New Chair thats good for my back?

[ScottP]

I'm looking for a new chair and wanted to get some suggestions. I need something that will give good back support, and I know it probably differs for each person, but any suggestions are welcome. Also how are those herman-miller chairs, and can they be found cheap nowadays (all the liquidating startups)?

 

[fatbaby]

Even a cheap herman miller would be around $250...

My suggestion is to look around, see what your back likes.

And don't limit yourself to officestores, check out some furniture stores and even liquidators like tuesday morning

 

[Looney]

OMG, i paid $800 for my Herman Miller Aeron, and it's one of the best money i ever spent. I use to get back/shoulder pain all the time from sitting at the computer for such long periods of time, but this chair is just awesome. If this chair broke tomorrow, i would immediately get another.

 

[djheater]

The Herman-Miller Aeron is the most comfortable chair I've ever sat in. I used it over the weekend once when the VP was out and it is DAMN comfortable for sure.

 

[Looney]

This isn't an exaggeration, but sometimes i look at ebay for a deal on another Aeron chair, because they're difficult to find in Canada... and i want a backup just incase i need one (most likely not, since these chairs are durable as hell).

 

[ScottP]

Wow, seems like people overwhelminly like the Aeron chairs, anyone know of any cheap place to pick one up in portland?

 

[Utterman]

Originally posted by: ScottP
Wow, seems like people overwhelminly like the Aeron chairs, anyone know of any cheap place to pick one up in portland?

Pawn shop, or look for any dot-com auctions.

 

[Ender]

Duh... of course they're the best, they cost 4x more then the competition!

 

[ScottP]

anyone have any comments about steelcase? which models are best, how do they compare?

 

[Looney]

Here's actually a review of the chair by Firingsquad Text

Chair hasn't changed in the last 10 years, except for a couple of new additions... like the new lumbar support. I have the old one currently, but plan on replacing it with the new one in the near future (about a $100 upgrade).

 

[jjyiz28]

steelcase is what my chiropractor recommended for my back. its what he has for his receptionist. its a 1989 chair, bought used, but is in mint condition.

 

[Looney]

Wow, some of the steelcase chairs look good, especially the Leap. I'm going to see if there's a local place that carries it that i can try.