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Steelcase Leap. I went and sat in a bunch of high end office chairs including the Herman Miller Aeron, Herman Miller Embody, and Steelcase Gesture. I feel like
by Someone1234 7y ago
Steelcase Leap.
I went and sat in a bunch of high end office chairs including the Herman Miller Aeron, Herman Miller Embody, and Steelcase Gesture. I feel like the HM chairs are a lot more "opinionated" about how you sit, and sitting wrong will be punished with pain (e.g. back of the legs for folding your legs under the chair). I have heard that shorter people find them more comfortable though (6'1" here).
The Steelcase Gesture is a good chair too, but the arms on the Leap are leaps and bounds better (fixed Vs. semi-lock on the Gesture). I just feel like for computer/mouse users, having fixed arms makes a lot more sense than infinitely moveable ones that don't lock as well.
It was absolutely the right decision to spend almost $1K on a chair. I've already owned it longer than any other chair and it remains comfortable after a few initial weeks of tweaking.
- moepstar 7y agoI find the not-really-locking arms on the Gesture infuriating - this is my chair, i sit on it each and every day and after some initial adjustment i don't expect it to move, like, at all :/
- wink 7y agoWhile they are not "locking" it happens to me like once a month that I move the chair too near to the desk and twist them. It hardly ever happens with my elbows, so this might not be a problem for other people.
- db1 7y agoLove the Steelcase Leap as well, the chair has all the right adjustments for me and feels very sturdy and well built. If shop around you can usually find these available second hand. I have two and spent 350 each on them.
- kevinherron 7y agoI also have one of these (Leap) and have been pretty happy with it. It's very adjustable so I have no problem getting comfortable in it. I did not have the luxury of trying other high end chairs, though, so I couldn't offer any comparisons. I bought it secondhand for ~$350 sight unseen.
- malyk 7y agoI bought one with my own money for the office after having one for my wife who worked from home for a couple of years. Then we went WFH due to the pandemic and I took a trip to the office and brought home mine from there. Great chairs!
- b3b0p 7y agoI have a leather Leap, Embody (every option), Aeron (every option; upgrade). I can agree, it's probably the better of these 3 I have. It's a tank and Steelcase told me it doesn't come apart and it's shipped assembled. My favorite part is that it reclines instead of rocking.