That is my dream chair... Unfortunately, they cost north of $1000 here in Australia.
They run north of $2000 in Switzerland. I was ready to spend $1000 to replace the awful chairs the university provides.
Mirra 2
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#42I have an Aeron and it's over hyped. Simply put - not worth the money. I would not buy it again.. This new Mirra looks pretty good though, i wonder how much it will cost.
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#43I haven't used a Herman Miller chair, so I don't claim to understand why they are popular, but from a purely aesthetic view of the world, that is a very nice looking chair. Can someone enlighten me as to what the big deal is about Herman Miller chairs?
They are comfortable and extremely high quality. Not to mention the aesthetics. Cheap chairs break, and even worse they break "slowly" with weird tilts and whatnot that creep in slowly. My first Aeron lasted 12 years of my use. The hydraulics finally died, but my son uses it now ^^
One of the best things about the Aeron chairs is that nearly every part is replaceable, so there's nothing to stop you replacing the hydraulics and reviving the chair.
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#44I guess no chair can help me solve my problem, which is I slump. No matter what chair I sit in, I slump. I've reached the point now where my back is giving me problems, and I only realise I'm slumping in the chair when it begins to hurt.
I'm not a doctor, but wouldn't slumping be an indication that your back muscles have atrophied too much from sitting down all day? No chair / back rest is good enough to prevent that from happening, and no chair will be comfortable enough if the problem is a weak back. In fact, the more comfy and supportive the chair, the more your back will weaken.
Go to a gym, spend less time sitting down, get a standing desk, that kinda thing.
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#45I have an Aeron and it's over hyped. Simply put - not worth the money. I would not buy it again.. This new Mirra looks pretty good though, i wonder how much it will cost.
considering the Mirra costs £500-£600 I would expect it to be at least £800
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#46I purchased a Mirra 5 years ago and it is quite comfortable. Sturdy and never had a single problem with it, not even a loose bolt.
The Mirra has recently been commandeered by my SO, so I bought a used Aeron for $200 to replace it. Not nearly as good for my frame. Ill probably replace the Aeron with a Mirra 2.
Anybody know the pricing yet?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
when the aeron first came out it was panned as being ugly fwiw.
yeah... my first thought was 'orange? really?' It just seems like they are going to look very dated in a few years. I mean, I kindof like the look of the aeron, but part of that, I'm sure, is that I came of age during the dot-com, when they were super cool. I'm still kinda disappointed in myself for not getting one at a dot-com closeout. That would have been... appropriate. I have a few '70s steelcase chairs... they…
I think the color choices selected and used for their website is more to highlight the chair design and not actually a color people would choose themselves.
We just outfitted a conference room in my office and they selected a color that I've dubbed "poopacado."
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#48I've always wanted a Herman Miller chair, but unfortunately I've never been able to afford one. Some day...
I'm still sitting on a former Enron-owned HM Aeron I got off of Ebay for less than $200. The mesh seat is great for farts, but ergonomically it is crap, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The edge of the chair where the mesh attaches puts pressure on a vein or an artery and makes my legs falls asleep. I've read reports that the design was more about form over function too. Consequently, I'm thinking about picking up…
We had the Humanscale Freedom at the office, and they were kind of crappy. Not much back support (at least for me, 6'2), and they break all the time...
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#49Can anyone recommend a good chair for long term sitting which costs under $300 usd? I would like to find something mesh-like; it stays cleaner and breathes nicer than foam cushiony things. For a while I tried a medicine ball, but noticed towards the end of the day I would be in bad posture. I also found it hard to have it inflated at the right level and be at the right height. The only thing I could find, which seems…
Look out for second-hand chairs. I managed to get a Steelcase Leap for around $120 second-hand, in really good condition. It's been holding me up pretty well for about 3 years now.
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#50I purchased a Mirra 5 years ago and it is quite comfortable. Sturdy and never had a single problem with it, not even a loose bolt. The Mirra has recently been commandeered by my SO, so I bought a used Aeron for $200 to replace it. Not nearly as good for my frame. Ill probably replace the Aeron with a Mirra 2. Anybody know the pricing yet?
> The Mirra has recently been commandeered by my SO, so I bought a used Aeron for $200 to replace it. Not nearly as good for my frame. Ill probably replace the Aeron with a Mirra 2.
Miller isn't the only one making nice chairs, have you considered e.g. Humanscale's stuff? (spoiler alert: I've used a Liberty for the last 6 or 7 years and have been very happy with it, my only kind-of complaint being the gel seating which is comfortable but gets too warm/humid in hot summer, but their most recent chairs have mesh seating as well as back)