3 ms·

Can you post a photo? I despise all the fancy aeron chairs (they appear to be classic cargo cult science) and favor a couple of old Eames and Corbusier chairs.

Can you post a photo? I despise all the fancy aeron chairs (they appear to be classic cargo cult science) and favor a couple of old Eames and Corbusier chairs. Just curious what works for others in the "chair that grandparents would recognize as chair" category.

mrslave 6y ago
I feel the need to move around a lot, typically alternating between standing and sitting. At home I also have several normal chairs I borrow from around the house and a yoga ball. About every 2 hours I'll take a break and change chair or stand. My new job has Aeron chairs and it is the first time I have felt comfortable in a chair at work. This doesn't mean I can sit in one all day. I've been at many places with "expensive renovations" (i.e. conversions to trendy open plan) and the seemingly valuable chairs are always terrible.
SamWhited 6y ago
It's this one: https://imgur.com/poAth33 https://imgur.com/poAth33 I think it's actually later than I was saying, I looked at a USAF one from the 30s but I can't remember if I picked it or not. I'll have to see when I get back to my desk, it had the Airforce logo on the bottom if it was that one. If it was the other one, can't remember when it was from.
- SamWhited 6y ago
  Looked it up; this is not the USAF one I was looking at, it's by Milwaukee Chair Co. and was manufactured in 1924 according to the stamp under the seat
m463 6y ago
I have an aeron and it has worked well for > 10 years. I have tried a number of other chairs. The only thing it doesn't do well is let you get way out of position, like being able tuck one of your legs under you and sort of slouch sideways. I have noticed the prices going up recently though. You used to be able to buy a decent one at a used office equipment store for $200-300, but now the supply is low.
- scottlocklin 6y ago
  Yeah I know people really like their aeron chairs; I'm just gobsmaked by it and don't understand why. I've sat in all kinds of chairs and while some of them kind of suck, there was nothing special about aeron chairs other than their price. To me they were a standard office "bucket seat" with too many adjustments. Would rather OP's regular wood chair!

mrslave 6y ago

I feel the need to move around a lot, typically alternating between standing and sitting. At home I also have several normal chairs I borrow from around the house and a yoga ball. About every 2 hours I'll take a break and change chair or stand. My new job has Aeron chairs and it is the first time I have felt comfortable in a chair at work. This doesn't mean I can sit in one all day. I've been at many places with "expensive renovations" (i.e. conversions to trendy open plan) and the seemingly valuable chairs are always terrible.

SamWhited 6y ago

It's this one: https://imgur.com/poAth33 https://imgur.com/poAth33 I think it's actually later than I was saying, I looked at a USAF one from the 30s but I can't remember if I picked it or not. I'll have to see when I get back to my desk, it had the Airforce logo on the bottom if it was that one. If it was the other one, can't remember when it was from.

SamWhited 6y ago
Looked it up; this is not the USAF one I was looking at, it's by Milwaukee Chair Co. and was manufactured in 1924 according to the stamp under the seat

m463 6y ago

I have an aeron and it has worked well for > 10 years. I have tried a number of other chairs. The only thing it doesn't do well is let you get way out of position, like being able tuck one of your legs under you and sort of slouch sideways. I have noticed the prices going up recently though. You used to be able to buy a decent one at a used office equipment store for $200-300, but now the supply is low.

scottlocklin 6y ago
Yeah I know people really like their aeron chairs; I'm just gobsmaked by it and don't understand why. I've sat in all kinds of chairs and while some of them kind of suck, there was nothing special about aeron chairs other than their price. To me they were a standard office "bucket seat" with too many adjustments. Would rather OP's regular wood chair!