Herman Miller Aeron and Embody

[SusanJillParker]

Herman Miller is having their annual sale. The sale begins next month, November and runs through December but most authorized stores are honoring the discount now. They're offering a 15% discount, which doesn't sound like much when other stores are offering 20-30% in a bad economy. Only, with their average chair costing $800 and up, a 15% discount is pretty good.

I bought my Aeron chair, in soapstone brown back in 2008 for $895. To say that I love my chair is an understatement. I love my chair. It's the only chair that I can comfortably sit for 12 hours a day without feeling tired or having a backache.

I bought the optional headrest for $145, the oversized adjustable one instead of the stationary one. The chair now looks more like a barber's chair or a dentist's chair.

Being that I wanted to be comfortable upstairs and downstairs, instead of lugging my Aeron up and down the stairs, which I've been doing, I bought a Herman Miller Embody chair. It comes tomorrow. I can't wait.

Originally, the chair cost $1,940 with adjustable arms, balance cloth, I bought Iris, and white body with a titanium frame, they've come down in price since they've been introduced. I paid $1,223.15 for mine with all of the above options and with 15% discount. With no sales tax and free shipping, I think I got a deal.

I was just wondering if any other writers have experience with Herman Miller chairs.

The Embody chair reminds me of the chair that Captain Kirk sits on when commanding the starship Enterprise.

I can't wait for tomorrow to come.

 

[_Lynn_]

Herman Miller is having their annual sale. The sale begins next month, November and runs through December but most authorized stores are honoring the discount now. They're offering a 15% discount, which doesn't sound like much when other stories are offering 20-30% in a bad economy. Only, with their average chair costing $800 and up, a 15% discount is pretty good.

I bought my Aeron chair, in soapstone brown back in 2008 for $895. To say that I love my chair is an understatement. I love my chair. It's the only chair that I can comfortably sit for 12 hours a day without feeling tired or having a backache.

I bought the optional headrest for $145, the oversized adjustable one instead of the stationary one. The chair now looks more like a barber's chair or a dentist's chair.

Being that I wanted to be comfortable upstairs and downstairs, instead of lugging my Aeron up and down the stairs, which I've been doing, I bought a Herman Miller Embody chair. It comes tomorrow. I can't wait.

Originally, the chair cost $1,940 with adjustable arms, balance cloth, I bought Iris, and white body with a titanium frame, they've come down in price since they've been introduced. I paid $1,223.15 for mine with all of the above options and with 15% discount. With no sales tax and free shipping, I think I got a deal.

I was just wondering if any other writers have experience with Herman Miller chairs.

The Embody chair reminds me of the chair that Captain Kirk sits on when commanding the starship Enterprise.

I can't wait for tomorrow to come.

Sat in a few. Know people who work for the company.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I am kicked back in my oatmeal wide-wale corduroy thrift store sofa, at the moment. It cost me $25.00 and I bought lunch for my friend after she helped me move it in her pickup.

I can slouch here for hours and hours at a stretch, if I position the pillows behind my back just right.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

Bought nine of these for the office. For the guys working programming at a desk all day long, they seem to be worth it. Only two of the engineers prefer other chairs.

They show up used on craigslist / used office furniture stores. We have paid between $450 and $600 for them. They almost never go below $500 as long as they're in decent shape, and they last a long time.

As for bang for the buck - at home I can't justify an Aeron, so I get by on a pretty sweet $35 used office chair with all the bells and whistles.

 

[_Lynn_]

Bought nine of these for the office. For the guys working programming at a desk all day long, they seem to be worth it. Only two of the engineers prefer other chairs.

They show up used on craigslist / used office furniture stores. We have paid between $450 and $600 for them. They almost never go below $500 as long as they're in decent shape, and they last a long time.

As for bang for the buck - at home I can't justify an Aeron, so I get by on a pretty sweet $35 used office chair with all the bells and whistles.

They don't even show up at a reasonable price here. And the company originated here.

 

[Handley_Page]

My main PC is in a very small back bedroom of my house. I swapped my 'office' chair (leatherish and quite comfortable with a headrest), for a base, tilting, wheeled carriage from a really good office chair and had the passenger seat from a small car welded on.
It has adjustable headrest, seat-back and it has height adjustment.

For damn-near free it is FINE!

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

They don't even show up at a reasonable price here. And the company originated here.

I think we just have a lot of used office furniture.

This is from today. Both $400. Looks like the price has gone down a bit in the last year.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/fuo/4124972126.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/fuo/4105739631.html

 

[_Lynn_]

I think we just have a lot of used office furniture.

This is from today. Both $400. Looks like the price has gone down a bit in the last year.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/fuo/4124972126.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/fuo/4105739631.html

They have a store, of sorts, that carries scratched, dented, and used office furniture. I went through there when I needed a new desk because I figured something damaged should be reasonable. I was shocked at how high the prices were.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Barney loves the chair the BOSTONFICTIONWRITER gave to me. He sleeps in it every night.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Herman Miller is having their annual sale. The sale begins next month, November and runs through December but most authorized stores are honoring the discount now. They're offering a 15% discount, which doesn't sound like much when other stores are offering 20-30% in a bad economy. Only, with their average chair costing $800 and up, a 15% discount is pretty good.

I bought my Aeron chair, in soapstone brown back in 2008 for $895. To say that I love my chair is an understatement. I love my chair. It's the only chair that I can comfortably sit for 12 hours a day without feeling tired or having a backache.

I bought the optional headrest for $145, the oversized adjustable one instead of the stationary one. The chair now looks more like a barber's chair or a dentist's chair.

