Aeron Size B remastered reduced to $1350, down from $1495. Applies to size B only.
Fully adjustable with forward and backward tilt. Arms.
$50 shipping Sydney metropolitan.
Free pick up from their Alexandria Warehouse. See website for full details.
Wow ONLY $1,350 and it is not gold plated.
for $1350 i'd want it solid gold not plated!
Would you like some Bitcoin plated on it? Oh wait …
ONLY $1,350 very very cheap oz bargain. ( anyone buy ? )
don't need to I sit on one at work,
I purchased an Embody earlier this year - https://livingedge.com.au/products/embody-work-chair-with-gr…
Best decision of my life, I generally spend 6-7 hrs a day in a chair and always get up feeling a little niggle around my coccyx/sacral region. Now - nothing.
Just depends how much you value your health I guess
one day……
Herman Miller Embody is great, if you're tall.
Can this product be posted to the OzBargain website?
What if I say its RRP $2000 and selling cheap for $1800?
Cameras, iPhones, Monitors?
Chairs are not sold for anywhere near half of this 'bargain' price.
The same can be said for a lot of products.
Chairs are not sold for anywhere near half of this 'bargain' price.
All the chairs you buy at OfficeWorks and Kmart are the equivalent of Xiaomi and ZTE phones.
An Aeron would be the equivalent of an iPhone or Galaxy S9.
They also come with a 12 year warranty. They really are solidly built.
This is the Mercedes of chairs, if Mercedes went on special we'd post that regardless of it's "large price".
Though I don't think 1.3k is fair for a chair, $500 or $700 is more reasonable.
'I cant afford thing therefore thing is not baggain plz post more xiaomi penz'
I'll take 4 and line them up to make an adjustable bed
…..you could probably make a matching staircase too if you bought a dozen more?
Great dining chairs
Might be better to check Gumtree if you're after one.
And there you will be able to see that there is a big resale market for these chairs, second hand they are going for between $800 and $1000 (with armrests).
So buy it for $1,350, use it for five years and sell it for $900. Or just buy a $450 chair and send it to landfill in five years.
Yep scored one for $200
I scored one from an office that was closing down for $275ish back in 2009. I'm still using the chair today, and it's still working great. They're really built well.
Bought another used one for work for $585 also back in 2009. I sit on it every day and it still looks and feels like new.
But the thing is the chair lasts longer than 5 years, so no need to sell it. So it would be better than a $450 chair that you'd send to a landfill in 5 years. and replacement parts can be purchased or it can be refinished by the company.
I bought a Mirra on Gumtree for $50. Alot of sellers try and get $500+ for the Aeron, but if you are lucky you can snag them much cheaper. Offices that buy in bulk often clear them out much cheaper.
Purchased a Haworth Zody for $150 of gumtree virtually looked brand new.
Was about to pay $300 from office works which didn't even have close to half the adjustments the Zody have and lot more comfortable as well.
Thanks for the Zody recommendation!
Just picked one up second hand for $155 - Mine is specced without "arms", "back stop" and "forward tilt". The seat depth and lumber support adjustments seem great though.
It's in excellent condition for a used chair, the seller estimated 2-4 years of use. The sticker on the bottom says 2013-10-25 - possibly been sitting in a warehouse before use.
eBay says similar items have sold as low as $128 (but those might be more worn).
Steal!
Why anyone would consider buying a used chair by a stranger is beyond me, but hey, to each their own.
Why wouldn't you?
great price, $50 shipping kills it though.
/s
$1000 too expensive for me :)
would anyone seriously buy this?
If you sit all day every day it's a worthwhile expense. My old company bought these to replace some cheapo chairs and the difference was night and day for your back and general posture. Also I never saw one damaged or fraying, that alone was amazing given the lardasses who used them all day.
Which company you work for ?
Bet it's gone bankrupt
If you spend most of your day sitting on a chair for work, you better make sure it's a damn good chair. This is a damn good chair. Though it would be wise to check Gumtree instead of purchasing new.
