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I haven't used a Herman Miller chair, so I don't claim to understand why they are popular, but from a purely aesthetic view of the world, that is a very nice looking chair.

Can someone enlighten me as to what the big deal is about Herman Miller chairs?

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They are comfortable and extremely high quality. Not to mention the aesthetics. Cheap chairs break, and even worse they break "slowly" with weird tilts and whatnot that creep in slowly.

My first Aeron lasted 12 years of my use. The hydraulics finally died, but my son uses it now ^^

One of the best things about the Aeron chairs is that nearly every part is replaceable, so there's nothing to stop you replacing the hydraulics and reviving the chair.

Nice, ordered the gas cylinder replacement part. Looks super easy.

Thanks!

Thanks again. Got the part yesterday and installed it with ease. This chair has another 12 years in it for sure :)

Not totally sure either, but my best guess is they're aesthetically pleasing and supposedly ergonomically great, which is I guess appreciated amongst the crowd that spends all day sitting in front of them.

They seem to have a fair amount of research to back up their ergonomics (see this blog post regarding Aeron chair design: http://www.hermanmiller.com/research/solution-essays/the-ben...)

when the aeron first came out it was panned as being ugly fwiw.

yeah... my first thought was 'orange? really?' It just seems like they are going to look very dated in a few years. I mean, I kindof like the look of the aeron, but part of that, I'm sure, is that I came of age during the dot-com, when they were super cool. I'm still kinda disappointed in myself for not getting one at a dot-com closeout. That would have been... appropriate.

I have a few '70s steelcase chairs... they are not bad chairs, they are still in pretty good shape and work okay, but the avocado green is... avocado green.

I think the color choices selected and used for their website is more to highlight the chair design and not actually a color people would choose themselves.

We just outfitted a conference room in my office and they selected a color that I've dubbed "poopacado."

I ordered my Mirra chairs with bright red upholstery. No regrets yet.

herman miller: chairs that are ugly as all hell, but comfy as a cloud in heaven. Hard to tell from looking at them but you never want to leave them once you sit in one.

A lot of the ugliness comes from their "bold" color choices, the all black Embody looks quite good: http://systemsofficefurniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07...

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