A review of Herman Miller’s Celle® chair has been posted in the reviews section.
The Celle® was conceived from an idea designer Jerome Caruso had for a completely unique form of office chair, here’s the link to the full review.
Balt’s ErgoEx ergonomic office chair is packed with features normally only found on chairs costing double the price.
It includes as standard
Really the one disappointing thing about the chair is the limited warranty, here’s where you can find the Balt ErgoEx review and rating.
I’ve just added a new review of the Steelcase Think® chair.
Steelcase has been quietly adding some great ergonomic office chairs to its seating range over the last few years and the Think® is a worthy addition.
Having recently added a review of Herman Miller’s Aeron Work Stool it struck me that in many respects it makes the Ergon 3 Drafting Chair obsolete.
Introduced in the early 1970s the Ergon 3 has held pride of place as the best ergonomic chair available for working at higher work surfaces.
It’s very well engineered, solidly built in the style of a traditional upholstered office seat and although called a drafting chair, it has been bought by anyone that needs to work at a higher level.
In terms of price the Aeron only costs 10% more in its basic format, although the highly adjustable version is about 30% more.
It will be interesting to see whether Miller keep the Ergon long term, I suppose that overall sales will determine the outcome.
The star of the show for Allsteel at NEOCON next week, will be its new ergonomic office chair model - Acuity™
The chair is aimed at the quality end of the office seating market and is intended to compete with established products like Miller’s Aeron, Steelcase’s Leap and the Humanscale Freedom.
The Acuity™ looks a class act and I plan to add a review of it shortly.
This is just a brief post to say that I’ve now added a product review of the BalanceBall Chair to the main reviews section.
This ball chair is best suited for those struggling to find comfort in standard office seats, but it’s only suitable if you are between 5 foot and 5 foot 11 inches and weighing up to 300 pounds.
I’ve recently posted a new review of the Shark Task Chair from Neutral Posture it’s an excellent chair that will fit virtually any size of user up to 275 lbs in weight.
It’s a fully featured chair, with a wide range of options and offers great value for money. You can find the review here.
In a recent post I speculated whether a recent antitrust settlement by Herman Miller would mean cheaper Aerons.
Unfortunately, it seems that Aerons are going to cost more as Miller is planning a product wide price increase in August.
The likely indicative increase will be around 3% and is due to the cost of increased raw materials.
Are cheaper Aerons on the way? Probably not.
Earlier in the week Herman Miller, manufacturers of the legendary Aeron chair settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by New York State and Michigan and Illinois. Miller agreed to pay $750,000 to be split between them.
The suit came about due to Miller’s policy of insisting that their resellers didn’t advertise the Aeron for less than the recommended price of $949.
Under the terms of the lawsuit they are still allowed to enforce the pricing policy but aren’t allowed to communicate with any of their suppliers about it. The agreement will remain in force until 2010.
It all seems a bit pointless really and I don’t expect it will affect the price of the Aeron.
It’s likely that online dealers were the target of Miller’s policy as they don’t have the overheads that a traditional bricks and mortar dealer has.
It must be frustrating to have people visit your showroom, try the product and then search the net for a better price later. That’s probably the way with a lot of product purchases these days.
Here’s where you can find the full story.
You can find out more about the Aeron range here.
