Customer Reviews

Deluxe Mirra Herman Miller Office Desk Chair Highly Adjustable with Forward Tilt Seat Angle and Latitude Fabric Cover - Blue Fog

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4 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

I use an Herman-Miller Aeron at work, and I was wanting a high-end chair for the home office. The things that attracted to me to the Mirra were the open weave fabric, since the office gets toasty with all those PCs... and the ability to adjust for the larger figure (upwards and sideways).

I also wanted the Latitude Fabric Cover, which had only recently been introduced to cushion the hard plastic of the original Mirra.

To get the equivalent Aeron, one would need to jump through hoops in terms of sizing the chair and then adding options like adjustable armrests and so on. (The price was significantly more as well).

So, I took the plunge and plunked down the money hoping that the reviews I read were correct in my extensive research.

The box arrived, assembly was very easy and the finish was excellent.

Now, after three months, I notice that it feels MORE comfortable than the Aeron at work. I think there are two improvements.

1. The lumbar support has both position up and down and how far it pushes forward and backward. For me (6'4") I can never get the Aeron correct so that it was high enough on the back but with enough "oomph" to meet my spine.

2. The front of the seat has an adjustment to bend the seat edge down. In an Aeron, I would feel the hard edge of the seat just about 3" behind my knees. Very irritating.

So, all in all, an excellent product. To be even better, making the bottom seat deeper (or movable forward 2") to provide more upper leg support for larger frames and likewise with the back up and down would be the ticket, but these are not things that detract from the excellent qualities of this seat by much - hence 4 stars.

The seat of this chair cuts off the circulation to the back of your legs - the hamstrings. The way the frame is designed, it presents a solid edge, just under the seat mesh, that you can feel across the front area of the seat, a few inches in from the edge.

Another problem is that the front tilt feature is missing from this chair, although it is supposed to be a "loaded" model, and the instructions provided do mention this feature.

I am so disappointed with this chair. I had encountered it in a Hilton Garden Inn room while travelling and didn't notice any discomfort at that time. My bad for not examining it more closely.