| Previously on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=585693 Ergohuman is the closest I can find to the Aeron, but I haven't tried one yet. They're also pretty close to Aeron in price, around $600: http://ergohuman.com/index.html Realspace Pro 9000 is close too: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/690690/Realspace-PRO-9... A Slate article looking for the 'best desk chair': http://www.slate.com/id/2131646/ Some others worth looking at: Herman Miller Ecua XR: http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductGroup.aspx?Prodid=113004... Humanscale Liberty: http://www.thehumansolution.com/liberty.html Hayworth Zody: http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/review-haworth-zody-cha... Realspace BT2: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/392830/Realspace-BT2-B... (I randomly found this one in Office Depot recently, and liked how it felt so much I bookmarked its page. I'm not Big & Tall, just average, but this chair's posture & lumbar support felt great) Here's a fake Aeron: http://www.coolchairz.com/solid-metal-mesh-chair--metallic-t... Lots more at http://www.ergodepot.com/ Even a TED Talk on sitting: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/niels_diffrient_rethinks_... |
The adjustable arm rests are also pretty cool and nearly worth the price of admission by themselves. They adjust up/down, forward/backward, left/right and rotate around the vertical axis.