Office Chairs

[D'z Nutz]

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So I work as a designer in the office furniture industry. Been doing this for 28 years. (For reference, I used to be the design director at both the Herman Miller dealer and a Haworth dealer - now at Steelcase) Just some of my recommendations:

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Great post @Lex350 , thanks for that. I hadn't used the Aeron for a few years so I wanted to test it out and I was instantly reminded what I disliked about it: the stupid arm rests are way too loose for my liking. They're too easy to knock out of place and it always bothered me. Plus the Leap has a sliding pan while the Aeron did not.

Off topic, but how does one get into the office furniture design business? I keep picturing George applying to be a bra salesman

[The_Rural_Juror]

Humanscale Summa. https://ca.humanscale.com/products/s...nference-chair

[Lex350]

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Great post @Lex350 , thanks for that. I hadn't used the Aeron for a few years so I wanted to test it out and I was instantly reminded what I disliked about it: the stupid arm rests are way too loose for my liking. They're too easy to knock out of place and it always bothered me. Plus the Leap has a sliding pan while the Aeron did not.

Off topic, but how does one get into the office furniture design business? I keep picturing George applying to be a bra salesman

lol....I took interior design in college. Also had a 3D rendering biz too. At first my buddies bugged me about it constantly until they showed up a the studio one day. In a class of 55 there were 52 girls. I'm ugly enough that I needed those kind of odds!

[Zero102]

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What did that run you if you don’t mind me asking?

They quoted me $395 for quantity 1 (implying they would discount a larger order), but I was able to talk them down a little bit. I think the current economic state has made them willing to move on price.

I live out of town so I paid COI directly and had a family member pick it up then drive it out to me as they work in transportation and drive out my way fairly often.

[flipstah]

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They quoted me $395 for quantity 1 (implying they would discount a larger order), but I was able to talk them down a little bit. I think the current economic state has made them willing to move on price.

I live out of town so I paid COI directly and had a family member pick it up then drive it out to me as they work in transportation and drive out my way fairly often.

Damn that's a nice snipe. If you got 3-350, that is a great deal for the Mirra 2.

[sabad66]

Agreed. Great chairs, our entire office building uses those as the standard.

Refurbs really aren’t that bad. Good investment to prevent back pain while sitting long hours at home

[sabad66]

So our company is now allowing us to book appointments to bring your office chair and/or monitors from the office to take home. I guess they foresee this mandated WFH going on for a while and want to make sure everyone has a good comfortable setup at home.

[flipstah]

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So our company is now allowing us to book appointments to bring your office chair and/or monitors from the office to take home. I guess they foresee this mandated WFH going on for a while and want to make sure everyone has a good comfortable setup at home.

Lucky. My company did a firm 'no' on the chairs.

[jwslam]

Anyone going to their company requesting an ergonomic assessment?

[killramos]

Pretty sure no company I have ever worked for has actually owned the chairs.

They were baked into our leases.

[flipstah]

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Anyone going to their company requesting an ergonomic assessment?

FakeWFH

[2Legit2Quit]

Picked up a refurb Mirra 2 for the gf this afternoon, $350. Great shape and quality chair. Better than dropping ~$200 on a Staples or Crappy Tire special

[Lex350]

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Pretty sure no company I have ever worked for has actually owned the chairs.

They were baked into our leases.

If it is an O & G company...then they were probably bought. They all have major buying agreements to do this. In my experience, very few companies lease their furniture.

[darthVWader]

We subleased 7 floors after our downsizing. The furniture was included in the sublease. Leaps in the offices, Thinks in the meeting rooms.

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If it is an O & G company...then they were probably bought. They all have major buying agreements to do this. In my experience, very few companies lease their furniture.

[killramos]

[The_Rural_Juror]

[flipstah]

Thanks for the recommendation @Lex350

Picked up a Zody from HBI today. Lumbar support + mesh back is a gamechanger.

[Lex350]

Who served you? There are two Haworth dealers in town BTW HBI and Office Concepts.

[flipstah]

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Who served you? There are two Haworth dealers in town BTW HBI and Office Concepts.

Tarah. She's great.

[Nufy]

In person or were you able to order online and pick up ?

It looks like I will be WFH for the foreseeable future so I need something more comfortable.