Product Description

The Aeron chair by Herman Miller is simply put, the best ergonomic chair you can buy. No other office chair works harder to relieve your back and neck pain than the Aeron chair. The high tech mesh fabric means that this chair doesn't look (or work) like other conventional office chairs. But what makes it different makes it better! The patented material on the Aeron distributes pressure evenly over a wider area. The result? You'll stay cool and comfortable no matter what the season. Described as the most comfortable chair in the world and designed with high-tech materials using body-friendly engineering, the Aeron chair comes in three sizes to fit all body types.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47351 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: B
• Color: Carbon Classic
• Brand: Aeron
• Model: AE113AWBPJG1BBBK3D01
• Dimensions: 25.00" h x 26.00" w x 25.00" l, .0 pounds

Features

• Aeron Size B - Posture Fit, Graphite, Classic Carbon Pellicle
• 12 Year Factory Warranty is INCLUDED!
• Posture Fit Back Support & Adjustable Padded Arms are included.
• Size B with Posture Fit and Classic Carbon Pellicle
• IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPPING!

Customer Reviews

Aeron Chair is Wonderful...with Caveats
I understand why the Aeron gets mixed reviews for comfort, and have come to peace with this. For years, I have sat in my company's Aerons, for hours at a time, and loved them. They were comfortable and I wanted one. So, I bought one. I brought it home, sat in it, and within 10 minutes my legs were tingling and after an hour my back and legs were aching. I tried the chair again the next day and had the same problem. The model I bought was a size "B" Aeron. I returned it today for a size "C" (1.5 inches longer seat depth). Now, my legs feel fine. So what gives?

The Caveat: If the Herman Miller sizing chart shows you to be an A/B or B/C - in other words, capable of using a B or C sized seat in my case, watch out. While you might normally think this means that you could 'theoretically' fit in either seat, what it really means is you have a borderline condition and you need to dig deeper. The B sized seat was painful for me, even though the chart implied I would be comfortable with that size. On the front of the Aeron seat, below the mesh, is a foam crescent-shaped insert. If you get the wrong sized seat (for your actual needs, not for what the chart says), the foam crescent applies a LOT of pressure on the exact wrong part of your thighs. I found the pressure from the B sized seat crescent to be absolutely intolerable. Fortunately, my local retailer let me swap the chair out.

The C size seat adds about 1.5 inches to the seat depth (the distance from the front edge to the rear edge) and, on me, that extra distance moves the crescent forward enough to shift the pressure point to a part of my leg that is less sensitive. I now have no pain in my legs. The point to all this? Use the sizing chart as a basic guide, but if you plan to buy an Aeron, you need to sit in the chair first and size it up for yourself, especially if you are between sizes.

Here is a point on the lumbar support vs. the Posturefit unit. The lumbar support is just a block of rubberish plastic pressing against your back. It works, but if you put it in the wrong place, it will be a pain. The Posturefit unit is more refined and allows a degree of tuning that the lumbar unit does not. However, either can be painful if set incorrectly for your needs. Set correctly, each contributes to your posture.

In conclusion, the Aeron is well-built, really cool and expensive. However, if you get the wrong size - even if Herman Miller thinks the size is a good fit - it will be a pain and you will hate it - absolutely hate it! Remember that these are chairs, not feather beds. Don't build up a false expectation - driven by excessive marketing hype - that sitting in the chair will be some orgasmic experience. Whenever you sit, your skin, muscles, nerves and bones experience pressure. Until Herman Miller repeals physics, pressure = potential discomfort. The Aeron reduces but does not magically eliminate the potential for discomfort. For me, it took 2 chairs and a lot of research and knob twisting to get an acceptable (but not perfect) level of comfort. Take care in your selection!

Amazing chair
When I get home and is exhausted with my back and whatnot killing me, where do I go? Not to the couch and not to the bed; I plump down in my Aeron chair to get relief. Mine has the old lumbar support, but I'm looking into getting the new "posture fit" back support thing; I tried it in the store and at least for me it seems much nicer.

Regarding the bad review here, I suspect the reviewer didn't put in the time to figure out the best settings or -- worse -- keeps the chair too high and didn't get a foot rest. You can't have your feet dangling in the air, that'll mess you up no matter which chair you sit in!

There are many good chairs now competing with the Aeron, some of them cheaper, but at least for me there's no doubt it's so worth it.

I love my Aeron - quite surprised by the reviews
I have always wanted an Aeron chair - ever since I saw one at MOMA. When we re-built our offices last year, we spent weeks test sitting all of the top ergonomic model out there - Leap, Freedom, Mirra and the Aeron. In a 25 person group, the Aeron won with 17 votes. I voted for the Mirra but the Aeron is a strong number 2. I worked with our ergonomics team and discovered that these are called "active" chairs. In a "passive" chair, if you don't feel comfortable, you go to a different chair. Active chairs have to be adjusted for height, arm positioning, tension and other settings. Our Aerons came with a manual that said - "Read this while adjusting your Aeron Chair". It took me about 10 minutes and since then, my back and behind have been fine. Others on the team - notably people with known back problems - have switched from the Aeron to the Steelcase Leap chair (darn good chair).

One last point. The Aeron comes in 3 sizes - small, regular, large. (If you feel behind the curve in the seat back - between the mesh and plastic - you should feel 1, 2 or 3 bumps indicating the sizes small to large). The right size is critical to comfort. Go to the Herman Miller website to see the range of heights and weights that are best for each size chair.

Aeron - cool but may not be best for everyone.