I bought myself a Mirra 9 months ago and am really happy with it. I use it at home. At work there is an Aeron but I find the Mirra more comfortable.
Anyway I really recommend trying out the chairs yourself in a chair-shop. The money spent regarding the time you sit during your life is definitely worth it.
I bought myself a Mirra 9 months ago and am really happy with it. I use it at home. At work there is an Aeron but I find the Mirra more comfortable.
Anyway I really recommend trying out the chairs yourself in a chair-shop. The money spent regarding the time you sit during your life is definitely worth it.
Definitely recommend the Think chair for ultimate comfort, the chair moves with you and itâs not as hard as say the Leap chair since itâs cushions rest on a cage rather than on a hard platform. I have both the Leap and Think but the Think is my preferred chair
i had a 100 dollar chair for years, then the company bought everyone new chairs and we even got to vote on about 10 different chairs over a couple of months. In the end people could choose which model they wanted from about 4 chairs. i estimate the new chairs cost about 100-600 dollars each.
i never really noticed much of a difference. i do think ergonomics in general is an important topic.
I find this office chair is beautiful and this quality is very best.
I love the furniture porn posts - in fact I referenced your original chair post while researching my new purchase. FWIW, I ended going with a Steelcase Leap and Iâm quite happy with it.
For long lasting office equipment, it is hard to beat the IBM Model M keyboard. I bought mine new in 1991 and it is still going strong; it has outlasted at least ten computers that it has been attached to, as well as the four long-term employers since then. As an added bonus, the loud clicks let everyone know when Iâm writing code.
There are some function keycaps missing from a previous attempt to wash it and the H, K and L key caps have been replaced with arrows for vi, and it has been adapted to work with a USB motherboard. But otherwise it is still in good shape and should last many more years.
The only other piece of equipment that I have from the same era is my HP 41C. But it does not receive anywhere near as much use as my keyboard.
Very good article. I do believe in investing in a good quality chair if youâre going to be sitting in one for an extended amount of time. However, I donât necessarily believe that you have to spend big bucks to get a great chair. I bought my chair on sale from Office Depot for 50 dollars.
The Chair:
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/489155/RS-Zeplin-Chair-48-x-26/
My only complaint about leather chairs is that if youâre in an even remotely warm environment youâre going to be sweating your behind off. Over extended use you might tear or rip part of the leather structure, but it is the feel and relaxation that counts. If you could find a cloth chair like this it would probably be your best bet for the least amount of money while remaining very relaxing.
If you live in Florida like me, it doesnât matter what material you get a chair in you will sweat. That is the down side of living in a sunny, beautiful state. 
Achille,
I believe you have completely missed the point and gone off tangent. A chair is not a tool, it is an object to rest your body in a comfortable state so you can concentrate on programming/working. Instead of complaining about that ache on your back, or the strain on your knee (which I suffer from).
A good chair does not make us think wiser or smarter. A good chair eases the burden on the body so that we donât have to waste time keeping awareness of our discomfort and preventing us from thinking about our work.
How does one practise, practise, practise away discomfort? Please advise.
Jeff,
It is good that you revisit old topics previously explored. This shows your persisted interest in matters and your willingness to go back and reflect on your opinions, whether they have changed or not, how much you have grown and matured since then. I believe your blog is not a newspaper or magazine ever desperate to put up any topic that can keep the readership up. I believe your blog is meant to display topics that you are personally interested in.
Anybody who thinks otherwise, perhaps has not read the blog deeper beyond the per-article level.
Well, my workplace recently changed my chair for me (and everyone elseâs as part of a refurb). Imagine my surprise when I no longer had arms on my chair and ended up flat on my face the first time I went to lean on them as I usually do (did)!!!
Some people have no control over their anger. Hope that explains it.
Did anyone else notice that for every popular ergonomic chair on Amazon, GTA4 was listed as a Customerâs who bought this item also bought⌠item? Itâs interesting that many gamers decided to upgrade their gaming chair just for GTA4
This was a helpful review.