Being that I wanted to be comfortable upstairs and downstairs, instead of lugging my Aeron up and down the stairs, which I've been doing, I bought a Herman Miller Embody chair. It comes tomorrow. I can't wait.

Originally, the chair cost $1,940 with adjustable arms, balance cloth, I bought Iris, and white body with a titanium frame, they've come down in price since they've been introduced. I paid $1,223.15 for mine with all of the above options and with 15% discount. With no sales tax and free shipping, I think I got a deal.

I was just wondering if any other writers have experience with Herman Miller chairs.

The Embody chair reminds me of the chair that Captain Kirk sits on when commanding the starship Enterprise.

I can't wait for tomorrow to come.

Did your chair arrive?

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm another one sitting in a used office chair I grabbed off the neighbor at their yard sale four years ago.

My wife has an issue with her sciatic (spelling that right?) nerve so has a fairly expensive chair, but only because of that.

For an office a chair like that may be worth it to show the employees that the company is trying to make the work environment a pleasant place.

For the person at home the words "status symbol" come into play. The people who drive the Cadillac Escalade SUV have these chairs.

 

[SusanJillParker]

Status symbol my ass. All you'd have to do is to sit in the chair to understand why a chair like this cost so much and is so important to your health, especially for those who sit for hours while writing. The chair is worth every penny.

 

[jomar]

It's a good chair. I test drove it but settled on a different brand and wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

[SusanJillParker]

I'm another one sitting in a used office chair I grabbed off the neighbor at their yard sale four years ago.

My wife has an issue with her sciatic (spelling that right?) nerve so has a fairly expensive chair, but only because of that.

For an office a chair like that may be worth it to show the employees that the company is trying to make the work environment a pleasant place.

For the person at home the words "status symbol" come into play. The people who drive the Cadillac Escalade SUV have these chairs.

Lemme see if I understand you, HateCraft. Only people who drive Cadillac Escalades have a comfortable chair. Is that correct so far?

Actually, I drive a Mustang GT.

You also state that people who buy these chairs just want a status symbol while sitting in the privacy of their house and writing their stories in private. Is that about it?

Actually, there's no one here but me most times. I write alone in my room. No one knows that I have this chair but for you and the rest of the writers on Literotica. I really don't gain my status from sharing that knowledge with everyone here. I certainly didn't buy the chair to impress anyone but my back and ass.

What I do gain is a chair that I can sit in for hours without feeling fatigued. I'm comfortable. Moreover, I love my chairs.

So, you, on the other hand, took an office chair from out of the trash to bring in your house to sit. Is that about it? Is that why you're scratching? Bedbugs bite you know.

Based upon another one of your idiotic posts...your high school education is showing Hatecraft. How's that working for you? Your mother must be so proud.

Don't you ever post anything to anyone that's nice?

I hope 2014 is a better year for you. I hope you will see the error of your ways one day.

 

[_Lynn_]

I'm another one sitting in a used office chair I grabbed off the neighbor at their yard sale four years ago.

My wife has an issue with her sciatic (spelling that right?) nerve so has a fairly expensive chair, but only because of that.

For an office a chair like that may be worth it to show the employees that the company is trying to make the work environment a pleasant place.

For the person at home the words "status symbol" come into play. The people who drive the Cadillac Escalade SUV have these chairs.

Or people who drive an old Ford, a dented Chevy, a rusty Honda . . . people who don't want future back trouble from sitting eight hours a day . . .

 

[slyc_willie]

My recliner is the most comfortable damn thing in the world. It cost $192 . . . from Direct Buy. Normal retail on it is about $900. Almost everyone who sits in it has either fallen asleep within fifteen minutes or come pretty damn close.

 

[SusanJillParker]

My recliner is the most comfortable damn thing in the world. It cost $192 . . . from Direct Buy. Normal retail on it is about $900. Almost everyone who sits in it has either fallen asleep within fifteen minutes or come pretty damn close.

Albeit the comfort of your recliner (lol), it must be a bit difficult to balance a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and a cup of coffee while writing stories from a reclining position.

I have a brown, soft, supple, leather recliner too, one that's resplendent with lumbar support but that's positioned downstairs in front of the big screen from where I watch the Red Sox and Patriots play.

The Herman Miller Embody chair is the desk chair that's replaced my Herman Miller Aeron chair. I assume you have an office chair or do you stand and write? The latest craze is standing at a podium to write instead of sitting. I'd rather sit than stand.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

Albeit the comfort of your recliner (lol), it must be a bit difficult to balance a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and a cup of coffee while writing stories from a reclining position.

I have a brown, soft, supple, leather recliner too, one that's resplendent with lumbar support but that's positioned downstairs in front of the big screen from where I watch the Red Sox and Patriots play.

The Herman Miller Embody chair is the desk chair that's replaced my Herman Miller Aeron chair. I assume you have an office chair or do you stand and write? The latest craze is standing at a podium to write instead of sitting. I'd rather sit than stand.

I've been tempted to get one of those new standing desks with a treadmill attached, so I can walk while reading/researching, then lower it and site while writing.

Then again, if money were not object, I could deal with the Emperor 200 as my writing station

http://www.mwelab.com/index.php/en/products/emperor-200

 

[SusanJillParker]

I've been tempted to get one of those new standing desks with a treadmill attached, so I can walk while reading/researching, then lower it and site while writing.

Then again, if money were not object, I could deal with the Emperor 200 as my writing station

http://www.mwelab.com/index.php/en/products/emperor-200

Holy shit! It looks like you need to wear a seatbelt and a crash helmet. Actually, I like it. Only, if I had $49,000 to spend, I'd buy a slightly Mustang GT 500 Cobra or a Roush Mustang.

The thread mill attached to the desk is a good idea.