We built a new office for our help desk and had the luxury to test out several of the top office chairs in the world.Needless to say among these were Herman chairs. My personal favorite was the Mirra. It scored well against the Aeron and was a bit more comfortable to my behind and back. The style is good - a clean take on a functional product. It has all of the adjustments and it was a bit less expensive than the Aeron. The funny thing is that I suggested that we test sit the Aeron but the vendor suggested the Mirra for budget reasons (I was pre-sold on the Aeron). After a week with the Aeron and a week with the Mirra, I voted for Mirra - a shock to me and the people around me. Alas, the majority chose the Aeron and I sit in one now (not too unhappily).I do recline sometimes, and it is very comfortable while reclining. I would say that if you are mostly a recliner, it would be a good idea to check out the humanscale freedom with the headrest because it was great while reclining but not so great while just sitting up.
Get the mirra fully loaded so you can have the extra adjustable options not on the basic model. I have heard claims that the only difference between the basic and loaded chairs is adjustable lumbar support; the loaded has adjustable arms, adjustable seat pan depth, tilt limiter, and adjustable lumbar support.
Some people complained about the building of the chair. I honestly cannot believe how whiney they are. You slide the back of the chair on and then use a 13mm socket to put in 2 bolts. That is all you have to do. If you screw them in at the proper torque they won’t fall out, and if they do, take the 30 seconds to screw them in again. You really dont even need a torque wrench (I didn’t use one)… just make sure you tighten the bolts but dont go nuts with cinching them down.
Finally, if you try out this chair and do not like it that much, the herman miller Equa 2 was really comfortable and worth a test run. Plus you can find used equa 2 chairs on ebay for ~$200-300 shipped.|I love my Mirra. I have lower back problems and so this is the only chair in the house, as far as I am concerned. The lumbar support stays perfectly aligned even when you recline - amazing. And good looking too. I could go on and on. Its also a superior choice, in my opinion, to the Herman Aeron chair - the Mirra was designed more recently (and so looks a little nicer) and while it is able to adjust in a variety of ways, it is simple to do all the adjusting (simpler than the Aeron, I tried them both.)
Bear in mind that if the chair does not come with assembly (depending on who you purchase it from) you will also need a torque wrench capable of 220-240 inch/lbs and a 13mm socket to put it together. This is especially frustrating because it is never mentioned, not on Herman Miller’s site, not anywhere else. You need it only to attach the chair back to the chair base with two bolts, which we temporarily used a regular wrench for, but after spending around $800 for a chair, we did not want to mess around with assembling it “incorrectly”. Now our new torque wrench has a bow and is hanging out with the other Christmas presents. And I am hanging out in my Herman Mirra chair!}
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