Herman Miller(R) Aeron(R) Chair Highly Adjustable Model with Graphite Frame with Lumbar Support | 
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| Brand: Aeron
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $849.00 - $949.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Country: USA
Warranty: Our 12-year warranty covers everything-including electrical components, casters, pneumatic cylinders, tilts, and all moving mechanisms. Our 3-shift warranty recognizes the changing nature of work and the need for products that can stand up to continuous use. Our labor-included warranty means that when warranty work is performed in the U.S. and Canada, Herman Miller foots the bill. The Herman Miller Warranty is a statement of our confidence in the quality of our products. It's a straightforward promise to our customers that we stand behind that quality, 100 percent-100 percent of the time.
ASIN: B000I2XNHM
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| Features:
| • | High, wide, contoured back takes weight off the lower spine | | • | Wide, soft armrests are sloped in the front for comfort | | • | Waterfall edge on seat front reduces pressure under thighs to promote proper circulation | | • | The backrest and seat pan move in proper relation for correct support in all postures |
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| Customer Reviews:
Assembly: no fear March 22, 2010
Richard Careaga (Bradenton, FL United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you're hesitant to order unassembled, rest easy. It's dead simple. I was one of those guys in high school who was translating Caesar while the other guys were in shop rebuilding engines. In other words, mechanically challenged. Sing along with the bouncing ball: "If he can do it anyone can do it."
With scissors or blade, remove straps from box and cut packing tape. Remove various bubble packing, chair base, chair back, parts and instructions. Remove protective covering. Slide the chair back on the base. Attach four large allen set bolts. Tighten with provided wrench to finger tight. Remove adjustment instructions, raise arms and seat to desired height. Sit, Ubu. Like 10 minutes, max.
For you design types obsessing over the difference between graphite and "true black," the Pantone Color Cue in daylight reads it as 8003 C (RGB: 129, 121, 110; HTML #81796E, CMYK 16,27,29,46). The arms are 309 C (RGB 24,63,77, HTML 183F4D, CMYK 100,24,20,66).
This is the next-to-top of the Aeron line. Excellent chair August 7, 2009
Citizen John (USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I got the PostureFit Aeron chair for my office from Amazon, wrote a review on that one too and one can see my verified purchase.
The difference between this one, the adjustable frame and the PostureFit is that the PostureFit is adjustable in and out, giving you more or less lumbar support. And it costs a little more and the assembly of that mechanism is difficult. This one adjusts up and down, giving the same amount of lumbar support only you get to decide where it hits your back. PostureFit doesn't adjust up and down.
At first it was difficult to conceive spending this much on an office chair but after searching for the best price, considering also shipping and taxes, I made the mental adjustment. The more time goes by, the better I feel about the purchase. If you spend a lot of time sitting, you've got to think about long term back health, and this chair has a very decent 12-year warranty (let's hope the company stays in business).
The first thing you should do if you are prepared to buy this chair is go to a store and sit on the different sizes to be sure of your size. The B and C sizes cost the same right now both on Amazon and at most stores. I got the C because the B cuts off much shorter at the legs, the thighs, and B was too short for me by a good margin although I'm not especially tall. The B size cuts off shorter than those standard cheap office chairs you normally see, just to put it into perspective. At the same time, the C is quite wide - surprisingly so. I didn't need the wideness of the C but I needed the length of the seat so as not to cut off short for the legs. One can adjust the arms inward, among other arm adjustments, to compensate against the wideness of the C. If you are relatively short, the B size should work well. If you get a quote at the store and include taxes, I'm pretty confident it won't be competitive with this price even if you use a floor model price.
Assembly for this chair is supposed to be pretty easy. It might take 25 minutes, more or less.
The warranty is an important part of this purchase. I've talked with people that vouched for the fact that a service technician will come to your home or office to repair this chair as you go for a whole 12 years. Things happen that may cause you to get service. The mesh may tear and need replacement. A common thing, the guy in the store told me, is that the up-down mechanism may need to be fixed, and that is supposed to be an easy thing for the technician to fix. These chairs are designed to handle the weight of up to a 250 pound person. If you're heavier than that, you may need to get the above-mentioned part fixed but the warranty will cover it.
Finally, after covering decision points and information points, the chair feels good to sit on. It's the best I've ever experienced. I believe my productivity will go up as a result, and it's just a shame more employers don't pay for them considering that it is really a good investment in getting more out of an employee. I unfortunately had to pay for my Aeron myself. I love the chair and used my own money to get it for work as those cheap chairs we have aren't good for the back.
Great Chair -I sat in one for 5 years! April 29, 2009
Kevin Sherrill
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Great chair! Last company I worked for had a fleet of these. I never saw a broken one around the office in the 5 years I was there.
I'm a games programmer; 10 to 14 hours days are the norm -much of it spent in a chair exactly like this one. I'm 6' 2", 180 lbs, for reference. I've seen other (rare) reviews of this chair breaking, but I suspect those reviewers were much heavier than I. Most everyone in my office loved the chairs.
Many reclining chairs I hate because there's no configuring them. They either go too far or not enough. This chair allows you to set a stop, and then recline only that far.
I never thought much about the lubar support pad in the back until I sat in one that didn't have it -not so nice. Made the chair suddenly feel like a hammock. That pad does slide up and down so you can find your comfort zone.
I suppose the only down side was the adjustable arms tended to slide down over time. They have an adjustment screw that slides in a slot and that tightens down against the frame, but it will slip down if you lean on the arm too hard. I finally got mine so tight that it rarely slipped though. I suppose I could have fashioned small wooden sticks to slip into the bottom of the slot and fix the problem completely but I never got around to it.
I've heard rumors that this strech mesh fabric can put wear and tear on nice clothes. Sorry, can't comment on that. My environment was more t-shirt and jeans. We used to joke the only dress requirement was wearing shoes -not that we could ever get the artists to follow even that. lol
When I started looking to add one to my home office I nearly choked. I had no idea they were so expensive. I still want one. Glad to see the prices coming down some. In this economy, office furniture liquidators might even have them too.
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