TOP CHAIR: Herman Miller vs. Steelcase (BB Video)

Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson test-drives two chairs as chairs -- and as vehicles, for sliding down the hill outside his home office. Joel says:

"Two chairs enter... two chairs leave.
In fact, I'm sitting my fat ass on one of the two chairs we reviewed right now: the Herman Miller Embody, a fine chair that only wobbles a little after running it into a wall. But I'm only sitting on it because I had to take the other chair, the Steelcase Leap, downstairs to do some more shooting for this video.

"So which chair should you buy? Honestly, they're both so much better than a typical office chair it's difficult to pick, but if I were paying real money and not just begging review samples off of the manufacturers, I'd be hard pressed to pay nearly twice as much for the Embody, even if it is fantastically weird in looks. (Especially in the showcase cream-and-orange livery.)

Also, for the record, yes, this is the very best Clarkson impression I can do. And yes, it disturbed me that it isn't that different from how I normally talk in these things."


Boing Boing post:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/29/boing-boing-video-re.html

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[fmalx]

embody : great chair. but what is that thing over his head? a dead parrot?

[adammurphy]

$1600 chair and he slides down the street in it, rofl gotta love it

[gurney85]

"and I ran...I ran so far away. I just ran, I ran both night and day...gotta get away"...bringing back that flock o' seagulls...w00t

[whatfhefck]

Hahaha, you're the funnest reviewer I've seen in a while.

[MarshallMotoart1]

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[davemort83]

The most beautiful chair... in the world. Thank you Jeremy.

[Vitomanz]

that was a Clarkson impression? haha no wonder there are a load of dislikes

informative video anyway, thanks

[AnaBlogger]

I paid 1870 euros for my chair (2,800 US dollars) and I DON'T regret it at all.

[2strokelover1]

How I get hear from watching tank videos?

[ann0ynim0us]

looks mighty uncomfortable.

[xRhythm]

I like Leap better. They go for around $600 these days. I cant find an embody below $1000.