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I moved a hard-tread chair to the lab area since the workbench chairs hurts my back, and those treads were just tearing up the lovely painted concrete We ended up getting some pvc mats and taping them down to protect the floors Watermelon Daiquiri fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Mar 26, 2023 |
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Thanks, Amazon is chock full of soft-tread options. I found a 5-piece kit for  with delivery tomorrow.Dear God I love this chair already.
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.Z. posted:Heads up Embody owners, if you've been wanting a headrest and are willing to part with $189 ($179 if you preorder before April 1), there is finally going to be a solution. I mean that’s cool, but I’ve never felt the need for one, weird as that sounds. I also think that it would look like poo poo from a profile view — it looks like it attaches midway on the chair. Maybe it won’t look bad, but it would have to be a super slim fit I’d think.
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Mar 26, 2023 08:52
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There's a profile shot on their Instagram and while I wouldn't say it looks like poo poo, it's certainly interesting. This does have me kind of considering one for my Aeron, though
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Mar 26, 2023 19:46
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I really want to try the embody head rest as I have a bad habit of nodding off around 3:00 PM and it would make that much more comfortable
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Mar 26, 2023 23:54
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I like which half of this you have chosen to fix. Priorities on point.
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Mar 27, 2023 06:03
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I'm a highback and head rest enjoyer which I recognize is basically asking for trouble at around 196cm. A local used dealer rattled off some inventory over the phone, and from my own research the Gesture, the Humanscale Freedom Chair, or the Beacon (which I had no idea existed until today, it seems like a Fern clone?) seem like they might be the most compelling options. Any other recommendations or 'don't bother with this' for the too tall for their own good crowd?
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Abroham Lincoln posted:I'm a highback and head rest enjoyer which I recognize is basically asking for trouble at around 196cm. A local used dealer rattled off some inventory over the phone, and from my own research the Gesture, the Humanscale Freedom Chair, or the Beacon (which I had no idea existed until today, it seems like a Fern clone?) seem like they might be the most compelling options. Excellent post user name combo
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Apr 4, 2023 09:32
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The Freedom with headrest is a great chair
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Apr 4, 2023 10:41
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What's the cheapest way to get replacement Aeron parts? I finally broke down and got a Size C Classic off Facebook Marketplace. I'd love to replace the arms and wheel frame with polished aluminum ones but even the arms alone are more than I paid for the chair.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:What's the cheapest way to get replacement Aeron parts? I finally broke down and got a Size C Classic off Facebook Marketplace. I'd love to replace the arms and wheel frame with polished aluminum ones but even the arms alone are more than I paid for the chair.
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Apr 5, 2023 16:55
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TenementFunster posted:ebay but don’t do that
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:But why but mostly because those are some of the most expensive and pain in the rear end parts to replace. changing out the wheel frame requires completely disassembling the piston from the adjustment mechanism, then knocking the frame loose from the piston. it just isn’t worth the time, effort, and risk of damaging something. it isn’t an easy swap, and you might as well throw in a new piston as well because many don’t survive the removal process. if you are that picky about having a new aeron with all the new features and cosmetics, just buy a new aeron.
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TenementFunster posted:mixing parts from older and newer generations of chair can sometimes result in compatibility issues Normally I’d disagree, but with a chair that lasts as long as these do, it’s worth putting a little extra to the side (if you can) to buy new and avoid the issues down the line IMO. Oh and the 12 year warranty helps.
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tehinternet posted:Normally I’d disagree, but with a chair that lasts as long as these do, it’s worth putting a little extra to the side (if you can) to buy new and avoid the issues down the line IMO. no sense in spending ~$300 on an old aeron and then even more on new OEM parts plus the hours of time to retrofit them
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i didn't say anything about the aeron needing to be shiny and new, i just want to swap two parts. clam down
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Abroham Lincoln posted:I'm a highback and head rest enjoyer which I recognize is basically asking for trouble at around 196cm. A local used dealer rattled off some inventory over the phone, and from my own research the Gesture, the Humanscale Freedom Chair, or the Beacon (which I had no idea existed until today, it seems like a Fern clone?) seem like they might be the most compelling options. I am about 10cms taller than you or whatever 6 foot 6 in non American is and I found the Logitech Embody worked for me, I know it’s dumb but the Steelcase just looked so dang boring. Long story short I don’t feel like I needed a headrest but ended up pre ordering one from Atlas since I wanted to grab quick naps during work day(being old sucks) On the headrest tangent I am half thinking this Atlas company is a scam because I haven’t been able to pay off my pre order. They notified to pay it since shipping is starting but their order portal doesn’t let me give them money. Their support site said they were trying to get it fixed with their merchant vendor. Seems like they would want to fix that aspect of their business plan quickly but it hasn’t resolved itself in the past 5 days
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:i didn't say anything about the aeron needing to be shiny and new, i just want to swap two parts. clam down
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Speaking of buying a new one with a warranty, guess who just got his yearly bonus and pulled the trigger on a new Aeron?  I am ready to have an extremely comfortable rear end and to get away from this awful cushion on my Autonomous ErgoChair.
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Just to keep your expectations properly managed here - the point of the good chairs isn’t that you sit in them and go ‘wow this is the most comfortable I have ever been’, but that 10 hours after you plonked your goony carriage down you are going ‘wow my back and shoulders are not killing me’.