I bought one about a decade ago in a group buy on the overclockers forum from these guys. I thought it was a ridiculous price at the time but I was convinced by an argument about length of time in a chair. My partner has been through 3 rubbish chairs that give me back ache just sitting in them for 5 mins in the same time.
If you sit on your arse alot, they are worth it. I went with a great chair and a great mattress because I spend lots of time on both :) I went with an expensive mountain bike for the same reason, i have a cheap ass'd car because I very rarely drive because all my time is spent in the chair, on the matress or on the mountain bike :)
I thought my Ergohuman V2 Plus Deluxe was expensive enough, damn am I a frog
Think i will stick with my chair, fully replaceable parts
With a 12-year warranty you don't need parts. Although I bought a Sayl, because I was too cheap to buy an Aeron.
I had an issue with my chair and was unable to get a replacement part from the vendor. They tried for a week or so and then sent me a whole new chair at no cost.
I bought the same chair from the actual store, and it came to $1200. And it was already built for me. Brisbane store
If that was the remastered version of the Aeron, that's definitely a great deal. Most of these Herman Miller desk chairs are, as far as I'm aware, shipped assembled from the factory, which also factors into the cost, compared to other furniture that is flat packed for delivery.
I sit on a DX Racer Max series which I find pretty comfortable.
Would love to try to sit on one of these for a few days just to see if the price is justified.
We use them at work and they're great. However, I prefer my Steelcase Leap V2 at home. More adjustable.
My Leap 2 arrived earlier this week. I love it.
How much do these go for and where is the best place to get them.. Need to research up on good chairs now my new pc is coming to fruition very soon now near the end of the month just need to decide on the monitor or tv now.
tax deduction time!!
I hope this thing massages the undercarriage.
Do you come with the car… ? I Mean chair.
Anyone know where to purchase a Steelcase Gesture? Preferably with a headrest?
All the authorised Steelcase sellers in Australia listed here:
We have these chairs at work and I, along with about half the staff, absolutely hate them. The remaining staff love them. Definitely try before you buy!
I can say it takes some time getting used to, but I think they're superior and last longer.
What do you guys hate about them?
They breathe really well, the posture is great, they're customisable.
It's probably the getting used to period. I found after some time they're really good chairs.
Yeah. I can see people might think they're weirdly structured or they are hard and not soft, but that's just the ergonomics doing their work and the fact that it's not making you uncomfortable while fixing your back is the best part. It looks uncomfortable, but looks are the opposite of what you want with a chair.
The last time these Aeron's were posted as a "deal" here on OzBargain, I got smashed with negative posts for daring to criticise these ridiculous prices for a chair. So much so that it actually made me seriously reconsider my thoughts on them, and that maybe these chairs were that good.
Went to go try in person at the store (apparently the size C is my size fit), and to be perfectly honest THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH THESE CHAIRS ARE WORTH THIS MUCH MONEY! I actually was hoping to to be proved wrong, because I definitely want the best chair to sit on every day. But there is NOTHING about these chairs that warrants the pricing. To me its placebo in full effect.
Your advice is spot on. Definitely try before you buy.
But try other chairs before you go to their show room.
Get a feel what what a quality chair can feel like, and compare with what these things are.
I find them way too firm in some spots, and too soft in others. And this is after being "fitted" at the store.
No way on this Earth are these chairs worth $1500… PLUS options that most people would want that take it well above that.
To clarify, I don't have back or health issues, and I'm not particularly fussy on chairs (my current office chair is about $500 new). I'm prepared to spend more on quality and comfort, and whilst I can see the build quality in these Aerons, I don't feel comfort. At all.
And that's the thing that people need to remember here… build quality is objective. It's plain as day that these things are built to last. But comfort is a different beast and is a much more subjective notion. Just like a bed. One person's perfect bed is another's torture table. I paid thousands for my bed, and love it! Other's have paid much more on other mattresses that I've hated!
The Aeron's aren't all that imo.
These chairs aren't a try before you buy thing, unless you're trying them for at least 1-2 weeks or even a month. Initially you'd think those officeworks chairs are better (given your 30 second analysis), I agree, but after some time using chairs like the Aeron I can safely say they're better. Your posture may be the better part of why you think they're worse, but after you use this your posture will be better and you'll feel the difference.
