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#3226038 3-May-2024 12:39

I picked up one of these https://discountoffice.co.nz/products/humanscale-freedom-chair-with-headrest-standard-duron-arms-oxygen-fabric-in-inhale-black-graphite-base?variant=39619573776447&currency=NZD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=pmx-chairs-repeat&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw88yxBhBWEiwA7cm6pZe0WTX_hYueRVLu5RRsgphlPhnPxKih4AGppaoSgTtHFHD42B-I0BoCJJMQAvD_BwE

Has a fantastic ergonomic back mechanism and is great how the armrests are connected and can be easily raised and lowered by one hand.

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#3226040 3-May-2024 12:45

@rabba thanks for that. That has sparked my interest I will need to look closely at that

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#3226149 3-May-2024 17:08

I had the infinity chair from deskbird at work which was comfy https://www.deskbird.co.nz/collections/office-chair

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#3226166 3-May-2024 18:06

wellygary: I've got a Formway Be Chair that is still rocking after 15 years, - it wasn;t cheap, but its been a great investment

I got it from Zentith in Wellington

Ah Zenith, friend of mine got a Zenith Vox and loves it, so one of their showrooms may be worth a visit.

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#3226769 5-May-2024 21:30

I have narrowed the search, time to put some ideas by my occupational therapist.

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#3227270 7-May-2024 10:08

I put the options past my occupational therapist and she is recommending that I purchase another Herman Miller chair. The one she is recommending is close to $4,000. I am not sure I want to spend that sort of money on a chair. My illness just seems to be draining my finances and I wonder if it is worth it.

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#3227275 7-May-2024 10:37

Is a second-hand Herman Miller an option?
Or any funds you can access/apply for?

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#3227289 7-May-2024 11:31

MikeB4:

I put the options past my occupational therapist and she is recommending that I purchase another Herman Miller chair. The one she is recommending is close to $4,000. I am not sure I want to spend that sort of money on a chair. My illness just seems to be draining my finances and I wonder if it is worth it.

Your old Herman Miller was definitely terminal? How old was it, no chance that it could be refreshed?

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#3227318 7-May-2024 13:32

@Bung The Herman Miller was definitely beyond hope. It had served me well. It was purchased for me by my employer and used at work and when they set up my work from home office around a decade ago. When I took medical retirement they gifted the chair and the sit/stand desk to me which was incredibly generous. I still use the desk by my old friend teh Herman Miller passed on.

@caffynz there are a handful of Herman Miller chairs on Trademe but I am not keen on buying used. As for funding, because my disability is a result of illness there is no funding available.

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#3227416 7-May-2024 17:31

MikeB4: I put the options past my occupational therapist and she is recommending that I purchase another Herman Miller chair. The one she is recommending is close to $4,000. I am not sure I want to spend that sort of money on a chair. My illness just seems to be draining my finances and I wonder if it is worth it.

Short of exotic Lamborghini-exclusive chairs, Herman Miller is about the most expensive brand you can buy, and you're paying $1700 for the "Herman", $1,700 for the "Miller", and $600 for the chair. There are bound to be a pile of chairs that are every bit as good for a fifth or even a tenth of the price. I've always been pretty underwhelmed by them, I was expecting some sort of magic chair when I first encountered one but it's just another office chair like many, many others. Its main claim to mindshare is that it was the required butt-pedestal for every dotcom 20+ years ago.

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#3227508 7-May-2024 20:51

I had a Formway Life chair for 10+ years and have now bought myself a SecretLabs chair. Very happy with it albeit I should have taken a small instead of medium. It is touted a gaming chair but I sit on it 8+ hrs a day and it's great.

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#3227553 8-May-2024 07:56

neb: Short of exotic Lamborghini-exclusive chairs, Herman Miller is about the most expensive brand you can buy, and you're paying $1700 for the "Herman", $1,700 for the "Miller", and $600 for the chair.

Probably less than $600 for the chair. Like Hollywood movies a lot of the cost could be marketing. Ever since I've done a few searches on Herman Miller chairs to see what the fuss was about my news feeds are getting stuffed full of articles on - Herman Miller chairs. My curiosity searches on lots of things that thankfully don't pay Google as much to promote themselves.

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#3227732 8-May-2024 10:16

I did like my Herman Miller chair. The most useful feature was the multitude of adjustment and fine tuning that could be done and a lot of it could be done on the fly which is a decided advantage when one has a condition that can change many times in the course of a day. What I was not overly keen on was the base mesh, this was quite firm and pressure points would build up during longer sessions on the chair. I did have a pad used on my wheelchair that I could put on the desk chair if it became too much of an issue.

Are they worth the premium? I just don't know, it seems to me a bit like the Apple premium, excellent products but is the extra cost worth it.

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#3228075 8-May-2024 20:04

MikeB4: Are they worth the premium? I just don't know, it seems to me a bit like the Apple premium, excellent products but is the extra cost worth it.

They seem to be a bit like Eero Saarinen Womb Chairs, I've sat in a ~$10,000 Knoll original and a $700 copy and couldn't tell the difference.

And the good thing about the copies is that they don't use the hairshirt covering the originals have. And you don't have to keep it permanently under a plastic cover in case someone walks near it with a cup of tea or glass of wine.

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#3228266 9-May-2024 11:13

It surprises me how difficult this task is and how limited the range of product available to us and able to be tested.

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