It all started last summer, when Assistant Editor Maria Masters came across a shocking study in the Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (one of dozens of research journals we comb each month as we put together the magazine). Scientists at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana analyzed the lifestyles of more than 17,000 men and women over about 13 years, and found that people who sit for most of the day are 54 percent more likely to die of heart attacks. Here's the article with HTML links. http://health.yahoo.net/experts/menshealth/most-dangerous-thing-youll-do-all-day
+1 for the Aeron. you can get a used one on eBay or CL for less than $500. replacements parts are easy to come by. personally, i have (well, had. the ex gf has taken it hostage) a loaded herman miller ambi. its a very nice chair as well. -sj
You just killed this thread. Close the thread; the chair has been found!!! Now the only thing that'll allow the thread to go on is the price tag!. A little shy of $2000!!!
Tiki, looks like you are going to be my bad influence on ET!. First it was box building, now it's sitting options! I saw your ball and was quite tempted. On a serious note, how does it feel? Do you not feel that the ball will slip away and make u land on your a** or maybe that you would roll over the ball?
-1 for Aeron. Five or six years ago when I was looking for a chair, I 'assumed' that I would end up with one. Considering how much time I spend in a chair each day, price wasn't a consideration. However, after doing some Google searches, I found that a number of people's legs go numb from the hard plastic that holds the seat webbing on the front of the chair. Sure enough, when I went to test chairs, my legs quickly lost feeling. I ended up with a Steelcase Leap chair. Do a search on ET as this topic has been raised several times & some of the threads have new chairs not mentioned here. R
I've used this one for a few years and it is good quality and comfortable. It is a good value for the money. http://www.thehumansolution.com/ergohumanmeshhi.html
Equa XR... by Herman Miller. $300 @ Costco. I've had about 10 office chairs over the years... some high back, some plush leather... but this Herman Miller is the best office chair I've ever had. I just checked Costco.com. They have these chairs even if local stores do not. $339-$659.
I guess chair belongs in the hardware forum...kinda funny though. anyway, I've been using this herman miller copy (mesh all-around) for 6 years now, and it's starting to break down. I'm seriously considering aeron B....but these things don't come cheap. cheapest I can find is $700.....and that's w/o the lumber support. how much did u guys pay?