You've based your entire post on exaggerations, and I think that's a little unfair.
a) You are asking people to buy this chair on faith that'll get better in a few weeks or a month. Unless the store is offering a guarantee that if you don't like it you can bring it back, then that's a huge gamble. And I don't bet $1750 on gambling.
b) I never said Officeworks chairs are better. That's unfair.
c) It was hardly a 30 second analysis. I spent a considerable amount of time in store and sitting on the chair, positioning it at a DESK and sat in it for ages.
I can accept that maybe I might be used to inferior chairs my whole life, but I still have to be comfortable sitting in the bloody thing!
This thing felt terrible. And yes maybe I could have better posture, but no way it would mold enough into a chair that is comfortable (on my body at least).
Just wasnt the right fit mate. At all.
Went to go try in person at the store
You probably also think trying a mattress for 5 minutes in a store is the best way to tell if it's good for you.
Exactly right. That's all you can do is try in store.
To test the fit and see if its right for you.
Are you insinuating that I should just rely on faith that the chair will get better with time?
I tired it in store and it DIDN'T FIT.
What would you expect I do? Buy it on faith of devoted fans online? Come on man, be reasonable. I'm not spending almost $2,000 on a chair because someone else likes it!
People buy mattresses (cars, houses pretty much everything) in just the fashion you describe. How else can you know? You try and feel, and if you like you buy. If you don't like you don't buy.
Do you have an alternative way of buying items we should all be aware of?
@UFO:
Exactly right. That's all you can do is try in store.
To test the fit and see if its right for you.
What I'm saying is that just like a mattress, you can't tell from a quick lie down in a store whether or not it's right for you. Just look at comments from people who have tried those mattress-in-box companies. Some people find certain mattresses uncomfortable for the first few days, then when their body gets used to the new mattress, it becomes extremely comfortable and their back pain from their old mattress is gone.
I tired it in store and it DIDN'T FIT.
THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH THESE CHAIRS ARE WORTH THIS MUCH MONEY!
But there is NOTHING about these chairs that warrants the pricing. To me its placebo in full effect.
I don't feel comfort. At all.
That's absolutely fine. It didn't fit you. Not everything has to be made just for you.
What you don't seem to get is that not everybody is like you. There are plenty of other people around who are not exactly like you.
So just because it doesn't fit you, a person with no back or health issues and are not fussy on chairs, does not mean that it doesn't make a difference to people who genuinely find it better for their back, and find the mesh very comfortable.
You're basically saying, just because you sat down on a chair for 15 minutes or however long you spent in the store, and you didn't find it comfortable, everybody in the world who buys this chair is simply paying for the placebo effect.
You seem unable to grasp the idea that people with different bodies to you might actually find a real benefit to the chair's ergonomics, even though you don't.
What would you expect I do? Buy it on faith of devoted fans online?
If you don't feel any difference in store, then don't buy it. Nobody is forcing you to buy it.
But don't assume that everybody in the world has exactly the same body as you do. You need to realize that just because something doesn't fit you, doesn't mean it doesn't fit anybody else in this world, and that everybody who buys it are dumb people who are just blindly throwing their money away.
Do you have an alternative way of buying items we should all be aware of?
If you're referring to my mattress example, it looks like you're unaware of the latest crop of mattress-in-box stores that let you try a mattress at home for a few months and return it for a full refund, or Ikea who let you return mattresses within a year if you're not happy with it.
Nah. You can sit on a really comfortable seat and after a few years it'll (profanity) you up, people don't get that. These are comfortable on another level to the "cuddle warm feeling of furry game chairs".
I get that, but again as I've already mentioned… you expect me to fork out a considerable amount of money based on online testimonials. I physically sat in and tested the chair. Just a mattress that's the only way to test it… use it in store.
But people are expecting me to fork out the cash with absolutely no guarantee from the retailer that the chair will "get better".
At least with a mattress, if it's not the right fit you can change it over (subject to retailer).
