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I'm always split on that - go Joel Spolsky and treat yourself right to an Aeron, or go the Paul Graham route and skimp with a cheapo? I've had nothing but Aeron
by alabut 18y ago
I'm always split on that - go Joel Spolsky and treat yourself right to an Aeron, or go the Paul Graham route and skimp with a cheapo? I've had nothing but Aerons at work for a few years and my butt kinda misses them now that I work from home on a folding chair.
- Frabjous-Dey 18y agoI suspect that you can get 80% of the comfort level of an Aeron for 20% of its price. Almost anything beats a folding chair, couch, or bed.
- staunch 18y agoSeriously. I use an Aeron in the office, but at home I use a ~$100 staples chair. I don't really care which I'm sitting in much. A folding chair though..that's just plain crazy.
- newsycaccount 18y agoYep, I have an Aeron at work and an $80 (from Sam's Club) "Office Star Matrex Meshback" or something goofy name like that at home. I use both regularly and have no preference between the two. I would think a startup that needs the meager funding ycombinator deals in would be crazy to blow it on an Aeron.
- jd 18y agoYes. It's called a second hand Aeron.
- rms 18y agoPaul Graham and many of the YC startups have Aerons. It's not something to skimp on.
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago> It's not something to skimp on. Why not? I sit in a cheap chair. It's fine. I worked for a few weeks in a cheap director's chair once. It was fine; perfectly comfortable.
- alabut 18y agoYeah I've been doing fine with my $25 Costco folding chair - I just threw a soft couch pillow on the seat and try to remember to sit up straight. I think an Aeron could actually be annoying on a hardwood floor like I have at home, with the coaster wheels on the feet sliding all around.
- alabut 18y agoI should clarify where I got "the Paul Graham route" from: somewhere in the Hackers & Painters book, he wrote about how cheap they were in the beginning of Viaweb, with him coding in an old chair that was falling apart. Sorry I don't have a link, google's giving me no love.
- Xichekolas 18y agoI actually like the Herman Miller Mirra much better than the Aeron, and it's several hundred dollars cheaper to boot.
- gommm 18y agoI've never tried an aeron chair, but with the chair I'm using I'm getting quite a lot of back ache and I can see how a good chair could increase my productivity