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I've been thinking that the chair I sit in at work is really nice and I should get one of those. So I open this thread and finally look up what an Aeron is. Turns out it's an aeron chair. So thanks for crushing my dreams of having a nice chair, thread. At least the government was willing to pay 600 bucks each for a bunch of chairs to sit in while I browse the internet all day.
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I've used aeron chairs at work for a year and they are amazing. I wish I could afford one. Now we have Steelcase chairs and they are alright, but somehow they purchased the ugliest colors possible for them. The think is a pretty decent chair, too bad it's 800 dollars. Though the i2i is retarded. I first sat in one and thought "ok, this is alright." Then I noticed the seat and back rotate independently. I wondered why anyone would need this and then looked it up and apparently "The chair’s back and seat swivel independently allowing users respond to the moment while maintaining focus. Swivel the seat and back together, swivel the back only, swivel the seat only." I'm probably just going to end up with some ikea or office depot chair because I'm too cheap to spend 800 dollars on my back. I once sat in a chair with an arm missing and the back of it was falling off and I had to sit in it in a particular way which hurt my back because I was too cheap to buy a better one. Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Feb 14, 2012 |
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Feb 14, 2012 01:14
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I know a guy who has been farting in aeron chairs for several years to no adverse effects.
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Feb 24, 2012 02:56
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I bought a Realspace Calusa from Office Depot for about a hundred bucks (regular price claimed is 180). It's alright, I wanted a mesh backed chair because that's the main thing I like about the aeron. It's been comfortable enough sitting in so far, but I haven't done that too much as I don't have a desk yet. I got that instead of an Aeron because I simply don't have the money to buy an Aeron at the moment what with buying all kinds of other things for my apartment.
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Feb 26, 2012 00:43
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That's the only one I found remotely comfortable at a price I can afford right now. And mine has more lumbar support than any of the lovely flat backed chairs did in there. Just go sit in chairs they have. I think this one was rated for 3-5 hours which is the most I'd spend in it at a time anyways. If you need decent lumbar support, you'll have to bite the bullet and buy a more expensive chair.
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Feb 28, 2012 00:40
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I realized that in the course of the past several months, I've sat in several Steelcase chairs. Every single one of them aside from the actual task chairs are uncomfortable to sit in for more than five seconds. I don't know how they can make computer chairs that are tolerable to sit in, yet make everything else so uncomfortable.
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Mar 2, 2012 04:48
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How old is the chair? I had one chair for a few years and eventually it just started sinking.
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Mar 6, 2012 00:31
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Mu Zeta posted:I tried out the size-b Aeron and it was not pleasant at all. The hard plastic edge at the front cut off the circulation in my legs. I'm 5'9" and this should have been the perfect size for me according to their chart. I couldn't sit in that thing for more than 10 minutes. I wish you could adjust the seat depth like on the Leap chairs. Did you set the seat height correctly?
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Mar 24, 2012 03:39
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How reclinable? The Aeron reclines.
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Apr 16, 2012 21:22
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I've discovered that the ugliness of Steelcase's fabrics know no bounds. I thought I had seen it all with green and brown and weird patterns and bacon couches. I saw some that are like a blue green and purple Cosby sweater. The pattern is physically three dimensional, so you can feel all the raised bits as you sit on it and it feels like it would get really hot. I'm glad I don't have to sit on those. I don't understand why they picked that fabric because the cabinets they chose have a decent green fabric which would have been just fine for the chairs as well.
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May 6, 2012 16:52
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Do you have the picture?
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May 28, 2012 02:44
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johnnyXcrane posted:Is the Leap V2 really that good? It really looks like an cheap chair that you could get in every store. It may looks the same as other chairs, but it isn't. You really have to sit in these chairs to realize why they are so expensive. If you're used to office depot chairs where it's all slammed together with allen bolts and everything rattles around no matter how much you tighten it, a decent chair is a world of difference. You also get a lot more adjustments out of a good chair
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Jun 19, 2012 00:55
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It might not be super cushy but it won't give you any back pain.
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Aug 1, 2012 14:38
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western eyes posted:Anyone here have a Steelcase Amia? The Amia doesn't look like it has seat depth options. And it looks like it has the standard Steelcase depth of "halfway under the seat back." If you can set them up right, Steelcase chairs feel pretty nice. But right out of the box, it feels like they are trying to squeeze me out of the chair.
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Aug 1, 2012 22:48
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I think the problem is the companies make chairs to be comfortable to sit in, but the only way to make money is to sell in bulk to companies. The companies don't really care about what the char is as long as it looks professional, so they buy poo poo tons of them. It's not very cost effective to sell chairs to individuals so the only way to get access to them is to have tried several (which I've had the chance to, fitting up new buildings at work), or hope some liquidator has a decent selection. So you end up with consumers who have no idea there is an entire industry for making chairs that won't hurt them because there's no easy way for them to acquire said chairs.
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Sep 7, 2012 04:57
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I think steelcase makes lovely couches and lounge area chairs so you have to buy their expensive ergonomic chairs. These couch things feel like they are just bits of plywood with fabric stapled on. If you plonk down too hard on one, you'll probably hurt your back and now you have to buy an ergonomic chair.
