I’m Looking for a good office chair.

Thanks! Found a good price for a Steelcase Amia.

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Herman Miller Aeron Embody and Steelcase Leap are both good.

    Check out Crandall’s Office Furniture for good refurbished chairs.

    Edited because apparently the Embody is just way better.

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      Will echo the aeron. Have had mine for about 5 years, rock solid.

      Bought one from a guy who refurbishes them for $500. Definely get it used and look at Craigslist/Facebook marketplace for local deals. May luck out.

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        I got a refurbished Aeron for $400. The thing was originally manufactured in 2002 and it is still rock solid.

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      That’s it, these two. There are more expensive options in those two brands, but these are the baseline. They are actual professional chairs, not Chinese gamer chair bullshit like the stuff that gets marketed everywhere. Because they last forever due to actually being well built, you can oftentimes find them second hand.

      When work from home first started during covid, lots of offices liquidated. I got my steealcase leap V2s for $200 a pop.

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          Yeah if you watch the site for sales the Aeron can get decently cheap. Plus, consider that these chairs have a 10 year warranty, unlike the ones you pick up at an office supply store.

          The Aeron really changed everything for me.

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      8 months ago

      Can +1 for Herman Miller (and maybe mesh chairs in general), however I went for the Cosm instead. It’s supposed to be a “relaxation” chair in comparison to their Aeron but the taller back on the Cosm I tried was much more suitable for me than a regular Aeron.

      That being said, OP, look up where you’re able to try the chairs once you’ve got some recommendations. Not a good idea to go in blind. For Herman Miller, John Lewis is a good retailer in the UK that has their chairs on display.

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        8 months ago

        I’ve owned £80 chairs that lasted that long though. Everything except the cheapest nastiest chairs from Amazon should be lasting 10 years.

        If I bought a £1000 chair, I’d expect to be leaving it to somebody in my will.

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      Heck the aeron!

      I used to work in the warehouse where we shipped them. They’re good chairs. If you’re gonna spend that money though, get the Embody. Make sure to get the correct size. After hours of lugging designer couches around and other overly heavy stuff, sitting in an Embody chair makes the hurt stop immediately.

      I’m not a promoter and they stopped paying me over some stupid shit a coworker pulled. It’s just a damn good chair. The eames lounge is also sick, but so incredibly expensive.

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          It’s actually really nice. Wish I could afford one. There’s something to be said for the designer bullshit for sure, but cost benefit ratio is bad sometimes.

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        I think with these chairs the trick is to never buy new and only buy them refurb. Refurbished, you can knock over 70% of the price off. My hermon miller aeron chair cost me C$350 (or like 260 USD).

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      I highly recommend the Steelcase Leap (v2, is what I have).

      However, you may need the headrest, and they are extremely expensive/hard to find, just a warning.

      I got my Steelcase from a place that resold them, so it was like 275 Canadian. Still, a great chair.

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            Wow, if you got a Steelcase Leap V2 for $200 that’s a damn good deal!

            That said, I think I paid like, maybe, $70 for mine direct from Crandalls. Might’ve even been less than that, I’d have to go look for the receipt.

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              8 months ago

              Sorry, to be clear I got it for 275 CDN, which is roughly 200 USD.

              But when it comes to the headrests I cannot find anything for under roughly that price. :/

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                Yeah, that’s a good deal IMO. Strange, I can’t find headrests for it now though. Maybe they stopped making them or jacked prices up during the pandemic…

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      The embody is much better than the Aeron. I used an aeron for years and switched to an embody that was a decade old and it outperformed the aeron easily. Much more adjustable, much easier to sit in in different positions, none of that mesh. It’s a much better chair

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      8 months ago

      Another place that’s got good deals is https://nationalofficeinteriors.com . Learned about this place at an old job. They sell used stuff that’s pretty much new but has like one little stain or scuff on it or something, so places making bulk purchases refuse it. Just doing a search for the Steelcase Leap (which I also highly recommend), they’ve got a bunch for like 50-70% off full price right now.