeron and work off of a folding table instead of a guess. The most expensive part of your initial office furniture set up should be your chair - by far.
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ha that is my set up. i'm not ashamed
 
no hating here. If you have to choose then choose chair first.

Also to OP, if you are in the $400 range I would suggest (if you can't find a high quality chair in good condition on craigslist/ebay) then save the money til you can. No reason to go half way with it.

johnGalt said:
ha that is my set up. i'm not ashamed
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I ordered an Embody today after playing around with one at Room and Board for about an hour. I'm 6'2" (and 190lbs) and the biggest advantage by far over the Aeron in the limited test is that I could get the seat further forward towards my legs, nor did it 'waterfall' off like the Aeron does which isn't super comfortable behind my knees.

RE: Heat, given the thinner profile on the back support I could see it venting at least as well as the Aeron given my shoulders were 'free' w/ nothing touching them even though the material itself isn't as porous.

I got the white frame w/ black fabric. We'll see how it is in 3-4 weeks when it shows up.
 
Steelcase - Leap Lounge

If it's good enough for them:
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Damn. Aeron looks nice as fuck.

I'm sittin in this P.O.S.
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Cheaply made, too comfortable to work in. Actually makes me very tired to sit in it
 
Sonny Forelli said:
I ordered an Embody today after playing around with one at Room and Board for about an hour. I'm 6'2" (and 190lbs) and the biggest advantage by far over the Aeron in the limited test is that I could get the seat further forward towards my legs, nor did it 'waterfall' off like the Aeron does which isn't super comfortable behind my knees.

RE: Heat, given the thinner profile on the back support I could see it venting at least as well as the Aeron given my shoulders were 'free' w/ nothing touching them even though the material itself isn't as porous.

I got the white frame w/ black fabric. We'll see how it is in 3-4 weeks when it shows up.
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about to order the embody, papaya / white .. im about the same specs as you
 
The great thing about having a cheap POS chair is that it forces you to get up and do something else for awhile. My trustly walmart chair is like a torture rack at times, but I like the forced breaks :zzwhip:.
 
Funny. I have an Aeron now and have the same problems as datagator and Sonny - I don't like the way it curves down in the front and I find it actually puts pressure on my hamstrings right above the knee and makes my legs hurt after sitting in it all day. It would also be cool if I could get the seat further forward towards my knees.

The problem with the Embody is that the back of it is sooo goofy looking. Don't know if I can handle that...

You guys still love the Embody?
 
Yeah, loving the embody.

Get the black fabric/black frame if you don't want to draw attention to it. I got black fabric/white to actually highlight it- the thing is incredible.
 
I love my Verte chair. Takes a little while to adjust it precisely to your back, but once you do, the comfort is amazing. Way, way more comfortable then Aeron.

Looks great as well

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Haven't tried the Embody yet - will try to stop by a showroom to test out.
 
yevlesh said:
I love my Verte chair. Takes a little while to adjust it precisely to your back, but once you do, the comfort is amazing. Way, way more comfortable then Aeron.

Looks great as well

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Haven't tried the Embody yet - will try to stop by a showroom to test out.
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looks fucking gross.
 
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