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Re: Herman Miller Launches New Aeron Chair

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Post by DonHopkins » Sun, Oct 23, 2016, 4:24 PM UTC

DrScump wrote: post #177

DonHopkins wrote: post #81

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I used to buy cheap used iconic dot-com office furniture at Desk Depot [1] in Mountain View in the 90's (they've been there since '76). That must have been one of the most profitable companies during the dot-com bubble era, and I bet there's furniture that's been recycled through that same warehouse multiple times! The Desk Depot is a Silicon Valley cultural touch-stone, like the Haltek Surplus Electronics [2] [3] or…

I think the giant of used office furniture in the 1990s was Curtis Trading Company ("Surplus Stuff") in Milpitas.

And there's also WeirdStuff Warehouse in Sunnyvale for more weird surplus electronics!

http://www.weirdstuff.com/

Re: Herman Miller Launches New Aeron Chair

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Post by closeparen » Sun, Oct 23, 2016, 11:02 PM UTC

doughj3 wrote: post #119

bcrescimanno wrote: post #117

A question before my own story: What does everyone do as far as trying out chairs? It's crazy to me to base my buying decision on 10 minutes of sitting in a store. Are there stores out there that allow for in-home trials of these products? One of the thing that always amuses me about "best chair" recommendations is that it's an entirely personal choice. I am 6' 2" and 200lbs. Understanding even more than that about t…

I don't know if all or most stores will let you do this, but I went to a Design Within Reach store in Cambridge, MA and they let me bring in my laptop and work off their wifi for a full day. I'm sure they wold have let me spend a couple days there if I needed. I doubt you'd be able to get an in home trial, though.

> Design Within Reach

I walked into a Design Within Reach store in my neighborhood thinking the "Within Reach" part had something to do with affordability.

It did not.

Re: Herman Miller Launches New Aeron Chair

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Post by nstj » Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 6:18 AM UTC

s_p_lee wrote: post #180

nstj wrote: post #142

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> Perfect for those looking to spice up their life, or those with health concerns looking for greater comfort. Funny how the 2 main use cases for the "Liberator" chair which you linked to are as a sex aid for those looking for adventurous positions and as a therapeutic chair for those who are injured and at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. It's like having a minivan which does 0-60 in 2.5s

About ten years ago, there was the R63 AMG: http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/first-drives/reviews/a1... Although it was a total slouch and did 0-60 in 5.0s, not 2.5s.

let's not forget the Model X P100D Tesla... 0-60 in 2.9 :) [0]

> The larger battery pack is also available on the Model X, making the world’s quickest SUV even faster. Model X P100D with Ludicrous mode accelerates to 60 mph in 2.9* seconds

[0]: https://www.tesla.com/blog/new-tesla-model-s-now-quickest-pr...

Re: Herman Miller Launches New Aeron Chair

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Post by pizza234 » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 6:59 AM UTC

geoelectric wrote: post #155

tszyn wrote: post #148

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I agree. The Embody is a great chair if you have pretty good posture. It is pretty rigid in the center (all the flexibility is on the sides), so that it forces your back into the 'proper' shape like a plastic mold. The problem is, it's a pretty hard chair, so if you have any 'irregularities', like, say, a bit of hunchback (thoracic hyperkyphosis), the hard plastic "pixels" will just dig into your back in all the plac…

I summarize something similar to all this in a deep reply above to the top comment along with some other observations. I will say that when I was first assigned an Embody at work, I went through a period of comfy->uncomfy->comfy-again, so sometimes sticking it out works. Going through the setup guide (think it came with a DVD even) and putting some work into making it just right helped. Ultimately it became such an i…

The strange problem that I've experienced, as tszyn mentioned, is that in the shop, after 10/15 minutes, it feels great (to me felt better than the Aeron), then the bad surprise is in the long term.