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Even if you paid $100/year for the next 10-years on a cheaper, the time value of money invested is far more expensive. A $1000 today, is worth a crap ton more than 10-years from now even with the ridiculous inflation we got now.
PS, I use an exercise ball on a base. Eliminated all my back pain and enforces good posture. Love it! Cost me $20 for barely used.
Unlike others, my Aeron is not "as good as new" all these years later. I've had to replace the foam pad that sits under my hamstrings. (It was a few bucks on eBay so NBD.)
But yes, zero regrets on the purchase.
I've also owned leap, think, freedom, etc. over the last decade and i personally like the embody and gesture the most.... but that's just my preference. My wife, who is an itty bitty woman, prefers the aeron and embody but hates the gesture.
At the end of the day, it comes down to understanding what your body is like and what you want out of a chair. But buying a "nice" chair is worth it because they last and buying from an authorized dealer, you get the warranty. The embody that i replaced the gesture with was from an unauthorized dealer and my cats wrecked the fabric on the embody. If i was within warranty, it would've been significantly cheaper to replace vs getting HM to replace the fabric. They quoted me 600 for a reupholstery since it wasn't authorized. My friend got his fabric replaced for free after 4-5 years (balance fabric) and it eventually developed holes from just daily use.
If you have discomfort in a chair for 2 months straight, I can understand wanting to swap off and not wanting to give it any more time. The aeron mesh is pretty firm and if he got the wrong size for himself, it could further lead to discomfort; so I wouldn't fully discount him. He went to a gesture so it's not like he discounted the need for a nice chair either.
One thing he isn't wrong though, in my opinion, the Gesture is a superior chair. That isn't to say the Embody is a bad chair, I just prefer the Gesture. Quality seems better, it is more comfortable for my body (6ft, ~170lbs), and I like the adjustability of it more, ESPECIALLY the arm rests.
I usually let my friends come over and try 'em both before they buy (or not) and I would say it is around a 2/3 split in favor of the Gesture.
Even if you paid $100/year for the next 10-years on a cheaper, the time value of money invested is far more expensive. A $1000 today, is worth a crap ton more than 10-years from now even with the ridiculous inflation we got now.
PS, I use an exercise ball on a base. Eliminated all my back pain and enforces good posture. Love it! Cost me $20 for barely used.
Some people are fine with this cycle, which who am I to say how someone should spend their money. I mostly offered up that claiming the chair is garbage because you weren't comfortable in it is like claiming an exotic car is garbage because you weren't comfortable in it. Some exotic car manufacturers make comfortable vehicles, they're called SUVs.
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I started with leaning towards Embody but Aeron is a better chair. Embody is just a regular chair. Aeron truly is ergonomic.
Switched to a Mirra 2 and all has been good.
Bought from used resellers for $400
Like most things I buy, especially when it comes to nicer stuff, I need/want to experience as much as possible and give it a fair shake before I come to an opinion on it...at least, to an opinion where I can say something is "trash" and there's something definitively better.
Not to go on a tangent too much but it's like this with a lot of "luxury" purchases like high end audio; where you see people recommend the echo chamber because they like something but their experience is mostly just with that 1 product and limited experiences with something else comparable. (e.g. Sennheiser hd800/s).
My friend replaced his embody with the logitech version and swears it's a lot better. In my brief time with it, it's potato/po-tot-toe to me when I've sat in it but I won't give my opinion if it's better or worse because I've only had limited time in the chair (e.g. a couple hours at his house in it) and all I can say is it felt very similar to me. He went from a balanced fabric to the logitech and I told him that the fabric makes a big difference - my rhythm and balanced embody's felt very different from each other and I've only sat in other ppl's chairs with the new sync fabric that's available and at the end of the day, they're all similar imo. Enough so that I can recommend the embody but it comes down to what that person wants out of their chair.
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Similar to a chair purchase, I would go somewhere that lets you try multiple types and actually take the time to lay in the mattress. When I'm trying out a mattress, I'll go lay in it for a minimum of 20-30 minutes before I start formulating an opinion on it. You'll want to see how your body feels on it as your body temperature transfer to the mattress and see how the mattress supports you after it's had time to conform to your weight.
For instance, I'm a side sleeper so getting something that doesn't give me exhaustion on my side is a much different support than what my wife prefers because she's an itty bitty woman who sleeps on her back. We have a Purple 4 King which I absolutely love because it's one of the few mattresses where I don't get warm and I don't get exhausted laying on my side, but my wife prefers our all-latex mattress in the guest bedroom because she feels more supported and prefers a firmer feel. The purple for her is good enough that she can still comfortably sleep in it but it's for sure a mattress more tailored for my own body size/shape/weight/preference.
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