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Dissenting voice: I worked for a full decade for an employer which exclusively provided Aeron chairs. They gave me terrible back and neck problems, even after s

Dissenting voice: I worked for a full decade for an employer which exclusively provided Aeron chairs. They gave me terrible back and neck problems, even after spending substantial effort selecting the correct size and setting the lumbar support correctly. It was like sitting on a trampoline for me, and I grew to hate them. Conversely I have, for the last four years, sat in a cheap IKEA MILLBERGET swivel chair. It has been excellent, and all my back issues have completely disappeared.

omnicognate 5y ago
Same. 15+ years of continuous Aeron use in various offices. Lockdown came, I spent £75 on an Ikea Markus and it's the best office chair I've sat in. YMMV.
- eitland 5y ago
  Interestingly especially "Millberget" mentioned above gets extremely much better better reviews on the US site. I wonder what this means: - has IKEA been unlucky with their first reviews on the Norwegian site? (there are very few) - has a local competitor placed them? - are the US versions different? - have IKEA stuffed their US reviews? This thread seems to indicate that people do genuinely like their chairs but that is the closest I get right now. Last I went to IKEA to try one I thought they felt flimsy but maybe I should reconsider now.
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    Different average body types between Norway and the US could be responsible for a genuine discrepancy in comfort.
zbuf 5y ago
Yes, the reality is a chair is very personal, there's no "one size fits all" no matter how much $$ or how good the warranty, or how available the spare parts. I think perhaps it's good to temper the enthusiasm of a lot of folks online who seem to be buying Aeron sight unseen -- there's a lot of chairs out there, and people come in a lot of different shapes and sizes.
baby 5y ago
Same here but ikea hattefjäll
scabbycakes 5y ago
Yeah I had been issued an Aeron at my office and although it wasn't the worst chair I've ever had, it did cause me a lot of soft tissue pain. After about eight months with the HM, I couldn't take one more day of it so I bought my own generic chair and have been happy ever since.

omnicognate 5y ago

Same. 15+ years of continuous Aeron use in various offices. Lockdown came, I spent £75 on an Ikea Markus and it's the best office chair I've sat in. YMMV.

eitland 5y ago
Interestingly especially "Millberget" mentioned above gets extremely much better better reviews on the US site. I wonder what this means: - has IKEA been unlucky with their first reviews on the Norwegian site? (there are very few) - has a local competitor placed them? - are the US versions different? - have IKEA stuffed their US reviews? This thread seems to indicate that people do genuinely like their chairs but that is the closest I get right now. Last I went to IKEA to try one I thought they felt flimsy but maybe I should reconsider now.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  Different average body types between Norway and the US could be responsible for a genuine discrepancy in comfort.

zbuf 5y ago

Yes, the reality is a chair is very personal, there's no "one size fits all" no matter how much $$ or how good the warranty, or how available the spare parts. I think perhaps it's good to temper the enthusiasm of a lot of folks online who seem to be buying Aeron sight unseen -- there's a lot of chairs out there, and people come in a lot of different shapes and sizes.

baby 5y ago

Same here but ikea hattefjäll

scabbycakes 5y ago

Yeah I had been issued an Aeron at my office and although it wasn't the worst chair I've ever had, it did cause me a lot of soft tissue pain. After about eight months with the HM, I couldn't take one more day of it so I bought my own generic chair and have been happy ever since.