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I'm wondering what chair people suggest, I use a rather generic chair from Office Depot, that was only about 100 bucks. It's ok, but not great, also getting a bit old. Mind you this is while working at home.

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Our whole team got the insanely expensive Aeron Embody chair (which are on bi-yearly sale in November for $1050.) At first I sat in it with guilt and thinking it wasn't worth it.

Now I am about to buy one for my home office. The posture becomes comfortable and provides a wonderful break from standing at our new GeekDesk 2.0.

Do you mean Herman Miller Embody? Or Herman Miller Aeron? They're separate products I believe.

I used to have a Herman Miller Celle that I loved (a lower range Herman Miller) but after a year or two the seat bottom cloth got worn out pretty fast. I ended up selling it when I moved. Now I have a Stealcase Chair I purchased from a YC company that was moving (about $150 used). It's not one of their high-end ones either and looks pretty ugly but it's very supportive and firm. I wish the back was higher though.

For the cheap people (like me) may I suggest a rather awesome chair from IKEA: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90163889/ . It's around 60USD (was ~100CHF for me here in Switzerland).

hated that chair, we have these http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00103102/ they are pretty okay, comfortable and such, not too adjustable though(non-adjustable armrests are the only thing I dont like about it)

What chair is Adam Sender using in this pic of his 20-monitor set up (http://www.oobject.com/trading-places/hedge-fund-manager-ada...)?

I love my Aeron. I have had a dozen cheap chairs all the way down to metal folding ones, and eventually I just got tired of replacing them every 12-18 months.

My Aeron looks exactly like it did when I got it nearly a year ago.

http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-office-chair

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