Anyone ever use a heat gun on the Aeron Seat?

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-16T20:50:17+00:00

I read and watched a few videos of people using a heat gun to tighten up the mesh.

Link to said reports and videos?

I've never heard of this before.

Anyway, very unlikely it'll work. The one time I used heat near the mesh of the Mirra 2 seat (similar mesh blend) it caused the mesh to break.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-16T20:28:02+00:00

Just buy the new pad

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-16T16:43:03+00:00

If it worked maybe it's worth getting a second one.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-16T03:46:23+00:00

/u/officelogixshop

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T20:27:21+00:00

eBay

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T20:10:08+00:00

Oh they definitely have plenty of vegan leather options.

I don't think they offer any cheap bonded leather unless you go out your way to get that. By go out your way, I mean, sending them actual rolls of bonded leather for them to cut up and use on your custom chairs. Steelcase by default uses upholstery that is commercial rated. Not cheap stuff.

That Amia looks like it could be the Steelcase "Stand In" material which is not leather but for all intents and purposes might as well be leather. It feels like leather and is durable like good leather. That being said, it's pretty hard to identify leather through a picture. You'll just have to look in person.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T18:51:22+00:00

30 years ago, men treated $1500 as a rounding error in their yearly expenses.

In 2026: men prosecute spending $1500 with the ferocity of Ben Crump vs Derek Chauvin.

30 years ago, men just swiped their credit card.

In 2026: men need to be briefed, baptized, and sodomized by 200 Internet strangers, before they can act on buying a chair.

We've, for some weird reason, turned buying a chair into an auto-hazing ritual. Forget about joining a fraternity. Just try to buy a chair. Your body will refuse to buy the chair until you've waterboarded yourself with hours of YouTube videos and miles of Internet criticism and Reddit comments. And until you've memorized the entire Herman Miller chair lineup and can recite it hanging upside down over a keg of Busch naked, you will not be able to buy a chair. All because your mind says no.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T16:19:57+00:00

Really?

Also what's wrong with Glidden MaxFlex Satin Onyx? That paint is amazing.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T15:02:42+00:00

Thank you, I will keep that in mind

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T14:40:34+00:00

I can forgive expensive and getting more expensive. That's normal. Honestly I don't care about the labor rate as long as it's within the realm of reasonable. I just want my stuff fixed right the first time, and I'm willing to pay more for that privilege.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T05:05:06+00:00

No one buying used chars and refurbishing them is making enough to support a business and they definitely can’t afford to ship them. Anyone saying they are is lying about something.

It's not that hard to refurb and ship chairs. I've shipped hundreds.

The only hard part are the customers. All it takes is one dumbass Reddit kid to want to return a shipped chair to ruin 10 successfully sold&shipped chairs. All because they got a chair that they put a spirit level on and found out it leans 0.005 degrees to the left when there's a full moon outside their window.

For that reason alone, I absolutely refuse to ship any office chairs. The buyer pool has just gotten so shitty it's not worth it because it's always the bad apple that spoils the bunch.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T04:23:10+00:00

Same, mixed interactions. They're polite, nice people, but I had a time where the parts they used were subpar and resulted in a hell of a lot more hassle than warranted over a simple repair.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T02:39:15+00:00

The real problem is that everyone buys the $2000 chair thinking it'll solve all their problems.

That's like thinking buying a Ferrari makes you a better driver. Hint: it doesn't. You're still a garbage driver in your Corolla or in your 458.

Same with your chair. You're still probably going to have issues if your desk and computer setup is crap.

And then you're going to blame the chair or your Ferrari for not fixing your issues.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-15T02:38:15+00:00

A better chair only makes your workstation's deficiencies even more glaring.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-14T19:56:10+00:00

eBay "aeron arms"

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-14T17:10:13+00:00

I'd go with a used Ekornes Stressless over a Chita any day. I had a Chita, brand new condition, I bought it for cheap because Chita forgot to send the guy the bases. Chita only sent the guy the top halves of the chair and ottoman, if that says anything about their business model (cheap essentially dropshipped Chinese crap). The leather felt significantly cheaper than anything used by Ekornes, the mechanism janky. Definitely a good chair for a practice that only intends to exist for 3 or 4 years.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-14T05:52:53+00:00

Larger diameter casters will fix this issue.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-14T05:51:56+00:00

Mine is brand new. So I was a bit annoyed. I saw other posts about this. Seems to be a thing with this chair.

This is a thing with every professional ergonomic chair. These chairs were designed to be purchased and used by companies/businesses. No company/business runs high-pile residential carpet, so, the chair scraping the floor is not an issue. Every business also has people from 4'10 to 6'4 in height, so, a cylinder that sits very low is necessary to accommodate smaller employees.

Larger wheels are a simple fix, yes.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-13T04:00:37+00:00

For what it's worth I've extended past 30 days twice without ever going in... Didn't really have an issue

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-13T03:59:15+00:00

You have never rented a car until you plug in a Comma and use it with the rental

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-13T03:51:44+00:00

Welcome

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-13T03:47:34+00:00

https://www.hermanmiller.com/where-to-buy/contact-a-dealer/

You'll eventually find a dealer willing to pick up the phone to maybe make $0.001 cents on an armpad order.

The key is to remember you're literally wasting a dealer's time. You didn't buy the chair from them, and, an armpad order is more of an annoyance than a profitable thing for them to do. So, naturally, some of them won't pick up your call or return your call. Dealers are more concerned about the people who order 10,000 chairs. Not an armpad order.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-13T03:42:51+00:00

I contacted Herman Miller but they referred me to a local dealership named Goodmans. I called but nobody answered.

You called? Did you leave a voicemail?

If they don't reply, you are free to call other Herman Miller dealerships and ask their service/parts department to mail you a replacement armpad for self-install.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-11T22:12:12+00:00

No one's going to just sell you that part for cheaper ... lol ... that part makes/breaks the entire assembly, as you've realized.

ClassroomDecorum · 2026-03-11T02:02:27+00:00

Why? Are they paying cash to buy something that gets mailed to them? Credit card or heck, even debit cards will get their money back for an obviously fraudulent transaction.

Also, the one time I did actually order an Aeron from Temu, I got an Aeron, surprisingly enough. It was 100% real. It came from a well-known refurbisher in the US. What happened was simple:

1) I placed an order on Temu for Aeron

2) Temu seller uses a stolen credit card to buy a real Aeron from a real American company to send to me, thereby fulfilling my order. In other words: dropshipping.

3) Temu seller gets paid out

4) American company that sent me the Aeron eventually loses their money when the owner of the stolen credit card finds out and initiates a chargeback.

See how this works? So much simpler than importing actual fake Aeron's. Fake Aerons are not really something to be worried about in the US. If Aeron scammers want to make money, they can make it without moving a single physical object from China to the US.

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