Perfect Furnitures

Adit Reddy says:

I absolutely love this chair. I got to work in one while working at a dotcom. As soon as I started working from home, I found I was having back problems (while programming for days)in my chair at home. Eventually I had to give in to the power of Herman Miller and buy one. Since it’s arrival, I have had zero back pain and can’t part with it. Highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5

Roger Schaaf says:

I agree 100 percent on the mesh seating. It is very hard with almost zero cushioning and as a result my feet go numb. For far less money and a better chair go to Costco and buy the Herman Miller chair that they sell for 299.00. Has more comfortable back support at your lumbar, and there is actual foam padding in the seat. Not perfect but much better. I find the pokey thingamagig that they install in the lumbar area to keep your pelvis from tilting is pretty much worthless and just tends to irritate your pelvic bone. I suggest that one spend five dollars for one of those readily available “soft” mesh devices are far more useful and comfortable for lumbar support. Also why do all of these guys that build seating for the office or home actually believe that one needs bolster as in an automobile. All they do is create a pressure point in the bottom of your thigh which too causes numbness in ones legs and feet, but the same result on the sides of your back. What, they think that we are going to be taking corners at 80 mph and need to be kept from flying out of the chair. Its bad enough that car manufacturers have far too tight bolstering creating pressure points under your buttocks and thighs, so now we must put up with it in our home chairs!? Again this mesh is almost as sitting on a hard park bench or the plastic seating at McDonalds. Another chair off to Craigslist! Hopefully my Craigslist potential prospective buyers do not read this review.

Incidentally I’m am not overweight. I am male, 5 feet 10 inches weigh 173, with 33 inch waste. But still find so called bolsters on seats interfere and cause pressure on sciatic nerve under the thigh and buttock causing numbing and pain in my feet.
Rating: 1 / 5

Citizen John says:

I got the PostureFit Aeron chair C size for my office from Amazon, wrote a review on that one too and one can see my verified purchase. I soon got a second one.

The difference between this one, the adjustable frame and the PostureFit is that the PostureFit is adjustable in-and-out, giving you more or less total lumbar support. And it costs a little more and the assembly of that mechanism is only a little more difficult. This one adjusts up and down, giving the same amount of lumbar support only you get to decide where it hits your back. PostureFit doesn’t adjust up and down. There’s a tradeoff but PostureFit costs a little more.

At first it was difficult to conceive spending this much on an office chair but after searching for the best price, considering also shipping and taxes, I made the mental adjustment. The more time goes by, the better I feel about the purchase. If you spend a lot of time sitting, you’ve got to think about long term back health, and this chair has a very decent 12-year warranty (let’s hope the company stays in business).

The first thing you should do if you are prepared to buy this chair is go to a store and sit on the different sizes to be sure of your size. The B and C sizes cost the same right now both on Amazon and at most stores. I got the C because the B cuts off much shorter at the legs, the thighs, and B was too short for me by a good margin although I’m not especially tall. The B size cuts off shorter than those standard cheap office chairs you normally see, just to put it into perspective. At the same time, the C is quite wide – surprisingly so. I didn’t need the wideness of the C but I needed the length of the seat so as not to cut off short for the legs. One can adjust the arms inward, among other arm adjustments, to compensate against the wideness of the C. If you are relatively short, the B size should work well. If you get a quote at the store and include taxes, I’m pretty confident it won’t be competitive with this price even if you use a floor model price.

Assembly for this chair is pretty easy. It might take 25 minutes, more or less if it’s your first time and you’re using the instructions.

The warranty is an important part of this purchase. I’ve talked with people that vouched for the fact that a service technician will come to your home or office to repair this chair as you go for a whole 12 years. Things happen that may cause you to get service. The mesh may tear and need replacement. A common thing, the guy in the store told me, is that the up-down mechanism may need to be fixed, and that is supposed to be an easy thing for the technician to fix. These chairs are designed to handle the weight of up to a 250 pound person. If you’re heavier than that, you may need to get the above-mentioned part fixed but the warranty will cover it.

Finally, after covering decision points and information points, the chair feels good to sit on. It’s the best I’ve ever experienced. I believe my productivity will go up as a result, and it’s just a shame more employers don’t pay for them considering that it is really a good investment in getting more out of an employee. I unfortunately had to pay for my Aeron myself. I love the chair and used my own money to get it for work as those cheap chairs we have aren’t good for the back.

Herman Miller, maker of this chair, also sells accessories such as different types of castors for different types of floor surfaces. I’ve had a lot of compliments on my chair, especially from others that have been sitting on it.

Rating: 5 / 5