Herman Miller Aeron chair worth it or not?
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Scott Hansen @ iso50 has a great review of the Embody chair if you're interested:
http://blog.iso50.com/2010/01/25…
There's a hilarious comment in there as well about the Aeron chair being especially designed to not absorb farts.
http://blog.iso50.com/2010/01/25…LeRoy Watkins said:
"Be honest Scotty – how badly does the seat cushion smell like farts after 4 months? I’ve found that the true measure of a quality chair is in how well it dissipates fart odor out and away from the cushion. It’s that reason alone that the Aeron chair will always be the best chair ever invented, because it doesn’t have a cushion. Herman Miller knew what they were up to when they developed the Aeron. In fact, I’ve read that designer Bill Stumpf decided on the Aeron’s non-cushion approach to tackle this very problem. I’m really into product design, and I’ve read about an interview in a German publication where Stumpf was quoted as saying “the gas [farts] has to go somewhere if their chair is to remain enjoyable for the user. We just removed the cushion, problem solved.”It’s been rumored that Herman Miller explored using some type of replaceable carbon filter in the cushion of the Embody and other chairs, but the approach was scrapped after their marketing department didn’t feel they could appropriately and tastefully promote that feature. They’re crazy as far as I’m concerned; it was a forward thinking idea that would have solved a big problem.
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