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Cause of this thread I went and bought an Office Master OM5 for my wife because her office chair was godawful and she wanted us to have identical chairs in our home office. I knew I didn't want another crappy Office Max chair and while a used Aeron was tempting, there weren't many in the area and after having nice ones at work I'd be too particular to find two of them easily. So we went with getting a brand spanking new OM5 with warranty for around the same price as a used Aeron. I have to say she's had the thing for a little over a month now and she loves it, and I do too. I was worried at first because I'm used to using an Aeron at work and in the Aeron the whole seat bottom + back can rotate backwards when you lean back, and I rather like it at work. Meanwhile the OM5 only has the back rotate backwards while the seat actually slides forward, it's supposedly better for ergonomics but I was worried that in long usage it'd be annoying. Turns out after doing a massive BF3 session the past two days while I was out sick that the issue is really a non-issue. It's great for prolonged usage, as it should be, and is also great when just using while browsing the 'net and/or playing a game. Now I can't wait till Christmas when she's going to buy me one for my present cause she keeps on getting mad at me for 'borrowing/test driving' her chair.
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johnnyXcrane posted:Which of the Herman Miller chairs do you guys think is the most ergonomic? And are they at all comfy?
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Nov 28, 2011 19:48
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johnnyXcrane posted:How hard is the Aeron?
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Jan 31, 2012 04:57
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smooth jazz posted:I just received my Aeron Basic large and I find the edge of the seat really digs into my thighs. It's remarkably uncomfortable, bordering on painful. So I'd suggest doing that before you try to re-sell it.
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Dec 19, 2012 06:06
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Rotten Red Rod posted:ALSO! I made a video for my company's clients and dealers that may help you guys out. It's a chair adjustment video - the chair is one of ours, but it is fairly representative of the basic adjustments of many ergonomic chairs. And there's a small amount of general ergonomic advice in there too. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ejLFaitbj0 Sometimes I want a taller back when I'm leaning back but 90% of the time I'm in the chair I'm not leaning back in the chair so it doesn't really matter.
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Mar 2, 2013 03:03
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sethsez posted:Boyfriend and I just got some great chairs from a local office liquidation place here in Orlando that was doing a two day open house sale (normally they only sell to businesses). I got a Haworth Zody for $200 and he got a Steelcase Think for $150, both in pristine condition. This is easily the most comfortable chair I've ever used... I was actually hoping to get a Very at some point and figured I'd have to spend more, so getting the next model up for less was a pretty fantastic surprise.
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Oct 3, 2013 23:37
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I'm at the ergonomic expo right now and I just tried out the Steelcase Gesture. Speaking as someone who works for a competitor, I have to say its a REALLY nice chair. Very easy to adjust, adapts immediately to your posture, etc. I'd even say you should buy it over a Leap. Now the only questions are price point and what range of body types it fits.
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Dec 4, 2013 22:37
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Rotten Red Rod posted:In other news, my company's little stack chair that has a moving seat/back just beat the Gesture for attendee's choice award at the biggest ergonomic conference in America: http://officemaster.com/about/news.php?view=news&news_id=46 Oh well can't really return it to the store I bought mine from for it and it's still definitely a comfortable chair.
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Dec 11, 2013 20:28
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Knifegrab posted:This is a good article. Question about your OM5, I see that you can ajdust the armrests forward and back, and rotate them in and out, but can you also adjust their height? The armrests sadly aren't adjustable save for going up and down to whatever height you want. I thought I'd miss that since I know it's there on the newer Herman Miller's and I honestly haven't at all, mostly because I know I can lean on these at whatever angle and I don't have to worry about them suddenly moving on me. Also I had the back of one of my chairs break after a year or two and all it took was a quick email to my sales rep and I had a new one installed under warranty. Hell they even let me pay $35 to get the newer higher back option they came out with after my chair shipped.
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Feb 11, 2015 06:28
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Rotten Red Rod posted:This is no longer true actually - we have a few arms for the OM5 now. The new RP45 arms allow you to move the pads side-side, front-back, and pivoting inwards. You can order just the pads and swap them out really easily on your current OM5, call up a dealer and ask to purchase a set of RP45 pads.
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Feb 11, 2015 19:54
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chrisf posted:So is there some trick to leaning back on the OM5 without going to full 45 degree recline mode?
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Mar 8, 2015 03:35
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Odette posted:GaMeRs420blazeit__xX want this item. It is amusing that everyone has taken off the lumbar support that is normally a part of the DX Racer because it just makes things so goddamned uncomfortable.
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Zarin posted:Isn't the Embody pretty wide in the seat pan, too? I just picked up an Embody after lusting after it for almost a decade (or so it seems) and I measured it. At it's smallest point in the back it's like a hair under 19" and at the front it's just over 21". Also man it's about as comfortable as I remember it being, so happy that work gave us some money for more WFH things. Couldn't find a used one in the entire UK, but still managed to find a brand new one that got here in a day.
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Freakazoid_ posted:Serta iComfort i5000. $400 bucks, available in big & tall, and has a 10 year warranty.
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