The big downside is that it is absurdly heavy - weighs about 70 pounds, which means that it does very badly on my carpet. It's a pretty good chair - not quite as nice as something like the Aeron, but only about half the price. I've had it for somewhere between 5 and 10 years, and it's still in pretty good shape - though if I unlock the recline, the tension adjustment doesn't get tight enough for my taste anymore. Sometimes you can find them on sale - I paid either $525 or $550 for mine (from a local store that is no longer in business) They retail for $650 in leather, and I think $600 in mesh. I am currently sitting on an Ergohuman LE9ERG (the leather version of the ErgoHuman V1 w/headrest). And no I probably wouldn't have bought one if I hadn't spend a year before hand sitting in one at my corporate job. But I have had the Aeron for close to a decade now which is getting close cost wise to the 150 dollar officemax chairs that I was breaking every 2-4 years. I like how it keeps me cool.Īt some level I am sure I am overpaying for the HM name and brand. Some people don't like the Aerons mesh seating. I didn't like the freedom chair and headrest. Once you start looking at ergo chairs it is pretty much personal preference. It some ways it is the bargain of the category as a lot of the other ones go up to 1k in heartbeat. Another 100-200 if you go crazy with options. You should be able to get a new HM Aeron for about 700 bucks. I used to get occasional neck pain and the chair has completely resolved it. I don't think I will ever purchase a low end chair again, the difference is just too staggering. I was originally looking at steelcase but they don't show up used nearly as often. They are something like $1200+ new, but there is a huge used market in the $300-$400 range. some tech startup bought them and then dumped the chairs when they folded) There are many places online where you can find them 'used' (ie. It's the best money I've ever spent, bar none. Sunny_socal wrote:I bought a HM Aeron for my office since my Megacorp was too cheap to get one for me. If the big box mesh chair had not worked for me, I would have gone with a high end chair.
#Leap office chair 1200 free
My first chair broke after years of use, but I took it back and they replaced it free of charge with a new model. I find that type of chair comfortable for long periods. I've had decent luck with the "best" mesh chairs offered by big box stores. Personally, if I bought a chair today it would probably be an Embody, to check that out.
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I would not bother dipping into third tier chairs from other manufacturers unless you don't care what you sit in, and a $300-400 budget suggests the OP cares more than most. I've heard good things about the similarly priced Sayl. I've spent some time working in a Mirra and it's a lesser chair for a lesser price, but I liked it.
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I have a Freedom that is fun but isn't truly great (with apologies to Niels Diffrient, who was great). They're the only chairs I've ever had that I never get tired of sitting in. Otinkyad wrote:The best are Herman Miller, Steelcase, and Humanscale, and maybe Knoll and Haworth. Not only do I worry about them pinching something, but after they've been here it takes me ten minutes to re-discover the "right" settings. The only real problem with this chair is that the grandkids can't resist monkeying with the levers.
#Leap office chair 1200 install
I had to pay for the arms, not install them, and throw them out. When I was shopping for my chair, the only ones that had the adjustments I needed all came with arms. It is really weird because I don't actually experience it as pain and it comes on so slowly and gradually I'm really not aware that it's happening. When I sit in a chair with arms I end up putting too much pressure on my ulnar nerves. One thing that's been true for me: I need to resist the temptation to use a chair with arms. I'm not saying it's as good as a high-end chair, but I'm saying there's a world of difference between a plain office chair and a low-end-but-lots-of-adjustments chair, so if you haven't already, it might be worth exploring the $100-$150 range. I haven't had any back problems since then.
#Leap office chair 1200 full
The back is full height (not just a narrow little support) and made of taut mesh. About five years ago I bought a $130 Staples-house-brand chair at Staples that has four adjustments: back height, seat height, seat angle, and back angle.