Iâd just add the quote that the ideal posture for sitting is one that constantly changes. (Stuart McGill, whoâs research on spine health Iâd recommend to anyone with back problems.)
Iâve found this possible with the Aeron (with Posturefit), which to me feels great. But needing a second chair, Iâm going for a Leap, which feels close to the Aeron with a bit more adjustability.
On new yearâs eve I managed to walk into the local retailer for Herman Miller chairs and gave Mirra and Aeron a try. I must say I was totally astonished, after tweaking all parameters of the chair, just how much support was spread all across the surface area of my back. In was instant relief for my spine and my body never felt so good in my life. Just from fifteen minutes of testing.
I opt for the Mirra because it hugged my back more than the Aeron. A variety of colour choices does not hurt too. The only I truly preferred on the Aeron was the arm-rest design; but that was not so important since most of the time my arms would be on the desk.
The odd thing is, I expected the Mirra, being the newer improved model, to be dearer. It turned out the Aeron is more expensive.
Here is my review of the Steelcase Amia that I purchased last week. As I did not feel the need to go with one of the many color choices available for this chair , I was able to order the black/black Amia that provided free next day ground shipping (as in, it would leave the Steelcase store on the next business day, to be transported via FedEx Ground).
I ordered it directly from the Steelcase Store on a Sunday and it shipped on Tuesday and was delivered on Thursday. A signature was required for delivery and I received a phone call from the FedEx driver Thursday morning asking if someone would be around within a one hour delivery window from noon to 1pm, which was excellent customer service, in my opinion.
It arrived in a fairly large box with a stated weight just over 76lbs. Took a bit of wrangling to get it into the house, but with a minimum of effort there was the new chair, covered in some plastic wrap. It was already fully assembled and once the plastic was removed it was simply a matter of adjusting the chair to my liking.
The armrests are probably the most love/hate feature of this chair. They have the standard move up/down controls and those lock into place, but they also have the ability to swivel to account for different arm widths and arm positioning. This allows a large freedom in positioning, but it also doesnât lock into place at all, so you will find yourself adjusting them back into place a good deal at first. Once you get used to it, itâs not that big a deal (at least to me), and I find the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.
Locking the chair into a full upright seating position feels almost too straight up at first, but thatâs probably from years of slouching in my previous chairs. The seat pan adjustment, seat height, lumbar adjustment, and reclining resistance work as you would expect and function well. Some folks might prefer more upper back support, and if so the Amia is not the chair for you. Reclining is comfortable, yet still allows you to work/play comfortably.
I have been using the chair for just under a week for working from home and for a few extended gaming sessions.
Overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase (although it is still tough mentally to part with $500-$1200 for just a chair). I will caveat my review with the fact that I am approximately 6â tall and weigh 185lbs, so what works for me, might not work for you.
I often advise my patients that along with a quality chair and workstation, you need to take microbreaks periodically. Get up every 30 minutes to move around for 1 minute.
Many of them gladly take this advise to avoid a recurring http://lloydchiro.com/blog/2010/07/28/herniated-disc/
Todd
I have used a chair like the Herman Miller Aeron chair for a while, but I found the model I used did not provide all the support I was needing. I found that a lumbar support pillow helped me avoid the bad sitting posture I had gotten into, and reduced my back strain. Check out my site, http://lumbarsupportpillowreview.org for some more info on other lumbar support options.
My office chair used to be a source of misery for years and it is good to read all these chair reviews. I found that posture is actually just as important as the chair â I know, sounds funny. But if you âSit up straightâ just like mom used to tell us, you will feel better. So this sounds crazy, but buy a couple of wall mirrors and put them in your office. So you can catch yourself when to slouching. Makes a world of difference. The site we found was wallmirrorstogo.
I live in dominican republic and the best I found was a MARKUS chair @ IKEA. About 280 USD. A great chair.