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Apr 23, 2023 08:25
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Yeah the cheap chairs are optimized for feeling great when you first sit down in them, but the effect lasts about eight hours and then is gone forever. That's a separate and additional problem from the ergonomics being bad.
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Crandall Office is running a 30% off their Steelcase authorized return chairs with code "THIRTY". I don't think it's that great of a deal on Leap V2s since you can get them cheaper reconstructed, but you can get a Gesture w/o headrest for under $800 with the discount which is what I picked up.
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If anyone in the UK is thinking of getting a Logitech Embody, it’s £1060 instead of its usual (even higher) price for the next few weeks.
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SuperTeeJay posted:If anyone in the UK is thinking of getting a Logitech Embody, it’s £1060 instead of its usual (even higher) price for the next few weeks. Logitech doing chairs now?
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SuperTeeJay posted:If anyone in the UK is thinking of getting a Logitech Embody, it’s £1060 instead of its usual (even higher) price for the next few weeks. Looks like an automatic 20% off for gaming chairs with an additional 5% off using code EXTRA5, making it equal to the 25% off sale back in December. Should work in all regions, including US and EU. MuadDib Atreides posted:Logitech doing chairs now? They partnered with Herman Miller for a gaming chair years ago, yeah. It has a few upgrades over the regular Embody if the promotional materials are to be believed.
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The Logitech embody is literally the best chair you can get. Join us
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DoctorTristan posted:Just to keep your expectations properly managed here - the point of the good chairs isn’t that you sit in them and go ‘wow this is the most comfortable I have ever been’, but that 10 hours after you plonked your goony carriage down you are going ‘wow my back and shoulders are not killing me’. Expectations managed and you are totally right. For the past three weeks I've been dealing with pain from a pinched nerve in my right shoulder, caused by my last seat being so uncomfortable and me messing up my posture to compensate. My Aeron got delivered a couple days back, it's been helping enforce a better posture and that pinched nerve pain is gone. I had no idea they got delivered fully assembled. A few adjustments here or there and it was perfect. Recurring back/shoulder pain has been an issue of mine for years now, I should have bought one of these a long time ago.
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MadFriarAvelyn posted:My Aeron got delivered a couple days back 
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Y'all got a recommendation for a good office chair on a budget? No particular requirements apart from it not creaking or squeaking under normal use and not being leather or faux leather. Before it's mentioned, there currently aren't any auctions in my general area for Aerons under about 1200 bucks for lowest bid, closing price looks like its closer to 2000. I guess my budget is somewhere under that because it feels too spicy for me. E: I guess also no gamer branding since that seems pretty common these days. Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Apr 30, 2023 |
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Aerons shouldn’t be anywhere near 2k Even brand new off their site at full MSRP they’re $1650
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In this country they are  E:Yeah, I see the price for new is closer to 1700. Auctions just aren't much better and they valuate them at 2000 for god knows why. I guess I'm willing to part with somewhere around the 800 dollar range, if that helps? Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Apr 30, 2023 |
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Fruits of the sea posted:In this country they are Jesus christ
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Anyone had a problem with the Aeron where the front edge of the seat hurts your thighs? Elevating my feet with a footrest seems to help but I'm pretty sure that renders the position unergonomic. There must be an adjustment to fix this but I'm not sure what
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Sadly I am guessing there is little adjustment that can permanently remove the famous Aeron Front Edge Issue for people with certain thigh length + other physical feature combination that causes it. I have a touch of it too. Have you tried a comfy towel draped ergonomically somehow?
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The hard edge is an unavoidable consequence of the mesh seat design, HM curves the seat to reduce it as much as possible but they can't eliminate it entirely. If it's causing issues for your body type then you might have to start looking at getting something with a standard foam seat instead. 
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I'm surprised this issue doesn't come up more given the otherwise effusive praise for this chair. This is my fourth chair in 1.5 years so I'll probably just deal with it for now. Maybe I'll try the Gesture next.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Anyone had a problem with the Aeron where the front edge of the seat hurts your thighs? Elevating my feet with a footrest seems to help but I'm pretty sure that renders the position unergonomic. There must be an adjustment to fix this but I'm not sure what It passed after 2 weeks for me. As a lanky motherfucker my legs had just never been supported that far down.
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Anybody familiar with the HÅG Creed chairs? It's more in my price range and I know folks who use HÅG's high end low-backed chairs for work and back problems that are pretty happy with them. https://daarbakdesign.dk/shop/hag-creed-6002-kontorstol-select-sort-solv-alm-gas-5121650.html e: The sale price is actually 1000 less, that's just the best picture I could find. Or this? https://www.istol.dk/futura-tm-multi-ergonomisk-kontorstol.html Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 10:59 on May 2, 2023 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Anyone had a problem with the Aeron where the front edge of the seat hurts your thighs? Elevating my feet with a footrest seems to help but I'm pretty sure that renders the position unergonomic. There must be an adjustment to fix this but I'm not sure what How long have you been using it? My issue was more with the sides of my thighs and I thought that the Aeron simply wasn't for me. Then about a month in, I realized one day that at some point I had just stopped sitting in ways that put pressure on the edge of the seat pan. For the front, though, I wonder if you wouldn't benefit from one of those footrests I sometimes see in offices. Personally I keep a full-on ottoman under my desk for when I want my feet up but I recognize I'm the odd one out here.
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I use a low foot rest with mine. What makes you say that renders the chair un-ergonomic?
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