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Sep 16, 2012 21:12
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I sit in a steelcase think all day and it's pretty comfortable even if it is horrifically upholstered. The seat depth is adjustable to the point where it feels like I'm sitting on a church pew, so you shouldn't have any problems with that. I don't know how much the leap is adjustable in that capacity. I've only sat in one a couple times.
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Feb 26, 2013 02:00
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I've noticed that with a lot of the steelcase chairs. They aren't soft and comfortable, but they support you just right that it isn't uncomfortable. You can tell that the 800 dollars that it costs is actually going towards something. Though, they are being wasted on the people I work with. Someone has said "these chairs are lovely." I don't know why. Someone was surprised that they cost so much, and he could have bought "a really nice leather chair" for that much. And they like to destroy them by flipping them, smashing them together, spilling poo poo on them and ripping them up. When we were first moving into the building, the chairs had really nice casters. Another person and I would have races around the empty room in them. And they are quite sturdy as a few people were playing bumper chairs in them for some stupid reason and hit each other hard enough to crack the one piece of plastic on the back of one but nothing else was damaged. My workplace is more of an experiment to give a bunch of 20 somethings expensive chairs and see what they do with them.
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Feb 26, 2013 03:10
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After spending the past week sitting in an Aeron again, I kind of wish we had taken some of them after we moved to a new location.
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May 18, 2013 04:26
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I'm still sitting in this piece of poo poo and the arms are just where I want them.
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May 28, 2013 01:50
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How small are you? I'm 5'9. In the steelcase Think I sit in at work, I have the arm rests pulled all the way up and that's just the right height for me not to have my arms sag down.
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May 28, 2013 03:14
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Do you hang it from that ceiling fan on the bottom or something? Or is it a hover chair?
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Jul 10, 2013 17:29
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DevCore posted:Also could anyone identify this chair? Looks like some sort of Steelcase. I think it's the "think." Yeah: http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/seating/task/think/pages/overview.aspx It's a good chair. I sit in one all day.
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Jul 29, 2013 23:04
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The knob attached to the seat height lever changes the tension on the seat back. It's not perfect, but can help limit how far back you go.
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Jul 30, 2013 17:50
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A big plastic mat has always made the carpet under it all smashed and hosed up. I rolled my chair around on just the carpet for over a year with no damage to it. The wheels of the chair are always on a different part of the carpet, whereas all of the carpet is smashed with a mat. Getting a rug wouldn't hurt to handle damage from rolling the chair.
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Aug 10, 2013 00:55
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Headrests on office chairs are bad for you. It makes your neck weak.
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Aug 19, 2013 14:25
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Cheap chairs can be just fine, I sit in a cheap chair all the time at home. I can feel that it's cheap though. I sit in a steelcase think all day at work and I can feel the difference. There are idiots at work who think they are lovely chairs because they aren't all padded and comfy with fake leather or whatever. They don't cause any back pain though. I sit in it for several hours at a time and I don't even get slightly uncomfortable.
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Nov 15, 2013 04:53
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How does that even work? Most of that guy's weight is not even over the base.
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Dec 17, 2013 01:48
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Yeah, that's my lovely office depot chair fancied up with fake leather.
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Feb 2, 2014 17:55
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Some Steelcase chairs I can see why they cost what they do. Other chairs, it's just confusing. How does the cobi cost 400 dollars? That thing is a piece of poo poo.
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Feb 4, 2014 06:20
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We have steelcase furniture and the desks and cabinets and actual task chairs are all good. But the other fringe areas of seating are weird as poo poo. They are all plastic and rubber and are terrible to sit on. There's one chair that's all mesh and the seat and back swivel separately.
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Feb 4, 2014 23:33
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Ugh, if only I had 400 bucks laying around I would buy that think.
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Jun 2, 2014 16:06
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The Aeron used to be the be all end all ergonomic chair. Now there are better designed chairs by other companies as well as Herman Miller.
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Jun 3, 2014 15:29
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That makes sense. Before I had ever seen an Aeron, I had only heard of it through goons. I assumed it was some sort of mesh goon hammock. I didn't realize I had been sitting in one at work until I finally looked it up one day.
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Jun 3, 2014 16:42
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It's odd to see goons turn on the aeron when it used to be I had only heard of it because goons loved it so much.
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Sep 8, 2014 16:50
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Just don't use one. A mat is guaranteed to smash all the carpet under it. Your chair will only smash some of the carpet some of the time. Unless you're rolling back and forth all day, you aren't going to ruin your carpet.
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Sep 28, 2014 06:40
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How long did you use the chair on the carpet? I'm on some sort of wood laminate now, but I've never had a problem with a chair on carpet. Any mat I've ever used hasn't so much distributed the weight of the chair as it has just become indented where the chair wheels are and smash the entire area of carpet anyway.
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Sep 28, 2014 15:31
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I sit in one nearly every day, it's pretty nice.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:13
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It weakens your neck muscles.
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Jul 14, 2015 11:52
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Josh Lyman posted:During extended sessions at the desk, my trapezius usually becomes sore. What does it indicate I should look into adjusting? Maybe the arm rests. If they raise your arms up and hunch your shoulders, then lower them. If your arms don't reach them at all, raise them so you can rest your arms on them.
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