For a $2k chair that isn't that comfortable in store, I reckon NOT buying it was a sound financial decision.
I'm not saying $2k is too much for a chair… I'm saying that the Aeron I tried in store was NOT worth $2k.
@UFO: I know what you mean dude. This chair feels hard and stiff, but I can tell you it's a really great chair. But I don't think it's worth 1.3k. I wouldn't spend more than $700 on a chair, even if it is a mercedes. It's kind of like the difference between an ergonomic tool, it feels horrible at first but eventually it gets much better. I'm sure they have a guarantee? That's weird if not! and I support you there.
This chair actually feels great after you get used to it. I work on the computer 60 hours a week nearly.
Can I ask something of fans/users of this chair?
Maybe its a body type thing. Are all you guys lighter/smaller framed?
I'm a bigger guy. 185cm ish and 120kg ish ;).
Is it that these chairs are too rigid for me because I'm bigger or something?
Are the people that love them lighter, so can handle firmer or something? I'm just trying to work it out.
Is there anyone here a similar size to me that found these comfortable?
(or maybe another chair/brand they found?)
I'm seriously shopping for a new decent chair. And contrary to popular opinion I'm NOT against spending this much money on a chair. But it better be bloody heaven to sit on!
You should try the Embody. you are similar in height to me and the embody is entirely customisable to armrest height, spine position, seat depth, tilt tension (amount of resistance when you lean back).
I tried both the Aeron and Embody prior to purchase and I'm with you - the Aeron did nothing for me. but 5 minutes in the Embody and once i adjusted it to my body, i knew it was the right chair for me.
it is significantly more expensive than the Aeron though - https://livingedge.com.au/products/embody-work-chair-with-gr…
Youtube review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avWG8Zl27VQ
Good luck
Steelcase Leaps are often compared to Aerons (albeit rather different in design) and haven't seen anywhere near such a price increase over the past few years.
Looking at one on Arki's website (Brisbane's Steelcase retailer) they've gone up all of $25 to $875 in 5 years - I paid $850 5 years ago (chair's still great btw).
Aerons were quite similarly priced at that time. Certainly below $1000.
Also Haworth Zody
Thanks for the heads up guys, I'll go check them out.
Thanks for the Zody recommendation, just picked one up second hand!
(Details in another comment above).
Any decent home office chair in $300-400 range? Certainly this one is good but for me its too expensive.
ikea markus
Keep your eyes peeled for a used one, they do come up within your price range. Also look at the Mirra, many people find it more comfortable than the Aeron and it's also cheaper. Don't get the Ikea Markus, it's really not a great chair and I think it is overpriced. Much better off getting a quality used chair, they can last 10-20+ years with good care, and will be more adjustable/comfortable.
The Buro Metro Task Chair is an Orbargain darling. A lot of people like to rave about it whenever a deal on them is posted.
Comfortable, 10 year warranty and right in your price range.
Thanks for the suggestion. Now to find a local store that sells them so I can try one out.
gumtree mate
Longing for the price like they were on special before the refresh.
return airfare to USA plus some spend money or a chair
mmmmmmm….. decisions decisons
Paying for a total of about 34 hours to be sat in an economy seat? I prefer this chair.
If you can afford one of these chairs get one. They will last for ages especially this revised version. Youll wonder why you didnt get one earlier. Also they look great. If you have even more gobthe full chrome cast version. Great investment. If you ever need to sell them youll still get a good return from investment.
These are hands down the best chairs ever.
Sit on these at work, where there is a mix of Aerons and Sayl chairs.
Never had any pain what so ever if I am sitting on these.
bahahahaha tell him hes dreaming
Looking for a solid chair that can support a lot of moving and leaning backwards and forwards and a lot of weight.. let's say at least 120kg on a given day haha lol have I said too much. Maybe 180kg if two people are using it ;)
That's pretty much my specification requirement to a tee :).
Post here if you find something good.
I'm looking for adjustable everything (armrests, cushion, low back support thing, the lot).
I have a feeling barber's chair will be our only salvation haha lol or I have a spare arm chair lying around but it takes up a lot of space in my already small room.
Store rep?